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jtilawson
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Hi Im new to the hole computer upgrading thing. I was wondering what steps i should take to get my simulator to look more realistic? |
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RadarMan
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:38 pm |
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Post your system specs and the members will help.
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jtilawson
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:01 am |
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RadarMan wrote:Post your system specs and the members will help.
were do i get this information from  what do i need to post |
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RadarMan
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jtilawson
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RadarMan wrote:Post your system specs and the members will help.
i took a guess and maybe this is what you guess need to help me out...
its a Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Adapter Ram is 64.00MB
Total Physical Memory is 2,048MB
Available physical memory is 1.24GB |
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jtilawson
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:16 am |
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Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
DELL E153FP [Monitor] (14.9"vis, s/n 641804640H3C, June 2004)
2.40 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache
79.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
69.99 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
COMPAQ CDR-8435 [CD-ROM drive]
MITSUMI CR-48X9TE [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
WDC WD800BB-75FJA1 [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAJ94144851, rev 14.03G14, SMART Status: Healthy |
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RadarMan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:07 am |
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If I'm correct you have a 128mb card, tough to tell.
If you go to start/run and type in dxdiag it will bring up a window, click on the display tap and it'll tell you about your card.
If you can upgrade that you would be able to run FS9 quite well...even the 128mb card should be good.
The rest of the machine is fine, I assumed by the age of the machine that you are running XP not Vista.
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jtilawson
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RadarMan wrote:If I'm correct you have a 128mb card, tough to tell.
If you go to start/run and type in dxdiag it will bring up a window, click on the display tap and it'll tell you about your card.
If you can upgrade that you would be able to run FS9 quite well...even the 128mb card should be good.
The rest of the machine is fine, I assumed by the age of the machine that you are running XP not Vista.
heres the info i got from dxdiag
Chip Type Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
DAC Type Internal
Approx Total memory 64.0MB
Current Display mode 1024x768(32bit) (60Hz)
so if i was running Vista that would make the game long alot closer to real?
I want better detail and effects |
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RadarMan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:10 am |
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64mb card will be useless in FSX.
It's not very good for FS9.
See if you have an AGP slot on your motherboard, if so you can buy a card to replace the one that's built into your motherboard.
Read this and click on the links to see what the empty slot looks like.
http://www.flightsimulationforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1054&highlight=agp
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jtilawson
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:59 pm |
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RadarMan wrote:64mb card will be useless in FSX.
It's not very good for FS9.
See if you have an AGP slot on your motherboard, if so you can buy a card to replace the one that's built into your motherboard.
Read this and click on the links to see what the empty slot looks like.
http://www.flightsimulationforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1054&highlight=agp
Nah I dont have a AGP port |
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RadarMan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:40 pm |
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Try it the way you have it.
Keep the clouds to a minimum, shut off shadows and take it easy with the water textures.
Any AI will eat it up also.
I had a 64mb card when I started with FS9 in 2003, it wasn't the best but it looked pretty good.
Above all, have fun.
Your next machine should be a home built one, buying a Dell isn't the answer unless it's an expensive one and even then you could build a more powerful one for less money.
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Fatall
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Well I recommend you to buy a whole new pc.
your processor is to old and everything else to.
You can upgrade it but dell pc's are very difficult.
Just try some sites to build your own pc.!
Macbook Pro, Intel i5 2,3-3,4Ghz, 4GB-DDR3, Intel HD3000(sucks), 320+1TB Harddisk |
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