I really want to increase my performence with fs2004. My textures are blurry from far away. Could you recomend me a video card and maybe something else that would make fs run smoothly on my system. Look at the pic for my specs. i dont want to spend to much money $.ThanksAlexhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/139919.jpg

Based on the limited info you posted, I'll make some assumptions:1) your system has integrated graphics2) your system may have shared system ram/vram3) your sys can have the video upgradedIf you can do it, you could get a decent nVidia or ATI AGP card for under $200. I have seen HP's that did not allow a video card upgrade but that was some time ago, hopefully now they all can. Frankly, most likely almost any video card over $100 would beat your integrated graphics. That's assuming you have integrated gfx. :)I'm not sayin' it will cure your blurries, but it couldn't hurt.Having a gig of ram would help some, too.

I'm one of those folks with an HP that does not have an AGP slot but I did notice a measuarable difference by adding a PCI video card. I originally bought an ATI Radeon 7500 with 64Mb and it increased my frames by 50% or greater. Of course I immediatley moved all the sliders to the right and offset my newfound FR gain. Next I bought a 128Mb Radeon 9200 and it made some difference but not near as much as my first upgrade. I believe that I have seen 256Mb PCI cards recently, so if you find that you don't have an AGP cardslot, don't despair, you can improve performance with a PCI card.BTW, blurry textures were never my problem, slow texture loading and low frames were. Insure that the Extended Terrain Textures box is checked under the Options > Settings > Display > Hardware menu.R-

Which HP PC model do you have (how old is it)? Can you give more detailes about your system?First of all before you upgrade anything you may be able to make some small improvements by making some optimisations to your system. As well as the basic HD defrag and error check etc consider:1) Kill all unnecessary background applications and services via StartMenuRun type msconfig. virus scanning software can be particularly resource hungry. However make sure you do not disable some important security software like your firewall.2) Also If you have Intel shared graphics downlaod the latest driver:http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df...pport_Download#3) Also tweek your FS9.cfg file there are many forum threads about this do a search.5) Customise your Windows page file via StartMenuSettingsControlPanelSystemAdvancedPerformanceSettingsAdvancedChange and also insure that the Page File is optimised for Programs, not the cache.4) Be realistic about your FS quality settings.Now, from the limited info you gave your system seesm similar to mine before I upgraded anything. I don't think it is worthwhile fyling FS9 from the VC without a video card, certainly not for addon aircraft, but upgrade the memory first.5) Consider how many free memory slots you have, you probably have 2 so if your mother board is nothing special then I wouldn't go for top quality RAM. I got 2X 512MB modules and it made a *huge* diffreence to my PC in general (for the future I its better to have more RAM). If you want to spend less then get 2X 256MB modules .6) Check whether you have APG or a PCIe graphics slot (I would expect you to have PCIe). I wouldn't bother looking below a 6600GT. The last time I checked these were the best compromise for capability v cost.Hope this helps.