fs9.cfg tweeks question......HELP

[cavity]

Nick, thanks for your time and expertise. Through trial and error, I have arrived at most of the settings you have listed, although I didnt let the FS9.cfg rebuild before editing, so that is next.  Whenever I have reinstalled video drivers, I have never changed the motherboard drivers, so who knows if I have problems on that end.  While I am computer sensible, I am by knows means savvy.  Just to give some more info my system specs are as follows:

Intel 865 PE Pent 4 at 2.6 ghz
800 mhz front side bus
Soyo Dragon Plus 2 motherboard
1.5 G of Corsair 3200 extreme memory
80 G WD hard drive at 7200
9600 Pro


Nick, I have tried to reset the latency on the card, but every time I have done so the sim stutters alot more than normal.  Are there other variables that I should  correct after adjusting the setting?

Also, my memory modules are at different latency settings, but my Bios doesnt allow me to change them.  Will this effect performance?

Thanks, Todd

[NicksFXHouse]

[quote]Nick, thanks for your time and expertise. Through trial and error, I have arrived at most of the settings you have listed, although I didnt let the FS9.cfg rebuild before editing, so that is next.

[cavity]

Nick, thanks again for all the advice.  I think my memory may be limited by the different settings.  It says it is 400 mhz on the module, but when I run the test it says 200mhz.  I was wondering if you have to run in dual channel to get the 400 mhz?  I have three mem slots on the motherboard and it says to use slots A and C to run dual channel, yet it doesnt seem to make a difference.  Maybe because the module in slot A is a gig and the one in C is 512.  Do they have to be matched?  Sorry for all the questions, you must be a very patient person as this probably seems like elementary level stuff for you.  I wish you could come to my house and spend an hour or two fixing my rig, that would be the best investment I could make.  Well, thanks again and Ill report back after some changes.  Todd

[NicksFXHouse]

[quote]Nick, thanks again for all the advice.

[cavity]

Thanks Nick, I have suspected that for a while now.  Off to get another stick.  Dont expect a huge improvement, but one less bottleneck to worry about.  Todd