Quote from [UKR] Race King :

I turned on my pc today and the problem that I had before isnt fixed.

A bit more information? What are your systems specs? What mobo are you running? What OS? What GFX card DID you used to run before the 4850? What memory are you running? What CPU are you running?

Quote from [UKR] Race King :

It was because of wrong drivers.

I downloaded drivers from this site and it works perfectly now.

Good to hear!

Enjoy the extra power!

Quote from [UKR] Race King :

Now I have another problem.

And its not only in lfs like that.

Have you tried it at different resolutions?
And are you using Vista or XP?
What DirectX version are you running?
What motherboard are you using? (Just wondering if there's any 'problems' with that mobo/GFX combo been reported on the 'net forums)

Quote from [UKR] Race King :

Today I bought the Asus 4850.

Right now I am trying to install the drivers but at some point the installation freezes.

Any ideas?

First off, make sure you have the right drivers. Go to ATI's website and download the latest drivers for your system (is it Vista or XP? 32 or 64 bit?) - the 4850 comes under the '4800 series' range.

Next, use Driver Cleaner Pro to 'clean' your system of old graphics drivers. Start the program and select your OLD graphics card maker (ATI/Nvidia etc), the program then gets rid of all those old files still hanging around on your system.

Reboot your machine, then install the new drivers. If you're still crashing the system, is it a hardware problem? Have you connected the power to the graphics card? Is your power supply powerful enough to support the 4850?

Yeah roughly the same temps here on my Sapphire 4850.

I can't fault the 4850, I run all my games on max detail, and they look fantastic and run PERFECTLY smoothly.

I did exactly the same as you when I was looking at a graphics card, read the review, decided I'd rather have the cheaper, more energy-efficient card.

BTW Sapphire changed their GPU cooling on the 4850 a little while ago apparently, mine is the later revision. It is VERY quiet. I've never had such a powerful PC run this quietly.

Username: Joe_Keaveney
Real name: Joe Keaveney
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Travelled distance: 20586 km

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The program you're looking for is JBindX

Hi guys,

I'm making my own race cockpit based on Kolthars wood frame design.

Getting the wood materials is no problem, but I'm having some trouble finding a cheap bucket seat. The reason I'm building this cockpit is to save money, so it would make no sense spending all the money I've saved on an expensive seat.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

Quote from GrIp DrIvEr :

i agree, you christian? I am! and i'll keep yelling it out even if i got shot. you athiests (idk how to spell that, cause i dont care) should be ashamed. but, God forgives. thats the cool part about him. God takes you, and helps you. so yeah, idc if you make fun of me. i m christian.

Why should I be ashamed for not believing in God? Should Muslims be ashamed for believing in the same deity as you? Or Jews be ashamed for not liking the New Testament an awful lot? Where do you draw the line?

If you can tolerate these different religions (I do, it's their thing, if it makes them happy then that's great), then I would think you should be able to tolerate people who don't believe in any God.

I don't believe in God, I try to live a good and moral life (and I'm doing OK there I think, but it's not up to anyone to tell me otherwise), it's your choice if you want to tell us we should be ashamed, likewise it's my choice if I want to tell you you're talking out of your arse.

I'm of the opinion that I don't mind what God(s) people choose to believe in, if they would just please not knock on my door every week trying to get me to believe in what they do, I'd actually like them more! I'm very tolerant of whatever people choose to do, spiritually,sexually, whatever, as long as they don't hurt others, and keep it out of my face, it's fine.

P.S. I'm surprised (and maybe a little disappointed) - where are the Jedis? Does no-one believe in the force anymore?

Live long and prosper

Quote from Joe_Keaveney :

OK I've got a problem.

In the Profiler, I can select all my gears, 1-6th and reverse.

In the controls section of LFS, I can selct my gears (1st is mapped to shifter 1st, 2md to 2nd and so on), I have selected shifter mode, and a clutch axis.

I can see my three pedals being seen by LFS.

When I get in my car, I cannot select any gear, the clutch works, but I stay in neutral no matter what gear is selected (LFS is getting the command for 1st, 2nd, etc but not doing it in-game!)

