We're trying to get a forum member up to date... A lot of what he said is not wrong if you go back a bit it was common. We just happen to have better and more experts these days who instead of spewing nonsense (intuition) provide actual benchmarks! :)

480 GTX vs 580 GTX. Any big difference there, I have a 480 right now, but Im upgrading to a SB 2600k + the Asus Deluxe board, do you guys think I'd benefit much from the 580 or should I stick with the 480? Thanks

On a random note, anyone else notice the OP had two usernames within the same thread lol?

On a random note, anyone else notice the OP had two usernames within the same thread lol?

I think he deleted his account... maybe he didn't like what he was told about FSX here and he prefered to stick to what Computer Pilot says? Well, to each his own

Geez guys, way to run another one off! Just kidding - but actually I feel kind of bad. I hope I didn't come off as a complete jerk...

Oh, I missed the post where he said he was quiting. What an unfortunate misundertanding. It's hard to believe anyone would ever take offense from Steven or you, Corey, who are always extremely correct and helpful.Hope he reconsiders his decision and comes back one day

Being a member of a forum is like sitting in a tavern. Everything seems OK until you speak. When you do, everyone chimes in wanting to share in the conversation. I work in taverns repairing bar glasswashers. When fixing them, everyone but me knows how to fix it. The guys who drink the most beer have the most expertise. I myself get better at fixing the units if I drink beer also. I become one with the experts. Aside from the electrical shocks I get, mostly after having several beers, for some reason the equipment has left over parts. Ok, my illustration doesn't fit, being a member of a forum is not like sitting in a tavern. For one thing, everyone is sober, and those who post really know what is going on. I'll start over. Being a member of a forum is like watching a show. The movie is as good as the script and actors. The moderatior is like the director, the actors perform free style. Different actors, different posts. Some are like an English gentleman, polite and well spoken, like Spritflyer, and then we get "The Cowboy" and the misbehaved "Redneck". All mean well, for the most part, but it is how one is percieved. For example, one might say, "your video card is 5 years old, and may be a bit out dated". The Cowboy has a more direct way of expressing himself... "your video card STINKS." The Redneck would say, " What's a video card, and what do I spray mine down with so it doesn't stink?" Spritflyer would post benchmarks proving it stinks, without offending anyone. The only ones harmed is the Redneck for washing his card in bleach and the original poster who's offended about having the card critized by the Cowboy. Rightly so, but should feel better after reading Spritflyers posts with benchmarks and honest proof. By that time the entire community has jumped onto the topic, and the original poster gets miffed with information overload. With out beer or meds, he is driven into a frenzy, kicks the cat, yells at his wife and disapointed with his computer, and dislikes the forum. Having a bad experience, may be a bit shy in posting. How do I know this? Where do I attain such profound wisdom? Why do you marvel in my brilliant analysis of the situation, and find it astounding as to how I can grab a topic and amaze you, but fail at simple spelling, yet construct such a long sentence breaking all the rules of grammer and ..... still appear a genius? Beats me, I guess I was born with above average intellengence. <--- note the spelling error. Hmmm... could it be I too .. a victim of the feared "Cowboy" flames. A reciever of the nasty end of his keyboard? A innoceint poster, only to get run over by a truckload of words? To be ambushed by the Cowboy and his posse of fearless faithfull followers? To be strung up in the public square while the mob cries out "Hang him! Hang that varmit high! " Sigh... yes I too have been a victim of the Cowboy. A solid 148lb 5 foot 4 inches of pure ham fisted, keyboard pounding no nonsence pimplefaced brute, wearing stinky clothes, chomping on pizza pockets, having these words humming in the back of his thick skull ... "Go ahead punk, make my day". Dispite that, I endured the public lynchings, the humilation, and having to re write my posts in response due to bad grammer and spelling! Yes.. I .. have ..errr ... hmmm.... ahhh.. kept posting! Yes, kept typing and ranting dispite the dreaded Cowboy types, typing (no pun intended) my way to cyber victory in the war of words. I fought the Cowbow and won! Whew! My finger is getting sore typing all this. I'll have carpel finger by the time I make my point. So, in brief, my thought, when one types a response in a forum, without face to face contact, without listening to voice inflections, a post may appear agressive or maybe rude, but some time, one struggles with the correct response, and does not come off the way it is intended. So hopefully no one is offended by my post. Please note, no cowboys were harmed in the making of this post.

