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...on availability. Do you know what is the best place in the US to get one and when will it be available to the public. Anybody can give me the price estimation as well?ThanksDonMy system specs:AMD Athlon 1.2GhzASUS A7V133 200Mhz512MB SDRAMnVidia GF3 Ti200 (running on 40.72)Sony Trinitron 19'CH Yoke USB + CH Pro Pedals http://hifi.avsim.net/activesky/images/wxrebeta.jpg

Hello everyone,I asked this in the general discussion forum too because it seems this forum is less frequented. However, here's my deal:I'm trying to set my Dad's computer up with FS2002, but he's using an all-in-wonder Radeon 8500 (128M) which is mostly for video editing. . .anyway, FS doesn't look bad except that the panel themselves seem to go out of focus and the mouse leaves trails. Then after a second or so the panel snaps back to a sharp image and then the process repeats. Anyone know what to do to fix this? Thx!-drewdad's system:WinXP ProIntel i850 w P4 1.71024M PC800Radeon 8500 All in wonderand WAY too much junk running in the background :-lol :-hah

Does anybody have a Geforce 2 GTS on a system with a VIA chipset or does anyone know somebody who has it? I just wanted to ask about how it runs on their system? How is it? Thanks. Asad.

TI4200. WinMe P4 based system.If you are interested see my post in the FS forum...Willing to do some benchmarking if anyone is interested. Might help if deciding on an upgrade or new system.Thanks,Adam :-)

I installed xp pro (corporate actually >:) )and now my joystick doesn't seem to be working? I looked all over microsoft, and I couldn't seem to find any drivers for it. Is there anywhere that i can find XP compatable drivers?

Hi guys :-)I'm looking at trying to build a simple web site to displaymy Fs2002 screen shots, I have looked at my ISP free site builderbut the big snag is you can only use pictures of 220/220 in size,I would like to use 700/500. Anyone had any use of such a site thatis very easy to setup and free?most grateful for any advice :-beerchugSquitters.

Hello, all.First post here on Avsim, never really checked out the forums at all, but glad I have now :)I'm about to get a Microsoft Force Feeback 2 to replace my (totally unsuitable & malfunctioning) Logitech Wingman Extreme stick. I'm looking forward to more precision, but also licking my lips at the prospect of the FF giving me a better sensation of realism when taxiing & landing etc.I've only briefly tried the MSFF2 stick on a friends machine, but never got time to get the feel of it. Does the feedback function provide gentle resistance when pulling back on the stick, or is it more of a "rumble pack" effect (does any of this make sense? ;) )I've flown MSFS for …

I am very very confused.A few weeks ago I got my hands on an old Gateway with the following sepcs:450mhz128megs RAM20gig HD3Dfx Voodoo BansheeI know, hardly a high performance system, but it was free amd I figured it would be better then continuing to use my IBM Thinkpad for FS2002 (it works, but it's not pretty).Well FS2002 runs fine (about 16fps with no ATC and medium settings on just about everything).Last night though, I decided to go out and grab a new graphics card (hoping to increase the FPS to 20-25). I ended up with a GeForce4 Ti 4200 w/ 64megs of RAM.Now after installing it, DirectX 8.1, and the latest drivers, I'm only getting 8-12 FPS with the same settings.C…

When I built my computer, the ABit BD7II mainboard did not have drivers for USB 2.0. ABit now do so, but require as well a BIOS flash to a higher rev. I note that on their site there is a recommendation to re-install Windows too (I have XP), as a result of the BIOS upgrade.I think I'll try not re-installing the OS first :), anyone ever had to do that?. I've flashed BIOS before and never had to. However, my question is regarding the drivers the sound chip and NIC, both imbedded; and the Intel drivers I have also installed. Should I need to consider re-installing these? There's not mention on the ABit site about them. Then again, I've never before had imbedded hardware…

