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Hello,I'am planning to buy a CH Products FlightSim Yoke and Pedals soon. Both in USB version.I've discovverd that Internet buying is much cheaper. I've checked the CH Products website and saw that they are $159.95 each, incl. the IL-2 game.But, after looking more and more on the internet I saw other companies with the same yoke, but for less money. (e.g. provantage.com, mwave.com and thenerds.net) Now is my question: how are there companies??? Is it save ? and the Delivery? You need to know that I live in Holland, so they need do deliver there also.Please give me you advise about "internet shopping" I've never used it, so any tips are welcome.Thanks,Best regards,Stefan Wi…

Greetings,This was a problem in my old system but I thought with all the new power, it might go away...When I use dual monitors and have flight sim in Windows Mode on the primary monitor, and I do ANYTHING on the secondary monitor, for kicks let's just say AIM, while active window is off flight sim, the graphics in flight sim go to pot. It doesn't pause (I tweaked that) but it looks awful. As soon as I click back in FS, it clears right up.TIA for any advice!Fly Happy, Fly Safe!Ted "Shureflight" ShureAAL333 - Assistant Hub Manager - KBOSAmerican Virtual Airlineswww.flyava.orghttp://ftp.appcenter.net/Shureflight/Pics/AmericanFlagAA.jpgGod Bless America!Proverbs 3:5,6Dell …

I just installed the latest Nvidia 41.09 drivers on my win xp professional system. When I boot up I now get the msg."Error loading NvQTwk, module could not be found". I unistalled my original drivers and installed the generic base drivers before installing the 41.09's. I have the GF3 Ti 500 64 meg card in a AMD 1400 MHz MB. Any help resolving this problem would be appreciated.Bob

Dear Friends and Pilots.I have a problem with my Gforce 4mx-400-8x which is AGP-8 Video card which I am using on a AGP-4 motherboard.With the Gforce 2mx-400 I have Water texture and Aircraft reflection on the body of the aircraft, but with the Gforce 4mx-400-8x I don't get nor the Aircraft reflection nor the moving texture of the water.Anyone out there... Could help me with the problem.Thank you.The Ghost Walker.

Hi,Having flown millions of miles with my trusty Sidewinder Precision Pro (game port type) joystick, I`m going to PC World tomorrow for a new one (giving my old one to my daughter).Which one would you suggest (USB type)?I don`t want a flight yoke type.Sidewinder Precision Pro 2 USB?Force Feedback Pro 2 ?I`m a bit wary of the Force Feedback type, any comments on this would be very, very helpful please, can you describe it in use & any disadvantages with it ?Any other makes ?I like to fly light aircraft, mainly VFR, but now & then heavies.Thank you,Rob

Hello,I'm looking for some help in choosing a monitor for my new system (planning on getting in Mid-January).I'm wondering if I should go with a:19" Trinitron Flat Screen CRTora Dell UltraSharp 1702FP 17" Flat Panel LCDI heard the CRTs are better for gaming and I'm leaning toward that due to the fact that it is cheaper than the LCD.

I'm aware from previous posts that MSFS is unable to take advantage of a dual processor. But what I don't know is whether a dual processor can make a difference when there is more than MSFS running. For instance, I typically have MSFS, WidevieW, Roger Wilco, Squawk box, and ActiveSky running simultaneously. I have a recurring problem of my voice transmissions breaking up when all these things are going, but voice is just fine if I'm only using RW. So will a dual CPU help in this situation, or am I better off going with a better CPU (per my sig below, see my profile comments for the server specs, which are relevant here)?I'm asking in part because I'm making a transition i…

What would you pick? Why? Frame rates what is a good frame rate?I want sugestions on what size PC and what to put in it. I enjoy flying FS 2002 but it can tax a PC what CPU does one need? Tell me about yours and will FS2004 need a faster CPU and RAM?

HeyI am thinking about getting this card BUT I just came over from *Rage3D* and it still appears that there are quite a few serious issues with this card ??????Yet there are many people who sware by this card so I must conclude that there are good and bad 9700s released, what do you think ?I mean it appears that the card either works great or it dosen't. If you are using the 9700 please explain to me what *exactly* you did to get it working correctly.Me being an Nvidia dood for the longest time means that when I install my new card it always works. I have never ever had one GeForce not work well and I have had them all.I tried the ATI-8500 (128m) last year but had to take…

As I research building or buying, I've found many of the posts here very helpful--thanks to everyone who has contributed so much info. My situation - I'm thinking of building the following system:P4 2.4 533MHzGiga-byte GA-81EXP Crucial 512 DDR PC2700 memoryGeForce 4 Ti4200 (already own)80 mb 7200rpm hdWindows XP proMinus the graphics card, which I already own, the system will probably come to about $900 with case, power, drives etc.Through dell, I can get the following system for $630:P4 2.4 533MHz w/512 L2 Cache (their dimension 4550)128 DDR SDRAM (I'd add more)30gb hd (I'd add another drive)windows XP pro, etc.First, am I putting in enough quality components in the buil…

Anyone know how to prevent C drive folders from expanding every time I select Explorer?I have two partitions. Windows ME is on C drive, and FS is on D drive. I do a lot of work on the D drive. Is there a way to collapse C drive directory, expand D drive directory, and keep it that way?Richard

Hey thanks for reading. I'm looking for a new PC. I would like P4 3.06 Ghz. I'd would like sugestions on what to do to make my FS2002 to run smooth for once. Any thing would be better than my P2 400. It runs around 10 to 8 frames a minute what is a good frame rate. Please give your sugestion to me and if you now where I could get a good deal or if it is possible to build my own tower. Thanks Scot.

