Hi everyoneI thing that FS9 behaves strangely on my PC.When I fly fast over big areas of mountains I have good fps (around 25) but usually my pc doesn't load the detailed textures and elevation and if i fly over a small city i usually don't get to see nothing more than a grey stain (no roads or buildings are being loaded on time).I don't thing it's because of my HD and if my 3D card is not good enough then why don't I have low FPS???????What's the problem?The display settings are full with 1024*768*32 and traffic 50%. My PC is:Athlon xp 2600+,MB:Asus A7N8X Deluxe, 1GB PC3200 Ram, HD:Maxtor SATA 120GB, Ati radeon 9600 Pro (gigabyte)4.12 catalyst.I would be interested if there are any saggestions for an upgrade.Thank you.

Please copy and paste your FS9.cfg here.Thanks,Greg

Ok greg, I ziped my fs9.cgf file and attached it.I can copy and paste the hole text of my fs9.cgf if u prefer.Thank you for your concern.

No joy.. the Zip file was corrupted.You can post the file here... specifically the "Terrain" section is what we need to see.Thanks,Greg

Ok. This must be the part of my FS9.CFG file you want to see.Thanks again[DISPLAY.Device.GIGABYTE RADEON 9600 PRO.0]Mode=1024x768x32TriLinear=1AntiAlias=1[DISPLAY]UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=27TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40[TERRAIN]TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=0.000000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=0.000000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1307992[sCENERY]IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5DYNAMIC_SCENERY=1DYN_SCN_DENSITY=5DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1SUNGLARE=1LENSFLARE=1[AIRtoCONTAINER]SIM1=Cessna Skylane 182R RGSIM2=Learjet 45SIM3=Schweizer 2-32 SailplaneSIM4=Sopwith CamelSIM5=Extra 300SSIM6=Boeing 737-400[APL]CACHE_WAV_FILES=1[TrafficManager]TrafficDensity=51IFROnly=0EnableAirline=1EnableGeneralAviation=1[AContain]ShowLabels=1ShowUserLabel=0ShowLabelManufacturer=1ShowLabelModel=1ShowLabelTailNumber=0ShowLabelDistance=1ShowLabelAltitude=1ShowLabelAirline=0ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0ShowLabelFlightPlan=0ShowLabelContainerId=0ShowLabelAirspeed=0ShowLabelHeading=0LabelDelay=1000LabelColor=FFFF0000[sLEW]MaxLateralRate=40000.000000MaxVerticalRate=1000.000000MaxPitchRate=360.000000MaxBankRate=360.000000MaxHeadingRate=360.000000[VirtualCopilot]VirtualCopilotActive=0[MULTIPLAYER]ALWAYS_SHOW_INITIAL_DIALOG=1SESSION_NAME=My SessionPLAYER_NAME=Unnamed PilotGUARANTEED_MESSAGES=0MAX_PLAYERS=8MAX_OBSERVERS=0TICKS_PER_SYNC=90PACKETS_PER_SEC=4COLLISION_SECS=2FOLLOWING_MULTIPLIER=5ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_SEND=0ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_RECEIVE=0ALLOW_TEXTURE_SEND=0ALLOW_TEXTURE_RECEIVE=0MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE=100MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_SEC=1CONNECTION_TYPE=0PROTOCOL_SELECTION=0ALLOW_DESCRIPTIVE_SEND=1ALLOW_DESCRIPTIVE_RECEIVE=1AUTOPILOT_LOCK=0DISTANCE_DISPLAY=0ADF_TRACK=0ALLOW_NAME_TAG_DISPLAY=1CLIENT_CONNECT_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0CLIENT_CONNECT_PORT=23456CLIENT_HOST_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0CLIENT_HOST_PORT=23456HOST_CONNECT_USE_CUSTOM_PORT=0HOST_CONNECT_PORT=23456[sIM]SYSCLOCK=1[ATC]AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1UsePilotVoice=1ShowATCText=1PilotVoice=1[MAIN]Location=188,94,836,628HideMenuNormal=0HideMenuFullscreen=1Maximized=0[FACILITIES]COUNTRY=STATE=CITY=GTL_BUTTON=6225[MAPVIEW_MAP]SHOW_AIRPORTS=1SHOW_VORS=0SHOW_NDBS=0SHOW_APPROACHES=0SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0SHOW_VICTOR=0SHOW_JET=0SHOW_AIRSPACE=0SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=0SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=0SHOW_DATATAGS=0SHOW_TERRAIN=1show_flight_history=1[FlightPlanMap]SHOW_AIRPORTS=1SHOW_VORS=1SHOW_NDBS=1SHOW_APPROACHES=0SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0SHOW_VICTOR=0SHOW_JET=0SHOW_AIRSPACE=0SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=0SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=0SHOW_DATATAGS=1SHOW_TERRAIN=1show_waypoints=0show_airways=1show_markers=0show_volume_boundaries=0show_ac_twr=1

Thanks for the post.First off is your AA. You need to disable in the sim. Your card is strong enough to to do the job itself... by enabling AA in the sim you force the sim to do the AA, thereby making it do the work you want the video card to do. Always configure AA and AF in your video card tweaker and disable AA in the sim. So:AntiAlias=1 80-90. Doing so will save resoures for other rendering and you'll likely not notice any difference.TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=0.000000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=0.000000The two above, TDR and TER, are often misconfigured when the sim is first installed. Try setting TDR at 4.5 and TER at 9.5TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1307992Another misconfig when your sim first installed. The default value here should be "1" (and I suspect that the sim is "seeing" the "1" in your value above), but you can try 2,3, or 4 to see what looks best to you.Finally, there is the option in the "Display" page of the sim to enable "Ground Shadows". Do not enable them. They are a huge resource hog and cause more problems than their worth. Hopefully MS will get that issue squared away in the next version.Good luck,Greg

Thanks alot GregI applyed the changes and FS9 runs quite better now!!!In a few days I'll apgrade my cpu to an Athlon xp 3200+ and hopefully it will reduce the problem much more. :-)Thanks again