this is the problem.. in short.. friends computer, running xphome with abosolutly no spyware scanned it through and through.. fresh install fs9..no useless services/programs antivir etc.. running in the background..running the latest drivers computer is a celeron 2.2GHz 512mb Ram with via apollo chipset...he runs a saphire radeon 9600 and get this...he gets an amazing performance from 1 FRAME PER SEC!!! regardless what settings he puts fs9..everything sparse.. no ia no nada.. default cessna this aint right i mean 1fps... any ideas??? anyoneBrian

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thx for the reply greg, but allready saw that thread.. read many on the board till no avail...directx is checked gives no errors.. clean system.. installed drivers in proper order.. any1 else suggestions? SP1 is installed, SP2 NOT.

I would say that he may have some sort of configuration problem. If you go into the device manager are there any devices showing a problem? Also sometimes running the latest drivers for everything is not the best way to go, sometimes an older driver will provide better performance. First I would check the device manager and make sure everything is good, then remove FS9 delete all of the left behind files and re-install. Before installing any add-ons check the performance, if it is good then start adding the add-ons back in. If not post back here and I will walk you through some steps to find out what may be wrong. Edit: You can reach me directly at [email protected] Olsonhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpg

You missed to point of the link. The final solution was to install the motherboard drivers. Your friend may need to re-install the motherboard drivers based on his chip set(VIA,Sis and so on).Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Hey Jim.. no yeaj i know.. he did that.....this has to be the wierdest things ever....AMD64 3200 - ASUS K8V SE - ASUS RADEON 9800XT - SB AUDIGY 2ZS - 1.5GB CORSAIR XMS - RUNNING XP RPO ON A 320GB BUNCH OF SATA DRIVES

Righty Philip.. will report back, gonna check out the pc again nowAMD64 3200 - ASUS K8V SE - ASUS RADEON 9800XT - SB AUDIGY 2ZS - 1.5GB CORSAIR XMS - RUNNING XP RPO ON A 320GB BUNCH OF SATA DRIVES

I should be here for another hour or so and then I am going to try and get some sleep, yes I have been up all night! I am in the process of building a website for a company which includes creating a logo from scratch, on top of that I am also building a PC for one customer, trouble shooting another and trying to price out the best systems for another 3 customers, so I have been busy tonight. I guess it is true that there is no rest for the wicked. Hopefully you can catch me before I go to bed but if not I am only going to get a couple of hours of sleep so I should be back soon. You can either post here or email me direct. Hopefully we can get your friend fixed up!Philip Olsonhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpg

Well checked evrything out.. took the machine apart...turns out he had been overclocking and not telling me about it...the card was pretty much fried when i took it out you could see.. black (burn) marks on the bottom of the card and the cooler was so full of dust it wouldn't even work anymore ...well he got a new card now and it runs ok now..anyway thanks guys.. thanks PhilipAMD64 3200 - ASUS K8V SE - ASUS RADEON 9800XT - SB AUDIGY 2 - 1.5GB CORSAIR XMS - RUNNING XP PRO ON A 320GB BUNCH OF SATA DRIVES

Too bad about the burned card, but I am glad that you got things back in order! Hey it was no problem, glad to help my fellow simmers!Philip Olsonhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpg