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Flight Sim discussions; mostly on the core platform ( graphics and terrain, platform team, sim engine, geo tools and geo data, international, internal tools, technical art ) plus news on releases and updates, and the occasional tweaks and tips.
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Why your 4G of RAM Windows 32-bit system may not report all of the 4G (even though it is in use )
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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The best explanation of this I have yet found is here ; with this article as a supplement. This explanation makes it pretty clear that even if Windows 32-bit doesn't report the memory, it is getting used by some part of the hardware. If you had...
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Four points about FSX and Blurries
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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First and before I forget - Happy New Year! Next, this post is not meant to minimize, marginalize, or denigrate anyone who has the blurries. This post is meant to discuss the data I have in front of me as a result of investigations on this topic...
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Manual for F/A-18 VC in Acceleration
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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For the F18 cockpit manual, go here http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/board,4.0.html
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GPU variants, performance envelopes, and being an informed consumer
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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Overall, performance is only as good as the weakest link in the chain. So if you skimp on the GPU and get a great CPU, the GPU becomes the bottleneck. There is a reason the high-end cards cost so much. They provide more. Really. Understanding...
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Aces Studio Organization:Yesterday and Today
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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Now that I am starting a new series of posts, let’s talk about where the Studio is from an organizational perspective. To understand the present, you first need to understand the past. The Studio has had a lot of changes and growth in my 18 months...
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Last Post was 100th Blog post
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over 5 years ago
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I thought it was noteworthy of mention that my last post on FSX version identifiers was my 100th post. I suppose that makes me a confirmed blogger, and not one of the bloggers who starts a blog and doesn't really follow-thru which I was in danger of...
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FSX Release Identifiers, so users can verify what they have installed
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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RTM: 10.0.60905 SP1: 10.0.61355 (Russian: 10.0.61357) SP2: 10.0.61472 XPack: 10.0.61637 You can check this by bringing up the About dialog box from the Help menu.
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Partial fix for the "w-key" cockpit view issue
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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Sidewinder on avsim.com came up with a decent partial fix for this issue, see the thread here .
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New Year, new role, new series of posts
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over 5 years ago
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Phil Taylor
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So now that I am back and just about dug out from the holidays and some intense management training that I attended, I wanted to engage the community in a discussion about how the Studio is changing, where we are going, and how that is impacting the Studio...
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Great jobs available in Aces
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over 5 years ago
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We have openings in both Dev and PM in the graphics org, see these postings on the MS job site: PM, Graphics and Terrain http://members.microsoft.com/careers/agent/details.aspx?JobID=20C7D1C5-9D25-4EC3-9103-893666948DBF&start=1&interval...
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