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hi guys my sys is 2.8 p4,m/board p4p800-se,512ddr400kingston dual ram 256mb radeon 9600xt graphic card,2xhdr 80gb x7200,20gbx7200 western digital,my problem is i cant get it to run smooth now don't get me wrong the frame rates are pretty good with most sliders up 28-30 steady.it is just stutering all the time .when you bank left and right it starts to pause,for a split second.would a faster hard drive do the trick and which one for i don't have much knowledge on this area.i have updated all drivers as well only have fs2004 on main OS.also went back to 4.2 cat drivers cheers mark(ybmc)

I am often traveling with my laptop on which I have FS9 installed, but I can't do any flying because my Sidewinder FF joystick is simply too large to be taken on a trip. Thus, I was wondering whether there is something like a "portable joystick, i.e. something foldable or whatever, which does not take too much space and which I could take on a trip? I don't need more than axis control and a throttle, I don't care that much about buttons for all the other functions which I usually control over ny keyboard anyway.Cheers for any hints

Hi all.I'm wondering what will do me most good (and get me som FPS over 15 - I would love 25-45):1. A new CPU fx P4 3,2ghz, 800mhz bus, 512kb L2 (installed at the moment: P4 2,8ghz, 533mhz bus, 51kb L2)OR2. New graphic card fx. new ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256mb(installed at the moment: ATI 9700 Pro 128mb)Anyone got any inputs?As stated above my FPS is around 15fps and down to single digits in or around airports (landing and starting). And it sometimes feels very stuttering. I have done the xml-file tweaking as proposed in other Avsim forums. Ohh, and I have 1024mb of pc400 meamory.Cheers, Mads

Hi There,I am upgrading (via Powerleap) to a P4 2.8 GHz Processor. I'll be installing Win XP also. As I already have 512MB RAM, is another 512MB really necessary? (It has been reccomended as XP is RAM hungry)As you can see by my sig, I mostly fly the PMDG 737 which is very CPU / RAM hungry. I look forward to any advise and responses.Best RegardsBoone,[email protected]"Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."

Hi all.I'm wondering what will do me most good (and get me som FPS over 15 - I would love 25-45):1. A new CPU fx P4 3,2ghz, 800mhz bus, 512kb L2 (installed at the moment: P4 2,8ghz, 533mhz bus, 51kb L2)OR2. New graphic card fx. new ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256mb(installed at the moment: ATI 9700 Pro 128mb)Anyone got any inputs?As stated above my FPS is around 15fps and down to single digits in or around airports (landing and starting). And it sometimes feels very stuttering. I have done the xml-file tweaking as proposed elsewhere in this forum. Ohh, and I have 1024mb of pc400 meamory.Cheers, Mads

I have Internet Security now, and can upgrade for $40USD. I could also get the ZAS for the same amount through a promotional offer, what would everyone do?

I have Omega drivers already installed. I understand that something that Omega offers above the stock drivers is a good uninstall routine. Can anyone help with the preferred method of replacing (un-installing the re-installing) older Omega drivers with newer ones? Win XP, 9800 ATI card.Thanks,Bruce.

I have an ATI 9800 Pro right now and the thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't antialise alpha textures and this shows up in textures of many of my aircraft, even at 6x FSAA, smooth edges but jagged textures. Does the 6800 Ultra antialise alpha textures?

I have been struggling with my CH Products Pedals. The problem is that with the Pedals centered, I look at FSUIPCs Joystick Tab under Rudder with feet off dead center I am getting values of 490 on the in and out. This is causing some slight careening when taxing. When looking at this setting if I apply slight right rudder, both numbers will fall back to zero.I am starting to lean towards it being a hardware problem with the pedals, but I would like to know if anyone else has faced this problem. And can it be corrected via calibration? Or maybe via FSUIPCs Joystick (need to know how.) I have installed and uninstalled the drivers several times, and the problem still ex…

They sound good for the most part, read here first: http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=46David

well, I just got a new computer, and I'm not really getting that great of performance. especially when i'm in FS flying, and I like ALT+TAB to get to, say MSN or Internet or Photoshop!my new computer:Pentium 4: 3.0ghz HT512MB DDR pc3200 ramRadeon 9800 PRO 128 mbalso...anyone have any tips for making FS a bit faster?