Being a member of a forum is like sitting in a tavern. Everything seems OK until you speak. When you do, everyone chimes in wanting to share in the conversation. I work in taverns repairing bar glasswashers. When fixing them, everyone but me knows how to fix it. The guys who drink the most beer have the most expertise. I myself get better at fixing the units if I drink beer also. I become one with the experts. Aside from the electrical shocks I get, mostly after having several beers, for some reason the equipment has left over parts. Ok, my illustration doesn't fit, being a member of a forum is not like sitting in a tavern. For one thing, everyone is sober, and those who post really know what is going on. I'll start over. Being a member of a forum is like watching a show. The movie is as good as the script and actors. The moderatior is like the director, the actors perform free style. Different actors, different posts. Some are like an English gentleman, polite and well spoken, like Spritflyer, and then we get "The Cowboy" and the misbehaved "Redneck". All mean well, for the most part, but it is how one is percieved. For example, one might say, "your video card is 5 years old, and may be a bit out dated". The Cowboy has a more direct way of expressing himself... "your video card STINKS." The Redneck would say, " What's a video card, and what do I spray mine down with so it doesn't stink?" Spritflyer would post benchmarks proving it stinks, without offending anyone. The only ones harmed is the Redneck for washing his card in bleach and the original poster who's offended about having the card critized by the Cowboy. Rightly so, but should feel better after reading Spritflyers posts with benchmarks and honest proof. By that time the entire community has jumped onto the topic, and the original poster gets miffed with information overload. With out beer or meds, he is driven into a frenzy, kicks the cat, yells at his wife and disapointed with his computer, and dislikes the forum. Having a bad experience, may be a bit shy in posting. How do I know this? Where do I attain such profound wisdom? Why do you marvel in my brilliant analysis of the situation, and find it astounding as to how I can grab a topic and amaze you, but fail at simple spelling, yet construct such a long sentence breaking all the rules of grammer and ..... still appear a genius? Beats me, I guess I was born with above average intellengence. <--- note the spelling error. Hmmm... could it be I too .. a victim of the feared "Cowboy" flames. A reciever of the nasty end of his keyboard? A innoceint poster, only to get run over by a truckload of words? To be ambushed by the Cowboy and his posse of fearless faithfull followers? To be strung up in the public square while the mob cries out "Hang him! Hang that varmit high! " Sigh... yes I too have been a victim of the Cowboy. A solid 148lb 5 foot 4 inches of pure ham fisted, keyboard pounding no nonsence pimplefaced brute, wearing stinky clothes, chomping on pizza pockets, having these words humming in the back of his thick skull ... "Go ahead punk, make my day". Dispite that, I endured the public lynchings, the humilation, and having to re write my posts in response due to bad grammer and spelling! Yes.. I .. have ..errr ... hmmm.... ahhh.. kept posting! Yes, kept typing and ranting dispite the dreaded Cowboy types, typing (no pun intended) my way to cyber victory in the war of words. I fought the Cowbow and won! Whew! My finger is getting sore typing all this. I'll have carpel finger by the time I make my point. So, in brief, my thought, when one types a response in a forum, without face to face contact, without listening to voice inflections, a post may appear agressive or maybe rude, but some time, one struggles with the correct response, and does not come off the way it is intended. So hopefully no one is offended by my post. Please note, no cowboys were harmed in the making of this post.

:LMAO: Atta boy Dan! :Hug:

