Got new graphics card. (still gotta send 4870 back for return rma :shy Also have two western digitals; have 30 days to send back old one . Thanks for reminding me to take pics of setup, jak. I'll probably do it in a month as I seem to procrastinate a lot.

CPU Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.7|1.5v
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory 2x2gb Crucial Ballistix @ 1060
Graphics Card Evga GTX 260 core216
Hard Drive 250gb Seagate 7200.10 | 1TB WD Caviar Black
Sound Card Onboard Sound
Power Supply Corsair 450vx
Case Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling Xigmatek HDT-S1284EE
GPU cooling Stock
OS Windows 7 RC
Monitor Samsung 953bw 19"

Okay I downloaded nHancer and put all to recommended settings (and 32xs aa, 16x af) and get considerably lower fps now, around 95, which is to be expected. but I STILL get more jaggies than I had with my 7600gt not a month ago. I'm puzzled at why LFS looks to hideous now.

Heh, it'd cost more to make a sim-racing cockpit.

Quote from Stiggie :

If you would've taken your time to post that.. you would have looked at my sig where it clearly says ''Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz.''
The performance is great, i can just play virtually every game on high(est) settings, 1680x1050 without any problems. It's comparable to the GTX280.
If you want even more power, you could look for the XFX GTX 260 XXX, or the XFX GTX 260 Black Edition. I don't see why this would be neccesary, as this thing has all the power you need imho.
However, if you've got a small screen, you won't even need this kind of power. the 4850 or 4870 or whatever you have now would be plenty. I don't see why you would want to buy a new videocard..
Bought it for 179,95 at paradigit, but the price has gone up to 189,95 since i bought one.

I ordered one of these for $155usd. Arrived today and couldn't be happier. Much better frames than 4870, as the games I play (source games mostly) prefer Nvidia. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a card at this budget. Prices have really plummeted! Bought it for futureproofing for Diablo III, Cities XL, and Starcraft II. Wanted the PhysX tech for other games, too. Hope card doesn't crap out a day after warranty

Quote from thezero :

But how do i change it to 900° acctualy? I set it to 900° in the profiler and then in the LFS and that's it? I am wondering about it, becouse i want car turning like i will turn the wheel also, not that i will turn wheel for 900°, but ingame there wont be any difference. Screenshot or anything else of settings in-game for 900° will be realy welcome. Thanks for all help NightShift.

In-game the steering wheel will only go to 720 degrees. But to fix this, just disable the in-game steering wheel.

Quote from Shadowww :

AnTI have buggy drivers and crappy CP (CCC), and you smell AnTI fanboy.

You are the one that smells of Nvidia fanboyism. ATI was ridden with buggy drivers back about 2 years ago. Since then they have been flattened out and are as stable as nvidia's. (I have owned a 7600gt, 4870, and a gtx 260 core216 is on it's way, so don't call me a fanboy) Albeit, I prefer Nvidia's AA along with its control panel and folding power above ATI, but that doesn't make ATI worse.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

AMD are not the multicore CPU to have at the moment.. Intel are still the ones to beat.

Maybe if price is not a factor, yeah...

IIRC thats a corrupted texture file. (is it from video card or installation?:shrug Reinstall usually works. I get the same thing in a specific spot on Aston. annoying.

I am selling similar system for $150 to friend. So with the monitor you're sure to get 250. (probably around 400 if you dont want a quick deal)

Quote from Danny LFS :

Got a little bug here...

Almost everyday, about 80% of the time, when I disconnect from the Internet and play LFS offline, I get major FPS problems when running the game at full quality, even though my computer is pretty good. See my new PC's specs:

17 inch LCD monitor
Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Pentium IV Dual Core 6.0GHz (3.0GHz per core)
4GB RAM DDR3
3 320GB HDDs (Total Space: 960GB)
NVidia GeForce 9800 GT (hacked for better performance): 1GB VRAM

As you can see, my PC specs are relatively good, but I STILL get FPS problems for some reason. Anyone can help me?

Cheers!

This is because AI / many cars take a lot of CPU horsepower, which a P4 cannot provide. If you upgrade the processor you will get better fps (btw, 3ghz dual core =/= 6 ghz. LFS is single threaded so only one core is used, so its 3ghz. and even if it wasnt it'd still be 3 ghz I wish I had a 9.99ghz tricore, but it doesn't multiply.)

but this has nothing to do with test patch?

upgraded =)
CPU
Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.3
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
2x2gb Crucial Ballistix ddr2 800
Graphics Card
Sapphire 4870 512mb
Hard Drive
250gb Seagate 7200.10 |•| 1TB WD Caviar Black
Sound Card
Realtek HD onboard
PSU
Corsair 450vx
Case
Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling
Xigmatek HDT-S1284EE
OS
Windows 7 RC
Monitor
Samsung 953bw 19"

Phenom II 720 gets my recommendation

Rest of parts ordered Can't wait to play lfs with 24x edge detect with 60 fps

This is what I ordered in addition to 4870, Corsair 450vx, and Antec 300.


