FS 2004 stability

[mwhi]

Hi

I have a new AMD 64 3200 a Geforce 6600GT graphics card and 1 GB of RAM and Foxconn 755/A01 motherboard, but I can't get simulator 2004 to function smoothly without juddering when turns or a complete loop are made.

I have tried:

Every BIOS setting imaginable.

Re-installing

Deleting the fs9.cfg file so that a new one is created

Turning down all the settings to medium low, reducing cloud cover, killing other traffic movement, endless fiddling with the framerate slider etc etc.

Installing the latest Nvidia drivers

Overclocking the video card to run at 1 Ghz

Overclocking the AMD processor to 215 mhz

Endless fiddling with the Nvidea driver options.

Lowering the screen resolution.

And on and on and on for two weeks

I really can't crack this and wonder if anyone has any idea what might be wrong.  I got it smoother on the lower game settings the other day, then when I tried it this morning it was back to it's usually juddery self.

I find it hard to come to terms with the fact that I have a new everything good graphics card and powerful AMD processor yet this game resuses to consistantly run smoothly.  In all other respects the processor gives jaw dropping power compared to the old Athlon 2000+ that it replaced and I am really at my wits end to explain this problem with FS 2004.

Is there anybody out there that has a clue as to what might be wrong?  I am beginning to suspect that AMD processors are not much good with simulator 2004, as I believe this game is processor intensive.  Oh yes, the operating system is good old Windows XP professional.

[Ecko]

Dude, Ive got an Intel P4 3.4 GHz, 2048 Mb PC3200 Ram, GeForce 6800 GT 256 Mb, and I can't run the damn thing smoothly either. But after a while with Microsofts Flight simulator series, you realize you just have to give up on tweaking the game and run it as smoothly as you can.

[JBaymore]

Try this guys (read down to the fifht or sixth posting or so):

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=COF;action=display;num=1114917120


best,

.................john

[mwhi]

Hi

Hi John

Thanks for the help and I tried downloading the latency prog but my VGA setting is 32.  I tried 64 but it did nothing.  In fact all the settings were low except PCI which is 99.

Mike

[JBaymore]

OK.... I'm stumped.  Sorry.

best,

................john