No lag settings? -> Comp problems

[Tonar]

I loved Silent Hunter III!!

Then I went to IL2, because it was a little faster for my taste.

SUb Sims are a bit time consuming.

[B16Enk]

I don't know if the Asus bios tool will work with your Mobo, bios flashing is one of those things that needs to be perfect so I would steer away from that (I have a copy of the utility here as I have 2 Asus boards but would hate to see you lose your mobo from a bad flash).

If you have an Asus CD with your system the EZ Flash utility will be on it, possibly along with ASUS Probe (sounds painful) that will display CPU, Mobo temps and all voltages (and record them too for trouble shooting).

Floppy disks are very cheap, buy a box....they can still be indispensable which is why as a 'legacy device' they are still apparent on new PCs.

BIOS flash is the lower of your priorities, test your RAM first.

RAM 'Qualified for your board': (this list may appear garbled its from Here..)

This shows what has been tested to be Ok, if you deviate from this list you need to do your own testing. IL2 will tax memory (and system) much more than most other games/simulations.

A7V600-X DDR400 Qualified Vendor List

The following table lists the PC3200-DDR400 memory modules that have been

tested and qualified for use with this motherboard. Make sure to use only the

tested and qualified DDR400 DIMMs listed below.

Size Vendor Model Brand

SS/

DS

Component

One

DIMM*

Two

DIMM**

256MB TwinMos M2G9I08AFATT9F081AA4T TwinMos SS TMD7608F8E50D v v

512MB TwinMos M2G9J16AGATT9F081AA4T TwinMos DS TMD7608F8E50D v

256MB Apacer 77.10636.465 Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCC4 v

256MB Transcend TS32MLD64V4F3 Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCCC v

256MB ADATA MDOSS6F3G31JB1EAE Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCC4 v

256MB ADATA MDOWB5F3G316B1EAE Winbond SS W942508BH-5 v v

256MB GEIL MAG32UL6464D2TG5A-KC GEIL SS GL3LC32G88TG-5A v

256MB Kingston KVR400X64C25/256 Winbond SS W942508BH-5 v v

256MB Kingston KVR400X64C3A/256 Hynix SS HY5DU56822BT-D43 v

512MB Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512 Hynix DS HY5DU56822BT-D43 v

256MB Winbond W9425GCDB-5 Winbond SS W942508CH-5 v

256MB Samsung M368L3223ETM-CCC Samsung SS K4H560838E-TCCC v v

512MB Samsung M368L6423ETM-CCC Samsung DS K4H560838E-TCCC v

256MB Hynix HYMD232646B8J-D43 AA Hynix SS HY5DU56822BT-D43 v

512MB Hynix HYMD264646B8J-D43 AA Hynix DS HY5DU56822BT-D43 v

512MB PSC AL6D8A53T1-5B PSC DS A2S56D30ATP v

256MB TwinMos M2S9I08AFAPS9F0811A-T PSC SS A2S56D30ATP v v

512MB KINGMAX MPXB62D-68KX3 Kingmax DS KDL684T4AA-50 v v

512MB Micron MT16VDDT6464AG-40BC4 Micron DS MT46V32M8TG-5BC v v

256MB ATP AG32L64T8SQC4S Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCC4 v

256MB NANYA NT256D64S88B1G-5T NANYA SS NT5DS32M8BT-5T v v

512MB NANYA N512D64S8HB1G-5T NANYA DS NT5DS32M8BT-5T v v

256MB TwinMos M2G9I08AFTT9F0811DDT TwinMos SS TMD7608F8E50B v

512MB ATP AG28L64T8SMC4M Samsung DS MT46V64M4TG-5BC v

256MB

Brain

Power

B6U808-256M-SAM-400 Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCC4 v

512MB

Brain

Power

B6U808-512M-SAM-400 Samsung DS K4H560838D-TCC4 v

512MB Transcend TS64MLD64V4F3 Mosel DS HY5DU56822BT-D43 v

256MB Century DXV6S8SSCCD3K27C Samsung SS K4H560838D-TCCC v

A* : Supports one modul inserted in any slot.

B* : Supports one pair of moduls inserted into any two slots.

[Cold_Gambler]

If you don't have the money to upgrade in the short-term and want to get more performance out of your rig - consider overclocking your Barton 2500, generally speaking its a very good chip with a lot of headroom for overclocking.

I have the same chip and can run it at XP3200 speeds with the default AMD heatsink (!) If I push it (extra voltage) I can even run it at xp3400 speeds but I need to put a house fan next to it to stay stable playing IL2/FB/PF.

If you want to OC and have never done it, drop me a pm and I'll walk you through it (you'll need to match your DDR ram first though - pick up 2 sticks of 512M DDR PC3200 (doesn't really matter which brand or timings [imo, as you don't have a top of the line machine anyways] so long as they're the same) first tho.

I expect you'd be able to pick up a nice performance boost (between 5 and 10 fps, depending on the settings).

PS- only once you're all sorted out and happy with the rig should you consider OC'ing.

PPS: what model of Asus is your Mobo?

PPPS: Asus Probe is a handy little application, despite it's er... awkward name.

[BadAim]

Desktop waaaaaay better. Nice screenie, had they got the XXI boats out in signifigant numbers the atlantic would have been a very unpleasant place to be an ally

[TopAce]

Very short reply from me.

Looked for 2 matching RAM stickies... will cost me about 100 euro's, and therefor no-go at this moment. About the overclocking, I might want to do that, but I'm not very sure yet.

ATM I do not have time for some decent reply. I'm preparing for a trip to an airshow, including arrivals. Now they come in earlier, so I have to depart earlier.

I will be back on sunday (probably). Then, I'll reply decently and 're-open' this topic.

Untill then: THX everybody! See you later!

[Friar]

Everyone of those Icons on your desktop is using memory btw

wow, is that right? (doh, stupid, stupid, frior-one must not question the great Roger (bang head into wall)

I will clean mine up, it's not as cluttered as TA's was but if it helps to squeeze every last frame out for my machine, i'll clear the frickin' lot!