Mikedlayer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2918 times:
Hi all,
Finally decided to upgrade my PC so I can actually use FS. It's been perfectly fine up until last week, where it seems on my world trip leg number 4 using FS Passengers (HECA-OMDB) my pc enjoys freezing. Not exactly sure why as its only ever done this once before (and Windows told me to install the FS update on the Microsoft website) which seemed to fix the problem. Obviously not.
Freedomtofly From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 750 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2911 times:
Absolutely perfect! You're graphics card is definitely your biggest problem, as FS relies on a good graphics card for all the processing of effects and weather and stuff. Honestly with your 256 MB graphics card and 1 GB of memory, you should be fine. The first thing about upgrading to P4 3 GHz is almost not necessary, but it's up to you, have fun!
DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 476 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2898 times:
The fact that it is a 256MB video card has less to do with how good the card will work for FS. What is your budget for the card? Assuming you have AGP, not PCI-Express, this is an excellent card if on a budget:
There are even better cards out there if you would like to spend more, but that one should be able to play FS just fine. If you really enjoy gaming and want to update your processor, AMD chips are MUCH better than Intel for this, and tend to be less expensive. A gig of RAM doesn't hurt either.
Boeingfanyyz From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 991 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2884 times:
Hey guys,
I have recently had some issues with FS, as it causes my computer to randomly shut down. I've spoken with the people at Toshiba, and they think that it's something to do with the computer over-heating, but I'm not sure I believe them.
Here is some basic information about my computer (I'm not a huge computer person, so I am probably leaving out a lot of things):
Computer: Toshiba Satellite A70
3.07 GHz, 448 MB of RAM
Any ideas are most certainly welcome!
Cheers,
Boeingfanyyz
"If it aint boeing, it aint going!", "Friends are like condoms...they protect you when things get hard!"
Mikedlayer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2866 times:
Quoting Boeingfanyyz (Reply 4): I have recently had some issues with FS, as it causes my computer to randomly shut down.
Exactly the same sort of problem I've been having, it either shuts down and reboots completely, or it just freezes and I have to manually reboot. I can't see it being overheating, as I never have had this problem before the other week. I have 2 fans inside my casing, and just to try and cool it down a bit more had the casing sides off. I think it could be something to do with FS personally.
Quoting DesertFlyer (Reply 3): The fact that it is a 256MB video card has less to do with how good the card will work for FS. What is your budget for the card?
DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 476 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2845 times:
Random reboots usually are caused by the power supply, or overheating (processor or video card.) It's hard to say exactly what is causing your problem though, as it could also be a problem with your Windows installation. The fact that it's causing your laptop to reboot, Boeingfanyyz, leads me to believe it is in fact overheating. Laptops are notorious for it, especially while gaming. You could pick up a laptop cooling pad to use while at home, and see if that fixes your problem, and they are not expensive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...opertycodevalue=2768:17102&bop=and
As for the nVidia G-Force 6200, it would perform only slightly better than your current card. The problem with the 6200 is that it only has 4 pixel pipelines and DDR memory. If you want a true improvement, and a card that will last you into the future, you will probably want something with at least 8 pipes and the newer faster GDDR3 memory. This all comes at a higher price of course, but it is worth it.
Maybe you should check the heatsink on your processor to make sure there isn't too much dirt built up and completely rule out your computer is not overheating before you put money into a new video card and possibly keep having the same problems. Your powersupply could be dying, the processor could be overheating, or the video card could be overheating (just to name a few possibilities). Maybe it would be worth also trying a fresh install of FS to make sure the program didn't get corrupt or something like that.
If you really would like to build a new computer, that's always fun too.
Mikedlayer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2813 times:
Quoting DesertFlyer (Reply 6): As for the nVidia G-Force 6200, it would perform only slightly better than your current card. The problem with the 6200 is that it only has 4 pixel pipelines and DDR memory. If you want a true improvement, and a card that will last you into the future, you will probably want something with at least 8 pipes and the newer faster GDDR3 memory. This all comes at a higher price of course, but it is worth it.
I would of thought a 256mb card would make a much bigger impact than a 64mb card surely? Would it be advantageous to upgrade to the 6600 rather than a 6200 (even thought it is an extra £30 which I'm not sure I have to spend?)?
DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 476 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2805 times:
What they do is just put a lot of DDR RAM on an older chipset. If you were to get a 6600, get the 6600GT because it has the GDDR3 RAM, which is much faster. In the end it's up to you, but the 6600GT is a good value card that will give you a major improvement over your current setup. While the 6200 may have some gains in performance, I do not believe it would be enough to justify the investment. It's up to you though, and I have not used the 6200 with FS, I'm just basing my opinions here of the specifications of the cards.
Mikedlayer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 2725 times:
Small set back here! Wondering if anyone could help. Just bought a new motherboard which I'm pleased with. However I've just noticed in the manual it says not to use a 3.3V Graphics Card in the AGP slot of this motherboard. So it rules out the 6200 256mb AGP card I was intending on purchasing for £44.
Are there any other 256mb AGP cards which aren't 3.3V or would I have to go PCI? I've never used a PCI graphics card and I'm on the assumption they're performance is lower than that of an AGP cards? I also really only have a budget of a maximum of about £70 so I'm not really sure where to start, any ideas?
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