buggy285 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 flight simulator x is slow, jumpy and my computer runs at 100% CPU. more ram and a new video card did not help. i have a 2003 gatewayOS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home EditionVersion 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600OS Manufacturer Microsoft CorporationSystem Manufacturer GatewaySystem Model ESSEX2System Type X86-based PCProcessor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2399 MhzBIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. RG84510A.15A.0057.P19.0308210949, 8/21/2003SMBIOS Version 2.3Windows Directory C:\WINDOWSSystem Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1Locale United StatesHardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"Time Zone Pacific Daylight TimeTotal Physical Memory 1,024.00 MBAvailable Physical Memory 431.76 MBTotal Virtual Memory 2.00 GBAvailable Virtual Memory 1.96 GBPage File Space 2.41 GBPage File C:\pagefile.sys my video cardName NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0326&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&BCE2C57&0&0008Adapter Type GeForce FX 5500, NVIDIA compatibleAdapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dllDriver Version 6.14.11.7519INF File oem32.inf (nv4_NV3x section)Color Planes 1Color Table Entries 4294967296Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertzBits/Pixel 32Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDFFFFFFMemory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFFIRQ Channel IRQ 16I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BBI/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DFMemory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFFDriver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.11.7519, 6.25 MB (6,557,408 bytes), 2/14/2010 11:40 AM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 How much space do you have on the hard drive?When did you last defragment the drive?When did you last clean all the rubbish from the drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggy285 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 How much space do you have on the hard drive?When did you last defragment the drive?When did you last clean all the rubbish from the drive?i have not defragmented the drive this year i will defragment and let you know if that helpsDrive C:Description Local Fixed DiskCompressed NoFile System NTFSSize 149.05 GB (160,041,852,928 bytes)Free Space 89.05 GB (95,615,823,872 bytes)Volume Name Local Disk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 To clean out general rubbish, Ccleaner is very widely used by a number of members - including me./>http://www.piriform.com/ccleanerUse the cleaner before defrag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 A Celeron 2.4 cpu does struggle to run this game - I have personal experience of it :(The spec that I found was needed to run it enjoyably are a 3GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 512MB videocardSee http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt20803.htmlDo you have Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1 installed ?/>http://games.softpedia.com/get/Patch/Flight-Simulator-X-Service-Pack-1.shtmlFlight Simulator X Service Pack 1Service Pack 1 will: Provide a 20 to 50 percent performance increase Optimize for multi-core CPUs and improve draw times for faster loading Address multiplayer and backwards compatibility issues Offer improved realism of key geographical locations, landmarks and airports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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