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You're right. It works just fine on my iphone. Then there is some kind of redirect hack going on.

I don't know what's going on, but when I try to go to simHQ(dot)com I just got a placeholder page. At the same time Trend AV pops up a warning, telling me it has blocked malicous code, category dangerous. It tells me that the site www.targetedinfo.com is trying to run the script sk-ckpro.php. Here's what Trend says about the site targetedinfo.com: http://www.targetedinfo.com Is it safe? Dangerous The latest tests indicate that this URL contains malicious software or could defraud visitors. How would you categorize this URL? Spam Sites whose addresses have been found in spam messages Disease Vector Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of malicious software or source code I thought I'd forward the warning from Trend AV as it seems pretty serious. I wonder what happened, as everything worked just fine yesterday. There was no notice on the site that it was closing down or anything. Just this today. Kind regards Hans J.

Yup. But thanks anyway, for sharing. As part of my project is panning the view across five screens and be able to use my TrackIr for all it's worth Nvidia with their 3 screen spanning limitation defined themselves off my radar. If they come to their senses that will change. I have read enough of this forum the last months to be well aware that Nvidia has a very devote following here, based on AMD/ATI has historically done a bad job of rendering FS clouds. However my Radeon 7770 haven't so far shown any trouble rendering the any clouds REX Essential could conjure up, nor FSX's own clouds, at least from what I can see. It seemed to handle them smooth and without stuttering what so ever. So, things may have changed. As they always do, sooner or later. Maybe AMD finally has started paying closer attention to their drivers, none too soon. I don't expect the top of the line 7970 GHz edition to put up any more trouble than the 7770, at least. Hopefully it might fare a little better. Cross fingers that I may not be disappointed. Hans J.

And just when I almost had convinced myself... Ok, you're probably right. I guess I managed to forget that I'm already using EzDoc Camera and I'm always looking for other utilities to enchance my simming experience. That stuff uses ram, so I might save myself some trouble by making sure I have enough of it in the first place. Maybe one of the reasons I don't seem to have many issues with stutter FSX on my studio rig is that it has 16 gigs and all of the programs and in house processes had enough room to breathe and flex their bodies. I don't know. I'm pretty sure there are people here on the forum that have paid more attention to pc technology and Win 8 in general and FSX related stuff in particular than your's truly, and will be able to Once I was a bleeding edge geek, nowadays I'm mostly just a user, even though I have the occasional relapse from time to time. Comes with becoming a dad I guess. But this dad still haven't lost his joy of playing. Thanks for the heads up. I might consider putting in an order for 16 GB 2666 RAM instead of 8 GB. Kind regards Hans J.

