Ok so it's not on maxed out window mode, but this has happened a few systems ago, but i am used to beating the performance when going to fullscreen, Here, is there anything you can pick up here?[bufferPools]RejectThreshold=25000UsePools=1PoolSize=2097152[Display]ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255BLOOM_EFFECTS=0ChangeTime=4.000000InfoBrakesEnable=TrueInfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255InfoOverspeedEnable=TrueInfoParkingBrakesEnable=FalseInfoPauseEnable=TrueInfoSlewEnable=TrueInfoStallEnable=TrueInfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1TextureMaxLoad=30TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40TransitionTime=4.000000UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0WideViewAspect=False[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480.0]Mode=1680x1050x32TriLinear=1[GRAPHICS]AC_SELF_SHADOW=0AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=0ALLOW_SHADER_30=1COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1D3D10=0EFFECTS_QUALITY=2GROUND_SHADOWS=0HIGHMEMFIX=1IMAGE_QUALITY=0LANDING_LIGHTS=1NUM_LIGHTS=8See_Self=1SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693458432SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693458432TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096TEXTURE_QUALITY=9Text_Scroll=1[JOBSCHEDULER]AffinityMask=14[sCENERY]DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5LENSFLARE=1MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0[TERRAIN]AUTOGEN_DENSITY=0DETAIL_TEXTURE=1LOD_RADIUS=8.500000MESH_COMPLEXITY=100MESH_RESOLUTION=23SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29WATER_EFFECTS=4[Weather]AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=7CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3DETAILED_CLOUDS=1DisableTurbulence=0DownloadWindsAloft=0DynamicWeather=0MaxGustRampSpeed=200MaxGustTime=500MaxVarRampSpeed=75MaxVarTime=50MinGustRampSpeed=1MinGustTime=10MinVarRampSpeed=10MinVarTime=5THERMAL_VISUALS=0TurbulenceScale=1.000000WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.comWeatherServerPort=80WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

I don't think I've ever played any version of FS on any computer that ever had FR as high in FS as in windowed mode.

Mine is also slower in FS.

Here, is there anything you can pick up here?[bufferPools]RejectThreshold=25000UsePools=1PoolSize=2097152

I though I read in one of many *******'s posts that in the BufferPool section to use just RejectThreshold=xxxxxx and nothing else or use UsePools=x and PoolSize=xxxxx, but not all three enteries together? I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that all three enteries aren't supposed to be used all at once, but I supose if its working for you stick to it.As to your question, I get the equal to or the same FPS in windowed mode as I do in full screen, so I always stay in full screen. However back when I was using FS9 on a different computer, I did get better FPS in windowed mode but I couldn't stand the way it looked so I would always sacrafice FPS and use full screen.

RejectThreshold=25000 : (setting)PoolSize=2097152 : (setting)UsePools=1 (ON / OFF switch) If "UsePools=1" the RejectThreshold" and "PoolSize" settings are used (default).If "UsePools=0" the RejectThreshold" and "PoolSize" settings are ignored. If "UsePools" is not defined (or not in the cfg file at all) UsePolls defaults to 1 (ON), and the "RejectThreshold" and "PoolSize" settings are used If the RejectThreshold" and "PoolSize" settings are not defined (or not in the cfg file at all), default values are used (I can't remember the default values at this moment). In Windows XP (32bit) I got higher frames in windowed mode, and now in Windows 7 (64bit) it's the reverse. Go figure!

I've certainly found with some video drivers that you can get more fps in windowed mode. You could try a different driver. IAN

Ok so it's not on maxed out window mode, but this has happened a few systems ago, but i am used to beating the performance when going to fullscreen, Here, is there anything you can pick up here? [bufferPools]RejectThreshold=25000UsePools=1PoolSize=2097152 [Display]ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255BLOOM_EFFECTS=0ChangeTime=4.000000InfoBrakesEnable=TrueInfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255InfoOverspeedEnable=TrueInfoParkingBrakesEnable=FalseInfoPauseEnable=TrueInfoSlewEnable=TrueInfoStallEnable=TrueInfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1TextureMaxLoad=30TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40TransitionTime=4.000000UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0WideViewAspect=False [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480.0]Mode=1680x1050x32TriLinear=1 [GRAPHICS]AC_SELF_SHADOW=0AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=0ALLOW_SHADER_30=1COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1D3D10=0EFFECTS_QUALITY=2GROUND_SHADOWS=0HIGHMEMFIX=1IMAGE_QUALITY=0LANDING_LIGHTS=1NUM_LIGHTS=8See_Self=1SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693458432SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693458432TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096TEXTURE_QUALITY=9Text_Scroll=1 [JOBSCHEDULER]AffinityMask=14 [sCENERY]DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5LENSFLARE=1MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0 [TERRAIN]AUTOGEN_DENSITY=0DETAIL_TEXTURE=1LOD_RADIUS=8.500000MESH_COMPLEXITY=100MESH_RESOLUTION=23SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29WATER_EFFECTS=4 [Weather]AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=7CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3DETAILED_CLOUDS=1DisableTurbulence=0DownloadWindsAloft=0DynamicWeather=0MaxGustRampSpeed=200MaxGustTime=500MaxVarRampSpeed=75MaxVarTime=50MinGustRampSpeed=1MinGustTime=10MinVarRampSpeed=10MinVarTime=5THERMAL_VISUALS=0TurbulenceScale=1.000000WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.comWeatherServerPort=80WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

Your AffinityMask is set to 14 >> only 3 cores are workingRead HERE for the full story

@OP, You are likely not seeing the same thing in windowed mode as in full screen. If your desktop resolution is lower and/or the AA mode is not supported in windowed mode, you will get an fps increase, but you are not looking at the same quality image.

Your AffinityMask is set to 14 >> only 3 cores are workingRead HERE for the full story

so for an i7 930 what should it be?

it's depending on how much NIC's you have on boardRTM >> http://virtualfsx.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/what-is-affinity-and-how-to-configure/ set to 15