>I'm puzzled that neither Phil nor those folks on the Beta list>have not provide us with some more information on how we might>be able to solve this. Surely at least one or two of the Beta>folks ran into this problem??Do you suppose that just maybe after working on SP1 non-stop for eight weeks along with massive overtime hours that they just might want to take some much needed time off and relax a bit? :)

>Come on Microsoft, there is no way you can shrug this problem>off. This is so widespread that it's laughable. SP1 gave most>of us a hefty performance increase, but what is that really>worth if we can't enjoy it.:-( It's not nearly as "wide spread" as you seem to believe. Just because there's a long thread doesn't equate to "wide spread." Counting just those who've self-identified, that makes a total of four...

It seems like textures are being loaded in the first place but not being updated. However, I don't understand why textures need to be updated if I'm still in the same area and they are already loaded/displayed correctly... I tried all tweaks to no avail. I know my machine is mid-range (will wait for dx10 prices to settle down) but I think I should be able to run it smoothly without autogen. I will roll back to RTM FSX until the cure is found, as I don't have much time for tweaks and would rather be flying than tweaking. Cheers,=S.V.=eMachines T5026/P4/3.07GHz/1Gb RAM/160Gb S-ATA HDD/Windows XP Home SP2/ATI RADEON 9250 PCI 256Mb/ViewSonic VX910 19' 1280x1024/Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2

There are countless threads on various forums on the subject. I'm no rocket scientist but I think that should send up a red flag. Believe me, it is wide spread. If there was a poll made on the subject, I guarantee the number of people with blurries would far outweigh the people without.

"(...) Post a couple of pictures for us (...)"I'll make some, later this weekend. In the meantime there's one attached that I made yesterday. It doesn't show much scenery, but still enough to see that it's quite sharp.Cheers!Jaap.

No problems with blurries or FPS over here. It looks like i am GPU limited by the resolution and dual monitor setup. A GTX (and Vista) is on the way - it should be possible then to increase visual settings within FSX and the CP.The only tweak i am using is trees per cell at 2000. FPS are locked at 30.1. Screen Resolution in FSX - 1920 x 1200 x 322. Video Card's Control Panel: CCC 7.4a. Anti aliasing - 4x adaptive (performance)b. Anisotropic Filtering - 8x (no high quality)c. Image Setting -d. Vertical Sync - Application Controllede. Force mipmaps - Performancef. Conformant texture clamp --g. Extension limit -- h. Hardware Acceleration -- i. Trilinear Optimization -- j. Anisotropic mip filter optimization --k. Anisotropic sample optimization -- l. Triple Buffering -- m. Negative LOD bias -- n. Thread optimization -- 3. FSX Graphics Settings:a. Filtering - Anisotropic b. Anti aliasing - offc. Global Texture Resolution - maxd. Lens Flare - offe. Light Bloom - offf. Advanced animations - maxFSX Aircraft Settings:h. 3D or 2D Cockpit - VCi. show cockpit tool tips - offj. high resolution 3D Virtual cockpit - onk. Aircraft casts shadows on the ground - onl. Aircraft casts shadows on itself - offm. Aircraft landing lights illuminate ground - onFSX Scenery Settings:n. Level of Detail Radius - maxo. Mesh Complexity - maxp. Mesh Resolution - 10 meterq. Texture Resolution - 1 meterr. Water Effects - 2xLows. Land Detail Textures - maxt. Scenery Complexity - maxu. Auto Gen density - very densev. Ground Scenery Shadows - offw. Special effects detail - maxFSX Weather Settings:x. Cloud draw distance - 90 nmy. Thermal Visualization - naturalz. Cloud Detail & coverage density - mediumFSX Traffic Settings:aa. Airline Traffic density - none (or set to 25%)ab. General Aviation Traffic - 80%ac. Airport Vehicle Density - mediumad. Road Vehicles - 18%ae. Ships and Ferries - noneaf. Leisure Boats - noneConroe E6600 @ 3.6 Ghz water cooledFSB 1600P5WDG2 WS Professional F2-8500PHU2-2GBHZ CL 4-4-4-55 x WD 2500 KS 16 MB S-ATA2 (4 x in RAID 10)Enermax Galaxy 1000 WattX1900XT @ 690/1600 Mhz water cooled24" Benq FP241 6ms LCD @ 1920x1200x322 x 19" Samsung 970P 6ms LCD @ 1280x1024x32 (1x on the client PC)Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme MusicSuper Pi 1M - 14.3 secOS: Windows XP SP2Heiko

