I can hear that old Etta James tune... "Aaaat laaaaaast....." 
Seriously, here comes finally my long asked-for wished-for begged-for list of fs9.cfg tweaks. 
Most settings match my current ones; some don't and I will try them ASAP.

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Not sure what your talking about... everything in this thread has been posted at over 20 sites I know of and has been in circulation for just about 2 years.

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Not really... It bears a list of things they can try that I have had good results changing but that does not mean it will make anything better.

As I posted earlier... it's a balance of  the entire system including settings, hardware, drivers, textures, updates, etc...

No 2 systems are the same.. even systems with identical hardware will require different tweaks.

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Make sure you install the patch per Microsoft's instructions... the installer must go inside the Microsoft games\Flight Simulator 9  folder and then run from there. If you do not put it inside the FS9 folder before running, it will corrupt your dll files in the update process.

Do not import a FS9.cfg file... start with a 100% fresh one. Boot the sim and make all the settings, close the sim and then make the FS9.cfg edits.

Agreed with Nick!
Also, you may want to make sure your scenery cfg folder is all nice and neat  

By that I mean
1 with 1
2 with 2
3 with 3
etc....


Aye, frame rates and the many stories around it.
The object here is not to see how high it can go, but what works the best with your system.
In reality, you might think that you can run a high number, and you are getting high frame rates, but is everything loading correctly? Is everything clear? Are your tiles loading in a smooth manner because your frame rate is working in conjunction with loading those tiles?
Maybe not because your frame rate is set too high!

Heard the saying, "less is more"?

As long as you are above the 24fps, your eye will not pick any difference up.

Changing your frame rate by 1 or 2 numbers, can change the load times and performance of your sim. The trick is finding your "target frame rate".
FS-GS takes you through a process of finding out exactly what your average frame rate is. From there it is a fine tweak to see exactly where you should be on your fps.

When I hear of people saying, "I get 40, 100, 250 fps, I laugh because right there with that statement, they have no understanding of what this setting is for and how it is integrated into the performance and smoothness of how your sim operates.

Slow down a bit and let the world around you soak in, you don't need to go through life at 250 fps!  

Interesting read!
http://www.steve-lacey.com/blogarchives/2005/11/the_blurries.shtml

Dave

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The x700 is very close to the 9800pro... I would suggest somewhere between 24-28fps but it really depends on the rest of the system.

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I could not tell you that... try starting 24 and bump it up one or two frames after testing for a while.

There is no set "high" or "low" for any card... there are some systems out there using 28 with 9800pro's and the same card runs better @ 22-24 in another system. You have now come to the point wher the FS-GS service is required to calibrate the frames based on the system as it is set up.


Trial and error is the only other way to set frames... and from my year of screwing with it, I found I was off by 4 frames even when I thought I had it perfect.


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Here is where you guys need to understand system balance and the frame lock…

CPU type/CPU speed + Motherboard type + motherboard BIOS settings + Memory amount + memory settings + hard drive type/Hard drive speed + storage system controller + system drivers (all) + video card type + video card setup + O/S setup + FS9 setup + FS9.cfg + FS9 add-on’s + FS9 calibration = FRAME LOCK

Now lets suppose before FS9 calibration you managed to get everything in the above list set PERFECT (With the exception of the hardware and most of the O/S... I didn't and I am an electrical engineer) You still need to calibrate the sim for frames. On top of that, identical electronics can display different performance properties, especially when you put in the mix a O/S that renders a different performance curve on identical hardware!

It must all be in balance and then calibrated for FS9.

Also, You change 1 setting or 1 item above and then:

CHANGE + FS9 Calibration = FRAME LOCK

That’s the bottom line.

Although there are some suggestions that can be made, there is no set value or “range” for frame lock, even on identical hardware systems. Period