problems with sim

[Fixxxer]

Good Idea there Rob.

Simon, I'm not familiar with e machines but your specs are above the minimum required according to the phoenix box but what graphics card are you using, minimum cards are geforce 4200/ATI 9600 & above. One thing I have always found with any software no matter what it's for is that the minimum spec will only give you the program running at a very basic level or you will find it sluggish and a pain to use. I guess what Rob is saying is that just because your machine is above the minimum spec you might not find its what you had expected

[simon c]

graphics card

my graphics card is a radeon 3d agp intergraded 9100 i dont think its up to the job any ideas what card i should get oh and im on a buget due to heli parts

[Biggles]

Thats quite a high spec machine
I have a lower spec machine (333 mhz FSB) with 1.6ghz Athlon XP which ran Reflex fine fullscreen (turned off V Sync) - however, I always have thrown RAM at my PCs as without it, any PC is wasted. I run a minimum of 1 gig of RAM.
It's so cheap these days for reliable, good quality RAM, there's no point not doing this.

Go to www.crucial.com and use their system checking tool to get perfectly matched RAM for your system - then buy as much as you can afford

Cheers,
Rob

Hi spec..... what you on about?????LOL

The pc is over 2 years old and cost fraction over £400

High spec in my eyes is a dual core or extreme cpu (3.4 gig and above) a gig of gfx and 4+ gig of ram...etc etc etc.

the most volitile piece of equipment in your pc is and always will be ram....The only way to go IMO is using kingston branded.

[Fixxxer]

If your motherboard has a AGP slot then it would be possible to buy another card but a quick look around google seems to suggest that there maybe problems with the bios recognising a new card and maybe possible conflict with the chipset on the motherboard. Really that type of pc is specifically made to pc worlds specification as an office type pc and was never intended to run software intensive applications wether that be games & simulators etc.

You could always ask in pcworld about upgrading the graphics card but beware that they might try to sell you someting that isn't going to be what your after. Save your money for heli parts and put the time in at the field. A sim is a valuable tool but not a must.

[Biggles]

The other thing is hdd speed...you should be using a minimum speed of 7200rpm

[Biggles]

also with gfx cards if your pc is old then chances are it will be using an agp slot that is powered by 3.3v and nowadays agp cards run at 1.5v.

Just some more hassle to add into the mix

[simon c]

thanks for all your advise.i,ve put in a new graphic card and lots of ram and it works fine now so to all who gave advise. MANY THANKS