Erm, what Antialising are you using on it, I'm running it at my top res (x1050) and it still looks jagged at 16x multisampling >:(.
I've also had this game for a while, but it was too confusing to figure out how to shoot the missiles + move the camera while maneuvering.
I'm running it at mediumish settings at 1280x1024, 4x AA (ATI card). My PC is pretty old, so that runs it just about fine, slows down a bit if lots is going on though

Missile shooting is all down to watching all the tutorials and then practicing within the quick start missions. As I said, I've still not mastered any of the russian aircraft, and still get shot down straight away in a fight against an AI Su33

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