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Jun 25^th, 2009 at 8:55pm

skoker Offline
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I'm coming back to FSX after 7 months of Fs2004. I will keep 2004 Installed but if I get poor performance I will uninstall it.

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Reply #1 - Jun 25^th, 2009 at 8:57pm

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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

That just came to mind... don't know why Wink

Did you get a new computer or something? Huh

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Reply #2 - Jun 25^th, 2009 at 9:04pm

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Nope just tweeked to get best performance (and denos plane with the carrier) Grin

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Reply #3 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 3:51am

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Ah!

Well welcome back Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 3:58am

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...LOL...

...!

Jordan!

...does this mean that you will now be carrying out never-ending Hardware and Software experiments....

...instead of actually "Flying"!... Shocked

...!

.... Grin

...!

Paul....G-BPLF....and guess what... Wink

....

...!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #5 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 4:21am

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WHAT

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How could you do this to us FS2004 users.

I will never touch FSX till I buy a $520 Roll Eyes

computer.

« Last Edit: Jun 26^th, 2009 at 12:57pm by tcco94 »

Sincerely, Tyler

www.tylerconnell.com
http://www.phoenixva.org/index.php/profile/view/PVA1557

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Reply #6 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 4:32am

Fozzer Offline
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tcco94 wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 4:21am:

WHAT

,
How could you do this to us FS2004 users.

I will never touch FSX till I buy a $1000 computer. Grin

Never fear, tcco... Wink

...

....

.....When Jordan suddenly realises how much fun we FS 2004ers are having during all our collective on-line flights around exciting locations, he will secretly load up his trusty FS 2004 Sim, and join us.....you bet!... Wink

....

...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...and... "Where shall we all go today?"... Cool

...!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:06am

skoker Offline
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Don't worry guys Im keeping it installed! I'm just using 2004 because, to be honest, Fsx runs actually better than my 2004 did. Don't ask me how but it does! Shocked

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Reply #8 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:12am

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Fozzer wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 3:58am:

...LOL...

...!

Jordan!

...does this mean that you will now be carrying out never-ending Hardware and Software experiments....

...instead of actually "Flying"!... Shocked

...!

.... Grin

...!

Paul....G-BPLF....and guess what... Wink

....

...!

ummm.. I have no tweaks, hard nor soft... FSX runs wonderfully, and actually locks, and/or crashes, less often than FS9 did Tongue

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Reply #9 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:22am

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skoker wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:06am:

Don't worry guys Im keeping it installed! I'm just using 2004 because, to be honest, Fsx runs actually better than my 2004 did. Don't ask me how but it does! Shocked

While my FS9 does run better than my FSX, my FSX does run WAY better than it did before.

I think adding non-FSX native addons is what causes 70% of all users problems with FSX.

The other 30% just don't have the correct hardware. Wink

So far, I've installed ONLY FSX native planes & scenery, and I still hold a nice solid 20FPS of smooth stutter free performance on Med-low settings. And I still have Autogen as far as the eye can see. Wink

All of this on outdated AMD dual core/ATI 512mb/2Gb ram system.

Avoid putting FS9 addons into FSX, and it should stay running good. Wink

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Reply #10 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:37am

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Just for reference.. to keep things in perspective.. My SECOND FSX, purpose-built computer.. that cost around $2200 for a ground up, start with nothing build (including $140 for Vista). can now be had for.. welllll... you do the math on the key components (m-board, CPU, v-card, RAM)

THEN NOW
Gigabyte P45 M-board .... $250 $90

Q9550 ........................... $350 $220

Gf8800GTS-512(g92)...... $340 $110

4GB of OCZ Platinum..... $200 $100

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$1,140 $520

Granted.. these are no longer state of the art components.. but that combo WILL run FSX VERY well..

FIVE-HUNDRED AN TWENTY DOLLARS, plus a case, P/S, drives and O/S..

Complaining that FSX hardware is too expensive, is no longer allowed Tongue

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Reply #11 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:40am

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Brett_Henderson wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:12am:

ummm.. I have no tweaks, hard nor soft... FSX runs wonderfully, and actually locks, and/or crashes, less often than FS9 did Tongue

Me too, maybe this is why I never had problems like I see here all the time ,Too many add on = screw the FSX system? Undecided

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Reply #12 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:47am

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Brett_Henderson wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:37am:

$520

That's over $100 less than I paid for the one I built a year ago. Embarrassed

I'm most of the way saved up for my new i7 though. Cool

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Reply #13 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:54am

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ShaneG wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:47am:

Brett_Henderson wrote on Jun 26^th, 2009 at 9:37am:

$520

That's over $100 less than I paid for the one I built a year ago. Embarrassed

I'm most of the way saved up for my new i7 though. Cool

No worries... no matter what you buy, and when you buy it.. it will seem overpriced within months Cheesy

that's just the computer world.

Remember.. that was my SECOND build.. to have built that computer when those parts first hit the market, would have been $3-4,000 Shocked

So I did a "stop-gap", poorly advised built in the interem, too Embarrassed

By the time you get that i7 built, it will be "old".. that's just how it goes, unless you're willing/able to fork out a few thousand, every year.. Angry

The trick is to time your builds better (that's why I make these posts)..

I remember back to FS9.. the amount of money I wasted, chasing piece-meal upgrades, and poorly-timed builds, makes me sad..lol

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Reply #14 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 10:03am

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Jus a "for example".... (this is from memory)

I was running FS9 "ok" on a AMD2500 / ATI-ti4800..

I shot the wad on an AMD3000-64 / ATI 9800pro256... I'm talking a LOT of money.. and the performance icrease was minimal

Angry

I didn't have FS9 running FULL out (full sliders, gobs of AI, to the point where O'hare was a parking lot), until I got an AMD3700, overclocked it, and hadd a 7800GTS v-card... and even with that .. it would lag a bit, here and there. That was my THIRD try at an FS9 rig !

I've been a little more wise, building for FSX, but I've still spent money I didn't need to.

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