Memory? ...What flippin' memory...??

[Fozzer]

...after the problems of running out of memory with my programs in Win '98SE...
I just had a word today with my PC retail guru, (he who knows about everything PC related... ...), with reference to installing more than 512 Mb of memory in Win '98SE...
"No problemo with 768 Mb of memory", he says, "..but don't install 1 giga-byte, 'cos the puter won't recognise it".... ...!
So...
I thrust

[congo]

Good one M8!  

[nickle]

As an observation, my old MOBO ASUS A7A266 did not use the additional 512 MB RAM installed.  My new MOBO DFI NFII 400-AL does use a portion of the additional 512 MB RAM.  Could usage be related to the chipset nForce2?

[congo]

I was using an ECS K7S5A, then a Asus A7S333. Both were SIS chipsets. (both were slow in comparison to comparable specs as well)

[Gary R.]

In terms of performance in FS9, what has a greater impact?  Vid card on-board ram or system ram?  I noticed after upgrading to XP on my 2.09 athlon that the 512meg i had been using on my old p3 800 wasn't rendering FS2002 as smoothly on the faster XP system as it had on my slower 98 system.  So, I added another 256meg and now have very fluid performance with FS2002 save for a few notable planes such as the 747rfp.  That tends to be a tad mushy in Vcockput view.  Now, I am running FS9 and while it works in a usable manner it does tend to much up a bit in the Vcockpit view ot whenever there is weather being rendered.  So, I am wondering, upgrade the vid card from 64meg ati7200 to a 128meg 9800 or break the 1 gig barrier in ram?  What do you all say?

AMD 2800+ 2.09g
768 megs
radeon 7200 64DDR
60 gig western dig.
XP Pro

[Delta_]

The graphics card, by far.  I was using a Radeon 7000 32MB before, this allowed low settings with a few at medium, i upgraded to a 9600xt and can run FS9 maxed out, 30FPS locked.

[congo]

[quote]In terms of performance in FS9, what has a greater impact?

[Fozzer]

Hi Birdman...!
Thanks for this little beauty....

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

It works a treat and allows me to select which programs I want to load at "Start up"...(the list always seems to get longer by the minute... ....)...LOL...!
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As a matter of interest, whenever I manually shut down programs running in the back-ground, (Ctrl+Alt+Delete), I always leave "Explorer" and "Systray" running.
What actually are these two programs, and can they also be shut down, or are they vital for Windows to work...?

Cheers all... ....!

Paul.

P.S. I've just been presented with a sooper-dooper Phillips 17 inch 170C4 LCD flat screen monitor... ...!
...arn't I a lucky bunny... ...!
(I can see the text on the screen clearly now...)... ...!
I could take a photo of it, and post it here, but I'm not the sort of person to inflict pain upon others... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

I was risking getting a hernia lumping my old 17 inch CRT monitor around... ...!
LOL...!

[Delta_]

Explorer is very vital, trying to close that will only bring up the shutdown, Restart, etc... menu.  Shutting down systray can make the system unstable, sometimes it does not , but other times it can cause a crash either straight away or later on.  It uses minimal resources so i would keep it on for stability.

[congo]

Fozzer,

Now, I'm started to get jealous!

[Fozzer]

[quote]Fozzer,

Now, I'm started to get jealous!

[congo]

Thanks for that Paul, and the fancy new WCPUID as well!

[Pinchaser...]

re format the HD and install a new OS, BUT NOT WINDOWS ME! lol