Hi,I was considering upgrading my video card to a Radeon 9800 (I currently have a GF 4200) but I've been reading about problems (menu flickering, etc.) with the current drivers. I was wondering if these problems affect all Radeon owners or just a select few. So does anyone here have a Radeon that works well with FS9?Thanks,Tony

My Radeon 7200 runs FS9 great. Its a older card, but it runs FS9 very well considering how old it is (about 2 years old). Visuals I know are not nearly as good (I enable 4x Antialias and my FPS plummets from 25 to like 8 LOL), but I am happy with the performance regardless (I run with most sliders maxed). I dont seem to have a flickering menu, but the first menu I do select stays drawn till you exit the menu. No biggie.

Hello,First, the Radeon rocks in FS9. Does the menu flickering and image/text corruption in scrollable windows affect all 9700/9800 users? I believe so. I always play in Full Sceen mode, but, if you play in Windowed Mode then you don't get the flickering or the text/image corruption(when scrolling a 2D window being displayed on top of a DirectX 3D viewport). ATI should be fixing this in the next release of their drivers, otherwise I think there'll a lot of pretty unhappy/angry ATI owners, including myself. Does my Radeon work well in FS9? Well, I think so. The problems mentioned are mostly an annoyance. But if you want to read what Lane Wallace writes and the lessons that are in the 2D scrollable windows, then you have to go to Windowed Mode for now.Jim

I get the impression that it is a very small percentage of people not having flickering issues with the 9700 or 9800 cards. Those not seem to have very high end systems.

I read in the last driver release from ati that they have plans to fix issues with FS9 in their next update. Not sure when THAT will be.

I have a 9700 Pro and it made a huge difference over my 64 meg Geforce 3 card. I get the flickering but I seldom open any menus other then the map screen more than once or twice so it doesn't really bother me that much.

9500 Pro here.I get the flickering and text corruption in full screen mode. The flickering also occurs when you open another window in 2D cockpit view (ie open the radio stack). Once you open a window in the cockpit, then subsequent opening of that same window doesn't flicker. In other words, open the radio stack and it flickers before it opens. The next time you open the radio stack, it opens with no problems.The flickering is a little annoying, but overall it's certainly not a show stopper for getting an ATI card.Tim13

Hi all,I'm thinking of getting the ATI Radeon 9200 Card for FS2K2. I run in full screen mode all the time. Is the flickering an issue with FS2K2 also? And since I'm asking questions ;-) , what would be the best driver set to use with the card, and where would I find them?Thanks and regards,ScottKJMS

Also own 9500 Pro. Only get flickering at less than 16X12 resolution. I use latest Omegas. KDub

Hey, Zack, do you get water reflections? I have the same 7200 card but can not seem to get the sun reflecting off the water.Thanks,Robert

Thanks for the info, but is the flickering only in FS9, or is it also in FS2002? FS2002 is what I'll be using the card with initially.Regards,ScottKJMS

Hi Tony,I have an ATI 9000 Pro on a system using an AMD 700 MHz Thunderbird CPU with 384 Megs of PC133 SDRAM. The MB is a Gigabyte 7IXE and I am using the latest Omega Driver and I don't have any flickering with Menus, etc.While my sliders are not maxed out I get 12.5 to 17 fps flying out of SEA. Scenery is smooth also.Happy Flyin' - Ken

Flickering in FS9 if you run full screen, OK otherwise. No flickering at all in FS2002.

I upgraded from the Gforce 4200 Ti to the 9800 Pro 128mb and couldn't be happier! The annoying flicker occurs only in FS2004 ful screen, and I solved the blurred text problem by going back to Catalyst 3.2 drivers which are very stable. Currently, I have 16x AA, 16x Ani filtering, run at 1280x1024x32 with all sliders but view distance maxed, 100% 3-D clouds, and even with the PMDG 737NG I get 22-28 fps landing at KJFK.System specs:AMD 2800+1gig PC 2700 DDR RAMMSI 500mhz FSB MotherboardRadeon 9800 Pro 128mbOn-board soundSaitek X45 HOTAS controller with CH Pro USB pedalsEarl M Hilton"BlazeFytr"HC823BL"If you're able to tell others about your landing.....it was a good one!"