1 x ($41.99) MEM 2Gx2|CRUC BL2KIT25664AA80A R - Retail


1 x ($15.99) DVD-ROM LG | GDR-H20N SATA BULK - OEM

1 x ($3.49) TOOL ROSEWILL|RTK-002 ANTISTATIC R - Retail


1 x ($8.99) CPU THERMPASTE|AS5-3.5G % - OEM


1 x ($39.99) CPU COOLING XIGMATEK|HDT-S1284EE R - Retail


1 x ($109.99) MB GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P 790X RT - Retail


1 x ($139.00) CPU AMD|PH II X3 720 BK AM3 2.8G RT - Retail


1 x ($-30.00) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #190734


Total Amount: $344.67

Quote from travbrad :

Is anyone else out there running the new Windows 7 RC? I have recently installed it, and for some reason I can't get the accelerator pedal to work (in the wingman software, or in any game). The brakes, steering, and all of the other buttons work fine though. I tried the "combined pedals" thing which didn't work either. Any ideas on how to get the accelerator pedal working?

The weird thing is I can get the accelerator pedal "working" (albeit in reverse) by using the brake at the same time, but any time I just use the accelerator pedal there is no response.

Had this problem a week ago. Try un-locking the axes calibration then recalibrating in LFS

Just wanted to update you guys on the build so far.

Received antec 300 in mail awhile ago, and ordered 4870 512mb (open box, $125. steal!) and corsair 450vx, which should be arriving thursday. I tried to buy the mobo/cpu/ram/hsf with the bill me later but was denied (:shy so will wait a month to buy them. I had my eye on PhII x3 720, 4gb crucial ballistics, GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P, and XIGMATEK HDT-S1284ee. $30 off combo deal cpu/mobo but that won't last long enough. Any suggestions will be appreciated!

Last edited by MijnWraak, Wed, 6 May 2009 00:44.

Quote from cristianfx :

u can with dolars but not with pesos.

Really? I'd try to email the devs, I'm sure theres some way.

Quote from dadge :

all that stuff (bought) and no S2 license. proof enough me finx. and saying to someone that they should buy s2 (once)wouldn't be considered bashing. S14's post was not spam, flame or bash. it was just a simple observation and a recomendation. but you seemed to get a bit of sand in your vagina over it.
chill out a tad maybe?

I'm sick of the people in the forum thinking they have the responsibility to tell demo'ers to buy s2.


but @ the guy that everyones telling to buy s2 - just because your currency is in pesos, doesn't mean you cant buy in pounds. I bought with USD

yuhuh. Make sure to turn on V-Sync. Having 300 fps is gratifying, but you won't need it and it will be more stable and look better with v-sync on.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Don't you bash demo users?

And frankly if he can afford that rig he can afford an LFS Licence, but at the end of the day it's up to him..

Proof or it didnt happen. Please dont accuse me of things without proof, as I don't recall ever bashing a demo user for not choosing to spend money.

Quote from hazaky :

I think that u meant this as he has enough money? Looking at this G25 and stuff - makes me think that he has spare money a bit. So myea, i gotta agree with that. Also, G25 + Demo = no such experience as with S2.

Maybe he spent all his spare money on his g25 to replace that aging momo beside the desk that he had used for other racing sims?
It's all speculation until he posts why he hasn't though. So


edit: now I see his only two posts contain a picture of his rig, and one contains the specs on his computer. Maybe he's showing off that he has all that but doesn't have to buy S2. Kinda hilarious, imo. But still, you don't have to constantly tell demo'ers they should buy S2, I'm sure they're fully aware of it.

Quote from EliteAti :

And playing DEMO with THAT?? Go buy a license man ASAP

he can do whatever he wants with his money.

anyways, I'll try to get some pics up of my ghetto rig up later today.

The paddles themselves aren't one solid bar. They are two seperate paddles connected to a pcb with 2 pieces of metal that, when contacted hard enough (when you hear the *click*) hit a button that completes a circuit and changes the gear. Hold on I'll take some pictures.


http://i141.photobucket.com/al ... rizexagainst/DSCN0253.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/al ... rizexagainst/DSCN0254.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/al ... rizexagainst/DSCN0256.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/al ... rizexagainst/DSCN0257.jpg

I'd take a picture of how it hooks up when connected, but I cba to take the wheel off, as one of the wires of a button on the wheel has a very flaky connection and don't want to have it disconnect.

Last edited by MijnWraak, Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:56.

I was thinking; maybe I should get the 790x version of the MoBo, then get the 4770 graphics card (~$100) in a month or two, and the 450 watt version of the corsair psu, so if I didn't get enough performance with the single 4770, I could crossfire em (since they only use 80 watts each) for great AA and a tad better performance. Would cost a bit more money, so I'm not sure.

edit: actually screw it. Ill just keep the old plan, and maybe get a 4870 1gb.




1 question: Is this combo deal on newegg worth buying now vs waiting for a similar deal? Pretty much gives me a free core (920 for price of 720)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... spx?ItemList=Combo.183653
opinions are appreciated =)

Last edited by MijnWraak, Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:40.

Quote from chavm481 :

sooo, can anyone help me find one on amazon for under $100? that will work

I suggest you wait about a week or two, when the 4770 comes out. Uses about 80 watts and performs almost as well as the 4850, for ~$100. Well worth the money

You could be running out of memory on the card, try switching the textures / skins to low quality, compressed in game settings.

Quote from Vinnylegends :

I will not return to this forum for any stupid discussion whatsoever regarding I or someone else has started it.
So goodbye guys! Have fun in LFS!

Quote from Vinnylegends :

I did handle this wrong Dadge. I have thought about this whole thing.

You've been saying you will end it, and will leave, for how long now? And you KEEP returning.

Hm...