Simviation Forum - Finally joined the "Everything Maxed" club.

Oct 31^st, 2010 at 6:41am

Zaphod Offline
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Well I've finally got a PC worthy of FS9. My old rig blew up with a bang and has been consigned to the great PC graveyard in the sky. My son-in -law has built a new PC for me with FSX in mind but I gotta tell you that FS9 rocks on this PC! No stuttering, frames holding steady at 25 (locked) everywhere and I finally have reflections on water that my old graphics card couldn't manage. I'm made up!! And yes, everything maxed!!
All I need now is for my son-in-law to install the old hard drive so I can retreive some vital files (not all flight sim related) and then I can get on with installing all of the addons which I have collected over the last 5 years of simming.
May or may not decide to try FSX but for now, long live FS9!

Zaphod (no longer Graphically challenged!) Wink

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But why take the risk?
Intel i7 950 3.06Ghz (8mb Cache)
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Reply #1 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 7:33am

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Zaphod wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 6:41am:

Well I've finally got a PC worthy of FS9. My old rig blew up with a bang and has been consigned to the great PC graveyard in the sky. My son-in -law has built a new PC for me with FSX in mind but I gotta tell you that FS9 rocks on this PC! No stuttering, frames holding steady at 25 (locked) everywhere and I finally have reflections on water that my old graphics card couldn't manage. I'm made up!! And yes, everything maxed!!
All I need now is for my son-in-law to install the old hard drive so I can retreive some vital files (not all flight sim related) and then I can get on with installing all of the addons which I have collected over the last 5 years of simming.
May or may not decide to try FSX but for now, long live FS9!

Zaphod (no longer Graphically challenged!) Wink

...welcome to the FS9 Club, Zaph... Smiley

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May your stay be long.... and fruitful!....

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Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav... Cool

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P.S...maybe you can join we happy band of FS9'ers in Multiplayer now?.... Smiley

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Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 7:57am

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P.S...maybe you can join we happy band of FS9'ers in Multiplayer now?.... Smiley

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Once I get my head around this strange Windows 7 malarkey anythings possible Fozz.
Zaph..... Wink

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But why take the risk?
Intel i7 950 3.06Ghz (8mb Cache)
MSI X58 Pro-E MoBo
MSI GeForce N480GTX 1536 MB GPU
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Samsung HD103SJ Sata HD (1TB)
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Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 8:02am

Fozzer Offline
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Zaphod wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 7:57am:

P.S...maybe you can join we happy band of FS9'ers in Multiplayer now?.... Smiley

...!

Once I get my head around this strange Windows 7 malarkey anythings possible Fozz.
Zaph..... Wink

Buggar!.... Embarrassed

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You should have gone to Specsavers, and got yourself a copy of trusty Windows XP Pro... Smiley

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...you know it makes sense!.. Wink

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Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...and Win XP Pro... Kiss

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Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:43am

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Just looked at your specs Zaph. Dang! You don't mess around do you?!? Cheesy

Specs: Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI,
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ w/ZeroTherm BTF90,
4GB G.Skill PI Series DDR2-800,
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PC P&C 750 Quad, in a CoolerMaster HAF932

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Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:55am

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Groundbound1 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:43am:

Just looked at your specs Zaph. Dang! You don't mess around do you?!? Cheesy

Nothing to do with me. I still think PC's are driven by steam! It's all down to my genius son-in-law (degree in computer science, Durham University.)
He now informs me that I need a larger monitor to take advantage of the improved graphics. Off to see the bank manager. Roll Eyes

Zaph...

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But why take the risk?
Intel i7 950 3.06Ghz (8mb Cache)
MSI X58 Pro-E MoBo
MSI GeForce N480GTX 1536 MB GPU
Corsair MXS£ DDR 3 (3*2GB) RAM
Corsair professional HX750W PU
Samsung HD103SJ Sata HD (1TB)
Samsung 23" SyncMaster SA550
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Reply #6 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 10:13am

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Groundbound1 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 9:43am:

Just looked at your specs Zaph. Dang! You don't mess around do you?!? Cheesy

I hope your progeny installed the 64-bit Pro version. As for installing your old hard drive, just get a Thermaltake Blac-X docking station, transfer the files you want to keep and wipe out everything else. Voy-la! You have a new hard drive...

I am homebrewer. I had 633 posts when for some unknown reason, my account disappeared...
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Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 10:47am

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Indeed it is 64 bit pro.
As for the docking station, it looks like an interesting piece of kit but I don't really see the advantage over just having the old hard drive living inside the case permanently wired in. The plan being to get everything I need from it onto the new HD (it's got enough room and the old drive is only 80gb) and then format the old drive to use to back up essential files. This has the advantage that it doesn't cost me any more money. The well is nearly dry!
That's the plan anyway.

Watch this space.

Zaphod Wink

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But why take the risk?
Intel i7 950 3.06Ghz (8mb Cache)
MSI X58 Pro-E MoBo
MSI GeForce N480GTX 1536 MB GPU
Corsair MXS£ DDR 3 (3*2GB) RAM
Corsair professional HX750W PU
Samsung HD103SJ Sata HD (1TB)
Samsung 23" SyncMaster SA550
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Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 1:39pm

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...don't forget, Zaph...

...have fun driving your Cessna 152 around the skies all day and not constantly worrying whether you can improve on your existing Hardware...

....as the Actress said to the Bishop.... Roll Eyes

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Paul... Grin

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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 #9 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 1:51pm

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Trust me Fozz. This one's gonna last a loooong time.

Zaph Wink

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But why take the risk?
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Reply #10 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 2:31pm

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Fozzer wrote on Oct 31^st, 2010 at 8:02am:

You should have gone to Specsavers, and got yourself a copy of trusty Windows XP Pro... Smiley

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Who uses that "thing"anymore? Grin

Didn't you hear? Windows 7 is the new XP. Cheesy

I'm running Win 7 and have not had a single problem. I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about 7, actually. But Vista is an entirely different story. Lips Sealed

Had it before 7, and it was a train wreck. Hopefully MS Flight ends up being the "Windows 7" of flight simulators. Cheesy

(You can call FSX the "Windows Vista" of flight sims. Grin

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Reply #11 - Oct 31^st, 2010 at 2:44pm

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The main thing that puts me off Windows 7, is the sheer cost of purchasing it... Shocked

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I need to spend that sort of money on Sweets and Cookies instead... Smiley

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Paul... Grin

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My new (long ago) Win XP Pro was a low-cost, un-boxed, OEM version....(Uncle Bill doesn't allow Dealers to sell them to the Public now).

I like low-cost things!... Smiley

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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 #12 - Nov 1^st, 2010 at 5:45pm

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Darn it - I have most setttings maxed - but still get a small "spike lag" whenever the radio comes on...

Very frustrating!

FS9 - the only way you can fly a 747 while drinking beer

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