"Tony Sperling"
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Posted on:
Jan 17, 2008, 1:07 PM
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I agree!
In addition, I suggest that you uninstall the video driver and reboot into
standard VGA before updating it, even if experience tells you it is not
required. Make sure you clean out the system regularly, defragg the drive(s)
before AND after installing.
If you think of upgrading the PC - personally, I think you might consider
having a faster HD (perhaps RAID?), and to make sure your pagefile has not
been tampered with. You cannot tweak more performance out of it on a
existing system. Usually, only reduce the performance, perhaps without you
noticing?
It might not be long before you want to invest in a new machine and
investing in hardware that will not carry over is generally not a good idea.
At least not from an economical aspect. While a new Graphics card will carry
over (if it's not AGP) it will leave your current card collecting dust. HD's
carry over fine and a RAID is fairly cheap in this day and age. Just an
idea, mind you - it will require that you read up on the subject so that you
know what you are dealing with. A RAID also should be backed up regularly!
If your initial tweaking doesn't help you, I suggest that you pay a visit
to:
http://www.blackviper.com/
and learn how to set up a profile, such a critter would let you configure
your machine specifically for FS and by turning off background services that
FS does not require and that the OS does not require for keeping FS up and
running, you could gain a critical performance benefit - not a big
percentage, but enough perhaps to pull you over the threshold. I hold this
site in high essteeme - this guy is good!
Again, this isn't going to help you over-night. This requires study, but as
you go, you may find you're going smoother?
Tony. . .
"Grand_Poobah" <yoohoo@yaddayadda.com> wrote in message
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>I have almost the exact system: 2.0 Ghz CPU, 2GB of RAM, same video card
>(except 512Mb RAM on it), 120Gb drive.
>
> I found that if you don't have the very latest NVIDIA drivers, your video
> will suffer. Also, at the very least, I recommend installing SP1 to FSX.
> SP2 is also out, but if you buy Acceleration you don't need SP2. In any
> case, your performance should be OK with what you have.
>
> How are you judging "better performance"? You might also try running at
> several different screen resolutions & refresh rates. If you have an LCD
> screen, then that also makes a difference if you don't run it at native
> resolutions. Sometimes, even running inside a window (as opposed to full
> screen) will help.
>
> GP
>
> --->
>> Hi I recently bought FSX, my computer is well over the minimum
>> requirments,
>> Pentium (4) 3.00 ghz
>> 1.5 ghz ram
>> GE FORCE 7600 GS 256 mb,
>> 80 gig hard drive,
>> But i still have to turn the graphics down v low to get any decent sort
>> of performance, can anybody advise me on how to get better performance, I
>> was thinking maybe a better graphics card??
>>
>> Many thanks.
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