Finally I can run 8xs/16x and have no more black a/c display windows or issues with third party apps like FSPassengers opening windows within FS. It looks to me like all issues are resolved. They seem to perform incredibly smooth with a great IQ. This is the first positive experience with an Nvidia driver in years ;)Enjoy the heads up,Yay...-PaulPrimary RigLiquid CooledIntel C2D E8500 445X9.5 @ 4.25Asus Maximus Extreme2 gigs OCZ Reaper DDR3 1333Dual OC'd XFX 8800GTX @ 2 gigs24 inch Widescreen LCD 16XAA/16XAFDual 19 inch LCD'sRaid-0+1PCPower and Cooling 1k Quad SLIhttp://home.comcast.net/~psolk/3monitorsa.htmlBackup RigAMD 4000 San Diego @ 2.72 Gigs Kingston Corsair XMS CL2XFX 7900 GTX Raid-0

Yea, a great combo, isn't it? :-) Running same here, working out great.

The 8XS was crucial in getting a good picture for me with the 8800GT.The airports,taxiways and runways from distance are still a little shaky. Water on 2 high1 when looking into the sun is still very unsettled.I was however having to run in windowed and now, knock on wood, have been flying full screen and using the menues.This is XP,the leaked 174s and the latest Nhancer beta.Overall Im happy.Aerosoft F-16 where are you!

Where are you all finding these drivers and Nhancer??

DickThe 174.74 drivers are on nvidia (under beta drivers): http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html and guru3d.com: http://www.guru3d.com/ nHancer is avalaible from: http://www.nhancer.com/RegardsPeter Hayes

>Where are you all finding these drivers and Nhancer??From the Officials:1. http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us2. www.nhancer.com Cheers Ralf

Totally agree!Works and looks great !WinXP ProQ6600 @ 3.0 with 2GB RAM8600GTS 256M

For WinXP:http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_174.74.html

Many thanks, got them............Just a question before installing the new driver, is it best to "remove" the 169 version first?? And re: nHancer, what settings does one use for FS9, without getting into highly super tech stuff?? I just had to do a complete reinstall of FS9 (screwed up using "remove duplicate files" on all my add-on sceneries, so noww have a fresh copy and most sliders set at max, getting shimmering on distant sceneries and on airport rwys, will this new Betas correct this?? Thanks to all who reponded!! B42L8

Hi, does one need to uninstall the earlier version of Nhancer before installing the newer one, or will it self-update while installing the newer one? Thanks.Paulotin

I un-installed mine, using the Control Panel / Remove Programs option.

8XS Anti-Aliasing works best for me, coupled with 8X Anisotropic Filtering. Some go for 16X AF, but I can see no difference.

>Hi, does one need to uninstall the earlier version of Nhancer>before installing the newer one, or will it self-update while>installing the newer one? >>Thanks.>>PaulotinTHere are several good user guides to installing drivers around but to summarize the recommended procedureUse ADD/Remove programs to remove old driverBoot to safe modeUse a program like DriverCleanerPro to remove remnants of the old driverrebootinstall new driver.If you're using nHancer - UNINSTALL before removing original driver and reinstall after loading the new one.Q6600 G0 CPU 2.4 o/c 3.65Evga 680i A1 with P31 BIOS 2G XP2-8500 DDR2 1066FSB Mushkin 996535 RAM 5-5-4-12-2T320G 7200 HD partitioned for XP/Vista/Programs 2 - 74G Raptors in RAID0 500G 7200 HD for backup SATA DVD burner Evga 8800GTS 640 PCIx XG 174.74 702/1620/792Kandalf LCS case w/ built in liquid cooling 850W Thermaltake power supplyVisit the Virtual Pilot's Centerwww.flightadventures.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-supporter-sigbanner.jpg

Are the 174.74 drivers digitally signed? Probably not I would guess?RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

Not is correct. They are officially beta.