I'm having serious trouble installing a new PNY GeForce4 Ti4200 64mb AGP graphics card.My system:Windows XPMSI motherboard: 815EPT (MS-6337) (intel 815 chipset) Socket 370PIII 1ghz512mb RAM 133I currently have a GeForce2 mx400 64mb card and it works very well. The Detonator drivers I am using are the latest from the nVidia site.After uninstalling the GeForce2 and close the system, the reboot with the new card is fine before installing drivers. Then I re-install the drivers for the Geforce4. Everything is cool and I reboot... but then the system locks up. It locks just before the XP welcome screen with either a totally black screen (or after a scandisk with a screen corrup…

Hi guys, I'm sure you can guide me through this eventually by tellin me where to look. I'm struggling with the everlasting story about the videoboard with the best quality/price performance. I was thinking about the chance (but recently I have seen the price!!! I never realize it was so high) to buy the Matrox Parhelia (maybe due to the chance of having three monitors without having three computers). Did some of you have had experience with this board? Can you eventually indicate to me some posts to check this board?In Italy the Parhelia is rated 428 dollars and I think that if the performance are not so higher than a GEForce 4 TI4200 (or 4400-4600) the price is not wort…

To get FSGENESIS MESH UPGRADE CDs containing LOD=9 (76.4m) complete and seamless coverage of the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, the Yukon Territory, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ABSOLUTELY FREE, do the following:(i) Respond to this post; and(ii) Go to the Video Club store in the back of Sarawat Supermarket inside Jeddah International Market (behind the Meridian), say hello to Abdelatif and mention AVSIM.COM.That's It! Only one copy, so get there first.

Dear fellow flight sim enthusiasts, I have alot of five or so year old flight sims that I'm having trouble running on my Compaq Presario 5441. The toughest of the sims' requirements are as follows: Pentium 300MHz processor (I have an AMD K6-II at 475 MHz.), 96MB RAM (I have 312MB RAM.), 515MB of free disk space (I have 6.28GB of free disk space.), an 8X CD ROM drive (I have a 56X CD ROM drive.), a 3D accelerated graphics card with 8MB VRAM (I have an ATI Radeon 7200 card with 32MB VRAM.), a 16 bit DirectX compatible sound card (I don't know what kind of sound card I have.), and controllers (I have a Flightstick Pro and some Pro Peddals.). As you can see, I appear to h…

Hi Folks,Just noticed that CompUSA is selling the Mad Dog GeForce 4 Ti4200 64 meg video card for $100 USD (after rebates).I haven't seen much on the web about that card or about the Mad Dog company (www.mdmm.com).Has anyone tried this video card and if yes is it a good one?Has anyone tried any other Mad Dog Products and how are they?Any idea about their technical service?I checked their web site and when I try to view the page for "About Us", it says something to the effect that it's under construction or whatever. I wonder how long this company has been in business?Any info would be helfull. Thanks in advance.Howard

I was just curious as to which vid drivers Win98SE folks are using with their Ge4 cards. I am currently running 29.42s. . .Also, if anyone could let me know which Via 4 in 1's are giving the least problems I would appreciate that too. I see that 4.43V are the latest, was wondering if anyone has had any problems yet? Thanks!-drew(8-|XP1800+ soltek SL75drv-4 (Via KT266A)512M PC2100 Crucial DDRLeadtek A250Ultra TD (Ge4 Ti4600)Win98SE"And to think 6 months ago this was state of the art. . ."

