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Mar 30th, 2005 at 10:21pm

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I was doing flight in the FS design Constellation (3rd today) and changing views, The next thing I know, the screen pitches dead black, I hit alt and manage to get it back, and half the aircraft textures load, then The sim gets laggy, Go's black, Comes back, Then after about a minute, I get an error FS Has to shut down would you like it to restart..... I dunno if she's dying or not, its a Built in Nvidia Geforce MX 440 64 MB DDR Ram off from my system ram. Any help would be thanked (if I need new GPU well.... Prolly within the next 2 or 3 weeks when I get a job) Cheers! Gunny04 Going to post the shots I did get....
 
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Reply #1 - Mar 30th, 2005 at 11:08pm

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sorry to say, but its time for that shiny new graphics card. Ide suggest an ATi Radeon 9600 SE or 6600GT on a budget, but if you really wanna shell out the cash....X800 PRO!!!! But i would assume that infact your graphics card is going to die farily quickly. How old is it anyway???
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 12:33am

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It's an integrated (onboard) graphics chip ctjoyce. Some of the nForce2 mainboards had them with the MX440 inbuilt (I think). They were the "Creme de la creme" of onboard graphics.

If you can go into BIOS and check to see that your settings haven't been lost.... ie. 8x AGP and any other graphics related settings, and maybe allocate 128 mb of shared ram to the onboard?

Maybe you accidently changed the display settings of the video driver, or game display settings.

ctjoyce is right, the mx440's were never up to the task of FS9, very few cards are.

What you described sounds like another unrelated problem though.
 
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Reply #3 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 7:31am

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Heck I cant even load FS without it dead locking :/ oh well. But I'll get a new one quikly as I can! Cheers, Gunny04
 
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Reply #4 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 11:39am

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good idea. Go with the 9800SE or PRO. Decent price, but will last you for atleast four years before upgrading is nessassary. But If you must go nVidia get the 6600GT, best on a budget. And sorry to hear this, but atleast youll have the adequate graphics for FS10
 
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Reply #5 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 4:18pm

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ctjoyce.... I think I said this lol this computer WILL NOT be my gaming Pc.... Only until October. I am getting a job, and in a few weeks Buy a new PSU, then a 6800 ultra, then a gig of ram. Just to keep my dad happy, THEN I am building a nice 2000 to 3500 comp, then Digital camera etc..... I could care less if this comp starts frying, I can replace it  Roll Eyes Cheers, Gunny04
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 4:19pm

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Oh, and I'm Strictly Nvidia only.... Though I dont think radeons are too bad though (Use one on uncles PC) has its kicks.... Cheers, Gunny04
 
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Reply #7 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 7:36pm

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Aviod the SE at all costs.

BTW, the 9800 pro and the 6600 gt are about the same price. Go with the 6600gt as it is much better than any 9800 (including the XT).
 
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Reply #8 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 8:04pm

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wow you guys are all aganst ATi
 
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Reply #9 - Mar 31st, 2005 at 9:35pm

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Yep..... I'd take a free one though.... lol, My MX is dead. Unfortunatly, I can load windows and view Simviation and everything else, FS worked fine, Was doing flight and on decent, she puked! goodness 3 weeks without FS.... lol, Cheers, Gunny04
 
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Reply #10 - Apr 1st, 2005 at 4:33am

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Lol! I'm an ATi man but i'd still go with a 6600 over a 9800 Cheesy Not that the 9800 is a bad card or anything 8)
 
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Reply #11 - Apr 1st, 2005 at 9:18pm

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Just cus The 6600 GT will KILL the Radieons in OCing etc. On a side note most ATi "boys" are stuck up but thats just me and my steriotypes Grin Tongue
 
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Reply #12 - Apr 2nd, 2005 at 7:48pm

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I'm at the point of saying its not the graphics causing FS to crash. I went to change flight plan and the sim just froze and I got a message saying FS had to close would you like to restart blah blah blah.... I've gotten this message about 25 times..... Just today I landed concorde was down to 60 knots on runway Black screen and dead fs..... Any ideas? Cheers, Gunny04
 
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Reply #13 - Apr 3rd, 2005 at 6:35pm

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Actually, I'm an ati fan. I have an x800 or x850 in almost every computer. I only use nvidia because of SLI. Once ATI comes out with their multi-rendering solution, I'm going to ditch these 6800's.
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 3rd, 2005 at 6:36pm

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And send them to me Tongue  Grin
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