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Hello, Has anybody returned their 3d glasses under the Edimensional 30 day money back guarantee? As far as I can see, their webiste says I should send an e mail to [email protected] However, two e mails to this address requesting an RMA(?) number for me to return the glasses remain unanswered. I also sent an e mail to the other address at co.uk but this remains unanswered as well. Their phone number appears to be for sales only but I'm going to try it tomorrow anyway. Victor

HI: I justinstalled the CH control manager on my system for use with my CH Yoke & Pedals. My Question is do I have to have the control manager running while using FS2004 for it to have the setting take effect? If I don't start it before using FS the control settings do not seem to take effect. This is my first time using control manager so any help will be appreciated. Thanks....Al

It is a Dell 8300 with the following stuff. 3Ghz FSB-XT PRO-1G memory-120 on the HD and the ATI Radeon XT256 Graphics card. After firing it up I had a screen that said the picture couldn't be drawn. I got through that and after installing the other stuff [printer&joystick] I got a blank screen on the first start up. I turned it off and upon starting, it looked normal.I installed the FS9 and when going from the flight selection screen to Megs field the screen flickered. When loading the scenery a pop up said it was trying to load scenery that wasn't there. I got through that and it flew great with no flickering or pauses. The distant scenery flickers but up close it i…

I'd like to ask the fellow FSimers for your expert opinion on this system hardware to run FS2004 -- I am looking for great visual quality and specially smooth fluid frame rates -- as you can see, it is not the best system out there but it certainly is what I can afford at this time:+ SOYO P4VGA Via Socket 478 barebone system with Intel P4 3.06Ghz CPU with SOYO case, 350 Watt power supply (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=685419&Sku=S450-3090%20A).+ 1024 MB Ultra PC2700 DDR 333 Mhz memory.+ Seagate 120GB, 7200 RPM, 2MB cache, 8.5, ATA-100 EIDE drive.+ XFX nVidia GeForce FX 5600 V, 256 MB DDR, AGP 8X video card (http://www.tiger…

I was wondering if I could get some suggestions for the best video card to get for a Pentium 4 2.4 Dell computer with 1gb of ram. I have an ATI Radeon 9800 128mb card in my 3.2 ghz computer. Would that work well for the 2.4 or should I go another route?Any suggestions will be appreciated.Lee

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Hello,I want to upgrade the entire guts of my computer in around 6-8 months time.My budget is around

Warning,Attempt only if mechanicly inclined! My out of warranty USB flight sim yoke was unairworthy,(main shaft had excesseve play up and down,and side to side) So here Is how I took out the play using only teflon thread tape. First remove the the holdown clamps,then the 4 rubber pads at each corner of the underside of the case to access the screws under them. Remove all the screws. Holding the case firmly together, place the yoke right side up on a pillow and remove the top part of the case carefully. You will then see the 2 plastic round bushings that the yoke shaft slides thru, at the front and back of the case. carefully lift the shaft up out of the lower case to slid…

I need to know if there is a 4 head graphics card that anyone has used with FS2002 that supports one large desktop area. I want an unwindowed 4 screen display for instruments. Any ideas, or am I out of luck...and I'm going to have to break it up using windowed views? I just tried a Matrox G200 4 Head but it doesn't give the proper options under display settings...Thanks,Ryan

Hi folks, I have a trusty AthlonXP 1500 with 1GB RAM (running Windows 2000). Unfortunately, attached to it is a pathetic little GeForce3 with 64MB RAM (albeit overclocked). I want to upgrade my graphics card. I am hearing great things about the various Radeon cards. I can get a Radeon 9600 pretty inexpensively around here, but I don't understand what the differences are between the various types of Radeon 9600s. Also, does the performance increase between a Radeon 9600 with 256MB RAM and a Radeon 9800 with 128MB RAM justify the price difference? Will I even be able to enjoy the benefits of this card with my system? Primarily, I want better texture loading, crisper texture…

Hello, I have an NVIDIA FX5900 Ultra, I was wondering if anybody out there knows how to exclude fs clouds from the AA setting in the card's driverThank you

I become tired of the war between my computer and FS2004. I am thinkig about upgraden my P4 1.8ghz to a P4 3ghz HT. I will also reply my Asus P4S533 with an Asus P4P800 Deluxe. The problem is I still have 768MB DDR PC2100.Will PC2100 slowing down FS a lot and is this an interesting upgrade to do?The new system will look like:P4 3GhzASUS P4P800 Deluxe768MB DDR PC2100Maxtor 120GB 7200rpmMaxtor 40GB 7200rpmATI RADEON 9800Thanks in advance,Marcel

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I finished assembling my new Flight Sim Box and thought I would share my findings.AMD64 3400+ with all copper Kalman cooling fan/sink.Asus K8V Deluxe M/b1 gig of OCZ Platinum Extended Latency RAM (PC3200)Two Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA 160 Drives These two drives are connected to the K8V's onboard Promise 20378 RAID Controller in a RAID 0 configuration.One Seagate Barracuda Ultra ATA (for Windows)GeForce FX 5900 Ultra (256 mb)TDK DVD-R+/-I did try the SouthBridge VAI RAID controller that is built on the board as well. Throughput was higher on the Promise.I assembled the system and loaded XP64 Beta. Getting the RAID to recognize was a little tricky. You have to have …

