No Dimi, It's not quite that bad, but it takes either top of the line equipment or lowered settings along with certain adjustments within FSX, or both. We are closer to flawless performance than we have ever been, but the emphasis is on "closer."Kind regards,

Maybe Ivy Bridge?Once can hope...

So, there is nothing that can alleviate this,with regards to hardware/other tweaks,etc?

No, that is not the case. If you get ALL of your hardware, software, configurations, and power supply exactly correctly setup for YOUR particular system . . . AND you fly only at dawn, dusk or night, then you will most certainly have a 100% smooth and microstutter-free experience!Yes, kind of tongue in cheek, but kinda not too. Dimmed lighting (i.e. dawn/dusk/night lighting really goes a long way to this goal) and especially dawn/dusk gets you the wonderful colors in the sky, the lovely urban area lights (ORBX FTX especially), etc, and as I say, bonus--you get the appearance of micro stutter-free experience. This is the sort of thing folks w/o the latest and greatest have to do sometimes--but mainly only when I am in the NGX in Seattle for example. But still, dawn/dusk/night are my preferred times to fly, even if performance is not a concern. My micro stutter problem is really minimal, so I have to think I have things set up pretty good for this rig.

VSeriously we are our own worst enemies - looking at your cfg file you have a FFR of 0.25 but this doesn't work in FSX SP2 - so why is it there? :( Seehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/ptaylor/archive/2007/05/11/tweak-of-the-week.aspx Its yet another superfluous instruction that may be confusing FSX.You may also see a vsync stutter, so if you don't see obtrusive tearing I wouldn't use the tweak, and I'not sure TB actually works in FSX. Does anyone?I don't get microstutters but then I don't tweak the fsx.cfg unnecessarily (HighMemFix and Widescreen Monitor) and I don't force AA or AF in FSX at the driver level.If I have issues with graphics in FSX, I usually let FSX rebuild a clean fsx.cfg nada tweaks, I then open the nvidia control panel and set up my usual FSX settings but enhancing the application for AA/AF, APPLY, but then I then choose 'adjust image settings with preview' and tick ' let the 3D application decide' and 'Apply' and if that fixes the problem I then know its something that I have specifically set for FSX either in the CP (or nvidia inspector) that is an issue. Of course if it doesn't fix the problem then I'm back to square 1 yet again looking for the undefinable cause.Sorry about my list but everything on there has been attributed to micro stutters, but on the web I once saw the following as the most probable cause of microstutters: (gpu timing/drivers/game engine), or just unstable frame-rates from dynamic loading. Macro stutters would probably be HDD related.RegardsPeterH

What the old hands are saying is that with the right equipment, settings and solutions there is a measure of acceptable smoothness and satisfaction, for the most part, most of the time. Some of the time FSX is so sweet it will raise the hair on the back of your neck. Other times, you may wish you had kept collecting postage stamps.Kind regards,

Guys thanx for your feedback and advice,it is very much appreciated!I will try some of your suggestions.Peter,should I just delete the FFR entry completely,or is there a default value?I must admit I am confused, as you hear conflicting reports about the efficacy of certain "tweaks".Cheers.

bp=0 + 30fps internal limiter cured microstuttering on my system

Like he said, get rid of that 25,000,000 or whatever it was BP.

Under bufferpools, only Usepools=0You can try lowering FFTF to some .10 - .15, that might give you less stutters - be aware though, might cause blurries. exactly number for your configuration must be tested, noone can give you the right number.As everyone said, FSX will always have Microstutters, its just the way it is. And I strongly believe that's how it's always gonna be.

intel i7GTX4708gb RamWin7 64bit (ultimate)No services running on startup apart from nv display driver service.NV Inspector:AA: 8SQAF: 8VSync: OnTrippleBuff: On

What proc speed are you using ?FSX runs smoother with high oc settings and it looks like your cpu isn't oc or not oc very much.Try with 4.0 Ghz . If that is working try going up to 4.5 in 100 Mhz steps.Then delete your fsx.cfg file and let FSX built a new one.These are the tweaks that make my FSXC smooth :( Add them one at the time and do s test flight ( a saved flight eg ) )[GRAPHICS]HIGHMEMFIX=1[Main]FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.25[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.0]MipBias=6[sCENERY]ObjectsToBatchPerFrame=33MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3SmallPartRejectRadius=8[TERRAIN]LOD_RADIUS=5.000000MESH_COMPLEXITY=70MESH_RESOLUTION=21[JOBSCHEDULER]AffinityMask=14[bufferPools]RejectThreshold=98304Beside that try :1 Setting AA to 42 Water to 1x Low3 FPS to 204 LOD 4.55 Mesh complexity 706 FTFF set to 0.25 is a good startIf you are satisfied you can set the above sliders to higher settings.Good luck !

Thank you all for your help!!Gerard thanks for replying!I am running it at stock 3.6ghz.Will try your settings and suggestion to overclock the cpu if I can.Fps is not really a major concern as long as there is some fluidity.Every other game i have is maxed out and running awesome!I know FSX is very demanding.If I can get rid of that small stuttering I would be happy!It seems to happen more while the aircraft is turning!!Cheers!

Making a video with a camera or phone would help to determine if normal or not.

Microstutters in FSX;The one that least people talk about, that was most effective in removing microstutters for me;-(i7 systems, operating Win 7 only):"Disabling Core Parking in Win 7"http://ultimatecompu....php?f=7&t=3644Cheers.

Limiting the frame rate to a lower minimal type value (25fps) helped reduce my stuttering a bunch.

i had the same cfg file and in the past also some stutters as you mentioned.after fine tuning I found the way to no-stutters.only small ones in relation to your cfg file.They wereaffinitymask=14bp=0 plus high water2x in fsxTBM=10textmax =21upper framerate =25time fraction etc =0.25 and nvidia 8xS plus 2grid