maybe time for a new monitor

[tomtombaz]

hi
i have just brought a new dell 8400 p4(3.4) 1gb ram and 850xt pci-x graphics card with latest drivers.
But all does not seem to well
I am still using my old tft monitor+tv must be nearly 3 years old could it be the monitor draging down the performance and what monitors (refresh rates) seem to be popular for flight sim
ta much for any help

[beaky]

Very unlikely your monitor is dragging down performance... as long as it can refresh at 60 Hz or better, you should be OK, I think.  Might be something else; not uncommon with a new setup! Go back and check everything else, like all the stuff Windows runs in the background all the time. etc. Another real helpful thing I learned was to do antialiasing through your video card's software, not the sim. Most cards are happier that way.
But if you're going to upgrade (and why not?), the best refresh freq is whatever your new monitor supports at the resolution you want to display. For FS like any other program, higher is good!!
For example: I have a nice NEC CRT that'll do 85Hz max. My graphics card will do that at 1024x768, so that's how I've got it set up. Looks great.
I normally have resolution at 1280x1024, but for FS it just works better at 1024x768 with my rig. For one thing, the user interface text is too small at 1280x1024...

[C]

I've had similar issues with my new Dell (almost identical basic spec to yours) - my graphics issues were sorted by resetting to default MSFS settings (then just re-adjusting the settings in the sim). Its happened a couple of times getting small delays in the display, but when I reset to defaults and re-adjust the settings I go back to rediculously high frame rates straight away...

[the_autopilot]

hi
i have just brought a new dell 8400 p4(3.4) 1gb ram and 850xt pci-x graphics card with latest drivers.
But all does not seem to well
I am still using my old tft monitor+tv must be nearly 3 years old could it be the monitor draging down the performance and what monitors (refresh rates) seem to be popular for flight sim
ta much for any help

TFT moniters only need a 60 hz b/c refresh rates don't affect them.

LCD and CRT's are both ok for simulator, if you can afford a good LCD with DVI inputs, then its image quality will be better than any CRT of the same size.

[tomtombaz]

thanks for some ideas
will try them but i would love a new 20" monitor

[marick626]

just buy a KDSusa 19" and your problems shall be over (I think)