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I really don't have a whole lot of money and can't think to spend 400 dollars on a video card. What should I do my computer can handle all of them just upgraded but what are the benefits and how do they do on FPS if people can tell me. Where can I find the cheapest price in USA.I have p4 3 gig 1024 or so [email protected]

Hi, I am experiencing the following problem (a little hard to explain): when I jump into a FS2002 cockpit with side window bmp's (airplane without virtuell cockpit) and I look outside the windows, everything is fine. But when I enter the menue and then leave it again, I am experiencing a picture overlay. The menue is disappiering from the top to the bottom and the main panel is showing up, this takes about 2-3 sec's. The same then happens when I look outside the window or when I call up a subpanel. Both bmp's overlay and need 2-3 sec for loading. That's pretty unflyable. The problem is not 100% reproducable, means I do not know what to do to actually reproduce this proble…

HiI'm currently shopping around for some hardware, a mix of things like a CPU, HD, case, DVD-CD/RW drive, mobo etc and I live in the UK, London.Anyone recommend the best place to buy all my gear from? Cost & reliability is what I'm after.www.ebuyer.com seems to be the cheapest I've found so far....Anyone?

Current System Stats:P4 1.5GHzIntel DGB850 Motherboard512 Mb Rambus RamATI 9100 Xtasy x4 AGP 128Mb DDR GPUSoundBlaster XGamer 5.140 GB IBM Deskstar 7200rpm Harddrive, 10GB remainingXP Pro O/SViewSonic E790B 19" monitor at 85MHz refresh rateOmega 2.4.43 vid driversDirX 9.0aVid Card Settings:Dirct 3d PageAnisotropic Filtering: 2X, application preference offSmoothVision: 2X, application preference off, performance selectedTexture Preference: High QualityMipMap Detail Level: High QualityWait for Vertical Sync: Application PreferenceTrueform: Always OffCompatibility Settings Page Support W-buffer - DisabledSupport 32-bit Z-buffer depth - DisabledAlternate Pixel Centered al…

Hi all, I have aquired a Nvidia Quadro2 MXR. I am wondering what would be the best drives for this card? In spot plane view I am getting some graphics glitches on the horizon. I never had this with my old Nvidia Tnt2. Any suggestions? Thanks.Pat Callaghan

The only upgrade I see possible for COF is my video card.I have a AMD Anthon 2000XP ( 1.667 Gz ), 512MB PC2100 RAM,GF-ti4600 128 MB, running under W98se.Right now I can only run 2xAA with 4tapAF with good frame rate.I have most FS2002 sliders full right and I lock at around 20FPS - usually achieving that. ( at least during day flights ).Would a ATI9700 be a good choice?If you have a similar set up and upgraded, what did you get.- Thanks, Myles

I am thinking of upgrading WIndows ME with Windows XP as i`m fed up with all the issues and lockups which i seem to get with Windows ME. I heard with XP you can only have it on one computer. If i install it on my hardrive and decide one day to buy a new motherboard and move everything across (hard drives, cards, memory etc) to the new motherboard would this cause any issues? Its just a lot of money to splash out on an operating system which you can only use on the one computer.

Hello all. This has happend twice now. I run xp pro with one user account. Used to get the "your password will change in 14 days" message. I would just cancel. I never set one. Have not seen it come up lately. Now the problem. Extreamly long boot up time after blue welcome screen comes up .....I mean minutes, like hard drive went to sleep. I also get one beep from mobo, and never loose mouse. After msconfig change to nothing on start up, uninstalling some new stuff, and restore....no good. I run scan disk, no errors, but on completion and on boot up(had to run it from restart}the password dialog comes up. I choose ok and just set no password again, ....and wala. Ater welc…

HiI feel its time to upgrade my PC. A few questions,I have a GF4 Ti4600 and a seperate Ti4800SE card - which is better?With regard to a CPU, money is no object really for this so I'm looking to buy a good one, prob either an XP3200 or P4 of some sort -any recommendations greatfully received.Basically what I'm looking to do is to keep a few parts of my existing PC - hard disk & RAM (512mb DDR) and build a new PC.Well actually buy all the parts and take them all to a PC shop for someone to fit em all, I'm wary of all this hardware stuff . Is this a good plan?Also, finally, if I choose my CPU first then a mobo to accomodate my CPU, do I need to be careful which case to …

Hey all,Anyone else using this card? I am currently building a system but have yet to buy the motherboard. I want to obviously get a mobo that will support the 8x speed of the vidcard. Unfortunately i already bought the CPU, which is a P4 2.4GHZ w500fsb, and i know i should of probably bought a 3 GIG cpu but couldn't afford it. Is anyone using this same setup? If so what motherboard are you using? Or what do u suggest.Thanx in advance...."New system specs so far:MS Windows: XP ProfessionalIntel: P4 2.4GHZ500fsbIntel: Gforce4 Ti4800SE 8x 128MB-DDRAntec: Full Size Tower:SX1040B PerformanceII seriesBlackWestern Digital: 80 gig HD7200 rpmTeac: 52X CDROMLite-on: 52X CDRWCreati…

Hi All,You are all usually a knowledgeable bunch of chaps so I need some help.I have some spare cash this month to buy a new graphics card but not sure what to do...I can afford either a GeforceFX 5800 128Mb RAM or a GeForce FX 5600 with 256Mb RAM. What is going to be best for me - I mainly want it for MSFS but also other games like Simcity4 etc (i.e. not shoot-em ups!)Thanks in advance.Matt