Any ideas guys?

I'm an idiot.

I was trying to H-shift an FXR, duh it's sequential.

No PMs berating my lack of awesomeness please, I know already.

OK I've got a problem.

In the Profiler, I can select all my gears, 1-6th and reverse.

In the controls section of LFS, I can selct my gears (1st is mapped to shifter 1st, 2md to 2nd and so on), I have selected shifter mode, and a clutch axis.

I can see my three pedals being seen by LFS.

When I get in my car, I cannot select any gear, the clutch works, but I stay in neutral no matter what gear is selected (LFS is getting the command for 1st, 2nd, etc but not doing it in-game!)

Any ideas guys?

Quote from hrtburnout :

Hi guys

Since I installed my sound card, I noticed my GFX card getting much hotter. I think it's because it doesn't get enough fresh air because the sound card is right (few cm) underneath it. A case fan might be the solution, I thought. I want to mount one on the front of the case.

The problem is that I can only find 12*12 case fans that suck the air out, instead of in. Is there a way to make those fans do the opposite? Or is there a special type of fan for this?

I'll assume for a minute that you're not joking.......

If you've got a 120mm case fan and you want it to blow the air in, instead of out, then just turn the fan over and remount it. Assuming the mounting holes go all the way through the fan. Then the fan will blow air in, instead of out, along with picking up all the dust that is in the atmosphere near where your computer case is.

Have you mounted your sound card on the furthest slot away from the GFX card that you can?

Now tell me, you were just pulling my leg about this whole fan thing, weren't you.....

Can I just add a note of thanks to Darin & co, and especially to Mp3Astra.

Well done Mp3Astra, you're representing the LFS community in a way and I look forward to seeing your reports in the future. I've seen that video before I think, but hey, others haven't so why not show it. I do think LFS is more than that so I'm looking forward to those race reports (and mods features) you mentioned.

Darin & Co, well done on a well-produced show - Making these videos can only make sim-racing a more attractice proposition in the eyes of the non sim-racer and hopefully get more people into this virtual motorsport of ours.

To the LFS community - I don't think overly-harsh criticism is anything but demoralising for the guys who are doing this. Why not think up an idea for Mp3Astra to put in his slot on the show? That way, you get to see what interests you and perhaps, others?

Thanks again, guys - keep up the good work. (And lots more FFB/G25 tips! Liked that last one)

Quote from Haze7 :

I'd like to add, force feedback gives quite a bit of "feel" to grip, IMO, it does make a very good difference to driving when you get it's strengths how you like it.

All in all... when your G25 gets here you'll get alot better feeling!

Yeah, +1, I've got a very old MS Sidewinder wheel (non-force feedback) which is adequate, but I do tend to destroy my tyres during a longer race as I'm not getting the feeling of the limits of the tyres.

I've had a go with my brothers' G25 and believe me, LFS becomes a different game, the feeling of the car underneath you is immense, when I'm using the G25 I can feel the car moving through the wheel, as well as hearing (as before) when the tyres are trying too hard.

I dare you to come on here and NOT be totally blown away by the G25! (Bear in mind it takes a day or so to get used to driving with the G25)

Now that is funny!

No harm done, Mike, it was bound to happen when the pack bunches up like that, look at the Webber crash from last year in F1, happens to us all.

Can I just admit now to forgetting to add numbers to my skin?

I totally forgot, no excuses, it just slipped my mind, simple as that.

I'll put my numbers on the car for the next round, promise!

Obviously I hope the punishment is not too severe, it's not like I cut a chicane in Belgium or anything

Stewards, I await your judgement.

Thanks for the racing tonight, especially Darryn and Rob (and Hypothraxer!) who were very fair and clean racers.

Quote from Jakg :

How many watts is the PSU?

What will you be doing on your PC? Overclocking? RAID?

Maxtor are notoriously unreliable, and while they should now be made to Seagate standard for a few extra £ I really wouldn't trust it. I meantioned the Samsung because 500GB for £50 would get you either a 7200.11 drive, or for an extra £35 you could get double the space and a lot more speed.

