Guys,ever since I converted to FS9 I have that darn texture shimmering. While my 9700Pro gave a completely stable and quiet picture, in FS9 the carp started. Today I have a 9800XT which shows exactly the asme symptoms. Nothing would make it go away, not even 6xAA which locked everything in FS2K2. Right now I am running the latest Omega's with 4xAA and 8xAF. Anything more is unacceptable performancewise.Anyway, I got used to it. The problem started when I got my new 24" monitor. Everything is a little bigger now :-). Suddenly I noticed that darn shimmering a lot more than before. And now I am hooked. I started to go through all those advanced driver settings like ZBuffer and whoknowswhat. There simply is no cure. My MipMap slider is at 4 btw. A lower value and anything looks like crap. Once you have really noticed it it is driving you nuts. All I do now instead of flying is scanning the ground for flickering. I almost forgot to extend the landing gear on my last flight.Is there no cure? No hidden config setting? Are the original ATIs better? Is there a way to have another LOD level? Or is this the MipMap quality slider in the ATI CP?PLEASE! PLEASE! HELP!This is the very first time I am shouting in this forum :-).Alex

hi,i was wondering if you got any solutions for this? I think i have the same problem.Thanks alot in advance,Matt

try setting mip map at a value of 4. it works for megood luck

it is at 4 :-(

Then try 3. The trade-off will be just a little bit of sharpness (hardly perceptable after one hour of getting used to it). I reckon most of the shimmering will be gone.Have fun!Jaap Verduijn.

I too have shimmering when viewing any objects with a lot of verticle lines in them. Nice clear picture when the aircraft is not moving but of course when you fly you are constantly moving. I believe it is not our computer/video card problem but rather the poor coding in the program that MS uses. Terry

I wonder if you're just more "picky" than most. All cards that don't do AA of alpha-test textures will cause autogen trees to shimmer since the trees are simply 2D alpha-texture placards. However at 1280x1024 or higher and with the mipmap slider at 4, the shimmering is *almost* gone though it certainly is still there if you look for it. Maybe you just need to stop looking for it? :)Nvidia cards support a few special FSAA modes that do AA of such textures but at a performance cost especially when viewing lots of clouds.

It's the FS engine - I've had this forever with my 9800 Pro. Hope it doesn't happen in the next version...

Have you tried using ATI's temporal AA option? It should be available in your video card driver control panel, in the same location as the FSAA and AF settings.

does your card support 1856x1392x32 +16x af? I have a 22" screen and these settings were the best to almost eliminate jaggies or shimmer but only at higher altitudes....an fs9 feature..A disadvantage of a large monitor...

FS9 or ATI or a little of both I suspect. I found that lowering the Mipmap down to "Quality" in the ATI Control Panel really helps. I keep it at 4 in FS9. Randall

Funny that this is popping up again after such a long time. As a sidenote I meanwhile switched to Nvidia (6800GT) an the shimmering is exactly as bad as it had been with the ATI. If I lower the detail to 3 the picture looks like crap.I have tried anything and I guess it is a FS9 feature which can't be cured with driver or any other settings.Alex

I guess the consensus is we have an additional "feature" that needs to be added to FS10!Randall

hi all;wow so much reactions. Thanks for that.I have tried a lot of settings but it always seems to be there. Mip at 0, 1 or 4 is the same. I will try once with temp AA, but i read somewhere that this is only for high-end machines that do not exist yet today. Also i will try to set my resolution (currently 1024*768) a bit higher, but im afraid i will loose frames then.i guess we will have to wait till FS10.Thanks alot for al the help already.Matt

You need to check other factors that impact FPS and stuttering. AI aircraft traffic percentage. If you have it set at 100% that could be a factor. Also weather and cloud rendering has a significant impact.I was having a significant drop in FPS and reduced my AI traffic from 100% to 75, and the stuttering went away.Barry