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AcesHigh (44 posts)
Jun-29-01, 09:14 PM (EST) "Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I just wanted to know what Video card everyone is running and if they're having problems. I'm looking to upgrade and would like to purchase one that i know more than likely will work. Besides, this would be some good info for those just getting into the sim.I'm running a Voodoo3 3000 PCI card with zero problems. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... jdk2 Jun-29-01 1 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... greyspider Jun-29-01 2 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... Alex Jun-29-01 3 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... jerseycentral Jun-29-01 4 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... Raytheonsslave Jun-30-01 5 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... derekmorton Jun-30-01 6 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... ATSF Jun-30-01 7 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... ergobob Jun-30-01 8 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... sgreene3 Jun-30-01 9 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... byelen Jun-30-01 10 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... batato Jun-30-01 11 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... daveandy Jul-02-01 12 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... derekmorton Jul-02-01 13 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... ctao Jul-02-01 14 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... jerseycentral Jul-02-01 15 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... jhender501 Jul-02-01 16 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... BillKunert Jul-02-01 17 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... derekmorton Jul-02-01 19 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... ergobob Jul-03-01 21 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... JimStrenk Jul-02-01 18 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... wpnscaler Jul-02-01 20 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... tcatania Jul-04-01 22 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... dgauci Jul-04-01 24 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... Tideman80 Jul-04-01 23 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... marcelg Jul-05-01 25 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... enocell Jan-05-02 31 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... decemberflyer Jul-05-01 26 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... KinMat Jan-05-02 27 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... stevew Jan-05-02 28 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... chucksc Jan-05-02 29 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... black5 Jan-05-02 30 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... Meeshu Jan-06-02 32 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... CyberSky Jan-06-02 33 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... cr8250 Jan-06-02 34 RE: Which Vid cards are we having l... JuanFu Jan-06-02 35

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jdk2 (23 posts)
Jun-29-01, 09:46 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" i've got a Radeon 64MB DDR and a VisionTek GF2 MX400 and have had no real video related problems. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
greyspider (32 posts)
Jun-29-01, 09:50 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I have been getting superb, smooth results on an Athlon 900 with GForce 2 Ultra.
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Alex (250 posts)
Jun-29-01, 10:40 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I have a gf2 64MB nvida on 512MB SD RAM (!), still have a framerate drop when viewing the train passing by (view mode 4) as well as during the stormy weather, not a little framrate drop, a pretty noticable one, now THAT should tell you that you have NO chance at running it 100% well (unless there's a way to adjust the settings within the computer that I'm not aware of)
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jerseycentral (691 posts)
Jun-29-01, 11:09 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" LAST EDITED ON Jun-29-01 AT 11:09 PM (EST)well, i guess i 'beat' all of you...8MB nVidia Riva 128!!! man, my card's capabilities are literally a fraction of some of yours!!!EDIT:
you can run @ 100%..get a GeForce 3... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Raytheonsslave (11 posts)
Jun-30-01, 01:27 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" LAST EDITED ON Jun-30-01 AT 01:28 AM (EST)I have a Matrox Millenium II with a Diamond Monster II 12MB and would like to upgrade soon. Seems to work OK on my P3 450 with 256MB pc100 ram Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
derekmorton (268 posts)
Jun-30-01, 03:10 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" win2000 / geforce ddr / 1241 and 1290 drivershaving crashes when coming out of the sim only at 1024 x 768 and 1280 z 1024Derek Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ATSF (101 posts)
Jun-30-01, 05:50 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Had a Voosoo 3 3000 16Mg. It wouldnt cut it. Upgraded to GeF 64Mg card which works well. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (606 posts)
Jun-30-01, 09:59 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Working perfectly with an Athlon 1.1 gig, 512 mb ram, and Visiontek Geforce 3.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
sgreene3 (44 posts)
Jun-30-01, 12:54 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" No problems here; Running an ATI RADEON 64mb DDR on a 1 gig Athlon Thunderbird sys. with 640 mb ram.FPM'S 23-26 no weather, 18-20 with weather Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
byelen (35 posts)
Jun-30-01, 05:04 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Running with Athlon 800, 256 meg, 40 gig w/ata 100, ATI Rage Fury Pro 32 meg agp Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
batato (11 posts)
Jun-30-01, 06:32 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" G-force2 mx 32mb 6oo P3 directx8 runs great...at max details and 32bit 1280 x 10something runs only 15 - 18 fps but considering all thats lookin gd to me Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
daveandy (7 posts)
Jul-02-01, 00:17 AM (EST) 12. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64MB, P3 600mhz, 256MB PC133 RAM. It runs decently. A few texture glitches, but hey. All in all, it works well. Will not support MIP map dithering. argh. 10-20 fps. Varies between views and weather. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
derekmorton (268 posts)
Jul-02-01, 00:37 AM (EST) 13. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" We need to put in the os as well.
