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Hi, new to the 2 monitor thing, but not new to MSFS :) Ok, I would LOVE to use multiple monitors with MSFS. I have a GForceFX5200 and have set it up for use on my primary monitor, and my FLat screen TV. I can get the desktop to show up on both monitors fine. And i can do things like clone, horizontal and vertical with the desktop in view and all is ok. But when i try to open MSFS 2004, the monitor goes to the main screen, but the TV goes black. Is there a setting for MSFS or something i dont know about? Ive been to a Gforce hardware forum, and they say i can run games on the TV instead of a monitor so i dont think it has to do with the TV.. [email protected]

How come in the distance the texture on the ground looks real blurry? In other people's screenshots, I see very clear pictures. I'm running a 2.26GHz..... 768mb DDRAM PC2100..... Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb w/ Direct 3D settings: AA=6X/AF=4x/AF Method=Quality/ Texture Preference=High Quality/ Mipmap Detail level= High Quality / Vertical Sync= Always off / TRUFORM= Always offBelow is an example:http://tfrclan.net/aamd.jpg

I'm curretly running fs9 w/ a p4 1.5 ghz 512mb sdram pc-133 w/ a geforce4 ti4200 128mb 8x agp. I get around 10 fps normaly and much higher when i am near water. when i am in the vicenity of complicated scenery, flying an aircraft w/ a complex sound, or w/ auto gen set to any thing above normal i get bad fps, like 6-7fps. would adding more ram to my sys increase my frame rates?

l`m looking at the moment to get a great looking video card for performance and graphics could anyone recommend one thanks

Hi all,I've looked around on the Internet a little and also searched the forums and found some information on how to best set up my CH Products Pro Pedals USB, but wanted to look for a little more advice.I have tried using fsuipc, CH Control Manager and nothing but the FS interface and still get differential braking when I press back on the toe brakes (not forward, but press backwards on the heel). Are the CH Pro Pedals just very sensitive? I suppose I am looking for pointers and advice in setting these up. I have my MS FF Sidewinder Pro set up the way I like it (from FS2000 through FS2004), but am finding the CH Pro Pedals USB to be more challenging.

I'm considering this card but can't seem to find out if it "fully" supports DX9... not that it's just compatible (as is my old Diamond Viper 770).Thanks,Andrew

A friend of mine has offered me a CH Products yoke and pedals set (FREE). Before I/we go thru the trouble and paying for them to be shipped out here will they work in XP? I don't care about button commands or anything so the software end of it I don't need. I want to attache it to my gameport and use the axis mainly.Also, has anyone had any sucess using a gameport to usb adapter with these?Remember I want only the axis to work and don't care about button commands.ThanksXP Home SP1Asus P4P800-SE Intel 3.0GHZDDR 400 D/C 2x512MBGeForce FX 5700 256MB (56.72)SB AudigyMSFF2 & X45 throttleSee you in the fence...CYYZ

I've been flying FS2004 since it came out. My system started out As an Athlon 2000+ with 512mb DDR266 RAM and a Ti4200 video card. Worked well and with the settings turned low enough it was certainly flyable. But lately I've been craving more performance. First I ordered another 512 MB DDR266 ram (to total 1gb). That helped alot with texture loading and such, but I still couldn't fly with antialiasing on or the detail settings very high. Then I upgraded to an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I could now notch the sliders up a touch and could fly with AA on and recieve resonable framerates, but it would still bog down when flying into a large airport with AI traffic and some we…

This system is: AMD 64 3500+ 939 ASUS A8V Deluxe with wifi GCorsair TwinX1024 3200 XL Pro 2 36gig W.D. Raptor drives in Raid256 X800 proWindow xp homeAntec True power 550wThermaltake Premier V5000A caseAnd they are thowing in a blue glow stick thing to make it look pretty. Oh they put another glow stick on top now too. It's like a night light in my computer room. :-cool Well I finally received my new computer on Friday 13th (scary):-bla . After a few problems I have it up and running with FS on it. The system without any tweaks is getting around 50-70fps with all the sliders maxed and anti Allis on (screen is 1280 - 1040 or something close to that) Now it's time to …

I have a GeForce 3 TI 200 with a DVI connection. I plugged in the converter and a monitor to it. It doesn't appear on the desktop as a second monitor. Granted the monitor is a 15" paper white (sic-black and white) VGA max res 640x480. Win XP Pro SP1 and nearly latest nvidia drivers. Any ideas on what I might need to do?

Hey!I'm planning to use 1 or 2 computers for all the LCD's (10 in total)Can I just add pci-graphic cards, say, 5 per computer?I'll be displaying just plain images, no fancy 3D or something...Thanx in advance!

Would anyone like to help a newbie? Anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 minutes my sound completely cuts out. Only way to get it back is to shut down and re-start computer.

I'm searching for the best driver for my GeforceFX5600. Currently I'm using the Starforce 56.72x drivers, but there may be faster drivers out there! Any help highly appreciated!cheers,ClaudioA XP 1800+MSI K7T PRO2512mb PC2100 DDRMSI FX5600-VTDR128WD 800BBSB Audigy 2ZS

hey folks!i just got my new sapphire atlantis radeon 9800 pro (128mb ddr) and now i'd like to know which drivers you guys use for that card + how you tune it (without overclocking)! please help me!

