System RAM upgrade question.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Nono, i do not mean the opposite channels, my slots 1 and 3 make for 1 GB together, so obviously it is correct right now. I just wonder if I can mix the different RAM bar sizes, if now I do not buy another couple of 512s, but just one single 1 GB bar - additional to my now existing 2 512ers. :hmm:

Maybe yes, maybe no. What motherboard do you have?

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I personally think that FS X is purposely detuned for XP. Someday, someone will figure it out since it miraculously is the only graphics app on the planet that happens to run better on DX10 than DX9.

No, as Phil Taylor (developer of FS) has said, the policy of Microsoft concering FS is to develop a game such that its impossibile to run at maximum settings on current hardware. It will be the same with FS XI. :hmm: They want the simulator to last several years thats why you can't push the graphics to the maximum.
If you ask me this is total bs.
Add in the fact that FS has never used the power of the graphics cards, and you have the paradoxical situation where X-plane 9 with world scenery and maximum details gives you 3-4x times the framerate you would have on FS X using the same equivalent settings on the same hardware.
I have come to realise that the only way to enjoy FS is to buy the old version the moment the new one comes out.
This way you are sure you can run FS at maximum details without framerate problems.
I recently bought FS 2004 for 16 € and I'm enjoying it at maximum details with a better graphics and performance than FS X with the same settings.
Stupid Microsoft when will they learn to optimise and harness the power of the graphic cards and use it in the FS series? Oh yeah and ditch the GPS for commercial planes, give us an FMS/FMC how hard can it be for a software heralded as a SIMULATION ?

[SUBMAN1]

The reason I've said that is that I've seen people here state that it runs faster on Vista when they upgraded.

This is contrary to the standard 20% FPS drop as seen in even DX10 native games for moving from DX9 to DX10.

There are some posts on this around here somewhere. Probably in the other games threads.

-S

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Maybe yes, maybe no. What motherboard do you have?

Asus P4P800SE; Chipset I865PE

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by goldorak

No, as Phil Taylor (developer of FS) has said, the policy of Microsoft concering FS is to develop a game such that its impossibile to run at maximum settings on current hardware. It will be the same with FS XI. :hmm: They want the simulator to last several years thats why you can't push the graphics to the maximum.

If you ask me this is total bs.

I have come to realise that the only way to enjoy FS is to buy the old version the moment the new one comes out.
This way you are sure you can run FS at maximum details without framerate problems.

That's what I did, too: I bought Fs2004 second hand when FS-X came out.

An update frequency of two years for FS, and 3 years for the last version, is not what I would consider to be lasting "for several years". but I would welcome very much if it would take let'S say 5 years between every version, or even longer, becasue addons becoming bETTER THAT WAY; AND LASTING LONGER: of the German Airports series, consisting of four packages, the final and last part for FS-9 will be released 1st quarter 2008 - with FS-X being around for over 1 1/2 years then.

the ever growing speed in business is turning customers dizzy with needs for faster and faster updates. The tail has begun to overttake the head. Can't say I like the way things are going. Too fast, too short-living, too crazy.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Asus P4P800SE; Chipset I865PE

Here is your answer:



So your board will support different size memory, as long as you follow the above diagram. You can still keep dual channel operation if you adhere to it. ie. - 2x 1 GB and 2x 512MB for example for a total of 3 GB, as long as they are matched between sockets.

-S

[Skybird]

I think I go for 2x512 MB then. Would cost 2x29 euro, while 1x1GB costs 49. It's only 9 euro difference, and I have 512 in all four slots then.

It's also cheaper if one bar would break down (already happened one time) and must be replaced.

Thanks!

[SUBMAN1]

Anything to help a fellow subsimmer!

-S