Some of us are running win2000.Derek Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ctao (2 posts)
Jul-02-01, 07:52 AM (EST) 14. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Crashes, stalls, MS mouse drivers could be a problem for many of us. I like MSTS, but it crashes often for no reason, & especially with much use of mouse. Have tried all common remedies found in this forum, with no help.System: W2K(SP2, all updates),256MB-ram,933P3,IE5.5, Matrox G400 MAX, matrox drivers 5.52(latest) or 5.32 (latest,MS-certified), 1024X768X16, 32 bit Z-buffering option checked & Bus mastering checked, latest mouse drivers, using (USB) Intellimouse Explorer, 15Krpm Seagate HD, very fast & stable system, FS2000 no problems.Anybody using Matrox G400 Max, W2K, having problems? Any solutions?Until MS issues a FIX for MSTS, it's no fun to play with all the crashes. It's hard to believe this is just a Matrox issue.Is GeForce 3 the answer?Thanks for your comments. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (691 posts)
Jul-02-01, 10:42 AM (EST) 15. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" i dont know, it just came out, can you even by a G3 yet? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jhender501 (100 posts)
Jul-02-01, 01:14 PM (EST) 16. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs"
Nvidia tnt2 64 running on Athlon 1.2ghz with 128M RAM (another
256 on the way)..I haven't had any video related problems.
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BillKunert (66 posts)
Jul-02-01, 01:50 PM (EST) 17. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Matrox G400Max, Dual head 32meg,latest drivers, Win98 original issue all patches, 512meg, 933MHzPIII, Maxtor 30 gig, 7200rpm. Not one single problem with MSTS except the pauses which are universal.
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derekmorton (268 posts)
Jul-02-01, 06:04 PM (EST) 19. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" CTAO,geforce (w2k) crashes when ending activities at 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024 with 1241 and 1290 drivers.Derek Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (606 posts)
Jul-03-01, 09:53 AM (EST) 21. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I think a Geforce 3 would go a long way toward helping. I wonder if Win2000 might be part of the issue. I am running Win98SE with a Geforce 3 and no problems. I would upgrade to a Geforce in any event.bob>Crashes, stalls, MS mouse drivers could
>be a problem for many
>of us. I like MSTS,
>but it crashes often for
>no reason, & especially with
>much use of mouse. Have
>tried all common remedies found
>in this forum, with no
>help.
>
>System: W2K(SP2, all updates),256MB-ram,933P3,IE5.5, Matrox
>G400 MAX, matrox drivers 5.52(latest)
>or 5.32 (latest,MS-certified), 1024X768X16, 32
>bit Z-buffering option checked &
>Bus mastering checked, latest mouse
>drivers, using (USB) Intellimouse Explorer,
>15Krpm Seagate HD, very fast
>& stable system, FS2000 no
>problems.
>
>Anybody using Matrox G400 Max, W2K,
>having problems? Any solutions?
>
>Until MS issues a FIX for
>MSTS, it's no fun to
>play with all the crashes.
> It's hard to believe
>this is just a Matrox
>issue.
>
>Is GeForce 3 the answer?
>
>Thanks for your comments.
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JimStrenk (147 posts)
Jul-02-01, 03:21 PM (EST) 18. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I'm using a ELSA GLoria II with 64 MB on board memory with a Pentium III 866MHz CPU under Windows 2000 Professional. It seem to be working fine on this CAD system. AutoCAD 2000i, MDT 5.0, Inventor R4 and 3D Studio Max are all installed.
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wpnscaler (12 posts)
Jul-02-01, 09:23 PM (EST) 20. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I'm running Windows ME with 320meg ram, Viper II 32meg agp card, Monster Sound MX400, Maxtor ata100 hard drive. Did have a P-III 750 in it before it quite working. Currently using my old P-II 266 which is giving frames of 3 to 5 per second when set to max resolution and all controls set to max. If I can't get the P-III to work I've got an Athlon motherboard that will be going in. When I first got MSTS I loaded it on my other computer which has a Stealth III 540, ata33 hard drive, AMD K6-2 450 running Windows 98se. I was getting frames of 7 to 11 when set to max. However their where several times when loading events it would freeze. wpnscaler Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
tcatania (50 posts)
Jul-04-01, 08:11 AM (EST) 22. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I'm running Win2000(sp2), 512MB memory with (2) PIII 1 Ghz processors.
