Hi all. anyone using the above mentioned graphics card? The catalysts 9.9 drivers with the hotfix is a complete nightmare for me. While I'm able to play other games with huge frame rate improvements just fine, FSX is totally not playable. I get anything from black screen, textures not showing up on the majority of my aircrafts, FSX not loading and giving error - 'unable to load FSX cfg.' unbeleivable low frame rates. (hard to believe since upgrading from a Geforce 7300 AGP 512M, 128bit.)I have tried older drivers from 9.3 up including the beta 9.10 from guru3d, without any luck. Before I continue, let me say that my system is mediocre.Specs: Asus A7N8X deluxeAMD barton 2800 - clocked 3200 @2.2 mhzWin Vista 32bit SP22Gb of DDr2HDDCreative Xfi Xtreme GameSaitek X52Sapphire ATI HD 3850 AGP 512MB, 256bitAntec ATX 500Watt - thinking of upgrading to a 750Watt power supply real son.In any case, I have tried with minimum settings from both game and drivers. Even got the drivers successfully clocked at 709/933. but still suffering.Would like to know what other drivers ATI users are using and if there may be other workarounds before upgrading my system? NOTE: i was pretty happy with Nvidia, just thought I was getting a better deal. Thanks

Sadly, AGP is no longer properly supported by ATi, and FSX doesn't get any lovin either. You should move back to your old card or buy a new system altogether.

I was an ATI supporter since 1986, and had a 3870 for about five months, before I got wise: it seems the ATI cards are fabulous with all other games except FS9/X. I switched it for the (old, now) nVidia 9800GTX and have never looked back, and I've no doubt the newer cards are even stronger.Good luck!

Hi all. anyone using the above mentioned graphics card? The catalysts 9.9 drivers with the hotfix is a complete nightmare for me. While I'm able to play other games with huge frame rate improvements just fine, FSX is totally not playable. I get anything from black screen, textures not showing up on the majority of my aircrafts, FSX not loading and giving error - 'unable to load FSX cfg.' unbeleivable low frame rates. (hard to believe since upgrading from a Geforce 7300 AGP 512M, 128bit.)I have tried older drivers from 9.3 up including the beta 9.10 from guru3d, without any luck. Before I continue, let me say that my system is mediocre.Specs: Asus A7N8X deluxeAMD barton 2800 - clocked 3200 @2.2 mhzWin Vista 32bit SP22Gb of DDr2HDDCreative Xfi Xtreme GameSaitek X52Sapphire ATI HD 3850 AGP 512MB, 256bitAntec ATX 500Watt - thinking of upgrading to a 750Watt power supply real son.In any case, I have tried with minimum settings from both game and drivers. Even got the drivers successfully clocked at 709/933. but still suffering.Would like to know what other drivers ATI users are using and if there may be other workarounds before upgrading my system? NOTE: i was pretty happy with Nvidia, just thought I was getting a better deal. Thanks

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Personally, I'd unclock the CPU and see if that clears up any video issues. If so, start to over-clock again..and stop where other sub-system issues are not apparent.

Thanks guys for all your responses. It seems ATI is not the way to go. I was so excited to get it, but now I think its time to revert back to Nvidia. Sesquashtoo - Nice suggestion, I may have to give that a try. Though I believe the CPU is the bottleneck here I and I'm not crazy about unclocking, but who knows. Might just workDoes anyone have a suggestion for a top notched Nvidia AGP card?Paul J - I did some research on the nVidia 9800GTX. It appears to be a PCI Express card. Am i right?Troy