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383 legs, 553.2 hours online
492 legs, 712.6 hours ACARS
53 legs, 91.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 24 2012 10:44 ET by Jeremy Driver

Hello folks,

Whenever I fly from an airport that I'm using FSDreamTeam scenery, I've noticed that FSX really struggles and sometimes crashes on me. I'm running with 4GB of RAM currently and was planning to upgrade to 8GB. Was curious how much RAM you use for FSX?

Jeremy

Jeremy Driver

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DVA10736
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47 legs, 280.8 hours online
954 legs, 5,591.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 24 2012 11:30 ET by Florin Marinache

Hi Jeremy

I am using 8 GB and it helps with all other tasks however FSX (as a 32bit application) will only use 2 GB out of it... possible up to 3 with some tweaking... That being said, the more RAM the better overall... You will also need the 64bit version of the OS to make use of all that extra RAM.

Florin

Florin Marinache

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35 legs, 61.3 hours online
1,005 legs, 2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
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Posted onPost created on December 24 2012 16:34 ET by Anthony Katosh

+1 as Florin said you must have a 64bit OS for it to be used above 4gb Florin I believe FSX will handle up to 4GB as it will match the basic 4gb for a 32 bit OS

Anthony Katosh (DVA2214)

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87 legs, 356.0 hours online
1,059 legs, 5,397.6 hours ACARS
15 legs, 48.6 hours event
3,528 legs, 15,773.5 hours total
15 legs dispatched, 24.4 hours

Posted onPost created on December 24 2012 16:47 ET by Bill Gardiner

yes, if you use the himem=1 tweak in the fsx.cfg then fsx will use up to 4gb of ram if you have a 64 bit OS. So having another 4 gb for other applications like weather etc. is a good idea.

Bill Gardiner

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