Hey folks,I got a question, and maybe somebody knows an answer or a clue. I bought a CH yoke USB. I installed all software on my system, but when I boot or start the pc, it hangs. It will not start up. Does anyone know a solution for this or has a hint so I can fix the problem? I've searched the forum, but found nothing. Please help.Thanks,JeroenVelserbroekThe Netherlands

Hi All,You are all usually a knowledgeable bunch of chaps so I need some help.I have some spare cash this month to buy a new graphics card but not sure what to do...I can afford either a GeforceFX 5800 128Mb RAM or a GeForce FX 5600 with 256Mb RAM. What is going to be best for me - I mainly want it for MSFS but also other games like Simcity4 etc (i.e. not shoot-em ups!)Thanks in advance.Matt

Did you have any problems with the uninstall / new install?I know Windows98SE is 5 years old, but I am not upgrading the OS at this time.Anyway, just wondering if there are any special issues withinstall the ATI card.Thanks,Myles

Hi,Seeing that technology keep on evolving, I decided to change some elements of my PC.Here is my actual PC configuration :AMD ATHLON 1,4 GHz512 Mo SDRAM PC133Mainboard MSI K7T Turbo (6330)ATI Radeon 9000 128MB AGP(I want to keep my graphic card.)I'd like to buy one of these configurations but I don't know which. (My future configuration will be for simulators such as X-Plane, Fly! II, Flight Simulator 2002 and Train Simulator).Please could you tell me which configuration is the best regarding price, quality and performance.;-)Damien BRUNET.e-mail : [email protected]

I know , I know!! Windows ME is no good and Windows XP is wonderful and you can only get the hyperthreading feature to work with XP!!!But - I have an old friend (82 years) who currently has a P3/500 with a 16 meg vid card etc ( you know the stuff- about 4 years old) who has asked me to build him a new machine up to a certain value . For that value, I can build him a P4/3 gig with 800FSB, DDR400 ram, a nice vid card, etc . It will blow his socks off!! -- But he refuses to shell out for a new Operating System . He says he is perfectly happy with Windows ME and why would he want to shell out x hundreds of dollars (Australian ) for a new operating system. As a happy Window…

Hi there i wanted to know if this spec pc will be any good for frame rates in FS Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz Processor 512MB DDR RAM 80GB Hard Drive 16x DVD Drive 48x CDRW Drive 128Mb GeForce MX 440 SE Graphics and also is it worth replacing the 128mb Geforce 4 Mx with a 64mb Ti4200 ? thanks

HELLO GUYS.I HAVE A GEFORCE 4 MX420 CARD...ARE THE NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS COMPATIBLE WITH MY CARD???I THINK I DOWNLOADED THE LATEST VERSION, INSTALLED IT AND MY PC WENT TO 16 COLORS....AND A LOT OF TROUBLE.AFTER INSTALLING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO CONFIGURE??THANKS FOR YTOUR HELPDANIEL

Today, NVIDIA is once again proving that it is a company that can learn from its mistakes. A mere three months after the troubled launch of the FX 5800 Ultra, we are seeing the introduction of a successor that addresses and fixes all of the weaknesses of the original part. The memory bus has been widened to 256 bits and the GPU has been treated to a number of refinements. Although NV35 runs 50 MHz slower than its older sibling, this is virtually unnoticeable. The fact is that the enormous bandwidth of the improved 256-bit memory interface can easily pick up the slack and then some. Now, the FX 5900 is able to outpace the Radeon 9800 PRO in all relevant benchmarks and can …

Hi,Does anyone know how to do this?Yesterday someone tried to install a Trojan Horse on my system. Luckily my Firewall blocked it. It traced the source to Seoul in Korea and gave me the following info:IP Address:211.227.102.200Network:AYOUJILIinetum:211.227.102.192-211.227.102.255Netname:Kornet-APT-PAJU-VDSL-AYOUJILI-KRIs it possible to take any action, or should I just smile and put it down to experience?Thanks!Gavin

I have a GF 3 Ti200 64MB video card, which I realize is due for replacement. I get the dreaded "blurries" at any range beyond approximately 1/2 mile from my aircraft. What causes this and how can it be addressed? Any help greatly appreciated :)Thanks,Bruce.

I'm on the market for a card. I was headed to purchase a 9700 or a 9800 but looking here and there I've just discovered on a forum that ATI cards apparently do not process "fog/particle tables" (one of the way to create smoke and fog). That is only a problem for a handful of games (not for FS2K2) but unfortunately it is for one of my favorites (i.e. Combat Mission). Nvidia's are okSo if you're on the market as well, watch out.Hope that helps.Dominique

Hi: Im upgrading my computer. What video card do you recommend I should buy? (for FS02)...and how much megas should it have?Thanks for help...Jose.

I had been having some problems with GTA Vice City, so I sent Rockstar games an email, they requested my DxDiag info, So I saved it and I was looking through it, and I noticed this, that I thought was strange under DxDiag Notes:------------DxDiag Notes------------ DirectX Files Tab: The file directx.cpl is a debug version, which will run slower than the retail version. The DirectX Files tab ,does that mean, I am getting slower performance and that it could be faster? I currently am running DirectX 9.0a, some help would be greatly appreciated.

Fry's Electronics keeps offering the 128mb gforce mx440se for about $60 after rebate. Is this card recommended for Flight Simulators. I've heard that the MX models have a bandwidth/throughput problems. The Hardware review sites don't have a lot of information on this card and they always do benchmarks with "Doom" and "Quake" and never flight simulators.Thanks in advance,Sskoup