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I am looking to upgrade my 939 X2 4400+ (@ 2500) system to more processing power. (my main system stress software where its abilities are tested is LockOn and FSX) So as trying to keep things on tight budget i am currently having the idea of replacing my current rig with an OC C2D E4300 @ 3Ghz with 667 RAM on a 965 mobo. (after giving up the idea of finding a cheap used FX-60 or an Opteron 185 and clock it to 3Ghz with my current mobo / ram, they are rare to find and their price doesn't seem to drop enough ..) I wonder if that would give a significant / noticeable / enough processing power boost compared to my current 939 X2 4400+ ( or the more safe effectiveness to value solution would be an E6600 or 6420 / 6320 system? - i am interested in the 4mb cache) Graphics wise my 7800GTX seems to handle things pretty well, its the CPU power that looks like lockon could just swallow alive an additional +100% of it. I thought going from XP 2700+ to X2 4400+ would had solved that, but it seems to no avail ... :: ASRock 939SLI32 :: X2 4400+ :: AC Freezer Pro :: 2x1Gb Transcend (Samsung UCCC) DDR400 :: 7800 GTX :: Hiper 480W Type-R

Even that can be replaced by Acronis True Image ;) Try it. More flexible, more functions and more modern than Ghost :)

NOD and kaspersky seem to be top of the line currently. (and Trend micro used to have a good reputation some time ago) AVG has been a decent solution for freeware cases. But AOL has a freeware version of Kaspersky antivirus which might be of the best freeware choices these days. when i replaced Norton with AVG and Kerio Firewall my system got faster, when i replaced AVG & Kerio with Kaspersky it got even faster :)

Thanks Kuky for the extensive insight here :) grande mucho appreciated :) Now regarding the affinity , it was i think this guy can't recall his callsign now, who works on that technology , cant remember what now GOSH my memory cells are realy dying on me LOL that posted somewhere around in here that he found out the second core was busy running the graphics card drivers while the other core was fully occupied with lockon, and that by not editing anything regarding the affinity - if i got it right, which sounds at least, like better usage of dual core even though lockon is not optimized for multicore processing And another question for you please if i am not overdoing it :) (theres still more to come from me later here :blush:) What is it advised more of the two: - running LOCKON 1152x864 or even 1280x1024 on my 19" CRT with lowered AA - or stick to my usual attitude of running always @ 1024x768 and maxing out IQ settings as much as possible? And : - Theres no HDR In FC 1.12a right? (if it is, is there a way to toggle it off?) - Whats the highest pixel shader model # FC is compatible with? (is there a way to config which one to use?) .

Norton has been a no-no for long time now .... (and mcafee has been one for even longer, but at least it hasnt been messing (with) the inner works of windows)

maybe jetico firewall ....

Thanks :) i have tried newer drivers at some point but aside from not liking their new control panel after a research i've done came to the conclusion that these are of the fastest more stable and light ones ... i will give a try new ones though again as soon as possible. Although i dont think thats a forceware issue ... i believe my 7800 GTX should be quite capable handling very decently lockon since i played with almost the same settings lomac for the first time with a 9600XT on an Athlon XP 2700+ .... (and i think the difference between the two cards is lets say chaotic ...) The thing is though that since then what i gained with my current rig is a LOT more fps on parts of the game that the old rig was already doing ok (lets say went from 35/40->75/100 fps) But still has almost the same hard time at the parts where the old rig was having one too, with actually minimal fps increase. For example i still dont dare use high range visibility especially approaching urban areas. indeed maybe its CPU related. Now an insightful guide maybe as to how to set up properly a dual core AMD could be beneficial maybe

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (939) @ 2.5 7800 GTX PCIE 256 @ 470 / 1200 2GB DDR 400 @ 450 ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 (ULi 1697/1695) 2 x 80GB maxtor dmax 9 PATA133 Hiper 480 Type-R PSU PCI Audigy 2 Value Forceware 84.56 Feb 07 DX 9.0c Win XP SP2

- I have though FC 1.12a already and i want to install separately elsewhere 1.02 now again, can i do that safely or will that mess with eachothers registry entries ? - is there maybe a chance that the explosion and hit effects are read from the hard drive thus freezing the flight like that? (and when its done rendering the effects you are a hole on the ground) If thats the case is there a way to preload all that to ram instead?

i have water on medium almost always. effects medium lights usually none blur on scene medium no traffic 100% preload visibility range medium (and this is killing me, i have another thread about it here) 1024*768@32 shadows all planar haze sometimes advanced usually basic

not sarcastic, not at all, it was an actual statement. I hope you figure it out completely otherwise i wont use this m2000 installer. And thanks for sharing ofcourse

another good question ....

