Stuart, "Nvidia compatible" simply meant to get rid of that line. In all other respects Nvidia cards render the FU III cockpits the way they were intended.

Andre,Thank you for your nhancer profile - unfortunately the problem persists with these settings. I may try installing a different driver to see what effect that has.Chris,Thank you for your kind and generous offer. I will try as above first of all. Apart from FU2, FS2002 and FS9 also run perfectly with my current set-up; but like all of us, I love going back to FU 3. :( I am concerned that if I revert to an older card my other Flight sims will not perform as well as they do at present. I will update as to any progress, as I am sure others have or will encounter the same problem with FU3 if they update their graphics card. Hans Petter,Thanks for explaining the nvidia issue, I obviously misunderstood. I will read up on producing a screen shot of the garbled cockpit display and upload it to the forum for general information .Thanks again to all. :( Stuart