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Flight Simulator 2004
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OS - Windows Vista Home Basic RAM - DDR2 @ 1GB Video Memory 256MB I have just installed and i have noticed that it is very slow on running, thus it makes it very hard to play. I have tried compatibility mode and this does not help. Update 9.1 has been installed. All other games like empire earth and Need for speed 3 run fine. Any ideas please |
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Flight Simulator 2004
"Ben Ramsay" wrote in message ... Summary OS - Windows Vista Home Basic RAM - DDR2 @ 1GB Video Memory 256MB I have just installed and i have noticed that it is very slow on running, thus it makes it very hard to play. I have tried compatibility mode and this does not help. Update 9.1 has been installed. All other games like empire earth and Need for speed 3 run fine. Any ideas please Need more important info. FS 2004 should run pretty good on a modern system. - Processor? is the most important as the FS engine is doing much calculating. You can't be a 'frame rate junkie' with Flight Sim. Around 20 should give reasonably smooth flight. shift z a couple of times will display the frame rate. I leave it off. Where are the sliders set? Maybe move some back a bit. -Video card? if you don't have a good one turn of AA. Cloud slider down, etc. Flight Sim is not your typical game. It is doing a ton of stuff figuring out where the heck it is. It doesn't offload a lot of stuff to the video card but you should have a good one. |
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Flight Simulator 2004 - System Information Update Full
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OS - Windows Vista Home Basic RAM - DDR2 @ 1GB Video Memory 256MB Processor Model : Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz Speed : 1.60GHz Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Internal Data Cache : 1x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 1x 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 2-way set, 64 byte line size Mainboard Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI PCIe USB MP Support : 1 Processor(s) MP APIC : No System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.14 System : NECCAP RD271100688 Mainboard : To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. Total Memory : 1.2GB Chipset 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology ??? (0671) Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate) Video System Monitor/Panel : NEC LCD170V Adapter : SiS Mirage 3 Graphics Physical Storage Devices Hard Disk : ST340015A ATA Device (37GB) Hard Disk : ST3808110AS ATA Device (75GB) Hard Disk : Maxtor OneTouch III USB Device CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-H40N ATA Device (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr) Logical Storage Devices Backup (D : 37GB (35GB, 93% Free Space) (NTFS) Vista (C : 75GB (59GB, 79% Free Space) (NTFS) FS_DISC4 (E : 630MB (CDFS) MOBILE (F : 75GB (63GB, 84% Free Space) (NTFS) I have just installed and i have noticed that it is very slow on running, thus it makes it very hard to play. I have tried compatibility mode and this does not help. Update 9.1 has been installed. All other games like empire earth and Need for speed 3 run fine. Any ideas please |
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Flight Simulator 2004
"Ben Ramsay" wrote in message ... Additional Information regarding processor is Intel Celeron 1.6Ghz CPU Attempting to run it on a NEC L1040 Desktop System Maybe a video card would help. I did a quick check on the L1040 and it looks like it uses Shared Memory - up to 256mb. Hopefully some other comments will come. I'm not sure if your machine can run FS 2004 even with a better video card. |
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Flight Simulator 2004
"Ben Ramsay" wrote in message
... Additional Information regarding processor is Intel Celeron 1.6Ghz CPU Attempting to run it on a NEC L1040 Desktop System A Celeron 1.6Ghz? While for a 2004 Flight Sim this should be adiquate to run, it might not be optimal. Lower your video settings in game. Does the game seem to "stutter" that is you're flying along and the simulation with stop or stutter periodically? One thing I hate about Vista Home Basic, only supports 1Gig of RAM, Last week I started telling my customers that if they were gamers I would not guarantee their experience with any game under Vista running less than 2Gigs of RAM. Vista runs good in 1Gig, but games that use a lot of ram like your MMOs (except WoW) or large RPGs like Oblivion, or I suppose even flight sims like FSX, Windows just has issues handling ram, it's a Windows NT kernal thing. Not saying you need to upgrade, but it probably wouldn't hurt. |
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Flight Simulator 2004
