I thought originally that my stutters were limited to the PMDG 737, but I'm getting awful stutetrs all over. The mouse even stutters as I try to move it across the screen (very frustrating!!) I used to get smooth performance, but the past couple weeks, it's been awful. I've tried deleting the FS9.cfg to let it build a new one, but no good. I've tried tons of tweaking with RivaTuner with no success. Anyone have any suggestions?Here are my specs...Athlon XP 3000+GeForce 4 Ti 44001024 MB RAMWestern Digital 40 GB 7200 RPMDirectx 9.0cWindows XP Homelots of FS add-onsTim

Tim,Make sure your motherboard drivers are up to date and installed correctly.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

I downloaded the latest VIA 4 in 1 drivers for my Asus A7V8X-X Is that what is meant when one says to download the latest "motherboard drivers?" But after installing that and re-generating the FS9.cfg, it would seem the stutters are mostly gone, but still there a little bit

Yes, good job! Now, the remaining stutters could be many things. Any more details?Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Well, I just read to turn off things like AGP fast write in BIOS...So, I'll give that a try...Thanks for your help. I know the posts about stutters are realllly old.Tim

You might have a trogen running in the background on your computer. Run your virus scanning software to find out. Since IE is so prone to attacks I switched to using Mozilla Firefox... I used to get this kind of thing all the time...

Well, I'll try that too, but I turned off AGP performance control and AGP fast-write and I picked up 10-15 FPS, so I'm pretty happy again. Thanks both you guys...TIm

TimHave you run a scan for spyware?David

can someone please tell me where i can turn off AGP fast-write in my system?i have an asus A7V8X mobo with a Geforce 4 ti4200 128 meg stickthx!

Go into your BIOS and go over to the advanced tab, then go to Chip Configuration. It should be listed in that menu if I remember correctly. (I have the same mobo)

David-How do you run a scan for spyware?Thanks,

Hi Howard,I am not David, but there are many good freeware scanners out there. One is Spybot.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Jim thanks, I am going to give it a try.

download and run first spybot then ad-aware. both freeware programs do great jobs at different parts of the spyware menace. Also try lowering your texture bandwidth multiplyer in fs9.cfg to a lower number, that should get rid of the stutters. try 5 points lower at a time or so. Also check fs9.cfg for a duplicate entry of [display] and use the 2nd entry at the topIf none of that works then update your sound and video drivers

Alex-Thanks a lot. I will give it a try. I don't know why, but the stutters just started. I've got to see what changed.