Video card to support new AFP Delux flight simulator
George Kennie
geobet at gis.net
Fri Dec 3 09:39:20 AKST 2004
Yeah Bill,
I tried to install a 128 video board in my unit and the Motherboard
wouldn't support it. Had to drop back to a 64!
Rats!!!
Bill Glaze wrote:
> Problems, Problems, problems. I just bought a new Adobe program,
> (Elements) for movie making. I had easily exceeded all the listed
> requirments as far as computer and peripherals, but the program
> wouldn't run. A visit to the "help" site, (help in this case
> being a real oxymoron) told me that my motherboard was lacking
> something required (SSE abbreviation, I believe) to run the
> program. They (Adobe) had stated it nowhere else. You don't even
> learn about it until after the purchase. What a rip-off. Stuff
> like that is what keeps me from getting into the Great Planes
> Simulator. Apparently there are a lot of difficulties; for every
> person who is running the program directly after installation,
> seems as if there are at least 5 who have to put Band-Aids of one
> kind or another on their system, (graphics card, audio card, more
> memory, etc. etc.) or, in extreme cases, buy a new computer.
> Bill Glaze
>
> Chuck Wagoner wrote:
>
>> There is more to consider than just the video card itself.
>> OMP/IKARUS warns
>> that with AFPDeluxe the right COMBINATION of CPU and 3D graphic
>> card is very
>> important. They recommend a CPU with at least 1.0Ghz. See
>> http://www.aerofly.com/requirements.html
>> for new program details. There are major differences in
>> requirements between
>> AFP and AFPDeluxe. RF3 and RF2 also have different requirements.
>> For
>> example, the RealFlight 3 tech notes say for BEST results it is
>> strongly
>> recommended that the operating system have a processor speed of
>> at least 2.0
>> GHz combined with at least 512 MB RAM. The requirements for the
>> REFLEX XTR
>> sim also are quite significant.
>>
>> I THINK I FEEL A NEW COMPUTER COMING ON!!
>>
>> Chuck, NSRCA 115, KA8IZZ
>>
>> ==========================================
>> ---- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Kane" <getterflash at yahoo.com>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: Video card to support new AFP Delux flight
>> simulator
>>
>>
>>
>> > I concur . . a card based on the nVidia 5200 w 128meg
>> > is plenty for Realflight, you will be able to crank
>> > everything up and enjoy smooth graphics. They run
>> > about $50.
>> >
>> > If on the otherhand, you want to play Doom 3 or Far
>> > Cry along with Realflight, get a card based on the
>> > nVidia 6800GT or 6800 Ultra ;)
>> >
>> > --- Randy <randy10926 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> They may be newer, but if your video current card
>> >> still rocks with Realflight a newer one may not rock
>> >> any better. Just more expense. Overkill is
>> >> overkill. Once you have more video card that the
>> >> program needs, most likely a better video card will
>> >> not give you any better performance, just cost you
>> >> more money. Realflight is not the most demanding
>> >> program around from a video point of view, so if it
>> >> is the most demanding program you run, then not
>> >> running the latest and greatest is not problem.
>> >>
>> >> I recently moved from a Geforce 5200 128MB video to
>> >> GeForce 5700 256MB video card. I do not believe I
>> >> saw any better performance with realflight. Our
>> >> flight sims do not have very many moving objects to
>> >> handle. I upgraded for a different program that did
>> >> needed the larger video ram.
>> >>
>> >> Randy
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Keith Black
>> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:15 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: Video card to support new AFP Delux
>> >> flight simulator
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I have the ATI "All-In-Wonder" RADEON 9700 APG
>> >> with 128 mb and it absolutely ROCKS with RealFlight
>> >> G2. I can run full detail everything at 1600 x 1200
>> >> and there's no hesitation at all. This card is
>> >> probably about a year or more old so there are
>> >> probably newer ones out there that are better.
>> >>
>> >> Keith
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Bob Pastorello
>> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 2:40 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: Video card to support new AFP Delux
>> >> flight simulator
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dion Cini at Ohio Model Products (US distributor
>> >> for AFP Deluxe) has told me that my FX 5200 w/64mb
>> >> will be fine...I'm still eyeballing a ATI9600,
>> >> though....seems the higher processor speed and 128mb
>> >> is really what makes the 3D engine sing...
>> >> nVidia processors now are up to 5900-series,
>> >> if I've read price-watch.com correctly.
>> >>
>> >> Bob Pastorello
>> >> NSRCA 199 AMA 46373
>> >> rcaerobob at cox.net
>> >> www.rcaerobats.net
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Randy
>> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 11:01 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: Video card to support new AFP
>> >> Delux flight simulator
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You can geta used NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 off
>> >> ebay for around $40 plus shipping. These are 128MB
>> >> APG 4+ video cards. Same company was the card you
>> >> are using and at least 2 generations newer.
>> >>
>> >> Randy
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Steve & Cindy Kessler
>> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:55 AM
>> >> Subject: Video card to support new AFP Delux
>> >> flight simulator
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I need help from the computer literate. I
>> >> would like to purchase the new AFP Delux flight
>> >> simulator program. It appears my computer's video
>> >> card will not support the program.
>> >>
>> >> I pulled the spec sheet on my Sony computer.
>> >> It is a Sony Vaio PCV-RX560 computer with:
>> >> 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, NVIDIA TNT2 M64 (32MB)
>> >> graphics acceleration.
>> >> Do I need to both upgrade the RAM and the
>> >> graphics card?
>> >> What is a good "plug-in" graphics card that
>> >> will do the job but is still fairly inexpensive?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks - Steve
>> >>
>> > =====
>> > Bob Kane
>> > getterflash at yahoo.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
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