I have had nothing but crashes. As little as the MS little blue screen with the "send or don't send file" option (GAME CRASH), to the Big Blue screen that crashes the computer and restarts (SYSTEM CRASH). My limited observations so far.1. With Matrox Millenium G450 w/32 MB ram. Lot's of game crashes. Minimized with lower resolutions and lower graphics settings. FPS from a low of "1" to a high of "20". "20" was achieved with game setings of 800x600x16 with the display options tab at 2 setting to the left of "best graphics" slide.
The one plus was that the game and activities loaded very fast.I decided to get a GeForce2 MX400 with 64MB ram with 12.41.
2. Game loaded slower, Setting were 1024x768x32. no game crashes, FPS between 10 and 35. Upon exit, SYSTEM CRASHES every time. MS Tech support determined a bug in 12.41 drivers with win2000. Used 7.58 certified and the SYSTEM CRASHES went away.. Of course I did not leave well enough alone and was unhappy with the slower game and activity loads.I decided to exchange the GEFORCE2 for a GEFORCE3 with 64MB.
3. Setting were 1024x768x32. no game crashes, FPS between 15 and 40. Upon exit, SYSTEM CRASHES every time. 12.41 drivers do not work with the GEFORCE3 with win2000 as well.. Used 12.00 drivers that came on the installation CD and the SYSTEM CRASHES went away. I am happy to report (so far) that I have had 2 full days of uninterupted game play.Hope this has been helpful.P.S. My experience with MS has been fairly good. I complained about the first call I made to them. The only answer was "get the latest drivers". My case was escalated to a senior person and this person spent a lot of time with me, especially with the game crashes.
Let me add that if you elect to "send file", YOU WILL NOT GET A REPONSE FROM THEM, however with a good tech person, you can send the "error signature" which you can get by doing the following.
1. Click on the "click here" link.
2. Highlight the information under the "Error Signature" section. This is found at the top of the page that has two click here buttons on the bottom of the page.
3. Press CTRL+C to copy this information and paste it into something like Notepad so that if you decide to call MS you can give them the information.
Apparently that are going to post all these "error signatures" in the Knowledge Base.
I don't know whether they are posting the win2000 and geforce 12.41 drivers problem. From what I have read the 12.90 have the same problem as th 12.41.
What an ironic respond, "use older drivers"
HaHa
Tony
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dgauci (336 posts)
Jul-04-01, 06:14 PM (EST) 24. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I am using the Diamond Viper 770 ultra (Nvidia TNT2-Ultra) with the 12.41 drivers in Windows 98SE and having no problems at all. I run the sim at 1024x768x32 with all the sliders maxed and with Sky Conductor enabled. I am getting frame rates in the range of 15-30 depending on activity. I tried to use the Nvidia 5.32 drivers based on another message that stated the older driver version would be more compatable with the TNT2 chipset. The text displays were completely garbled and many video artifacts in the game. Cleaned out the older drivers and re-installed the 12.41 and instant improvement across the board. Dell Dimension XPS-T600 / PIII 1ghz SECCII Slot 1
Dell P990 19" Triniton monitor
Win98SE / (soon Windows XP Pro)
512MB ECC Ram
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra Nvidia
70gb 7200 rpm ATA/100 HD
Promise ATA/100 Card
Hitachi GD-5000 8x DVD
Sony CD-RW CRX100E USB
Zip 100 USB
Cinemaster 3.0 decoder card
SoundBlaster Live! Value 1024
Altec Lansing ADA880 speakers
3Com 56K hardware modem
Hauppauge WinTV USB
(2) Belkin 4 port USB hubs
Logitech Mouseman Wheel
HP 6350C USB scanner
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Tideman80 (9 posts)
Jul-04-01, 09:55 AM (EST) 23. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I have been running it on an Athlon 900 with 256 mb of RAM and a 4x AGP Diamond Viper II with no problems whatsoever. Frame rates drop to around 18 in some circumstances, but other than that, I am satisfied.No crashes or lockups to report.James McKenzie
jmckenzie8521@charter.net
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marcelg (6 posts)
Jul-05-01, 04:42 AM (EST) 25. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" LAST EDITED ON Jul-05-01 AT 04:46 AM (EST)LAST EDITED ON Jul-05-01 AT 04:44 AM (EST)i got one 3D Prophet 4500 in a 800 pentium3, W98 and work perfectly with around 50fps in medium-high graphis configuration
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enocell (320 posts)
Jan-05-02, 02:56 PM (EST) 31. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" It's based on Kyro2, right?