Hi friends,today i bought a new CPU (P4 3.20GB) for my MoBo (ASUS P4PE).I updated as per suggestion BIOS to latest version available at ASUS site (v.1007) and set CPU speed as auto/3200.Now the problem is that my PC doesn't boot anymore; and only can make it starts lowering speed to 2.3 GB...........tooooo BAD!!!Can anyone please suggest what should i do to squeeze all that LAZY-P4 power?Thanks in advanceLuigi ;-)

HiI just completed a cockpit project for a university. For the FS part a 3.0Ghz is running the show. Fitted with the ATI Radeon 9800XT 256mb (personally I use NVIDIA, but I am not religious) and 1GB of ram.This is all great, all sliders are at max, and I get 28+ FPS.BUT the anisotropic filter seems not present, even though both FSAA and AF sliders are set to max in the ATI control panel. It looks like cr*p !!Now, don't get me wrong but when I slide the FSAA and AF to the max with the FX5950 the shivering dissapears completely, but the Radeon just flickers, shivers etc. all over the place. Especially in areas with many trees (Georender and so on).I am using the lates drive…

Hi All,I'm about to buy a new system unit to go with my 19," .24-.25AG0 P992 FD Trinitron monitor and Harmon Kardon HK-395 speakers with subwoofer. In addition to running FS2004 I'll be doing the usual grunt stuff, all under XP Home Edition.The existing system unit contains a 2.2 GHz pentium 4, 1GB RAM, an 80GB 7200 RPM hard drive,a 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 graphics card with DVI and an SB Live! 1024 Digital Sound card.I'm happy with the sound I'm getting, and (maybe I'm ignorant) even with the visuals I get in FS2004, although system performance leaves a great deal to be desired, perhaps for reasons not germaine here.FS2004 will be my most demanding application: …

All,I have a 5900 Ultra (Alienware) and Fs2004 has always been blurry. The new 61.04 driver has 16X for antitrospic and High Quality.Has anyone here been using this new driver?Tim

Hello, Just wanted to say thank you for helping me in regards to my USB port not working with my joystick. Your solution saved the day. Here I was ready to go spend money to find out what problem was. Thank goodness for the forums and good simmers like yourself. Sincerely, S.

They work well for me. Panning is smoother on my system (wasn't bad before!). Screen corruption when ALT-TAB is now gone.These are keepers for me. YMMVhttp://www.omegacorner.comGreg

I found this while browsing around Guru3D looking for some drivers for my new Gigabyte 5950 Ultra GT. It is an article about ED glasses, but more importantly the stereo drivers needed to run them. I used to have ED glasses, but my last card was a 9700pro so I never made use of them. I vaguely remember having to match up the stereo drivers that Nvidia offers with the Dets for smooth operation. According to this article at Guru3D, no seperate stereo drivers are needed, they are included with every new Det. release. You only need a control panel to manipulate the settings. I thought this was interesting since the stereo "drivers" that Nvidia puts out always lags the Det's by…

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Anybody out there know when the new Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra cards are going to hit the street?? I got some mad money saved up for one of those bad boys. I read some reviews on the web and the new cards supposedly offer huge Flight Sim improvements....FlyBoy Phil

Hi folks. I had a motherboard failure (overheated) and had to replace it. I managed to save the CPU and all the other stuff. I did not reformat and reinstall Windows XP, but ever since I got this turkey back up and running, FS9's performance has been cut by 80%. Here is what I had and now have:I had a Shuttle Integrated Mobo, but replaced with an Asus P4V8X-X with a P4 2.0 Gig CPU. I put a 512 DDR stick in and have a Nvidia Geforce 5700 Ultra 128 DDR which I carried over.Before, I was running FS9 at 15-17 fps on the ground and was maxing out at 50fps at cruising. The sliders were halfway all around. This is with FSMeteo running as well as all the Vatsim stuff runnin…

Hi,My system: P4 2.8ghz, 1gb ram DDR400, radeon 9800pro 128mbFS runs smooth, default Seattle is about 50fps (autogen off), AA 4x, AF 8x, but when lots of scenery is loaded or even panning in default 777 virtual cockpit (front view), I see fast lockups and then graphics is "released" and smoother again.It is worst if I turn water details at MAX, looks like it is something with textures performance, any idea ?Thanks,Ulisses

hi guy's just got my sys back from the shop .new upgrade p42.8 prescott p4p800se m/board 512ddr400 computer match(asus)9600xt radeon 256mb 4.6 drivers 2 hard drives 80&20gb.3 partitions on the 80gb 10,2x30(10 has xp pro)here is the funny thing the os is in fat32 and the other's are in ntfs format.fs is on it's own on the 20gb hard drive.i am getting alot of stutering and it is stoping for a split second in intervals,it seem's to be gathering information or looking for memory.would the os in fat32 be causing the problems i thought when i did the upgrade my problems would be solved guy's i need help i'm getting good frame rates 25-30fps cheers mark

I have a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card and every time the ATC speaks there is a .5 second pause. I have 1 GB RAM. Would upgrading to an Audigy 2 get rid of the pausing?

Hi, Turned on Flight sim.09 and could not get joystick to function. I check to enable it, but can't. I un-install to re-install but I keep getting message " sidewinder needs usb port in order to install". I never had this problem before. I did not remove anything related to usb ports or anything. I am using sidewinder 2 from microsoft and using windows me. My computer is sony vaio and I have plenty of resources. I check but I don't see anything related to usb ports. I don't know what has happened. Also my Lexmark printer is having communicaion problems and won't print. Does anyone know what problem could be? Thank you much, S.