Hijust installed my new hardware.taken all day.intel 6700 duo9750 BFG 512mb 5.9 DRIVERS2gb DDR2 800ABIT AW9D-max MoboViewsonic 22" lcd.(nice)Sony 16x DVD-RWwinxp home SP2INSTALLED THE fsx DEMOand stared at Screen with Jaw on my left shoe. 1fps-2fpssettings are not all rightautogen sparsetraffic is lowsky is cleari was getting better frames with my Athlon 4000xpi know this is driver problem but which one any help appreciated steve

With your setup, it shouldn't be 1-2FPS. Even with the slider to 80% to the right.. you should get 20FPS steady for the demo.Did you install the nvidia driver?Manny

hi mannyyes it was 5.9 nvidia..im a long time Ati user so not sure where to go for new drivers,or even if there are any newer than 5.9.also a problem with a new Viewsonic 22" lcd monitor..keeps diplaying a message to change to 1680x1050 res.overrides FSX and diplays this box over the top of it..i'm running FSx at 1280x1024.not sure if this is cause of bad Fps.can't find where to turn this off.Grrr. cheers steve

Steve,The latest nVidia driver can be got here.http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.aspRelease 90Version: 91.47MannyAfter the installation of the driver,place your cursor anywhere on the desktop and right mouse click. then select nividia......settings or whatever and you can adjust the resolutions. It would change there for 20 seconds and give you an option to either keep it or rever back.And then set the same settings withing FS9 as well.Manny

Thanks mannyi think theres more to it than display drivers,i can get FSX to run steady 20fps for maybe 30secs,all of sudden drops to 2-3fps,something is running in the background.i've got spyware doctor and it finds nothing.so..it must be a hardware problem somewhere.driver issue???i'm downloading the new drivers from Nvidia now.fingers crossed. thanks steve

Is reinstalling windows out of the Q?Also download anti spyware software from microsoft. They usually have a couple of beta ones avilable. They have worked for me beforeI use this one AVGhttp://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-virus-Fre...4-10320142.htmlAlso see if you download Adaware.There is something here.. I have not tried this one though.http://www.download.com/spyware-center/2001-2023_4-0.htmlhttp://www.download.com/3150-8022_4-0-1-0....=49&dlsize=&ca=

Hi MannyI have AVG,long time user,also Spyware doctor,which is really good.i'm going to try a few things today.have found a problem where if i press DEL key to eneter BIOS,machine locks.got a feeling that it's associated with my OCZ memory.going to try removing them,one at a time. cheers steve

Manny problem solvedit was a memory setup problem.didn'i realise to put setup in dual channel mode ,sticks should go in seperate bays(colour coded)Iv'e always put memory in same bay Ie 1+2 thanks again steve

>Manny problem solved>it was a memory setup problem.didn'i realise to put setup in>dual channel mode ,sticks should go in seperate bays(colour>coded)Iv'e >always put memory in same bay Ie 1+2>> thanks again> steveAh... I made the same mistake recently on my build. :)Manny