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SP1 Helped me alot, Its alot smoother.
        Now we need some tweaks to make it even better.Went from 9to10 FPS over Manhatten to 12to15FPS.
Specs
               Processor,Pentium4 with Hyper-Thread 2.8oGhz
               7600GS Graphic Card
                2Gig Memory,PC3200,DDR SDRAM
               

I think it's a little too early to come up with tweaks since not everyone has SP1 installed. It will be a couple more weeks of experimenting until we find a solid formula.

Consider SP1 to be a 'tweak' in itself.

And the thread FSX-SP1 Released now contains a lot of info about SP1.  It's worth reading.

Well... do you really think you need more than 12 FPS? I mean, it's a simulator, not Counter-Strike....  :P

apply the AA from the Nvidia settings at 2x,do not set AntiAsiliasing from inside the game ,It kills all you frames ,I really can't understand why you having 12-15 ,while Im having 20-30 (Middle Hight settings)  :-/

I have scenery complexity (Maxed)
         autogen density (very dense) The rest are set at default.
                                                         Thanks for the tip, it seems a little better.

I have my AA set from my video card but when I try to make my video card do the AF it does not do it, it is as if it is turned off? I am using 7800GTX

Make sure your card is in "Best Quality" or at least "Quality" mode.
If it is set to "Performance" or "Best Performance", some functionnalities like AF gets disabled, or works very bad, to save ressources.

It's is set to Best Quality

[quote]Well... do you really think you need more than 12 FPS? I mean, it's a simulator, not Counter-Strike....

I have my AA set from my video card but when I try to make my video card do the AF it does not do it, it is as if it is turned off? I am using 7800GTX

Try keeping it on Application controlled in the drivers and having it on Anisotropic in the sim. If that causes you problems then turn the ingame setting to Trilinear and then MAX out the Anisotropic filtering in the drivers.

It's is set to Best Quality

Then go into the NVidia control Panel, advanced 3D settings, and make sure the settings about "optimisations" (there are 2 or three of them, they appear only when you choose the "advanced settings" box) are DISABLED ! If they are enabled, the visual quality is reduced as well to save performance, just like when choosing "Performance" mode.