If you have an ATI card, you might have the catalyst control center. I am pretty sure you can cripple or make great gains not only with in game sliders, but these sliders as well. My question for you is.....Geometry Istancing?? There is a tick box for that in the catalyst contol center, is it good to tick or leave off for FSX? I have not tried with it off, and am not home at the moment. I do not really know what the heck it does....so Im not sure. Also if you could let me know your individual slider settings, that would be great, and MUCH appreciated. Just as a comparison. I will post mine when I get home.Danon - - ATI X800XL 256megger. Running 6.10 cats. thanks!!

crap...wrong forum.........hmm, cant move it, guess I will post it again in the hardware forums...sorry..d- -

>Geometry Istancing?? There is a tick box for that in the>catalyst contol center, is it good to tick or leave off for>FSX? I have not tried with it off, and am not home at the>moment. I do not really know what the heck it does....so Im>not sure. AFAIK it should always be on or performance could be degraded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry_instancing).Also, my advice is to get rid of the CCC that is a super-bloated and slow .NET application, and use Ati Tray Tools instead, that provide even more functionality and are more light on the system.Marco

Thanks so much...I am a new ati user, so I am slowly getting to know the ins and outs. I HATE CCC, it is BLOATED and SLOW! Tray tools will be on my box first thing when I get home, thanks for the input, much appreciated. I will also post my slider settings so I can get some opinions for that as well.. Thanks again for your time.danon - -