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Upgrade to 6 or 8 gb of ram? |
DVA8308
Captain, B747-400
Joined on February 12 2010
Century Club
50 State Club
Eastern Canada
180 legs, 481.5 hours
18 legs,
44.0 hours online 172 legs,
440.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 08:28 ET by Kevin Chauvin
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Right now i have an e7200 overclocked to 3.5ghz, 4gb of ddr2 800mhz and an ati hd4850. Windows 7 uses up 2gb at idle. should I add in another 2 or 4gb of ram? I run woai with all airlines so some airports have a ton of traffic. I also run fsx at 1920x1080.
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DVA6983
Captain, B737-800
Joined on February 07 2009
Century Club
""Can't, never did anything.."" Phoenix, AZ USA
125 legs, 233.4 hours
4 legs,
7.2 hours online 125 legs,
233.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 10:20 ET by Dale Westlund
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I don't think the extra RAM will do you any good unless you have a 64 bit OS.. I have the same problem concerning RAM in windows 7 ultimate, 32 bit..
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DVA8308
Captain, B747-400
Joined on February 12 2010
Century Club
50 State Club
Eastern Canada
180 legs, 481.5 hours
18 legs,
44.0 hours online 172 legs,
440.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 10:52 ET by Kevin Chauvin
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Dale I have Windows 7 64 bit I forgot to mention that.
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DVA6983
Captain, B737-800
Joined on February 07 2009
Century Club
""Can't, never did anything.."" Phoenix, AZ USA
125 legs, 233.4 hours
4 legs,
7.2 hours online 125 legs,
233.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 13:16 ET by Dale Westlund
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Then it should give you some improvement.. 2 GB is just not enough to run FSX properly.
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!" TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online 565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS 8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 13:37 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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I can run FSX just fine with the PMDG 747 and I do it with only 1GB. That was up from 512 Mb which was also fine.
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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DVA8308
Captain, B747-400
Joined on February 12 2010
Century Club
50 State Club
Eastern Canada
180 legs, 481.5 hours
18 legs,
44.0 hours online 172 legs,
440.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 13:48 ET by Kevin Chauvin
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Dale I currently have 4GB right now.
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DVA7498
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP E-MAIL
Joined on July 05 2009
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
"ETOPS " Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim"" Loganville, GA USA
421 legs, 1,597.8 hours
401 legs,
1,552.0 hours online 416 legs,
1,583.7 hours ACARS 39 legs,
123.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 16:20 ET by Gerhardt Poku
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Kevin Chauvin wrote:
Dale I currently have 4GB right now.
DDR3 ram will do it.
Gerhardt PokuSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA6983
Captain, B737-800
Joined on February 07 2009
Century Club
""Can't, never did anything.."" Phoenix, AZ USA
125 legs, 233.4 hours
4 legs,
7.2 hours online 125 legs,
233.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 16:58 ET by Dale Westlund
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You must have no scenery at all then Nicholas and all of your sliders turned way down and traffic off and no clouds etc..
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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"...and don't call me Shirley" Hillsboro, OR USA
494 legs, 1,357.8 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online 493 legs,
1,355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 17:56 ET by Jack Vogel
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Dale Westlund wrote:
You must have no scenery at all then Nicholas and all of your sliders turned way down and traffic off and no clouds etc..
...that and you enjoy slide shows
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!" TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online 565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS 8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2010 21:25 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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Dale Westlund wrote:
You must have no scenery at all then Nicholas and all of your sliders turned way down and traffic off and no clouds etc..
That's part true Dale. I can see fields, a rare few trees and only get about 3-4 buildings in major cities. I get airport buildings and taxiway signs, airport fences and blast fences. My traffic is always off anyway because I fly online but I can max out weather no problem. But when I say just fine, that means at DVA I spend most time at FL350 and about zero time sightseeing so I don't need it anyway. I get about 16 FPS a flight which is only 8 FPS slower than movie and it looks just fine to me. It all depends on your standards. For me, I'm happy and quite content with my FSX.
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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