Mobo - i'd get a Gigabyte P31-DS3L, or look on the Scan "Today Only" page - atm theres nothing for around £50 thats good, but they have a DFi P35-T2RS for £70 and a P5Q Pro for £82 which is just omgwtfbbq cheap.

480W.

Overclocking? Yes, probably at some point, although not to start off with.

This is just a gaming PC that will run the usual gamut of PC racing games.

RAID definitely not.

I'll check out the Samsung and Seagate drives, thanks.

Quote from Jakg :

What PSU do you have atm? it probably wont be able to run that build.

Mobo sucks.

CPU / GPU is ok, Maxtor=Ewww. Get a Seagate, or look for a Samsung F1 1TB drive - AMAZINGLY fast, and can be had for £85 from Scan.

Sound card = Either get an XtremeMusic (or the "XtremeGamer") or get a cheap-o Audigy - the audio is a bit naff.

Antec TrueBlue? Hope it can. It's not that bad is it? Got good reviews when I bought it.

I bought the Asrock from the strength of reviews in MicroMart.

Will have a look at the Seagate thanks! Are Maxtors unreliable or something? Re: the Samsung not bothered about massive space as I only play driving games Everything else I need to store on it is very small anyway.

Would appreciate your input on the motherboard as I can always send it back, obviously need a specific thing about it rather than to say it sucks as Micromart have said it rocks and why it rocks and I'd like to get both sides of the story if you know why it doesn't?

Quote from hrtburnout :

I'm not sure about the Asrock. Also, the Xtreme Audio is basically a rebadged Audigy.

http://jimmyauw.com/2007/01/16/x-fi-extreme-audio-audigy-se/

Thanks for the link hrtburnout, that's very crafty of Creative. I'm still minded to buy either this card or the Audigy SE though as I'd rather use something other than the onboard sound because of the (albeit small) CPU overhead.

Would you recommend another card other than the two I've mentioned?

Hi boys and girls,

I'm building my PC - finally - after 6 years with a Nforce2/XP2500+/Radeon 9800 combo which is starting to creak a bit to be honest.

I'm self-building and have already bought the mobo which is an Asrock P43Twins1600

These are the other bits I'm considering, I guess this machine will be a 'best bang for buck' system.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4850512MB GDDR3
Geil Black Dragon DDR2 4.0GB P ... x 1GB) 800MHz (4-4-4-12)
Maxtor 500GB Diamondmax2 SATA2Hard Disk Drive 7200rpm 32MB
NEC Optiarc AD-7200S-0B SATABl ... Multiwriter DVD RW RAM DL
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Series Xtreme Audio OEM


That's about it really - I have a case and power supply - but I'll eventually get this

What I'm asking is - are there any glaring errors there? Should I consider other parts of a comparable price?

Thanks in advance for any helpful comments made!

Joe

Thanks for the racing guys! thanks deko and JO53PHS!

Sign me up (and I'll ask my brother - jk23 from the 2008 meet -if he's up for it again)

Thanks for the work you're putting in Jason!

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

Need to pass mustard with the locals, other wise its the Wicker man for you all:bananadea

Local MSP, Hamish McDougall, at a recent Highland Gathering.

Is that the Wicker Man? Thought it was the Scottish Assembly in congress

I don't think you're wasting your time, Jason, I for one am definitely up for it, £100 or so for that much track time is great!

However, maybe a poll will give you an idea as to what everyone thinks? The question being , should we go to Llandow?

Also maybe start the thread. LFS Karting meet 2009.....has a good ring to it!

Looking forward to it already!

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

Truthfully I would love to see it travel up to bonnie Scotland one day (anyone for the north of Scotland....Golspie maybe ). .

I'd be up for Scotland one day, Mackie. Thermals and spare liver packed and ready

EDIT: Sorry for the double post - I was going to make this apology a seperate post but then realised that would warrant an apology for a triple post, and then that would mean.......

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