Andy, I must, in a small sense, disagree with your assumption of a 1GB limit as I have 1x1GB and 1x512MB installed on my system and Windows Vista Home Basic detects both of these. With regards to FSX I have noticed a similar but more severe slowness compared to Flight simulator 2004. With regards to Flight Simulator 2004, I have exactly the same setup with exception to the graphics card which is an ATI based card and memory which is only 512 and it runs fine on it. The reason I want to get Flight Simulator 2004 running on the desktop is so that I can use the laptop for other things. The OS is the same. |
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Flight Simulator 2004 - System Information Update Full
Your video card is to blame. While it may do simple 3D graphic
acceleration, it is way to slow to run pretty much any modern game, including FS2004. If you upgrade that (even to a cheap PCI Express ATI or NVIDIA card), you should get a very noticeable increase in performance, even with the slower Celeron CPU. -- Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com Ben Ramsay wrote: Summary OS - Windows Vista Home Basic RAM - DDR2 @ 1GB Video Memory 256MB Processor Model : Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz Speed : 1.60GHz Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Internal Data Cache : 1x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 1x 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 2-way set, 64 byte line size Mainboard Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI PCIe USB MP Support : 1 Processor(s) MP APIC : No System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.14 System : NECCAP RD271100688 Mainboard : To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. Total Memory : 1.2GB Chipset 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology ??? (0671) Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate) Video System Monitor/Panel : NEC LCD170V Adapter : SiS Mirage 3 Graphics Physical Storage Devices Hard Disk : ST340015A ATA Device (37GB) Hard Disk : ST3808110AS ATA Device (75GB) Hard Disk : Maxtor OneTouch III USB Device CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-H40N ATA Device (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr) Logical Storage Devices Backup (D : 37GB (35GB, 93% Free Space) (NTFS) Vista (C : 75GB (59GB, 79% Free Space) (NTFS) FS_DISC4 (E : 630MB (CDFS) MOBILE (F : 75GB (63GB, 84% Free Space) (NTFS) I have just installed and i have noticed that it is very slow on running, thus it makes it very hard to play. I have tried compatibility mode and this does not help. Update 9.1 has been installed. All other games like empire earth and Need for speed 3 run fine. Any ideas please |
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Flight Simulator 2004 - System Information Update Full
Why then can i run it on my Laptop with only half the memory that my desktop
has, It has an ATI Express that has a maximum, at the moment of 128mb and a total memory of around 500mb. They bot are running vista as well Why is it that I should have to upgrade my graphics card, I can run Empire Earth on my desktop and it tends to take more memory that what FS 2004 does. I have installed one of the patches that seems to improve the play of FS 2004 by about 10%. Any comments welcome...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dustin Harper" wrote in message ... Your video card is to blame. While it may do simple 3D graphic acceleration, it is way to slow to run pretty much any modern game, including FS2004. If you upgrade that (even to a cheap PCI Express ATI or NVIDIA card), you should get a very noticeable increase in performance, even with the slower Celeron CPU. -- Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com Ben Ramsay wrote: Summary OS - Windows Vista Home Basic RAM - DDR2 @ 1GB Video Memory 256MB Processor Model : Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz Speed : 1.60GHz Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Internal Data Cache : 1x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 1x 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 2-way set, 64 byte line size Mainboard Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI PCIe USB MP Support : 1 Processor(s) MP APIC : No System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.14 System : NECCAP RD271100688 Mainboard : To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. Total Memory : 1.2GB Chipset 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology ??? (0671) Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate) Video System Monitor/Panel : NEC LCD170V Adapter : SiS Mirage 3 Graphics Physical Storage Devices Hard Disk : ST340015A ATA Device (37GB) Hard Disk : ST3808110AS ATA Device (75GB) Hard Disk : Maxtor OneTouch III USB Device CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-H40N ATA Device (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr) Logical Storage Devices Backup (D : 37GB (35GB, 93% Free Space) (NTFS) Vista (C : 75GB (59GB, 79% Free Space) (NTFS) FS_DISC4 (E : 630MB (CDFS) MOBILE (F : 75GB (63GB, 84% Free Space) (NTFS) I have just installed and i have noticed that it is very slow on running, thus it makes it very hard to play. I have tried compatibility mode and this does not help. Update 9.1 has been installed. All other games like empire earth and Need for speed 3 run fine. Any ideas please |