Hi Guys,yesterday I received a new system and am disappointed, to say the least. But maybe You can give me some ideas what to try.I ran FS on my "old" machine (Ath 2700XP, 1GB 333 Memory, Radeon 9800pro, NForce2 Board) with acceptable framerates, mostly in the 30's range, some compromises taken - no 3D clouds over addon scenery but maxed (replacement) AI.NOW I have here a Dual Xeon 3GHz with (for whatever reason, I didn't install it) 2 GB DDR-2100 RAM. I plugged in the 9800pro, installed XP pro, FS2K4, copied over my addons...well, the 2700+ performed *much* better. FPS now seldom crawl over 25 and i get LOTS or annyoying blinking "spikes" (short horizontal lines of rando…

Hi Folks:I got a new mobo (SOYO...P4VGM) and it has onboard sound but no game port.I disabled it in the BIOS, and installed a plain sound card WITH a game port. Hooked up the yoke & pedals to it, and installed drivers (from CH). During the install, an error message said that the installation was cancelled.In a state of desperation, tried hooking up the devices to a USB port. XP found "a device" but said that it probably wouldn't work, or might 'upset the applecart', as it were. Still, nothing was found in the GAME PORTS in CONTROL PANEL. I tried choosing a sort of generic yoke in the listing, when I clicked on ADD. Nothing happened.Oddly enough, I had both devices wo…

My daughter called me at my office late this afternoon... she was all in a dither. Seems her computer was locking up after just a few minutes. So on my way home I stopped and picked up her and the computer from her Mom's, and set to work on it once home here. It took me only a few minutes to find the problem. The BIOS was showing 57C at start-up! Since I had built the box for her I knew it very well, and I noticed right away that the CPU heatsink wasn't the stock one I had originally installed. Seems her step-brother had installed a "really cool" round one he had found (cheap). He had installed it backwards, but I had it safely off in just a few minutes. Popped th…

Hello - I'm new here and I have searched and found some answers but I guess I'm looking for simplicity...if possible. I have a three year old Dell 8200 P4 1.7ghz machien with 640MB of RDRAM (not good, right?. My video card is the NVidia Ti200 - image quality with most things is fine but framerates with FS2004 are pretty sluggish - 10-12fps on average at most airports with sliders no more than midway. i do use Ultimate traffic as well. Once in the air, framerates go up to around 16-17. I intend on upgrading the entire computer at some point but my question is, if I buy a 9200 or a 9600 ATI card - will I go into absolute shock at how great the improvment is? Thanks fo…

Hi,Was thinking obout a wireless headset, pros?? cons?? Gets rid of another cord.Thanks.Layabout

So many nice stuff has happened since I installed this card. I won't bore you with the details but all I can say is besides awesome performance and visuals in FS, the thing makes my whole rig run better. I do some digital audio with Gigastudio and that even is become perfect since losing my Radeon. This card is recommended by yours truly as an Editor's Choice if I do say so myself :() Noel

So I am going to do one more update on my 3 year old computer before I get another one.Here is where you guys come in.My computer specs.System: XP HomeProcessor: 2.0 Pentium 4 (Ouch)Hard Drive: Seagate ST340016AMemory: 512MBVideo Card: Nvidia 5900XT 128MGIf I updated the memory to 1GB would I see a noticable difference in performance?

Hello I just bought a AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Processor and I am having lock ups in fs2004 .The motherboard that I bought seems to be the issue with onboard sound even though I have disabled it.AT the motherboard tech support they are saying its because maybe the software will not support 64 bit systems. AMD states in their ad for the processor that "The AMD Athlon 64 processor runs on AMD64, a revolutionary technology that allows the processor to run 32-bit applications at full speed while enabling a new generation of powerful 64-bit software " so who is telling the truth here....?

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Hi Guys, I received my Chieftec case and the casefans today. Now my question is: in order to get a good airflow, where do I put the fans in what direction (blowing in or out).My case has the following amount of fans: -two fans in the lower front-two fans in the upper back-two fans in the middel of the side panel under eachotherI know that much that thw two fans in the lower front of the case have to blow IN cold air and thw two fans in the upper back have to blow OUT the hot air out of the case, but what do I do with the other two fan

Just upgraded old MB of AMD 1600XP to:AMD 2800XPECS KT650A MB and Windows XPLoad the software, system crashes, stating 'Page Fault Errors', 'Not equal or less' and other mess. I figure new CPU, new RAM (512 of 2700) new OS, reformatted HD and new MB, that it must be the MB. The seller told me it could be a CPU problem, reset the MB down lower and put the old 1600 CPU on the new MB to see if it will boot and load. Does this seem crazy? When you turn the PC on with the new MB and new CPU, it reads it on BIOS and all correctly as "AMD 2800XP". But, he says this still may not be the MB. What do you think?Eric TSt Augustine, FL