Hi all,First, I know nothing about computers, so forgive my ignorance on this one. I'm curious if a monitor has anything to do with stutters in FSX. I ask because I pulled out my old computer today to use for designing an aircraft in FSDS and when I ran FSX on it all was great. This afternoon my grandson (Picasso Jr.) decided to draw on the monitor with permanent marker, so I borrowed my neighbors old monitor with a max resoution of 1024 X 768 and a max refresh rate of 60 Hertz. Now FSX is stuttering like crazy, but it was running great until the monitor change. Perhaps it's a coincidence timed perfectly with another problem?

Hmmmm, I thought people would be all over this one. Well, for what it's worth the monitor clearly has something to do with my stutters in this case. I bought a replacement today and the stutters went away. Just for kicks I swapped monitors in the middle of flight and the stutters came back right away. Changed back and the stutters were gone.

I have no clue, but my "guess" would be that the stuttering monitor has a much slower response time and couldn't keep up with your video card creating a logjam for the video.Or, I don't know if you changed your resolution in FSX. If not, then the video could have had issues running the sim at a different resolution/refresh rate without being retuned to it.Thaellar

I have no clue, but my "guess" would be that the stuttering monitor has a much slower response time and couldn't keep up with your video card creating a logjam for the video.Thaellar

I had the same thing happen a few years ago when I upgraded to a new monitor. I went back to the old and had no troubles-the new one caused stuttering. Luckily I moved on to still another one that works fine now.

Yeah, I've been changing the resolution in FSX when I switch. I've actually been doing this all morning because I'm stunned that a monitor could make this difference. I never knew a monitor could have anything to do with stutters. I've switched back and forth between the old monitor and a new one I got this morning about 10 times now and the difference is incredible.

Very interesting. Could you post the brand and model numbers of the 2 monitors? I would like to check the specs on each one.Thaellar

The new monitor is the exact same as in my specs below (Acer). I loved it so much on my gaming machine I decided to get one for my other computer too. My old, now art piece of a monitor is a StarLogic model M17ANA

Your Acer 27" has a response time of 5 ms. The Starlogic is much slower at 12 ms. That Acer sounds like a nice one.Thaellar

Your Acer 27" has a response time of 5 ms. The Starlogic is much slower at 12 ms. That Acer sounds like a nice one.Thaellar

Bring that down to my level. What does this mean? As a computer illiterate am I correct in assuming that this is the amount of time it takes for the image to go from the graphics card to what I actually see on the monitor. If so, that is quite a difference.

This refers to how quickly a pixel can change colors, measured in milliseconds (ms); the fewer the milliseconds, the faster the pixels can change, reducing the ghosting or streaking effect you might see in a moving or changing image.Found it here: (old article from 2005): http://reviews.cnet.com/1990-3118_7-6358806-1.htmlBasically, it's how fast the monitor can "paint" its screen.Thaellar

Here's a better link with explanation:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_time_(technology)Check out section titled: LCD monitorsThaellar

This refers to how quickly a pixel can change colors, measured in milliseconds (ms); the fewer the milliseconds, the faster the pixels can change, reducing the ghosting or streaking effect you might see in a moving or changing image.Found it here: (old article from 2005): http://reviews.cnet.com/1990-3118_7-6358806-1.htmlBasically, it's how fast the monitor can "paint" its screen.Thaellar

I like that link, very helpful for understanding the lingo. I guess I'll stop swapping these monitors out and just accept this as a done deal. Now I just need to figure out what's causing my stutters on my new machine and I might just once again look forward to simming. At least I can go back to my old machine until then.*EDIT* Appreciate that second link as well. I'm printing it out so I can read it later. I'm off to work. I'm starting to get the impression that the ailment I suffered from is not what most here would call stutters.*EDIT AGAIN* Doesn't look like that second link directs me to an article. I'll check back here tonight.

Second Link fixed. Here it is again:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_time_(technology)

Second Link fixed. Here it is again:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_time_(technology)

Thanks, got it printed out. Now I'm off to work.