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| | Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and trying again. |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 That seems pretty amazing, especially, since up until the release of the 7.3 drivers, Vista always ran slower than XP. even then it's only 3 fps faster than XP in fear and they would be tied, if I took XP back to the 7.1 drivers. Vista getting double the fps over XP, makes me wonder if you have something wrong wit XP. I think I'll get my friend to mail me his old CD if he's got it. "Wayne" <elhmbre@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:9961C739-58EF-41E1-BF38-31CD6604BB5F@microsoft.com... > There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware > under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is > 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has > this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and > trying again. |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 Hi Dale, I have to admit I had lots of bloat on the XP install and there are things like Oracle 10g that sucked up RAM which I have not re-installed after the clean Vista install (I need to work with SQL Server at the moment). Also, Flight Simulator X runs about the same as it did under XP, 25 - 29fps with lots of the good stuff switched off. However Romw Total War is also faster, much faster on loading but gameplay is the same. Kind Regards, Wayne "Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message news:%23dIihRAdHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > That seems pretty amazing, especially, since up until the release of the > 7.3 drivers, Vista always ran slower than XP. even then it's only 3 fps > faster than XP in fear and they would be tied, if I took XP back to the > 7.1 drivers. Vista getting double the fps over XP, makes me wonder if you > have something wrong wit XP. > > I think I'll get my friend to mail me his old CD if he's got it. > > > "Wayne" <elhmbre@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message > news:9961C739-58EF-41E1-BF38-31CD6604BB5F@microsoft.com... >> There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware >> under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is >> 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has >> this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and >> trying again. > > |
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| | RE: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 HI Wayne, did you get CFS3 to run on Vista? I can´t. The installation was fine, but it does not start... Can you help? Thanks, Alex "Wayne" wrote: > There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware > under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is > 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has > this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and > trying again. > |
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| | RE: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 Hi Alex - did you ever get an answer to your question? I am considering buying CFS 3 and I want to know how it'll work with Vista. As a lay non comp kind of person it seems logical to me that a Microsoft game should work with a microsoft system. That is if they want to maximize their sales! Chris "Alex" wrote: Quote: > HI Wayne, > did you get CFS3 to run on Vista? I can´t. The installation was fine, but it > does not start... > Can you help? > Thanks, Alex > > "Wayne" wrote: > Quote: > > There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware > > under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is > > 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has > > this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and > > trying again. > > |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 I think the answer to what you seek is right below at the very bottom. "Chris" <Chris @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B49C6359-B713-47A8-9530-946DA5C0B4EC@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi Alex - did you ever get an answer to your question? I am considering > buying CFS 3 and I want to know how it'll work with Vista. > > As a lay non comp kind of person it seems logical to me that a Microsoft > game should work with a microsoft system. That is if they want to maximize > their sales! > > Chris > > "Alex" wrote: > Quote: >> HI Wayne, >> did you get CFS3 to run on Vista? I can´t. The installation was fine, but >> it >> does not start... >> Can you help? >> Thanks, Alex >> >> "Wayne" wrote: >> Quote: >> > There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this >> > hardware >> > under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it >> > is >> > 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone >> > has >> > this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and >> > trying again. >> > |