I have just installed a Radeon 9800 Pro 256mB Sapphire card. Most views seem a clearer than my old GeForce3 but now I have a problem1) I cannot see any landing lights or strobes on my aircraft which had them modelled before. I can see lighting effects reflected on the outside of the fuselage/ wings etc.2) The smoke effect looks like a flat ribbon.Any advice would be welcome.PaulDell Precision 530 1.7Ghz Zeon1Gb RamRadeon 9800 Pro 256mB SapphireWindows XP professional

Hi Everyone:Long time flight simmer... really enjoying my FS9 experience... but my frame rates are really starting to irritate me. I have adjusted my display setting enough where I'm confident I'm getting the best performance possible w/o sacrificing too much diplay... but I'm still not satisfied. That said, I was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction. What can I get to increase my frame rate performance... video card, CPU, any thoughts or ideas would be great. Here's what I'm running:1.6GHz IntelP4512MB DDR SDRAM80GB DMA32MB nVidia TNT2 M64 graphics cardOnce again, any insight would be much appreciated!Thanks again,Dave

I'm using the ATI driver.I get low FPS 10-15 only , and sometime less.I have a strong system:P4 2.4Gigabyte 865PE motherboard.1024Mb of memory DDR400WD120 hard-disk...What is wrong ?What should I set in the card advanced option ? AA X4 ? AF X4 ?D3D ? OPENGL ? I have Hyundai Q17 LCD monitor.Help will be appriciated.

I just updated my system with a new 9800 XT card. I used the included CD software but I noticed the driver has been updated on the ATI download site. The dial-up download options are 3 separate files - the driver, the control panel, and WDM capture. If I update the card do I need all three files? Thanks. Tom

Hi folks, this question just because i'm still looking at my HD LED working while running FS2004! Not continuously, but from time to time, especially when changing view or weather getting updates, my HD seems to work; i can ear its "simphony".How can this happen? Is there a way to stop swap file w/o affecting FS2004 performance?Thanks in advance for helpingLuigi ;-)

Last night I ordered a stick of Corsair XMS memory from Outpost.com at 10 PM central time and it was delivered at 12 PM central today by Airborne Express. I couldn't have gotten it any faster if I drove over to the local Fry's store and picked up it off the shelf! Outpost and New Egg had the best price I could find on the internet but New Egg wanted $15 for overnight delivery versus $7 for Outpost. Either way I assumed overnight delivery on an order placed at 10 PM on a Thursday night would mean Monday delivery. Outpost certainly exceeded my expectations on this occasion.

I would like to know if anyone has had a problem in FS 2004 with either the retail or OEM vesion of this card causing sudden loss of sound and frame rate drop to 1 with need to reboot computer to restore its function. I suspect my problem relates to the card or its driver, but would like to know if I am the only one.After this happens the card diagnostics proclaim hardware test failure, and usually rebooting makes the diagnostic proclaim that all is well again.I use Win XP and the OEM Dell version of this card with latest driver as posted by Dell. Dell will not help with this problem saying it is the fault of FS 2004 not the card.Thanks,GReg

Hi techs,I think of upgrading my 2700+ with FSB166/DDR333 to an 3000+ with FSB200/DDR400 (1 GB RAM each).Do You think this will make a SIGNIFICANT improvement on framerates?Graphic card is a 9800pro with 4.3 drivers.Thanks for any useful replyTorsten

Unfortunately the motherboard on my athlon 2100+ burned out.The good news is I got a fairly top of the line system for an extremely good price. (p4 3.2 hyperthreading,geforce fx 5600 with 256, 1 gig memory, windows prof, etc.).Man-this sim rocks now-the flight models feel amazingly better-leading me to postulate that perhaps one can't judge them fairly on a lower system-amazing the difference, the gauges move smoother, and 30-40 fps or higher is the norm. It is obvious that power = everything with this sim.I also experienced my first ctd ever tonight flying at Sion and also believe I saw the "autogen bug"-something I had never seen before with a slower system! Interesting…

Hi All,Thinking about upgrading my motherboard, not certain on what m/board & processor to upgrade to?Could anyone help with which is the better of the tow mentioned above? For

hi guys,recently my Alienware mobo. (Asus P4T533-C) P4 3.06, 1gig of PC1066 RDRAM was replaced with an Intel 875PBZ mobo. P4 3.00, 1gig of DDR PC3200 ram. also, the WD 60GB 7200RPM with 8MB cache buffer HD was replaced with the Seagate 80GB 7200RPM 8MB cache HD. 9800XT, Audigy2 ZS & all other hardware is the same. my performance in FS9 has gone downhill with this new setup. for example, with the Asus mobo./RDRAM setup when flying at cruise altitude in the default 747 on top of a solid overcast my lowest fps was 10-12. now with the Intel 875 mobo./DDR setup the same FS scenario listed above my lowest fps is now in the single digits...4-9. the popping/filling in of the …