Dear all, I bought what i thought would be the ultimate fs system around 14 months back. Sadly from day one it has been a dissapointment. Despite getting very acceptable frame rates i have always had a constant stuttering problem whenever i turn an aircraft(be it in the air or the ground). This problem exists in fs2002,fs2004 and cfs3.I also experience stuttering in msts. I have followed every bit of advice on the net starting from turning my anti-virus off to adding more ram. In between i have removed my sound card, pulled out and reinstalled my graphics card,messed with every possible graphics setting in my pc and downloaded every damm driver and bios updates i could lay my hands on. But the problem still persists. I am at the point of going in for a new system. Is there anything else at all that i can do?. This has been a very frustrating experience. I am open to ANY suggestion. I dont want to leave any stone unturned before i finaly abandon this system.My system specs:p4 2.4ghzasus p4xp mother board256+512 mb ddr ramBaracooda 80 gb hd128mb asus v9520 magic(fx5200 agp card)microsoft xp home RegardsBharath Narayan

I don't think you need an entirely new system but the FX5200 is shite. I think that if you get a faster videocard like a Geforce 6800 or Radeon X800 you'd get much smoother performance. The CPU isn't exactly the fastest in the world either but a new videocard would definitely improve things.

"I dont want to leave any stone unturned before i finaly abandon this system."Please post a screen shot of your Task Manager (press CTRL/ALT/Delete, then click on the "Processes" tab) so we can see what processes are running while your system as at desktop (idle w/ no apps open).Thanks,Greg

I have attached it.RegardsBharath

There are some there you could stop - at least while flying offline.............AVGCC32 and AVGSERV ...Both AVG Antivirus.You could turn off ASV when not online but you will probably want this running when /if flying onlineYPager.exe (Yahoo Messenger)MSMSGS.Exe)(Microsoft Messenger)wuauclt(Automatic Updates)Dave

You really just need a new video card. Radeon 9800 PRO if your on a budget or if you got the cash go for a x800.

Hi,They r right FX5200 is the most slower Videocard i ve ever seenand dont upgrade anything else , your sys is fine i ve just upgraded my sys to the follwing specs:P4 3GHZ512 DDRRAMMSI Geforcefx 5200 128mbfrom a:p4 1.7ghz256 RDRAMsame video cardGUESS WHAT????????? no noticable performance difference,which means that the Video card what causes the problemGet a look at this attachment N.B this test was made using the same Sys specs except the VIDEO CARDGood luck