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| | RE: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 Hi Wayne, I have a new laptop HP 9000 w/vista and I am able to run MS Combat Flight Simulator 3 OK, but is crashes after 5 minutes. MS game works has a fix, asking me to re-configure my boot [for a limited boot] each time I play the game. When I do this I can play for 20 minutes and then it crashes. Very frustrating. I tried turning off everything on the computer when playing but it makes no differance. Does anyone have an idea how to fix the crashing?? Thanks Sam 2750 "Alex" wrote: Quote: > HI Wayne, > did you get CFS3 to run on Vista? I can´t. The installation was fine, but it > does not start... > Can you help? > Thanks, Alex > > "Wayne" wrote: > Quote: > > There is something very clever going on in this OS. CFS3 on this hardware > > under XP ran at perhaps 30fps but with some stuttering. Under Vista it is > > 60fps+ with everything maxed and smooth as a babies bottom. If anyone has > > this sim gathering dust in a cupboard it is well worth dusting off and > > trying again. > > |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 "Sam2750" <Sam2750@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C809E429-53B7-4CD2-8152-CE8E3D4A9897@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi Wayne, I have a new laptop HP 9000 w/vista and I am able to run MS > Combat > Flight Simulator 3 OK, but is crashes after 5 minutes. MS game works has > a > fix, asking me to re-configure my boot [for a limited boot] each time I > play > the game. When I do this I can play for 20 minutes and then it crashes. > Very frustrating. I tried turning off everything on the computer when > playing but it makes no differance. Does anyone have an idea how to fix > the > crashing?? Thanks > Sam 2750 Not many people scroll back to message threads over 1 week old, let alone 1 month old. The original message in this thread was posted on 10/17/07, Not many people are going to read this response. It's best to post a new message if you have a question in Usenet, ok? As for your question... What kind of crashing? Is there a message? Is your notebook getting "really" hot? Are you running with all the updates for the game as well as your video and audio card? Specifically which model notebook do you have? if you flip over the notebook on a white sticker near a barcode you should see something like... dv9324nr Which would make your model a DV9324, the dv9000 you see on the mointor is the class/size of the notebook, the specific model number we can view at http://www.hp.com and see if there's any issue with your hardware. Update everything, try right-clicking on the game icon and choose "Run as Administrator..." If that doesn't help right-click again, choose Properties, go to Compatibility Tab, Check the first box to enable XP mode, press OK and try the game again. Let us know, A. |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Crashing Problem (This has occurred since I got my new computer. The CFS3 still works fine on my old windows 98 system.) My Computer is a HP Pavilion dv9205us Notebook PC, running Vista. To minimize crashing I have been booting my computer with loading system services only. This usually gives me 20 Minutes of play before crashing. I always run the program as an administrator and I have enabled XP in the properties compatibility box. The game works great for anywhere from 5 minutes to 60 minutes. Then the game freezes and the desktop appears with a dialogue box appears saying “Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 has stopped working. Windows is collecting information about the problem.” After a few minutes another dialogue box appears saying: “A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.” This has been going on for 6 months. Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try? Sam2750 "Andy [YaYa]" wrote: Quote: > "Sam2750" <Sam2750@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:C809E429-53B7-4CD2-8152-CE8E3D4A9897@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hi Wayne, I have a new laptop HP 9000 w/vista and I am able to run MS > > Combat > > Flight Simulator 3 OK, but is crashes after 5 minutes. MS game works has > > a > > fix, asking me to re-configure my boot [for a limited boot] each time I > > play > > the game. When I do this I can play for 20 minutes and then it crashes. > > Very frustrating. I tried turning off everything on the computer when > > playing but it makes no differance. Does anyone have an idea how to fix > > the > > crashing?? Thanks > > Sam 2750 > Sam, > > Not many people scroll back to message threads over 1 week old, let alone 1 > month old. The original message in this thread was posted on 10/17/07, Not > many people are going to read this response. It's best to post a new message > if you have a question in Usenet, ok? > > As for your question... > > What kind of crashing? Is there a message? Is your notebook getting "really" > hot? Are you running with all the updates for the game as well as your video > and audio card? Specifically which model notebook do you have? if you flip > over the notebook on a white sticker near a barcode you should see something > like... > > dv9324nr > > Which would make your model a DV9324, the dv9000 you see on the mointor is > the class/size of the notebook, the specific model number we can view at > http://www.hp.com and see if there's any issue with your hardware. > > Update everything, try right-clicking on the game icon and choose "Run as > Administrator..." If that doesn't help right-click again, choose Properties, > go to Compatibility Tab, Check the first box to enable XP mode, press OK and > try the game again. > > Let us know, > A. > |
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| | Re: Vista and Combat Flight Simulator 3 Well hey, I'm new and I just want some help. My friend gave me the game and I tried to install it. The only problem is that when it gets to 40% it freezes. On compact installation, it freezes on 72%. When it's frozen, I have checked the task manager and it says it running. Please help! I want to play! -- wak12713 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wak12713's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/113149.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-v...mes/717339.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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