I've recently bought a new computer and I'm have some issues with it... My hard driver is continually reading when ever i fly and it makes FS9 and other games become a slide show.I can get frame rates upwards of 30-40 fps (I've locked them to 25fps) Its particually worse at when im flying at dawn or dusk, or when im at an airport that has even light to moderate A.I. traffic and scenery upgrades. it also happens with Pacific Fighters but it seems to clear up after a minute or so.Even when i try to run the inbuilt tv tuner (which I need as the Ex wife took my t.v.) it turns out like a slide show....in the shop the display model ran flawlessly. My rig is as follows:Sony 17"lcd flat screenPackard Bell ixtreme e303AMD Athlon 64 3400+1024meg ddr ramsapphire ati raedon x800se video card 256meganalog tv tuner and fm stereo receiverwindows xp home ed.this is really frustrating me as I've spent hard earned dollars on this machine and right now i dont think it would even keep up with my old machine which is going on 5 years old now....Can anyone help me as im about to send it sailing out my window in frustration.....well not really, but i bloody well feel like doing it!!!Cheers Stu

Hihave you ran DXDIAG???check if HARDWARE ACCELERATION IS ON??click on start button,then RUN,type DXDIAG in box click OK.check in DISPLAY make sure the three acceleration boxes are enabled.then move to sound and put your sound acceleration back to standard.this could also be a virtual memory problem.i would check this as well .. hope this helps steve