yup he has helped alot of people, i need to put my friend intouch with him, he could have an amazing machine

There is no question that this is the top of the heap(Ramsa) when you are talking about tweaking....his help is very much apparent as soon as you compare shots posted before and after his help.........good stuff, once again !

it's time for me to contact him...

LOL, why did you give him the code first, when I talked to him I gave him what he wanted AFTER he helped me, like we agreed to. He does do this for a living, he helps companies and people get their PC's up to extremely high capability. He didnt steal from you, did he ask for the code before you gave it to him? tsk tsk tsk  

Even though you may call it stealing, what you took part in was piracy.  That bad-mouths you, ALONG with your accusations against Michael.  Giving a reg. code to someone without them buying it is illegal, even if you were doing it in return for his help.

Piracy takes many forms.. 

I believe you

I've been avoiding replying to this thread upto now because, so far, there's been no reply from RAMSA and I think it's only fair that he ought to comment if he decides to.

However, I'll just make this point:

I'm sure he's very very good at what he does. There's sufficient comment on here to suggest so.

However, I've never paid anyone for advice about anything P.C. related. This isn't because I'm a hardware or software genius. I started off with just the same knowledge levels as everone else - zero.

My own experience is that forums, particularly flightsim forums where the hardware efficiency is so critical, are ful of very knowledgeable, and by and large, helpful people.

In 6 years of PC ownership, I've never yet failed to get an answer to a question when I've had one.

Ok - you wade through the snide comments of the trolls sometimes, and it can take a while before someone with the knowledge actually responds to you, but you get there eventually.

These days I'm fortunate in rarely needing advice on settings and so on. Again, this isn't because I'm something special. It's mainly because I've kept a record of the advice where it's been useful and refer to it when necessary.

The only real advantage in paying someone for this kind of service is if you can't wait, and your problem is so major that it will take hours of one to one advice to sort it out.

If RAMSA is that good that he can guarentee to resolve te problem and is prepared to devote the time necessary to do that, then I'm sure he can make a living out of doing this.

Personally I wouldn't dream of charging for any advice I can give. It sticks in my throat somehow, but that's just me. If it's going to eat into time I haven't got, then perhaps, but otherwise you're welome to it and most people in the flightsim community feel the same.