Being a member of a forum is like sitting in a tavern. Everything seems OK until you speak. When you do, everyone chimes in wanting to share in the conversation. I work in taverns repairing bar glasswashers. When fixing them, everyone but me knows how to fix it. The guys who drink the most beer have the most expertise. I myself get better at fixing the units if I drink beer also. I become one with the experts. Aside from the electrical shocks I get, mostly after having several beers, for some reason the equipment has left over parts. Ok, my illustration doesn't fit, being a member of a forum is not like sitting in a tavern. For one thing, everyone is sober, and those who post really know what is going on. I'll start over. Being a member of a forum is like watching a show. The movie is as good as the script and actors. The moderatior is like the director, the actors perform free style. Different actors, different posts. Some are like an English gentleman, polite and well spoken, like Spritflyer, and then we get "The Cowboy" and the misbehaved "Redneck". All mean well, for the most part, but it is how one is percieved. For example, one might say, "your video card is 5 years old, and may be a bit out dated". The Cowboy has a more direct way of expressing himself... "your video card STINKS." The Redneck would say, " What's a video card, and what do I spray mine down with so it doesn't stink?" Spritflyer would post benchmarks proving it stinks, without offending anyone. The only ones harmed is the Redneck for washing his card in bleach and the original poster who's offended about having the card critized by the Cowboy. Rightly so, but should feel better after reading Spritflyers posts with benchmarks and honest proof. By that time the entire community has jumped onto the topic, and the original poster gets miffed with information overload. With out beer or meds, he is driven into a frenzy, kicks the cat, yells at his wife and disapointed with his computer, and dislikes the forum. Having a bad experience, may be a bit shy in posting. How do I know this? Where do I attain such profound wisdom? Why do you marvel in my brilliant analysis of the situation, and find it astounding as to how I can grab a topic and amaze you, but fail at simple spelling, yet construct such a long sentence breaking all the rules of grammer and ..... still appear a genius? Beats me, I guess I was born with above average intellengence. <--- note the spelling error. Hmmm... could it be I too .. a victim of the feared "Cowboy" flames. A reciever of the nasty end of his keyboard? A innoceint poster, only to get run over by a truckload of words? To be ambushed by the Cowboy and his posse of fearless faithfull followers? To be strung up in the public square while the mob cries out "Hang him! Hang that varmit high! " Sigh... yes I too have been a victim of the Cowboy. A solid 148lb 5 foot 4 inches of pure ham fisted, keyboard pounding no nonsence pimplefaced brute, wearing stinky clothes, chomping on pizza pockets, having these words humming in the back of his thick skull ... "Go ahead punk, make my day". Dispite that, I endured the public lynchings, the humilation, and having to re write my posts in response due to bad grammer and spelling! Yes.. I .. have ..errr ... hmmm.... ahhh.. kept posting! Yes, kept typing and ranting dispite the dreaded Cowboy types, typing (no pun intended) my way to cyber victory in the war of words. I fought the Cowbow and won! Whew! My finger is getting sore typing all this. I'll have carpel finger by the time I make my point. So, in brief, my thought, when one types a response in a forum, without face to face contact, without listening to voice inflections, a post may appear agressive or maybe rude, but some time, one struggles with the correct response, and does not come off the way it is intended. So hopefully no one is offended by my post. Please note, no cowboys were harmed in the making of this post.

Hey, hey! I resemble that remark!

Being a member of a forum is like watching a show. The movie is as good as the script and actors. The moderatior is like the director, the actors perform free style. Different actors, different posts. Some are like an English gentleman, polite and well spoken, like Spritflyer, and then we get "The Cowboy" and the misbehaved "Redneck". All mean well, for the most part, but it is how one is percieved. For example, one might say, "your video card is 5 years old, and may be a bit out dated". The Cowboy has a more direct way of expressing himself... "your video card STINKS." The Redneck would say, " What's a video card, and what do I spray mine down with so it doesn't stink?" Spritflyer would post benchmarks proving it stinks, without offending anyone. The only ones harmed is the Redneck for washing his card in bleach and the original poster who's offended about having the card critized by the Cowboy. Rightly so, but should feel better after reading Spritflyers posts with benchmarks and honest proof. By that time the entire community has jumped onto the topic, and the original poster gets miffed with information overload. With out beer or meds, he is driven into a frenzy, kicks the cat, yells at his wife and disapointed with his computer, and dislikes the forum.

Well, my forum personality is completely unpredictable :Silly: . That being said, everything I post could be taken as rude as during face to face conversation I'm a very humorous and smiley person that says sarcastic things light heartedly. I'm also a know-it-all...On the other hand, the OP seemed a little unbalanced, and I mean that in the sincerest way. Bless his heart. There was just no reasoning with him. <_<

Not my intention to cause ruckus. I've been trying to clean up my userids for sometime and so NOW is happens. Am used to face to face exchanges, this forum method is new to me. Guess am coming across as unbalanced buy my intent was to find balance. Wanted to understand FSX better so I might make better choices as I have a chance to upgrade my system. There are a lot of folks with a lot of opinions here in the electronic frontier and someone new to forums does not have the easiest job to separate the good from the speculation especially wading through dates to find out when discoveries were made. I'll keep looking and spend more time reading the posts here. I apologize to all,George (HA36, crash_geh or whomever I am today )And Zach, you are right on the money. My disability is mental illness. IQ of 150, personality and ability to work, zero. Again, I apologize.