Sid

Mate, I've never heard of a ram called a gig. Perhaps more would be better as the one you have might be gay. As to your questions 1) If he can't do it himself there is an issue 2) What are you using your 'puter for, the answer to that should be in "Sheep Breeders Weekly" Cheerzen

Like others, I have been following the Passmark thread with interest. I have thankfully managed to avoid the envy Dep and agree with Strider that so long as IL2 runs smooth and looks good then I am happy. Then Fraps was raised. I think this is a great tool and has provided me with a "Black Death" benchmark for "frames per second" for ages. A couple of days ago someone put some specs up on the UBI forum so I did some more comprehensive testing using Fraps and came up with these results. I have XP Service Pack 3 E6850 3000 dual core cpu PNY Nvidia 8800GTX gpu 2gig Corsair RAM 22" LG running at 1680 x 1050 IL2 graphics are "....88XX...." in the game video setup and "Perfect" (AF=Anisotropic filtering, AA=Antialiasing, Supersampling was set throughout) Fraps was started at 3 seconds and finished at 2 minutes 31, v-sync off Figures are FPS Min,

Re-did mine with a disc in the drive and with Kaspersky off, got 980.4 as opposed to 968.4 last time. My lows are in the memory reading, cached and uncached, 2305 and 2274 MBytes/sec out of 3000 respectively.

Ummm... 968.4 'All tests', but like BG got a 'partial test'. I think that was down to the CD reading section as I didn't have one in at the time and got an error when putting one in the drive. Cheerzen

I could take this in a multitude of directions....aww forget it Merry Christmas

Not heard that one, might be a 'tall' story

Welcome to the Pound, Trout. Enjoy yourself, make the most of it and...get one up! Cheerzen Sid

OMG...and...we were there!!!!! Gonna get the missus to get me the Blu Ray for Christmas...ta for posting Jabo, I didn't know where to look for it

It takes up one pci-e x16 slot but as it's a deep card can obstruct the one below.The mobo is designed to take these cards so the other x16 slot is lower down the board so would be available for sli. The mobo runs on 2.0. Don't know how 1.1 goes, I'm afraid

Hi Deputy, From Quazi's list I'm only familiar with the Nvidia 8800GTX as that is what I am running as a solo card along with an 800W power supply - it is more than adequate for this game. Everyone's settings are different because of other hardware/software/tweaks etc. but I run mine with these settings and the latest Nvidia driver (180.48): Anisotropic filtering Application Antialiasing gamma correction On Antialiasing mode

I've flown with the Dogz before mods (b.m.) and came across this bug, and like BA I can't remember the cause. I've mooched around on the UBI forums too but couldn't find anything.

It was my 2 cents worth mate, not the answer

I'm not for mercenaries, sorry - flying in an SEOW with the Dogz is one part of what we do and involves a level of commitment to teamwork and the command structure and the Dogz.

Ooooh... Happy Birthday computer, sorry, Rattler. Have a good'un

BG Cheerzen mate, have a good'un Best wishes, Sid

This is the Dogz, Bucky, great to hear from you and look forward to seeing you get one up...

Thanks Jabo, be very appreciative. Also be useful to get some confirmation of the Red Lion.

Don't know anything about CH stuff JP but I imagine that the CD had the pedals "driver" software on it that would be installed when the disc was inserted. With my Saitek pedals I can run them without the driver if I want but I still put it on - what I dont use with the pedals is the other software that allows you to customise the "brake" pedals etc because I can do that in the game via the "HOTAS" section at the bottom of the game's Controls section as I found there were some conflicts with other stuff. Don't worry about the ID2 stuff - that happens apparently as the pedals are recognised by the game. I found that I needed to reallocate some controls in the HOTAS section for the Saitek stick and I also found that it doesn't make any difference to the operation of the stick if it is under ID1 or ID2 anyway. Are you using the driver software for the Saitek stick?

