Hi Volker, I cannot comment on what PMDG design on nor what M$ use to develope products. I do know that FSX throttles itself if it see's the system not rendering. All I mean is that even if you turn your slidders all the way up you are not getting everything FSX has to offer due to its throttling. All that said the new hardware that is capable of running FSX maxed out is just around the corner. The quad core 45nm chips and a Teraflop video card should do the trick.

@tom: 20fps sounds acceptable to me, is it possible to show some screenshots to see the difference (with/without bloom)?Ok here's the Queen at SeattleMy scenery settingshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183931.jpgNo Bloom or Ground Shadowshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183932.jpgGround Shadows No Bloomhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183933.jpgBloom No Ground Shadowshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183934.jpgBloom and Ground Shadowshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183935.jpg

You must love the money spending - would you give some to me? I need a SLI for my 8800GT :DPoint is, all that power for nothing.Are you running Vista64?

i can run fsx at max settings. The PMDG Plane almost gets me below 30FPS but my pc handles it. i lost about 5-10fps with the queen

quanta costa?

yes am running vista 64kav

yes it vista 64kav