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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 gateway

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer Gateway

System Model ESSEX2

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2399 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. RG84510A.15A.0057.P19.0308210949, 8/21/2003

SMBIOS Version 2.3

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"

Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time

Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 431.76 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 2.41 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

my video card

Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0326&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&BCE2C57&0&0008

Adapter Type GeForce FX 5500, NVIDIA compatible

Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)

Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll

Driver Version 6.14.11.7519

INF File oem32.inf (nv4_NV3x section)

Color Planes 1

Color Table Entries 4294967296

Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDFFFFFF

Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF

IRQ Channel IRQ 16

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF

Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.11.7519, 6.25 MB (6,557,408 bytes), 2/14/2010 11:40 AM)

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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 helps

Drive C:

Description Local Fixed Disk

Compressed No

File System NTFS

Size 149.05 GB (160,041,852,928 bytes)

Free Space 89.05 GB (95,615,823,872 bytes)

Volume Name Local Disk 1

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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 videocard

See http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt20803.html

Do you have Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1 installed ?
/>http://games.softpedia.com/get/Patch/Flight-Simulator-X-Service-Pack-1.shtml

Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1

Service 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

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