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Jan 26^th, 2004 at 12:00pm

Craig. Offline
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Well since i was in bath today for a trip to the hospital, i thought i would cheer myself up and buy CFS3. Not only did i get it for cheap because of a last day Game sale, but it wasnt raining either:)
Now, after playing it for short while i can see i am going to need RAM as its running slow even with minimum settings, i am hopefully going to be getting an upgrade there this week. And i need a video card, so can anyone suggest a good one for less than a £100?
and finally what are some good freeware addons, and aircraft to get?
Thanks for any help guys.

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Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2004 at 12:44pm

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Well Craig you can get some good GeForce 4 cards for around £100 these days. As the latest cards come out, last years hot cards get cheaper. I replaced my old Kyro II card with a cheap and cheerful GeForce 4 MX 440 with 128 meg DDR and that did the trick for me for less than £50. Most folk round here don't think the MX cards are up to much, but some of the better cards are still in your price range.
As for planes, go to AvHistory (if you can catch their site whilst it is working these days) and grab the Beaufighter and the 109's and 190's and LF Spits and grab Groundcrew's 110 and Swordfish and grab the MkI Spit and Hurricane from SimV and grab some top notch repaints for the crappy looking stock aircraft from here and the outhouse and Netwings Grin

And someone PLEASE make a MkXIV Spit for CFS3, please Wink

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Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2004 at 12:52pm

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Thank you Hawker:) Much appreciated.
As for the video card. I dont have one at all just an onboard chip. so even the cheapest card would be an improvement. If you have any screenshots, could you point me in the direction to give me an idea of what it looks like, as £50 sounds good to me

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Reply #3 - Jan 26^th, 2004 at 5:56pm

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A geForce4 Ti4200 did wonders for my CFS3. Wink

Well worth the money. It cost me about £130 around this time last year so it should be a bit less now.

Now, Tempest, GROUNDCREW HAVE RELEASED A SWORDFISH? AND I WASN'T TOLD? WHY? Shocked

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Reply #4 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 7:09am

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Too bad woodhouse, I got my GForce4 Ti-4600 with 128 RAM absoultly free (Good offer from DELL)

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Reply #5 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 10:02am

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thanks guys. I picked up the swordfish, lovely aircraft:)I also got the update and for some reason its running slower now, and looks worse. Has this happend to anyone else?

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Reply #6 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 10:29am

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Hey Woodlouse, you cannot know everything, not even when a pic is posted right under your nose Grin

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=cfs3;action=display;num=10...
However, it's so far just a quick conversion of our old FSDS1/CFS2 Stringbag, so it needs quite a bit of work until it's up to par.
We'll finish her as soon as the other work in progress stuff is out (Yes, still working on the Lanc)
....and excuse the shameless self-promo Grin

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Reply #7 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 10:47am

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Here is what my less than £50 video card makes CFS3 look like Craig pal Wink

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=...
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=...
These should give you an idea of what I'm getting from CFS3.
I have colour at 32bit 1024/768 screen size and clouds and aircraft set at 5 with everything else at 4. Runs well enough for me. All I need is a bit more memory and I'll have this sim sorted Grin

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Reply #8 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 4:27pm

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Hey Woodlouse, you cannot know everything, not even when a pic is posted right under your nose Grin

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=cfs3;action=display;num=10...
However, it's so far just a quick conversion of our old FSDS1/CFS2 Stringbag, so it needs quite a bit of work until it's up to par.
We'll finish her as soon as the other work in progress stuff is out (Yes, still working on the Lanc)
....and excuse the shameless self-promo Grin

Oooh yes, the Lanc... Can we have a little update on it soon please? And an estimated release date?

It is the CFS3 project i've been looking forward to most.

I have the Stringbag now. And is quite satisfactory. I look forward to seeing the final version. Wink

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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