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Flight Simulator 2004
I have also noticed that my display is strange when I play FS 2004, I
appears to be normal but slow when I disable the transform lighting option and when I turn it on it runs at normal speed but it looks like a disco show and can make it hard to play the game. System symmary is as follows :- SiSoftware Sandra System Manufacturer : NECCAP Model : RD271100688 Family : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Version : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Serial Number : 1000733822 ID : 173C347C-11DC3A6B-454E0080-49435F43 SKU Number : To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Chassis Manufacturer : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Type : Desktop Can be locked : No Version : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Power Cord(s) : 1 Serial Number : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Asset Tag : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Boot-up State : Safe Power State : Safe Thermal State : Safe Security State : External Interface Locked-out Mainboard Manufacturer : To be filled by O.E.M. MP Support : 1 Processor(s) MPS Version : 1.40 Model : To be filled by O.E.M. Type : Mainboard Version : To be filled by O.E.M. Serial Number : To be filled by O.E.M. Asset Tag : To Be Filled By O.E.M. Location in Chassis : To Be Filled By O.E.M. System BIOS : 63-0100-000001-00101111-051607-SiS671 System Mainboard Properties Removable : No Replaceable : Yes Hot Swap : No On-board Devices To Be Filled By O.E.M. : Video Adapter (Enabled) System Memory Controller Location : Mainboard Error Correction Capability : None Number of Memory Slots : 2 Maximum Installable Memory : 4GB BANK0 - DIMM0 : Manufacturer0 PartNum0 SerNum0 AssetTagNum0 DIMM Synchronous SDRAM 512MB/64 BANK1 - DIMM1 : Empty Chipset 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology ??? (0671) Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI PCIe USB Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate) Width : 64-bit Environment Monitor 1 Model : ITE IT8718F LPC Version : 2.00 Mainboard Specific Support : No Temperature Sensor(s) Board Temperature : 28.0°C / 82.4°F CPU Temperature : 14.0°C / 57.2°F td Cooling Device(s) Auto Fan Speed Control : No System Fan : 1726rpm CPU Fan : 1520rpm Voltage Sensor(s) CPU DC Line : 1.17V Aux DC Line : 1.82V +3.3V DC Line : 3.34V +5V DC Line : 4.84V +12V DC Line : 11.98V -5V DC Line : -6.46V Standby DC Line : 4.84V Battery DC Line : 3.07V AGP Bus(es) on Hub 1 Version : 3.05 Speed : 8x Fast-Writes Enabled : No Fast-Writes Support : Yes Isochronous Mode Enabled : No Addressing Enabled : 32-bit PCI Bus(es) on Hub 1 Version : 2.30 Number of Bridges : 4 PCI Bus 0 : PCI (1/1x PCIClk) PCI Bus 2 : PCIe (3/1x PCIClk) PCI Bus 3 : PCIe (3/1x PCIClk) PCI Bus 4 : PCIe (3/1x PCIClk) Number of PCIe Lanes : 18 LPC Hub Controller 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology ??? (0968) USB Controller 1 Model : Giga-Byte Technology SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller Version : 1.00 Interface : OHCI Channels : 4 Supported Speed(s) : Low (1.5Mbps) Full (12Mbps) Legacy Emulation Enabled : No USB Controller 2 Model : Giga-Byte Technology SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller Version : 1.00 Interface : OHCI Channels : 4 Supported Speed(s) : Low (1.5Mbps) Full (12Mbps) Legacy Emulation Enabled : No USB Controller 3 Model : Giga-Byte Technology SiS7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Controller Version : 2.00 Specification : 1.00 Interface : EHCI Channels : 8 Companion Controllers : 2 Supported Speed(s) : Low (1.5Mbps) Full (12Mbps) High (480Mbps) Addressing Support : 32-bit Legacy Emulation Enabled : No Expansion Slot(s) AGP : AGP-4x 32-bit +3.3V Shared PME Half-Length Used PCI1 (1h) : PCI 32-bit +3.3V Shared PME Half-Length Available (Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS648FX PCI to AGP Bridge) Port Connector(s) J1A1 - PS2Mouse : Mouse / PS/2 J1A1 - Keyboard : Keyboard / PS/2 J2A2 - USB1 : USB / USB J2A2 - USB2 : USB / USB J4A1 - LPT 1 : Parallel Port ECP/EPP / DB-25 pin male J2A1 - COM A : Serial Port 16550A / DB-9 pin male J6A1 - Audio Mic In : Audio / Mini-jack J6A1 - Audio Line In : Audio / Mini-jack J6B1 - AUX IN : Audio / CD-ROM Sound Input J6B2 - CDIN : Audio / CD-ROM Sound Input J6J2 - PRI IDE : ATA J6J1 - SEC IDE : ATA J4J1 - FLOPPY : Floppy Disk J9H1 - FRONT PNL : 9 Pin Dual Inline J1B1 - CHASSIS REAR FAN : None J2F1 - CPU FAN : None J8B4 - FRONT FAN : None J9G2 - FNT USB : None J6C3 - FP AUD : None J9G1 - CONFIG : None J8C1 - SCSI LED : None J9J2 - INTRUDER : None J9G4 - ITP : None J2H1 - MAIN POWER : None |
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