In pre-Mod days, I downloaded a set of skins that were put together at the same time the 409 beta was released to the community by UBI. They were a supplementary folder and contained replacement default skins when running 409. The list is as follows: "New default skins pack for 4.09Beta Historical notes: All skins were made to represent aircraft common for the Eastern Front. This means camouflage patterns, camouflage colours and theater-specific markings. Previously present specific markings not connected to the Eastern Front were deleted (such as the blue markings of JG 54 on the Fw 190 A-9 and the red-yellow tailband of JG 301 on the Ta-152H). Skin credits: Jester's Ink ============ Bf 109 E-4 Bf 109 E-4/b Bf 109 E-7/b Bf 109 E-7/Z Bf 109 F-2 Bf 109 F-4 Cpt. Farrel =========== Bf 109 G-2 (Germany) Bf 109 G-2 (Finland) Bf 109 G-6 (Germany) Bf 109 G-6 (Finland) Bf 109 G-6 late Bf 109 G-6/AS Bf 109 G-14 Bf 109 K-4 & K-4/C3 Me 262 A-1a Me 262 A-2a Goodwood ======== Fw 190 A-6 Fw 190 A-8 Fw 190 A-8 Mistel Fw 190 A-9 Fw 190 D-9 (both models) Ta 152 H-1 csThor ====== Bf 109 G-6 (Hungary) Bf 109 G-10 Fw 190 A-4 Fw 190 A-5 & A-5 1.65ata vpmedia ======= Yak-1 Yak-1B Yak-3 & Yak-3P Yak-7A Yak-7B Yak-7BPF Yak-9 Yak-9B Yak-9D Yak-9K Yak-9M Yak-9T Yak-9U Yak-9UT CanonUK ======= LaGG-3 Series 4 LaGG-3 Series 29 LaGG-3 Series 35 LaGG-3 Series 66 LaGG-3 IT La-5 La-5F La-5FN La-7 La-7 (3x B20) Kamikuza ======== Il-2 Model 1941 Series 1 Il-2 Model 1941 Series 2 Il-2 Model 1941 Series 3 Il-2 Model 1941 Fieldmod Il-2M 1942 Series 1 Il-2M 1942 Series 2 Il-2 Type 3 Il-2M3 Il-2 I Il-2 T MiG-3 MiG-3ud MiG-3 (2x UB) MiG-3 (2x ShVAK) MiG-3 AM-38 MiG-3U Our thanks goes to Fly-by-Shooter and AcesHigh2 for granting us the use of their excellent new mechanical and cockpit layers. Special notes: Research has shown that certain aircraft did not use winter camouflage. These include: Bf 109 G-2 (Finland) Bf 109 G-6 (Finland) Bf 109 G-6/AS Bf 109 G-14 Bf 109 G-10 Bf 109 K-4 & K-4/C3 Fw 190 A-8 Fw 190 A-8 (Mistel) Fw 190 A-9 Fw 190 D-9 (both models) Ta 152 H-1 Fw 190 F-8 Me 262 A-1a La-5F La-5FN La-7 La-7 (3x B20) Yak-3 Yak-9B Yak-9M Yak-9T Yak-9U Yak-9UT These aircraft use summer camouflage on winter maps." I found the folder recently when looking through some stuff and placed them into the standalone "Mod testing" game folder I have to see if they were affected by any mods as there is a file included that replaces a stock one and, not knowing if the mods had altered this wanted to try them as the skins are much better (IMHO) than the default. Default Fw190D9 409beta Fw190D9 I backed up a copy of the "fb.3do20.sfs" file in the main game folder and then unzipped the contents of the compressed folder into the same game folder. After some flying under QMB and watching some tracks using 4.09 unmodded and modded the skins are fine and look great. I have uploaded the zipped folder into the "Skins" section of the Vault for those that would like it - mind you, at 225mb, is it too big? Cheerzen Sid

Ah ha....dragged you out Mr P. I'm at home today, got builders in doing some chimney work and so am making the most of it re. forums etc. Duxford was superb last year and was topped off by the Hendon trip...looks like next year could be a real "pack" event

If the accomodation is looking dodgy then I will be taking my VW camper...there is a site I have used before about 9 miles away from Duxford at Cherry Hinton, south of Cambridge. Could offer basic "camping type" accomodation to 2 - 3 people if they wanted it. Obviously a "bed and breakfast"/hotel etc would be more comfortable but, hey, if needs must. A journey to Hendon camper-style might be a little sedate though.....

Now this is starting to develop....

Welcome to the Pound, Lothar....make the most of it, take on board what you want and enjoy, this is a great place to be.

Mad as a box of frogs....but compulsive reading