Windows 7 64bit questions

**patcal** · 06-30-2012, 03:54 PM

Greetings,

I was not quite sure where to post this. I am running a AMD Phenom II X2 545 CPU 3.0Ghz on a Gigabyte MB. I have 4gig DDR3 ram & a ATI HD4850 512mg video with Win XP 32bit. I run FS9 quite well. I am wanting to go to FSX eventually but my FS9 setup is very good. The question is will installing Win7 64bit be any improvement for FSX & more importantly will it hurt my FS9? I already run my FS9.exe large address aware. My understaanding is some of my older add-ons might have a problem with the 64bit OS. It seems like a lot of work. Any thoughts on the subject would be appretiated.

Pat Callaghan

***JSkorna*** · 06-30-2012, 05:07 PM

You'll see a little improvement and there are very few add-ons that have a problem with the 64 bit OS. Go for it.

**patcal** · 07-01-2012, 11:47 AM

Thanks Jim.

**patcal** · 07-02-2012, 07:10 PM

Boy this has been fun. FS9 is flashing when I hit the ALT key. Sometimes my mouse flashes & turns black in the game. I have tried 12-15 different video drivers to no avail. I have tried various graphics settings without success. I have tried running as admin & different compatibility modes. Also making the FS9.EXE large address aware. Any ideas?

Pat