Hi guys. Thank you for the numbers. I just love good metrics -And Ben. No harm intended. Its' just that I've been working with statistical analysis quite a bit over the years, and a 10% increase is considered a very substantial increase in most scenarios. I'm glad you were proven right. And I'm glad I got the numbers to help me make my decision. Ok guys, then I guess it would be smart to go for the faster RAM. I just found an 8 GB DDR3 HyperX Predator 2666 MHz kit for the NOK equivalent of 255 US bucks at my most trusted vendor over here. I wonder if I might just get that. I originally wanted a 16 GB kit, as I intend to do more than just FSX on the rig. Then again how often do I really need more than 8 Gigs, even when I do picture processing? As far as price is concerned the only 16 GB 2400 kit available to me over here, with ok timings, is the Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 2400MHz 16GB. It retails here for about 450 USD. There are others, of course, but I like the Dominator Platinum series and they are not all that more expensive than the similar kits. If I had found the Dominator Platinum 2666 kit in stock somewhere I would have been really happy. The Predator kit, at 255 bucks is still not cheap, and here I was just now complaining about the price of 2400 MHz kits. Still it's about exactly the same price tag as the 1600 MHz 16 GB Dominator Platinum kit I was considering earlier. If I decide to drop the 16 gigs requirement and aim for 8 GB of 2400 MHz I can get a 8 GB 2400 Predator kit for about 100 bucks. According to this test: "http://www.pureoverclock.com/Review-detail/kingston-hyperx-predator-8gb-kit-2x4gb-ddr3-2666mhz-cl11-dimm/9/" the 2666 kit has it's sweet spot at 2400 too. The price difference would kind of make it sensible to go for the 2400 kit. Still, the price difference isn't all that much when you even it out across the intended life cycle of the rig. The timings of the 2666 kit running at 2400 is way tighter than you get with the Predator 2400 kit, giving a good boost to throughput too. If I manage to convince myself that every bit matters when it comes to milking enough performance from the rig to feed our favorite CPU- beast on five 22" screens I might just be able to justify the expense. (I think I might be able to do that. ) My current system with a Nehalem i3 3,3 GHz, 16 GB 1333 Mhz RAM and an ASUS Radeon 7770 really doesn't seem to struggle all that much with three screens at a total of 5040X1024 pixels, even with 3rd party planes with REX, ORBX and A2A add ons and pretty high settings overall. Then again for the time being I mostly enjoy flying GA aircraft, not the big complex airliners. However when the time comes and I want to go for bigger planes and the big airport add ons I might need every bit of speed I can squeeze out of my system. The old rig is not going to die btw. It's just going back to it's old life as my dedicated music studio rig. Having all that FSim equipment in my home studio means I'n hardly have room to play music. Actually, my tiny library/music room/studio space is now so filled up with all the components for my new rig that I really don't have any room to fly either. I can't move the chair back from the desk. So I better get it over with and assemble it soon now. The list of my new rig components so far is: Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO CPU: i7 3770k GPU: HIS HIS Radeon HD 7970 GHz X 3GB (for 5 screen Eyefinity). CPU cooler: Corsair h100. PSU: Chieftec Nitro BPS-850C Case: Xigmatek Elyseum Monitors: Five 22", different brands, HP, Eizo and Benq (for free. :-D ) All of this, except for the CPU, was bought on sale. That has so far saved a total of USD 550 from my budget for the pc components alone, not counting in the huge savings on the monitors. The monitors I found in the electronic recycle dumpster at work. (-And just that was what triggered the new build project). I guess those savings means I can afford to spend some money on the best RAM I can get my hands on right now. The price difference between the 16 GB 2400 kit and the 8 GB 2666 kit is also a little more than the price for a good 120 GB SSD, and just 40-50 bucks short of the 240 GB Corsair force GT series 3 I just found on sale. I haven't made up my mind totally yet, but that solution has the following benefits: The kit is in stock and I can get it here in a few days. I can assemble and tune the rig now and just forget about what's inside that box for a while. That is exactly what I'm aiming for. I'd rather spend time flying instead of reading specs and calculating budgets. I get enough of IT project budgeting in my job as an IT Architect and I'm starting to get bored with reading about PC components after literally months of reading forums and obsessing about the "perfect solution". If I don't do it I will have to spend even more time checking up on what RAM kit that will give me the most bang for the buck, literally, and wait for it to turn up at a vendor here. Sigh. It's not easy being a perfectionist. -Still, I wish there was a vendor here that carried the 16 GB Predator 2666 kit. I might have considered it. Oh, well... Repeat: I don't need more than 8 gigs, I don't need more than 8 gigs, I don't need.... I wonder what the real world risks of buying two kits of 8 GB instead of one 16 GB are. I know the manufacturers say that they are not able to guarantee that you can OC the RAM as far as you'd be able to with a factory matched kit, but what are the realities. Surely they would be able to run at their designated clock speed no matter what? Do anyone here have any experience with OC-ing two identical RAM kits? Just curiosity of course. Kind regards hjv

That is a pretty bold claim. 10% is a very significant increase. I hope you have the numbers to back it up, as I am currently trying to decide if going for 2400Mhz RAM instead of 1600Mhz with tight timings. Your claim very much contradicts the conclusions in this test: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/ram/38613-gskill-tridentx-ddr3-2400-ivy-bridge-memory/?page=7. That's why I'd really like to see your testing results and comparisons as soon as possible before I make my choice. It's especially important to me because from what I've found listed the terms inexpensive and DDR3 2400Ghz are oxymorons, at least here in Norway. However you might have access to cheaper HW or a bigger budget than I do. I guess I could order it from the US, but I like to be able to do RMA as quickly and without hassle as I can in case of trouble. Sending it back and forth across the Atlantic doesn't sound like a viable option unless the RAM is very much cheaper. Please send me a link and I'll consider it. All being said, even a less than 10% increase could still be worth it, as it might remove some stutter and as we all know. Even a few frames gained can sometimes make the difference between watching a rapid slideshow and flying a plane. I am eager to see your numbers asap as I want to finish my build soon. Kind regards hjv