Hi guysI would like to ask you what would be the best settings for my card and flight sim.My PC is:Processor: Pentium 4 2.66 GHZMotherboard: Abit IC-7Video card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Atlantis with RAM: 1GB (dual channel)FS 2004 with PMDG 737-600/700/800/900.Thank you for your help

>Hi guys>>I would like to ask you what would be the best settings for my>card and flight sim.>>My PC is:>>Processor: Pentium 4 2.66 GHZ>Motherboard: Abit IC-7>Video card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Atlantis with >RAM: 1GB (dual channel)>FS 2004 with PMDG 737-600/700/800/900.>>Thank you for your helpHi,I take it it's the IC7 Max3 mobo, if it is, then it's the same as mine,and what a board it is.well I have a Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 Pro too, basically there the same ATI based cards. you should get the latest drivers from the ATI web site, ver CATALYST Windows XP 4.8 - Driver for XP, and also get the CAT Un-Installer too, then use the add - remove program and get rid of the one you have now. then get rid of the ATI control panel as well,only re-boot after getting rid of both, after re-boot click on Cancel to letting windows set-up a video driver for you, then double click on the CAT 4.8 driver wherever you saved it too ans follow the instructions, then re-boot again, you might want to follow this up with a re-install of DirectX 9.0C, weather you have it or not,re do it,trust me it makes a big difference.as for the settings, when you've finished doing you're three or four re-boots, right click on the desktop on a plain area,then select properties, then settings, then advanced, then smartgart and turn OFF AGP fast write,it causes no end of issues. make sure AGP is set to 8X, then click on 3D - and use Custom settings, then set both the Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering to Custom, then basically set them Both to the Right, but make sure you have the little dot in ''Quality'' not performance as this again gives us blurries in FS9.then go down to texture preference and set it to full right, same with mip map, wait for vertical sync should be set to application preference, and finally I have my true form set to always off as I'm buggered of I know what it does, but I have noticed no difference with it set to on either.it might be easier for you just to print off these instructions, I know I used to till I got used to doing it a few times,I hope this helps you out.best of luck,Steve.PS, have a look at my other post here http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...7&topic_id=2907 about what my temperatures are now after going over to water cooling, makes FS run so much faster because it's not getting too warm now,

Thank you so much!!!I ll try it out tmrw.Just a question: where did you get your water cooling?Was it difficult to set it up?

Hi,I'm glad you found the reply of use, and no, the water cooling was not hard or dificult to set up, but you must plan it all out and take you're time, this way you will have no problems and all will be fine, as for the equipment, well the pump is a Hydor L30, and the water blocks were both Swiftech's own, you can of course use whatever is easiest in you're part of the world, but as usual, shop around. and try not to go too far from where you live in case of any malfunctions of the pump etc.Steve.

Well i live in Cyprus.I will look around.But since is too hot here and the A/C is always on i get CPU temp 50C..with not the best cooling fan.I only have two.