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Dashi wrote: "Dr. Anthony J. Lomenzo" wrote in message ... Sometimes I think it's a giant crap shoot [choice of video card] of sorts because there are so many variables involved. That's true, you just have to buy what you think is best for your system at that particular time. Dashi FYI...for the thread...and those using Nvidia cards...I just downloaded the latest Nvidia driver from their website... 52.16 ... about 8.58MB...results were excellent! They claim this latest version better interacts with Direct X and, at least in my case, the visual enhancements are rather obvious. You can read the tech stuff right on the website. Caveat: Two schools of thought here. Nvidia itself [and some computer mags] generally seem to urge that you take out the existing driver first and 'then' apply the new driver but I find [using a trial machine] that if you already have an Nvidia driver in the system, just run the new driver exe file and it will install itself with no problems and carry along any existing Nvidia files. For example, I have the E-glasses and those who use same know that certain files are added to the driver files to make the E-glasses work so when I used the exe file on the latest driver [52.16] which I was updating from a previous Nvidia 45.20 driver, the update went flawlessly and carried all files into the update. So too, had things gone wrong, I could have immediately reverted [if you're using XP anyway]back to the old driver using XP's return to previous driver option. A nice thing to have should things not work out and that was another reason I didn't delete the original driver because then you have to go through hoops to get it back plus any add on files to the original driver file! 52.16 is sharp and moves along nicely whether it's the sims or simply webpage browsing. I also like getting the latest driver from Nvidia itself because while I have nothing against the Guru website where folks go to seek the latest drivers for 'whatever' peripheral, hey, once there [Guru] you are literally bombarded with 'multiple' ad spamming PER PAGE like sharks having a feeding frenzy! Doc Tony |
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I disagree with anyone who says FS cant be a useful training tool. I learned
@least 1/2 I know about flying on the Sim. You can pratice approches, manuveres, etc. + it looks real! It might not handel real but you can get to understand how stuff workes the fun and cheap way! |
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Our local community college has contracted with a small local airline to
provide flight training for people who want to be pilots. It was featured on a local TV news show and when they went into the classroom to show all the snazzy computers that were being used for flight training, what did I see; you guessed it: they were all running FS2002. JK "Tlewis95" wrote in message ... I disagree with anyone who says FS cant be a useful training tool. I learned @least 1/2 I know about flying on the Sim. You can pratice approches, manuveres, etc. + it looks real! It might not handel real but you can get to understand how stuff workes the fun and cheap way! |
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It's possible that a community college might offer such a course and call it
"flight training," but even if they did, it would be a poor recommendation. Never mind about whether the course was related to primary or instrument flight, FS2002 would be inappropriate for either one. However, a small local airline receives a contract and some publicity, a community college fills a classroom with students who pay to be entertained by computer games and everybody concerned feels good for a while. Your community college at work! The originator of this thread was right. MS flight simulators are worse than useless in primary contact (VFR) flight training and can only be made useful for IFR practice by eliminating their prime attraction: The external view. This kind of simulator is a toy, not a real-world flight training device. Those of you who deny and protest the most are the ones most firmly and irrevocably deluded. Kalijaa "John Hall" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Our local community college has contracted with a small local airline to provide flight training for people who want to be pilots. It was featured on a local TV news show and when they went into the classroom to show all the snazzy computers that were being used for flight training, what did I see; you guessed it: they were all running FS2002. JK "Tlewis95" wrote in message ... I disagree with anyone who says FS cant be a useful training tool. I learned @least 1/2 I know about flying on the Sim. You can pratice approches, manuveres, etc. + it looks real! It might not handel real but you can get to understand how stuff workes the fun and cheap way! |
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