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DVA595
Captain, B767-300

Joined on June 15 2002
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"null"
Philadelphia, PA

196 legs, 569.8 hours
112 legs, 335.6 hours online
125 legs, 303.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 04:49 ET by Gus Petrogiannis

Hi all...

I am running FSX with Nvidia 260. Lately I am having problems with FSX freezing midflight and then having to close FSX due a "stopped responding" message. It seems to rotate between that and "fatal error." I was wondering if anyone could post recommended Nvidia Control Panel settings as I am thinking this may help with optimization.

Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.

Gus

DVA7956
Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on November 05 2009
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"Swing on a star"
Manassas, VA USA

478 legs, 905.6 hours
259 legs, 494.7 hours online
473 legs, 893.0 hours ACARS
70 legs, 123.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 08:56 ET by Scott Bradley

I am interested in answer too. Now this is annecdotal - and probably a red herring, but the few times it has happened to me my computer was on a long time before starting flight, I flew for over an hour, and I had been opening and closing lots of windows throughout the flight. I seem to open/close one too many windows and poof - not responding. Love our ACARS for its recovery function.

Scott Bradley

Captain, A320

DVA3419
Captain, MD-88

Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Propellers keep you kewl!"
Newark, DE

67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 09:08 ET by Norm Hare

Just a thought, but i'm thinking there is something else causing the issue and not the graphics setting on the PC. Did you recently update your graphics driver which might lead you to believe video is the problem? Delving into the OS event logs might shed a better light on what's causing the problem. It isn't a guarantee though.

Norm Hare (DVA3419)

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
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"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 09:21 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Heat. Get yourself a free heat program and see what your temps are. Sounds like your card is getting way too hot - and doing that to protect the board.

I use:
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

DVA7168
Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on April 06 2009
Everett 250 Club
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"CPL/IFR "A GOOD PILOT IS ALWAYS LEARNING""
Northeastern United States

348 legs, 1,580.7 hours
107 legs, 366.5 hours online
237 legs, 995.8 hours ACARS
12 legs, 29.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 13:06 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Sometime depend the video card u need at strong power supplies.

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 17:29 ET by Gus Petrogiannis

I've always had problems with FSX since day 1. I am running AMD Quad Core at 3.2 Ghz, GTX260, 4GB RAM and a 750 PSU. So I do not think it is the drivers; always try to keep them up to date and still have had the same issues. Very nerve racking!

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 17:31 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Heat.

Posted onPost created on November 10 2010 22:38 ET by Gus Petrogiannis

Andrew:

Temperatures seem to be normal from what I've been reading in other forums. Many, many fans going.

Posted onPost created on November 11 2010 08:05 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

ok. If you're reading about it - that's one thing - what are your temps...just trying to help.

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

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