I need some advice before wasting alot of time and money. I am running FSX with a Core2duo clocked at 3.39Ghz, 2 gig of Corsair memory, EVGA 680i motherboard, 1 - EVGA 8800 736m Video card, Raptor 150gig 10k rpm SATA hard drive and a 700 watt power supply. My video card is connected to a Matrox Triplehead2go (digital edition)and 3 19" Samsung LCD monitors via the DVI connectors. My video resolution is 3840 x 1024. Here's the problem.With all fsx sliders to the far left, I still get intermittent stuttering while turning. Flying straight and level is very smooth and realistic. Am I asking too much from this software? Framerates vary from 30 - 80, so it is not a framerate issue. I have tried the various tweaks mentioned here and on other websites, but nothing seems to cure these stutters. I don't want to waste any more time or money if this is just as smooth as this software is going to run. FSX seems so close to being great stuff, but sometimes so very far away.

I cured stutters/chatters which were identically the same as your description. Difference is - mine is triple monitors/triple views on three GeForceFX5200 cards running FS9. I reduced the Hardware Accel.sliders 2 notches for the outer/secondary monitors. The result was miraculous. (Leave main mon card full blast)There was no impact on FPS or quality- except now, no "chattering on rapid turns"- both flying or on ground! I think the new setting somehow eliminated unregulated competition for data between cards.Don't have any idea if this could be applicable to your setup.Finally, I experience a performance drop if any view overlaps an adjacent monitor. Again, not really applicable to your TH2GO situation. Sorry I'm not of more help.Alex Reid CYYJ

Is your 150GB Raptor dedicated to FSX or is your OS also resident on the drive? I'm gonna ask since you have not stated, have you installed SP1? As far as tweaks go, did you try increasing your bufferpool size?

I have finally figured out the problem. FSX is a game, not a simulator. I had the craziest thought that FSX was a simulator and was designed to simulate flight. Good thing common sense took over and kept me from spending more money trying to get this game to perform smoothly. Good job Microsoft, you almost got me!!

Try using the search function of these forums.I just typed stutter in and it returned 194 PAGES full of threads andsaid there were more.

Tried locking your FPS? Try a lock at 25 in a rural area to see if the stutters go away. IMHO, micro stutters come when you are not locking your FPS....ymmv though :)

Alex, Where exactly did you adjust the Hardware Accel.sliders?? Answered my own question. Duh!!! CraigLian-Li PC60-B Case Corsair HX Series CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply Gigabyte P35 DS3R Intel Core2Duo E6850 Arctic Cooling Freezer7 Pro Crucual Ballistix 2GB PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066) EVGA 7950 GT OC 512 Mb Plextor PX-810SA/SW-BL 18X SATA DVD Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/sec Seagate Barracuda 7200.10250 GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/sec