Friar

my machine is a dell dimension 4500 processor is intel p4 2.53ghz with 1gb memory (2 x 512) which is maximum. any pointers/advice welcome. p.s budget is very tight (unless i re-direct the funds i have earmarked for an x52) if i drop the x52 (which i am not that keen to do) i could go to £90 but only if i am going to get a BIG difference, otherwise i am looking at about 60-70 absolute max. if nothing is in my range i would rather save the money in pot for future use!

i am thinking of replaceing my nvidia geforce fx5200 128mb for a few rungs up the ladder. i have seen a geforce fx6200 256mb for about £35, is this a step worth taking to squeeze a bit more out of my old girl?

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yep Artie, heres the link http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.1303

on a normal uk insurance policy the "excess" is the amount you commit to pay should you have an accident. some policys are cheaper if you have a higher excess. i think it is to save the hire company having to go through their insurance because anything less than £500 you would have to pay, it would only be for values over that would the insurance company get involved. the route from heathrow to duxford is quite easy as far as roads, but it would mean you driving on the London Orbital or M25. Thinking of it as a clock, you get on at about the 9 and drive clockwise to about the 1 and then change to another motorway (freeway) to go towards duxford (M11). the m25 has between 3 and 5 lanes. undertaking is not permitted (although it does happen sometimes) note: the m25 is one of our most congested/busy motorways for route planner sites try www.theaa.co.uk or www.greenflag.co.uk

Psycho, have you looked into the logistics of getting from London to Duxford at all? How do you plan to travel by Car or Train?

i dont think the plan was to go again on sunday, although I know painless has tickets for both days and we all know what happens to plans..........

quiet day at the office GK?

those going so far confirmed.... arriving friday and staying at the Red Lion in Duxford until Monday - BG, Doubletap and Painless. arriving saturday morning and staying the night - Frior (must drive home sunday at some point) going to the air show on Saturday - BG, Doubletap, Painless, Frior, B16ENK, Klinger unconfirmed as attending are Fotoflyer (plus caravan) and BBloke (minus flock) there is also a rumour that Jensen Park was comming but that still has to be confirmed.

Psycho, how long will you be staying in London for?

i have just finished watching it. the story has been presented brilliantly and pulled me right in, as mobius says, it is a credit to the film makers that it generates such emotions.

i have just recently set mine to 200 for both (down from 250) and i am starting to believe, that for me I have found the right place. flying a practice mission off line (which i know can be different because of lag) in a 190 a5 ata with a wingman taking on 4 hurris which were escorting 4 c47's. i managed to nail 7 of the eight planes before doing something stupid and crashing. although the convergence is at 200, i read somewhere that they leave the plane in a flatter tradjectory and have been able to nail planes at .25 to .32 much better that when i had it set to 250.

Psycho, that is fantastic news mate, where abouts in England are Madzia's friends? Unfortunatly, I think that there is "No room at the Inn" (that would be a good theme for a story, now let me see....a traveller, with his female partner, tries to get a room.......)

i thought it was "Red Bull" that gave you wings......

i notice you both have 3dgunners=1 and this does effect frame rates some (unless you have a good machine of course, unlike me ) if you knew this already, i will slope off to a corner and mind my own business...

funny that, i was looking also and got these...

nice one bbloke, great find

Ok, thanks for the advice guys.

thanks for those pointers chris, i will have a look when i get home tonight and post back (or let you know if your flying tonight)

i d/l the new monty don film "adrenlin rush". it would not play, just got sound ah i thought...might need updated divx drivers. i can only install in an administrators account, so log in to that. update divx watch film wonderful, if that il2 on a top notch graphics pc... I WANT ONE !! log out of admin account and log back into my everyday account (this is a work by the way ) i'll try and play the film again i thought it plays...but wait for it.... UPSIDE DOWN

i have done something to my system to stop the gifs running, ie BG's pussy and DT's jug. i am running firefox 2.0.0.4 (a recent upgrade). do i need to install something? java is ticked in the tools option many thanks Colin.

Also, does anyone use the mail client, Thunderbird 2? whats it like, as good as outlook express?, miles better?, no different? can anyone say?

do you mean 2.0.0.4 or is there a later one than this?

its down to 2,650,608 now, better start thinking about getting clean undies ready