Hi. I just installed a GeForce 2 GTS 32MB card on my computer and it's working fine, however there's a tiny little problem. The panel of the Boeing 747 and maybe the others come nicely, but sometimes there's a light red covering on the bottom half of the panel, it's transparent-the red covering. It has square textures in it. Can anybody help? Thanks.

I have a T-Bird1.2, ASUS A7V Winfast GeForce2MX rig and with FS2002 but on a flight from London to Paris, by the time I get to Paris (with everything set either Maxed out or minimum)I get horrible stutters, I guess about1-3fps. Is this normal?:-hmmm

Does anyone around here use a Soltek mother board? I'm trying to find out how to increase the CPU clock speed without increasing the AGP bus speed. I've got a new Soltek SL-75FRV (via KT400) and I'm trying to get the correct 133 x 13.5 freq config for the XP2200 + (1.8GHz) that is installed. Every time I try the recommended settings the board hangs requiring a CMOS reset.(Works OK at 100 x 18)I got a manual setting of 120 x 15 to work but when I check out the AGP bus speed using Sandra it shows as 80MHz!. There does not appear to be a AGP Bus/ CPU Clock ratio setting in the BIOS (AMI) to allow me to slow down the AGP bus...and I thinks that's why the board is failing to p…

just a simple question. Is it better to keep a Computer on all the time, or better to shut down after using it? The computer I have gets used at different times in the day. Any commments welcome.Thanks!Matt

Hi allMy first post.Its a good one too.Buying a whole new system.My Specs FPS unlimited thats it thats all oh thats with MAX res and MAX scenery. All games All the time.Reading the hundreds of posts in this and other Forums. I have come up with this.A. I dont/wont ever know a thing about computers except how to curse them, turn them on and off.But i think i have this much figured out.MOBO ASUS A7V333.CPU Athlon XP2400RAM 1gig PC2700 DDR Monitor 17" LCD SamsungCD/CDRW Lite On 48x12x48 CDR-RWHarddrive Western Digital 40GB w/ 8MB cache Harddrive 7200rpmCASE Kingwin KT 436BK CaseCPU Cooling …

How does one go about checking if RAM is bad or not? I read somehwere that the windows RAM test is not a good way to check the actual ram chip. . .had something to do with read/write versus something else. Can anyone point me in the right direction? -drewOh. . .thought of something else too. I have a bare minimum install of Win98SE on it's own drive and have noticed taht I've been getting a lot of explorer crashes recently. It seems to be intermittant when closing any open windows on the desktop. It also happens when trying to empty the recycle bin, also intermittant. I have Norton Utilities and have run the system check and it has found nothing. Hmm. . .now that …

I am designing an Nforce 2 system...what do you think of this baby? Is the price fair? Good components? be honesthttp://www.progresssystemsinc.com/behemoth.html

Just recently I noticed that every time I run AFCAD I have to reselect the FS2002 directory. Then when I tried to run TTools, it said "cannot locate FS2002 directory." This is totally strange for me, as I've never had any real problems with FS2002. The only thing that has happened recently was that I tried to use Bill Grabowski's EMB-120 panel with an old FSDS model, which caused FS to crash. Then when I tried to restart FS2002 it wouldn't work at all. To get it to work again I deleted the FS2002.cfg which apparently was corrupted, because it at least started after creating a new file. However, now I get the "cannot find FS2002 directory" error and that is really buggin…

I started having trouble with PSS A320. (If your interested, see A320 Start Problem in PSS Forum.) I ended up getting a Ddhelp error in GDI.exe everytime I launch FS.It was recommended that I may want to re-install ME. Any recommendation on how I should do it?I have two partitions. ME is on C drive, and all other programs are on D drive.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Richard

Well, i just got a new computer. :-)But, its a laptop. :-( IS flightsim good on one? Ok, its faster than my current PC. My PC is P3 450 mhz, Gforce 2 MX 400. 10GB. This new baby is P4 2.0 GHZ, 30GB Ram, 256RM. Both are Dells. Ive been satisfied with Dells for a while. I guess its ok. But the graphics? is so-so. Can someone please tell me if my flightsimming will be the same? This laptop was made for school, since thats where ill be going in Jan. So, flightsimming , i may no longer have time for. Gee. that sux.I appreciate any input. Aloha!

I know this is probably a dumb question but I'm gonna ask it any way..Is there any way to use a flight yoke with a Gameport Connection on a machine with only USB connections...An Adapter...??? One is Analogue and the other Digital...Right..??Ok Dont all shout at once...!!Cheers

I've taken care of the windows side of the house...not shutting down USB ports automatically. However, when the computer goes to sleep and is subsequently restored, my CH Products to not "wake up". Everything else I'm running on the USB ports (either mobo or remote) wakes up with the exception of these.So, my questions are this: Is this a limitation of the CH Products? and If so, is there any solution outside of unplug/replug the joysticks.Thanks for the help,ChrisPS - If you're reading this, Bob, I'm pretty sure I've asked you this question before when we were troubleshooting the heck out of my problems...but darn if I can find it in the archives.

Hi Guys,Having a problem that's affecting me in FS2002 as well as other games including, but not limited to X-Plane and Medal of Honor.The symptoms are that periodically, the graphics will freeze and stutter a few times over a period of about 4 or 5 seconds, then go back to normal and after the freezing up, the joystick stops responding. I can revive the joystick by going into Control Panel/Game Controllers. Usually at first the joystick doesn't appear listed, but if I close the game controllers window and re-open it a few times, eventually it will be re-listed and if I then go into properties for the joystick, it will start responding in the game until next time the free…