- ok i dont know what happened with the cloud shadow, now its fixed ... (?) - What are the 1.12a config default values for those ? ShadowDensity FogParam1 FogParam2 ObjectFogMultiplier Is there a sample default 1.12a config file around? - what is the best tweak / setting (if there is) to elliminate the explosion caused freezes (example, as soon as my rounds hit something the game literally freezes to draw the effects, even if its just plain empty ground hits)

as with my search before, i haven't found yet an editing guide of how to make a complete flyable mod. One of those is a mirage 2000 flyable mod for 1.1 but the readme is in french, so i dont know if its replacing either another plane or skins. Also is using the MiG-29S pit (i am interested in using the F15). Then also i dont know what other MEinit file changes are made in there There is a flyable F-16 with the F15 pit but its for 1.02, I would like to locate some guidance as to what is needed to make a complete mod like that, in my case flying the F16 and m2000 using their weapons and FM through the F15 cockpit. I havent figured out yet actually what is possible; does the flyable plane inherit the radar and weapons characteristics of the cockpit plane or does it retain its own radar and weapons profiles, while they are also translated to the borrowed cockpit functions? I'd like to have an in depth knowledge of this procedure so i would preferably make my own mod or in general have a good level of control over what i am doing messing with the inner works of lockon especially when i am called to put in there some third party meinit file. The humancockpit line is a phenomenal tweak, but i need to go beyond that to making a complete mod Thank you again

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=10200&highlight=flyable+2000 http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=17656&highlight=flyable+F-16

is there maybe a flyable mod for the F-16 and the M2000? But using the F-15 cockpit and avionics, but their own FM and weapons? Or guides how to do that? Thank you

I think it was JJ_Alpha that used to work on a bunch of new countries pack addon? And is that actually adding Poland or replacing some other existing country? .

Thanks :) Thats Poland specific though right? Is there a guide in it how to add your custom country?

i have been away for quite some time and trying to keep up with the developments. Is it maybe now possible to add a new country? If so is there a guide somewhere? Thanks

maybe because its not that much needed around as almost all mirage 2000 wear the same scheme so the mods needed are minor over insignia and crests. Even the taiwan m2000 i think can be done by lets say desaturating for example the current m2000 scheme ;) But if you want to go fictional then indeed you need a template , or build one yourself based on the current skin ;)

yeap sorry for not reading all those 40 pages (the bad thing about long threads) it would be really time consuming and unfortunately i am spending at work almost 14 hours daily :( i can't believe lockon will end with BS ... :( When it can still go DX10 maybe, full shadow smoothened, and host more flyable planes and countries, terrains, etc and while STILL in 2007 my X2 4400 cant get it to work with high visibility range and high scenery and traffic enabled .... (and so much for our F16/F18 hopes ...) Or is it that theres going to be a major revamp similar to Flanker --> LockOn? .... Reminds me though of all the speculations back when ubi gave up on LockOn and despite all the hype and odds we still are here with FC and BS .... (and the third party goodies) Is ED taking into consideration (if that has any feasable or making sense market wise value) polls and wishlists, in general, statistics of community preferences (like what addon flyable plane mainly) ? no need to respond, anyways THANKS for the reply :)

1. I am not getting cloud shadows on the ground on FC. Enabled advanced haze and all planar shadows. 2. is there a fly-by camera (F3 only?) or Fly-by camera option to change the camera position automaticaly after each fly-by pass to the next fly-by position in the planes route? Also editing the distance of the fly-by camera or the focal length / zoom? 2. what are your fastest nvidia drivers recomendations for 7800GTX ? (I am using for many months now the 84.56) 3. which is the proper procedure of patching to make XP optimized for AMD dual core CPUs ? (which drivers and MS patches should be installed and in what order?) .

What is "their new project"? Have you tried posting in http://www.lockon-models.com ?

@ Andrew_McP http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/391/6/

sorry, I had euros in mind. The 320 GTS can be found now even for as low as about 270-290 thats why i assume it might go down to 200 (euros) by august - september Indeed 8800 GTS is a whole another league comparing to 1950Pro, I believe that with little patience, reading, testing, and searching, it can be configured to excellent image quality comparable to that of the dx9 ATi cards. I believe its not a matter of the 8800 hardware. As for speed its maybe faster in real life than 1900/50 XT/X (i am not sure, somebody might have more real life info here about this) so theres no comparison with the 1950Pro