Everyone irrespective of computer or OS will get those blurries even after you have tweaked yourself to heaven. Simple as that. Some will get it sooner, some will get it later and yet some will get it after they change views or place or aircraft. Fly continously for reasonable amount of time and you'll get it. Thats the way this software is after SP1.

>Everyone irrespective of computer or OS will get those>blurries even after you have tweaked yourself to heaven.>Simple as that. Some will get it sooner, some will get it>later and yet some will get it after they change views or>place or aircraft. Fly continously for reasonable amount of>time and you'll get it. Thats the way this software is after>SP1. Everyone except me ? I posted settings and specs above.Heiko

"(...) you will always have a certain form of blur... (...)"Sure, and on account of the screen picture consisting of individual dots AKA pixels, the view will ALWAYS be granulated if you look close enough.Andr

Yes that is true, I understand, but there are so many different hardware/driver combinations...Some users with older hardware don't have blurries, then we see users with E6600's and higher having problems....I have no idea...Mine is weird, because turning on or off autogen doesn't make a dang difference for blurries - the tiles don't load faster with autogen off or vice versa...Not to mention locking my FPS yields a 5 or more FPS drop compared to unlimited. Say I can set unlimited and it will hit 30FPS 95% of the time. Well, if I lock it at 30, I'll only see 22-25 FPS....strange..In windowed mode, hah, full screen is a different animal....I get HUGE fluctuations in FPS in full screen!DANG IT, I just want to enjoy some FSimming!!!All I do is tweak is to get a decent smooth FPS experience....ARGH!

>Fly continously for reasonable amount of time and you'll get [the blurries].What do you consider to be a reasonable amount of time? I've just completed an hour long flight in real-time and was changing views throughout. No blurries. The terrain textures remained sharp and clear for the duration of the flight.

>If this thread is short, or non-existent, we'll probably know>the answer many suspect. Seriously, with SP-1, if your>textures are loading promptly without blurriness... please let>us know your rig specs and/or what you have done to improve or>elliminate the problem. >>I have to go work; I hope there is some good news when I get>back.>>Thanks, SteveNope almost no blurries :-)Andr

Hi Yarp,You can always get rid of the blurries like I'm doing. I'm having a plastic eye lens fitted next week (cataract problem). John.PS I always get the blurries after a few VBs as well ;-)

I guess that most users without the blurries are off enjoying FSX and SP1. Its only those with problems that reach out on the forum. Well, gentlemen (and ladies), I hate to say this but common sense should prevail. We are all running the same code (I hope) but in different machines. As many users don't have the blurries then it must be the machine/software setup causing the issue. So where do the Microsoft's development team responsibilites end, after they have visited your home and tailored your PC and software setup to work with their software? Keep in mind that they are a software development team not a team of computer performance analystsThese problems will be solved by cooperation, contribution and self help. I doubt that there will be a magic wand fothcoming.JohnPS I don't have the blurries (I don't know why), I'm just having a break from enjoying FSX.

No blurries or stutters :-)Mobo: Asus P5W DH DeluxeCPU: Intel X6800 (OC to 3.3)RAM: 4GB CorsairGraphics: BFG 8800GTXWinXP ProFSX installed on separate disk (Raptor).Applied tweaks in fsx.cfg file:ForceFullScreenVSync=FalseForceVSync=FalseFIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.33 (which is the default)Ulf B