"John"
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Oct 31, 2007, 8:34 AM
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I noticed a big improvement when I got nVidia's newest driver for Vista 64.
It jerks with sliders all the way, but works fine when I back it off
slightly unless the scene is rally complicated--much better than my older FS
on older hardware.
However, I still have an FSX problem when using a second monitor; when I
reset something that takes the flight scene away, like a new aircraft or
airport, after it reloads the flight scene "flashes"--goes from OK to blank
to all white and back for about a second each. The "fix" is to Alt-Enter
twice; this goes to a window, then back to a fullscreen. With a single
monitor this doesn't happen. Nobody has ever even suggested a fix. I'm at
the latest video driver, BIOS, running Vista Ultimate 64, 8800 GTS 320 MB.
No other program flashes like this, which may suggest a DirectX problem.
John
"Mr_E" <Mr_E@forums.simradar.com> wrote in message
news:1193777086.24076@forums.simradar.com...
> Flight Simulator X won't run on new computer.
>
> Windows Vista Ultimate
> Core2 Extreme QX6700 F-OC' Quad Core,
> 4GB Corsair Dominator OC' 1066MHz,
> Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX,
> Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Extreme,
> 2 Samsung 21"ers and a 24" Wide.
>
> It ran fine on the old Pentium 4, Pentium D, and
> Quad core Q6600, Dual NVIDIA 8600 GTS running Windows XP, but won't run
> at all on a Vista.
> I installed KB#933590 (for Vista and multiple monitors) "at least the
> software will start now".
>
> This Microsoft product will still not run on this Microsoft operating
> system at all, even at the "lowest resolution" and all "minimal"
> graphical settings, one monitor and full SLI. (Very poor jerky picture)
> (fatal errors) (your computer has run out of available memory) (blue
> screen of death). Etc.
>
> Even on the old Pentium 4 it ran fine on ultrahigh settings.
>
> Installed and reinstalled many times, started with a brand-new computer
> fresh with no other software, all drivers have been updated, installed
> service pack one, no third-party software, all other programs work fine
> on the new computer.
>
> After waiting a week for Microsoft technicians to call back, all they
> did was fiddle with some AA settings, quality sliders, and tried taking
> jets off from different airport gates. Then they gave up!
> (What a shameful waste of time that was)
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> (This is a great product and we are looking forward to getting it
> working again).
>
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