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Really looking forward to this one! However I'd wish you were right, you are exactly 100% wrong on both.

Guys,Thank you so much for your suggestions. Let me be clear, that I am not asking for 30-40-50FPS, as my AI is so extensive that especially at larger airports, the amount of data the computer has to deal with is enormous. So yes, with my rig FS9 should 'scream' and 'rock' at solid 40FPS. And so it does, flying the default C172 in a faraway country without AI on a default airport. But I do believe that an aircraft as complex as the E-jet, combined with mesh, landclass, scenery as complex as I have currently installed and 45GB of AI aircraft, still can give a modern computer a hard time. But 7-8 FPS is simply ridiculous, so that's why I came here.So today I tried various things.I rechecked my OC settings. My processor is now running at 3,6GHZ (400MHz, 9.0 multiplier) with memory overclocked from 400MHz to 533.3 MHZ (giving 1066MHz DDR2 memory). My memory-clock had a weird value before, this is now corrected it seems. All temps are stable and far below critical, since I have one beast of a cooler installed.I played FS9 in compatibility mode (WinXP SP2), I removed it. It made me having to reset my joystick assignments, since FSUIPC had lost everything for some stupid reason.I checked the version numbers of my add-ons. Especially Aerosoft is notorious for updating their software without mentioning it to their customers. Updated Munich from 1.01 to 1.03, furthermore STR (close to MUC), AYT and ORY needed updating. I have a netbook connected to my FS-pc, which runs ActiveSky and AIsmooth through WideFS.But I also had setup a shared internetconnection, which I now removed. both computers use their own wi-fi antennas now.I retried, and now I am running 15-20FPS at MUC while taxiing. I think that is acceptable, having 45GB of AI aircraft installed flying according to the most up-to-date AIG fp's?Landing in Aerosoft's BCN gave me a solid 24.9FPS (locked 25).I also installed the Process Monitor. I couldn't really find out how to use it, but I saw fs9.exe was constantly looking for texture.CFG, but failing to find it. Now, the confusing thing is, I think this 'CFG' can mean two things:- An AI-aircraft of Condor, which is missing its texture-folder- A config-file named texture.cfgThe first option is practically impossible, since my AI traffic is very, very extensive BUT very well maintained, using several programs like FlightSim manager and Aircraft Manager, I am 99,99% sure a missing texture folder is not possible.But the latter is also difficult, because as far as I know, FS2004, does not have a texture.cfg by default?!Does anybody know what is happening here, and why? Is this a problem? Rgds,Erik

Hey guys,When I fire up my sim for a flight on Feelthere's E195 for Münich-Barcelona for example, with broken cloud cover, directly after loading FS I have about 14-16 FPS.Which is reasonable, considering:-my rigCore2Duo E8400 @ 3.8GHzNvidia GTS250 512MB OC4GB OCZ RAM500GB 16MB-cache 7.200rpm HDD with Win7 Pro500GB 32MB-cache 10.000rpm HDD with FS9.1-my addonsAerosoft Münich 2010Feelthere E-jets v2 (SP2)AESUltimate Terrain EuropeFSGlobal 2010ActiveCamera 2004Real Environment Xtreme for FS2004 + OverDrive (DXT3 textures)ActiveSky Evolution (through WideFS on Asus EeePC)ALL AIG and RATS flightplans for AI installed, with shared lightmaps and all textures in DXT3 without MIPS.-my settings8xS Combined AA16x AFTrilinear filtering1680x1050x32 resolutionBUT:As time goes on, and my pax are boarding my aircraft, more and more FPS drops. After 20-30 minutes, I have only 6-8 FPS left which makes my flightsim practically useless. So by the time my aircraft is set up and pax are strapped in, flying is simply not possible any more and I have to cancel the flight due to technical problems with the aircraft. (or rather, the PC that is simulating it)When I fly an aircraft like the lately released F-86 Sabre, with extremely detailed external model and VC, no matter what weather conditions I choose and at which airport I fly, I have steady 24,9FPS (locked 25). Which makes me suspect it's something with the aircraft. I understand the E-jet is heavier due to its advanced systems, but why do the FPS decrease with time?I am 100% positive my AI is in perfect order and there are no missing or corrupt textures, effects or models whatsoever. What could be the culprit of this? I suspect that with the above written specs, my PC should be easily running FS9 close to 20FPS in this scenario, no?I hope you guys can help me!Rgds,Erik Brouwer

Actually, the computers running the FCS and ADIRU on every Airbus are based on i386 processors, which are about 20 times as slow as the processor in nowadays modern home-PC. Wether FSX is a suitable platform is an interesting question, but PC performance capabilities certainly are in no way limiting FBW simulation.