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kane35 · Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 134 Location: USA

hello, um i got a question my flightsimulator 2004 is glitching and laggen bad! So i need to know how to get more *GB* i have 75.4 GB It's An Windows Xp and, I need some help for it to go alittle faster at least to take off. Thanks

Corrie · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 29 Location: Toronto, Canada

Go search on google for some basic computer guides...you don't need more "GB's", that doesn't affect how your computer runs really. Your computer most likely has a bad video card or not enough ram, and you'd need to purchase more.

Commander Cool · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:

The problem is not to do with GB thats just a bigger unit than MB for example 1024 bytes= a kilobyte and 1024Kb=a megabyte and it justs continues likes that. I think the problem is not how many "gb's" you have because you have about 30x more than is needed. The problem is more than likely to be your graphics card or the amount of available RAM. Try a system spring clean (not a program) and just uninstall everything that you don't need and don't use anymore. First off, post us your system specs so as to have a closer look,
thanks,
derek

p.s. see you corrie!!!!!-you posted two mins before I posted this! :evil: :wink:

Exxman · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:53 am Post subject:

I guess people must have lots of money to buy all this ram for FS when it's redundant. Its not Photoshop or Video Studio. Next time ya start up FS, look at Task Manager and see how much its eating up...if it's over 250MB then you have a mem leak somewhere...avg is 160-200MB for Xp OS.
FS will never even come close to seeing that ceiling of 1GB of ram. Most likely the case of a CPU/Gfx card inferiority complex. As mentioned, post up your sys specs and we'll have a go at it.

Exx

kane35 · Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 134 Location: USA

Ok well i have **448Mb Ram**

Sandpiper-N121PP · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Fs2004 Lag Problem

kane35 wrote: hello, um i got a question my flightsimulator 2004 is glitching and laggen bad! So i need to know how to get more *GB* i have 75.4 GB It's An Windows Xp and, I need some help for it to go alittle faster at least to take off. Thanks

I recently did an upgrade and with thanks to Exxman and others here found the solution was my CPU. MSFS 2004 really relies on a great CPU more than anything... but your video card does fall into the formula as well as the memory. I was using a AMD XP 2100+ Athlon with 1 Gig of memory and a 256 Meg Video Card. The video card and the memory were fine... as well as the CPU for the most part but when I changed to a AMD Athlon " 64 Processor " 3000+... oh my gosh... the difference is just amazing! I know upgrading is expensive... and I personally do not believe it should be done just for one game... and that is not why I did it. I got a great price on the M/B & CPU... but as far as MSFS 2004 goes... it made the world of a difference! :D

kane35 · Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 134 Location: USA

So what are you saing to do??

Exxman · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

Post up complete specs. Telling us how much ram you have without anything else does nothing. CPU/Ram/Gfx card...just as Corrie has in his signature there. More info you provide...more we can help ya out.

Exxman