Hi all,I'm going to be building a new system shortly and I'll be using a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 graphics card in it. I'm confused about WHICH one to get though? There are a ton of companies all selling what appears to be a card with the same features but all at different prices. Is there one that is better than the others or are they all basically the same?-Shaun

Hi there guys, I think this forum has already a hundred of post on this matter, but Is there some that can tell me if the edimensional glasses are worth to be bought?I heard that they are excellent in every situation, some other times I read that they are good with virtual cockpit and not with 2d panel like the DreamFleet 737-400 or PSS 747-400. With the specs below:Abit Sa6 motherboard400 mb ramPIII 866 mhzabit t400 siluro geforce2 64 mbWin 98seFS2002 prodo you think the glasses can work to justify the purchaseI hope to have an advice from youThank you in advanceMichael, Italy

Hi,Soon I'm going to buy/build a new PC and I'm wondering what the minimum requirments for the power supply are. If have chosen a Chieftec case that comes with a 360W power supply. Is this enough or should I opt for the 430W version? I don't care about the extra money, but I do care about the (propable) extra noise.My new system will have the following components:P4 2.8 or 3.0GhzASUS P4G8X (Dual Channel DDR)GF4 Ti 4600Disk, sound, NIC etc.so, is 360W enough?Egbert Drenth

I bought this joystick when it first came out and it worked great with Win98SE. I am now running WinXP Home and am unable to get the Logitech calibration software to work with XP. I downloaded the update from Logitech for XP and can't get it to install. I'm not a programmer and their help solutions are no help to me. If anyone can give me a fix for this I would certainly appreciate it. It's a great joystick but I would like to be able to calibrate it using the Logitech software which would enable me to adjust the forces.Feel free to e-mail me or answer in the Forum. Thanks in advance.Craig [email protected]

I have been thinking about upgrading to an Athlon XP some time during the first half of next year. My idea would be to get a 2100 or 2200 plus associated memory and a new mainboard, if required - the ASUS A7V133 does not support XPs, does it?. Later on, then, I would want to find a new video card (GF4 or Radeon 9xxx).Are there any specific mainboards or video cards fitting the above specs which you could recommend to me right now, or will there be some new releases in the following months which I might consider? However, do you think an Athlon XP 2100 or 2200 would harmonize well with the GF3 Ti 200 I have right now until I would be able to throw in a new card?I don't wan…

I recently upgraded my system from a P3-833 & Matrox G400 Millenium graphics card running Windows 98 to an Athlon 2100+(and subsequently) a MSI GeForce4 Ti 4600 graphics card. the new machine has Windows 98 & Windows 2000pro on separate partitions & I've got FS2002 installed on both. Over the course of time I have installed a large number of AI aircraft using Ttools.The reason for the graphics upgrade was that I was getting lockups in Windows 2000 when a number of AI aircraft came into view (i.e. when overflying or on approach to a busy airport - the frame rate would drop & then the whole PC would lock up requiring the use of the reset button to re-start. …

Hi all,Have just loaded the 40.72 Nvidia drivers for my GF256 pro card,I cannot open the tab in my display control panel as I get thiserror: windows had error ocurred opening C:WINDOWSSYSTEMDESK.CPLI'm using WinMe, I have uninstall and re-install as per the readme file. Anyone have an idea please?Squitters :-zhelp

Windows XP ProAMD2200+ in ASUS A7V333 w/Raid and Sound1gB pc2700 mem2x WD SE 120gB in RAID 1 (good thing, too)I had the PROMISE controller complain about a "non-responding" drive today. Both drives have been proven to be working, but one of the drives obviously had not been updating for the last four hours of its previous run. I managed to recreate the array from the "good" drive, and we seem to be okay (with my friendly retailer on warranty notice :-) )1.In the course of searching for any info on this problem, I came across http://www.mushkin.com/cgi-bin/Mushkin.fil...0880#asusa7v333which talks about moving a couple of jumpers from default, in order to lower the voltag…

I have an hdtv ready mitsubishi with a 16*9 screen aspect ratio. Is it possible to hook a computer system and use the screen to display flight sim, or other computer images for that matter? btw, for TV, even short of hdtv, the images are spectacularly clear and sharp. thanks...sherm

Hi, I just wanted to know if a Geforce 2 GTS would work on my Biostar VKB Motherbooard with a VIA VT8363x chipset? I have an AMD 954Mhz processor and 128MB of RAM. Thanks! Asad.