Mine is 3Dpower Kyro2 64MB and it works well, but sometimes I got some scrap around the editors main menu (doesn't affect to performance). And picture quality is better and more sharp than with Geforce2.Enocell Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
decemberflyer (7 posts)
Jul-05-01, 03:50 PM (EST) 26. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Sim runs at 15 to 20 frames with graphics maxed on P3 1-gig with n-vidia's TNT2 with 384 megs of pc133 ram. Only problem is running opening video Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
KinMat (5 posts)
Jan-05-02, 02:30 AM (EST) 27. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs"
Running Win98 on Gateway PIII 600mhz/764mb memory/GeForce3 TI500 64mb.
MSTS runs very smooth and NO FAILURES or LOCKING UP (so far).
Had the sim since the release... several months ago.
BTW...FS2k2 also runs great with my setup. Kin M.
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stevew (10 posts)
Jan-05-02, 06:07 AM (EST) 28. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" LAST EDITED ON Jan-05-02 AT 06:07 AM (EST)1GhZ P3 256MB ram Nvidia Gforce2 64MB ram. No problems, but MSTS runs a lot better with graphics setting backed off quite a bit...I think MSTS uses an older graphics engine... Kind of reminds me of Grand Prix 2... Any thoughts on this? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
chucksc (699 posts)
Jan-05-02, 10:38 AM (EST) 29. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I was using a GeForce2/mx from AOpen with no problem and then Santa Claus upgraded me to GeForce3/ti-200 from eVGA and it is still running clean.... All sliders now at max!Hardware config....
IWill KK266 MoBo
Athlon 1.4ghz
1GB PC133 Memory
integrated CMedia Sound Chip on MoBo
Seagate Cheetah 10k and 15k SCSI3/160 Drives on Adaptec HA
Yamaha 16-10-40 CDR/RW
HP 21" Monitor
(Made a lot of money on freeware last year )Software Config.....
Windows/XP-Home
NTFS File System on all drives
Detonator/XP drivers ver. 21.83
Norton System Works
Roxio Direct CD 5 platinum.... and a partridge in a pear tree!------Chuck Schneider---------

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black5 (69 posts)
Jan-05-02, 12:12 PM (EST) 30. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Hercules 4500 (kyro2) 64mb, win me, pIII 933, 512mb ram. A cheap card that produces good results and very few problems..what more do you want (all latest drivers.) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Meeshu (6 posts)
Jan-06-02, 03:00 AM (EST) 32. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" Currently running MSTS with no problem using a Matrox Millenium G400 video card. But have low frame rates (down to 3fps on detailed external views), but mostly around 10~15 fps.Had a LOT of trouble with Leadtek Geforce2 pro video card. MSTS would ALWAYS freeze or reboot my computer after 30+ minutes, REGARDLESS of whether I used new or old drivers!?
The card, however, works fine on other programs! Maybe it is something to do with MSTS?Gigabyte MB GA-6VX7B-4x
1 GHz P3 CPU
256Mb PC133 RAM
Mediaforte Quad Extreme sound cardI understand that some problems may be caused by (incompatible?) drivers for VIA chipset MB's (like mine), Nvidia chip based video cards, and sound cards.I tried using old and new drivers for all combinations of the above, but found very little improvement, until I replaced the Geforce2 video card! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
CyberSky (7 posts)
Jan-06-02, 06:32 AM (EST) 33. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" No problem with a GeForce3 Ti200 64 MB. P4 1.9 GHz, 512 MB, Windows XP Pro. At 1024x768x32 with everything maxed out I'm getting 30-50 fps, but it sometimes drops to 15 fps in external view in cities. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
cr8250 (3 posts)
Jan-06-02, 09:35 PM (EST) 34. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I am currently using a Visiontek GeForce 2mx 32mb video card, without any problems whatsoever. I usually reduce the visibility down to about 1000 so it runs smoother in heavily textured areas, but otherwise doing fine.AMD Athlon Tbird 1 Ghz
Iwill KK266
128mb PC133 CAS2 Crucial
IBM 75GXP Deskstar hard drive
Visiontek G2 mx
Oonboard CMI sound
Optiquest Q95 19" monitor
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JuanFu (34 posts)
Jan-06-02, 09:48 PM (EST) 35. "RE: Which Vid cards are we having luck with and which ones are probs" I'm using a GeForce 2 MX 200 32 MB with no problems whatsoever and smooth frame rates. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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