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Flight Simulation Games >> MSFS2004 at Office Depot

by Hotdog » Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:48:41 GMT

Hey Joe any chance of testting it out and reporting back here as I
belive there are some very big issues with the ATI 9700/9800 Pro and I
have a 9700 pro so before I buy I would like to know what these
graphic issues are, as I cant find the specifics at the AVSIM forums
as they are a mess.

Cheers Hotdog

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:35:09 GMT, XXXX@XXXXX.COM (Joe C) wrote:

>Monday July 28= I called Best Buy, Media Play and others here in
>Poughkeepsie, NY and no one had MSFS 2004 yet. Then I read a post on
>AVSIM.COM from someone who got a copy at Office Depot. So I called my
>local Office Depot and they said they had it! Go figure, an office
>supply store has it before Media Play and Best Buy.
>
>So I go to the store and I don't see it anywhere. Pretty upset because
>I just drove 30 mins in rush hour traffic and then I didin't see it. I
>talked to a sales person who found a copy. It was in a locked room in
>the back. Needless to say I was very happy. I installed it but didn't
>have alot of time to play with it last night. I have a Dell XPS system
>with the 3 gig CPU and ATI Radon 9800 video so I need to spend some
>time finding out what to set all the settings in MSFS2004 to.
>
>So if you want a copy of MSFS2004 NOW, try Office Depot.
>
>Joe C.

Hotdog

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Flight Simulation Games >> MSFS2004 at Office Depot

by rockets » Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:59:01 GMT


I'll see what I can find. I know the AVSIM forum for MSFS2004 was just
opened yet it look like it was pages and pages long already!

The only thing I have noticed in the 20 mins I ran the program was
during the splash screens while the program was loading the screen
flickered a bit but once the actuall sim was running and I was flying
in full screen mode in a thunder storm, the fram rate was very, very
smooth. I need to look into AVSIM and see what others are saying about
the ATI card.

Joe C.


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Flight Simulation Games >> MSFS2004 at Office Depot

by Hotdog » Wed, 30 Jul 2003 04:39:22 GMT





That may be the promblem that I heard about the menu screen flickering

Thanks for the info though, my copy is arriving at the shop in the UK
tommorow and I brought the owner a beer so he would sell it too me
early :)

Hotdog
Hotdog

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1. MSFS2004 at Office Depot - SHORT REVIEW 

Well, I was able to fly a little bit more last night. The screen does
flicker when going into the menus, loading, etc. Since it doesn't do
it when flying it is not a show stopper and some people won't mind a
bit.

I had all the settings cranked up and was in 1280x1024 mode, full
screen, and everything ran smooth. Too smooth. I then realizied I had
the hardware setting set to provide 20 frames/sec. So I reduced it to
14 frames and I saw alot of new buildings and trees show up. Again in
full screen mode (no panels showing) you could see now a little bit of
a slow down but not a major problem. The bigger "problem" was the MIPs
setting (the one for 3d detail). Default is 4 and it goes from 1 to 8.
At 4, no problem. At 8, you get the dancing pixels and is crappy. I
can go to about 6. At 6 the scenery dances just a little (in the back
ground) and considering how well everything else looks I can live with
that. Above 6, forget it. I have not tried it at night yet so I can't
comment on the lights, etc and how the ATI handles them.

The engine sounds seem to be better too. I have my computer's sound
card piped into a 150 watt sound system with floor standing speakers.
I hear everything and I notice some planes seem to have alot more bass
now. The whine as you start up the 737 for example is great. I could
sit there all day just starting up all the different engines! 8-)

Joe C.


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:39:22 +0100, Hotdog < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >
wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:59:01 GMT,  XXXX@XXXXX.COM  (Joe C) wrote:
>
>>I'll see what I can find. I know the AVSIM forum for MSFS2004 was just
>>opened yet it look like it was pages and pages long already!
>>
>>The only thing I have noticed in the 20 mins I ran the program was
>>during the splash screens while the program was loading the screen
>>flickered a bit but once the actuall sim was running and I was flying
>>in full screen mode in a thunder storm, the fram rate was very, very
>>smooth. I need to look into AVSIM and see what others are saying about
>>the ATI card.
>>
>>Joe C.
>>
>
>That may be the promblem that I heard about the menu screen flickering
>
>Thanks for the info though, my copy is arriving at the shop in the UK
>tommorow and I brought the owner a beer so he would sell it too me
>early :)
>
>Hotdog
>Hotdog

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