FA-18 Operattion Iraqi Freedom

[alzo]

I have been dabbling with sims for years and when I switched to Windows XP many became obsolete except fot MSFS 2002, Pro MSCFS Europe and Jane's F-15.  FA-18 OIF installed just fine but runs very slowly.  The web site asserts that slowness is the result of no OPen GL or a 3D accelerator.  I do have a 16MB video card and my machine runs the other games juist fine.  Obviously my computor skills are quite limited but it looks as though FA-18 might be a challenge and would like to get it operating full blast.  It is not only slow but some of the keys do not respond.  Thanks one and all.

[Jared]

My advice is to toss it out the window! Very cheaply designed..

I mean it is a step back to the likeness of FS 4!

[Gary R.]

Toss Operation Iraqi Freedom out the window and get LOMAC if you want a decent jet combat sim.  Also, trash that obsolete vid card as well.  LOMAC would need better.  You can get a 128 meg gforce 5 series for less than $200.  You can get a pre-9600 radeon for less than $100.  You would need that to run even the lightest of todays sim technology well.  I tell you even MSFS will run much better. You see MSFS on a more up-to-date card you'll wonder why you hung on to the old one so long. They are very easy to change.  If you can use a philips screwdriver and put a disk in a CD-rom you can change out a vid card.

[alzo]

Thanks, The window is open but it hasn't been tossed yet.

[alzo]

Installed a Radeon 128MB video card and F18 runs fast and smooth but otherwise is difficult for me to navigate.  Support tells me that a patch is coming out.  Now, I need some advice.  Checking LOMAC it looks as though the game is far more complicated than suits my cup of tea.  Jane's F-15 seemed to be OK but I would run out of gas and the refuel would not function. I looked at Pacific Fighters and that looks like it needs a 256MB card.  The old IL-2 Sturmovik Gold comes to light as the game that I am looking for.  What is your opinion and where can I buy one?  
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[Politically Incorrect]

Pacific Fighters runs fine on a lower end card , I have a FX 5200 128 Mb and PF is awesome!! LOMAC also runs extremly well.
I had too tweak more for FS9 than these two

[alzo]

Thanks for the help and information.  FA/18 is history.  Put in a 128 MG Radeon card and wen up to 640 memory and it runs IL2 FB just fine but I am a critical old coot and have a small probkem.   When I go to Multiple play>Create>Load>Fly there is a small blue figure that does not move at the top edge of the screen about an inch and three quarters from the right edge.  Then when I get operating and activate the map there appears a small black line three quarters from and inch from the top all the way across.  It vanishes when the map is disabled.  Thanks,
PS   I am not confined to a mental institution