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by Fodda
22 Nov 2010, 12:09
Forum: The Virtual Spanner
Topic: Upgrade
Replies: 31
Views: 4280

Re: Upgrade

Sorry Tony... £180 graphics card (sent with the seal already broken), returned to them and then back to me reported "no fault" for £20... Same problem. It won't work on muliple PCs that run other comparable cards with ease. OC refuse to budge and refuse to give me the specs of their test P...
by Fodda
22 Nov 2010, 11:51
Forum: The Virtual Spanner
Topic: Another upgrade!!
Replies: 12
Views: 3180

Re: Another upgrade!!

DaveB wrote:
Just ask Gary (Fodda here) about his graphics card problems!
Yep, I've replied about that rather costly scam in the other Upgrade thread here.
by Fodda
22 Nov 2010, 11:47
Forum: The Virtual Spanner
Topic: Upgrade
Replies: 31
Views: 4280

Re: Upgrade

Yes I used to go to overclockers first every time too until they sent me a graphics card that had the seal broken and didn't work at all out of the box. They then charged me £20 to send it straight back saying it worked. It never did on my PC or on a mate's PC. However a different new card from a be...
by Fodda
18 Nov 2010, 13:46
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: FSX 707-300 at Captain Sim
Replies: 23
Views: 4887

Re: FSX 707-300 at Captain Sim

LOL... I can wait. It'll be in a sale at some point... Even if I have to wait a couple of years.
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 11:22
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Shocking news from NASA tonight?
Replies: 36
Views: 4740

Re: Shocking news from NASA tonight?

Dan, you're right, but for the age of the star, the distance in light years and the age in years are directly comparable. As the light showing the black hole being born is 50,000 light years away, and travels toward us at light speed, it would take 50,000 years to reach us. hence we can say that the...
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 10:54
Forum: Recommended Scenery
Topic: What do you recommend please- UK VFR scenery?
Replies: 9
Views: 10166

Re: What do you recommend please- UK VFR scenery?

The FS9 autogen from Shepshed also works in FSX... BUT creates a huge frame-rate hit as it's not natively FSX.
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 10:39
Forum: Developers Corner
Topic: Boulton-Paul Defiant 3-views available
Replies: 3
Views: 1842

Boulton-Paul Defiant 3-views available

For anyone interested... I have just come into posession of 5 A3 sized prints of a B-P Defiant in 3-view and internal-view projection. I've not got a clue where they came from, but they look like modeller prints... Apart from the internals... One has cross-sections along the fuselage as well. I'll s...
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 10:28
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Just one old Black & White shot..
Replies: 7
Views: 1358

Re: Just one old Black & White shot..

The aeroplane looks like an Ilyushin Il-62 to me. Must be a captured one that the RAF are using for flight test purposes... :guinn: :guinn: :guinn: :cheers: :hide: :rofl:
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 09:59
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: FSX 707-300 at Captain Sim
Replies: 23
Views: 4887

Re: FSX 707-300 at Captain Sim

Must say, whatever their other faults, CS do make a good looking simulated aeroplane.

I'll certainly be spending £10 on it at the next sale.
by Fodda
17 Nov 2010, 08:58
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Something 'Mighty' is coming to FSX!
Replies: 20
Views: 3504

Re: Something 'Mighty' is coming to FSX!

*drooooool* Me wants one... :Dance: