Help Needed!

[Atlantic Airways]

Hi, Guys! ehm.. What do u thing is the right settings for FSX (ultra high etc.) for FSX in my computer to run good!

My specs are:
1,49 GB Ram!
Windows XP SP2
Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3,00 GHz
and an Intel® 82945G Expres Chipset Family (.0?)



Post Edited ( 12-23-07 19:54 )

[Canada_Boy]

What model is you graphics card?

Based on that (without the card) I would say low - medium settings. This is from what I hear though, I still don't have FSX

[Atlantic Airways]

eehm.. ATI something i guess!

[Garbagecan]

and an Intel® 82945G Expres Chipset Family (.0?)

eehm.. ATI something i guess!

Hi AA,

it appears you are running your pc with onboard graphics. It is definitely not ATI powered from what you have posted in your specs.
So before buying FSX (which should run like carp on your pc) you should consider getting rid of onboard graphics and buy a graphics
card. There are some good ones providing power and cost not much.

You will see the difference once installed.
Hope it helps you a little.

happy holidays

Victor

[Canada_Boy]

Oops My bad, I'm used to seeing a Nvidia or ATI in front of the graphics card so I didn't notice that at first.

Yep, since it is integrated it should be disintegrated...like my rhyme ?, made it on the spot

I would think a 7600GT would fit good in there without any bad bottlenecking.

Though you need to find out more stuff about your PC before/if , you go looking for another graphics card. Such as you Power supply unit (PSU) and
what is the constant current it will put out.


But yes in short answer: Integrated graphics cards are not made for playing games, but more for doing easier stuff like browsing the internet,
watching movies etc...


If you are Confused on the difference between Integrated, and dedicated here is a little read :

Integrated Graphics

As the name implies, Integrated Graphics are generally part of the system. Integrated Graphics derive their name from being integrated onto the
motherboard of the system. Typically, there are two ways to attach Integrated Graphics into a system
* 1: Separate Chip on the Motherboard itself
o This is typically seen on workstation motherboards today that still use the relatively cool running Rage128 from ATi.
o This is also typically seen on older consumer motherboards that also used the Rage128 graphics, such as those from Gateway.
* 2: Integration into the Northbridge
o In this design method, the Graphics Chip is placed on the same piece of silicon as the Memory Controller and other I/O Functions
+ This is the typical design found in Intel Motherboards
+ AMD motherboard designs before the Athlon64 also were often setup in this manner
o In the Athlon64 motherboard designs, the memory controller is placed on the processor
+ The result is that the Northbridge will generally hold the Integrated GPU and all of the I/O functions, cutting down on heat, and
making the motherboard less expensive to produce, which means motherboards are generally cheaper.
# This can create some issues when attempting to write drivers for these types of Graphics Chips, as the use of HyperTransport[1] to
access the controller may not be fully defined
* Example : Your computer has 512megs of RAM. Your Integrated Graphics Chip can use 256megs of RAM. If you tell your Graphics chip to
use it's 256megs of RAM, your system memory will be cut in half. Only 256megs will be made available to the processor.

The result is that Integrated Graphics are slow performers. Because they have to share memory with the system, they also have to share the same memory
controller as the processor.

Dedicated Graphics

Where-as Integrated Graphics refers to having a Graphics Processor that is integrated into the motherboard, Dedicated Graphics refer to separate
add-in cards that contain the Graphics Chip and all of the support electronic components for the Graphics chip. Dedicated Graphics generally come in 3
different types of add in cards: PCI | AGP | PCI-Express

Dedicated Graphics cards contain the Graphics Chip itself, the memory for the framebuffer, the Digital to analog converters for VGA or TV output, and
the physical ports for the display as well.

As Dedicated Graphics are add-in cards, they offer several advantages over Integrated graphics:

* System Performance : Where integrated graphics borrow from the main system memory to provide the frame buffer, what actually holds the content of
what is displayed, Dedicated Graphics have their own frame buffer. This results in the graphics card being able to make better use of it's resources.
* Not enough power? Change cards : With integrated graphics, there is no upgrade path. What you buy is what you get. With Dedicated graphics, if your
current graphics card is not powerful enough, buy a new one.
* Extra display ports / Multiple displays : Most integrated graphics only have an output for one display device at one time. It has only been within
the past couple of years that motherboards have started carrying two different types of display ports, generally a VGA and an TV out, and more
recently, a VGA and DVI output. With an add-in Dedicated card, you can get various types of inputs and outputs.


There are, however, some disadvantages

* Cost : An add in card will increase the price of a system if you are building one from the ground up.
* Something more to go wrong : A Dedicated Graphics card does increase the complexity of a computer, so when something goes wrong, it can be
another factor in a malfunction.
* Heat : Since most dedicated graphics cards don't have to concern themselves with fitting into a particular thermal envelope (maximum thermal
output) that a motherboard does, they can be much faster. More performance comes at a price. Some dedicated graphics cards will have fans that take up
to two normal slots on a motherboard.
* Noise : some dedicated graphics, like the Geforce FX 5800 series, have earned nicknames like Dustbuster. Not all dedicated graphics have
obnoxious fans, and some don't have any fans at all, but you may not know how your dedicated graphics card will sound until you turn it on.

Hopefully that wont be too confusing, I know it took me awhile to understand some of this stuff.

Cheers, and Happy Holidays
- Ryan

[Atlantic Airways]

yaaa.. so you say in short: That i should let a Man from TT (Teldu Tænastan (Computer Servises!!)) look at my comp and give me Advice.. or..?

[ameval]

It think high graphics would work good, with my computer> http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...?tid=11291 it works
with graphics ultra high and scenery ultra high and everything else in high or weather ultrahigh and traffic ultrahigh...

So you gotta try yourself to see where it fits the best