Here's my list after hours accumulated during various tests (with an approx. ranking):1. 3D clouds2. the AA and AF settings of your graphics adapter3. AI aircraft4. badly designed scenery5. autogen6. water effects7. shadows for scenery and aircraft8. the mipmap level selected in the FS9 menuAndreas

The 500ft long plane I made in FSDS .....The FS2000 Falklands Scenery (old Payware) ... and it's only a tiny little island :-eekVirus Checkers and FirewallsUltra detailed scenery created for FS2002, using the older methods of scenery creationAC'97 onboard graphics card that refuses to uninstall :-boom. I uninstall it and it comes back :-boom

>AC'97 onboard graphics card that refuses to uninstall :-boom. >I uninstall it and it comes back :-boomYou have to disable it in the BIOS. :)Marco

"GLOBAL MAX TEXTURE" set to high! Denny

"GLOBAL MAX TEXTURE" set to high!What does this impact overall???

My top ten list in no particular order:1. AI Traffic2. Clouds at high resolution full 100% as far as the eye can see3. Complication of 3rd party aircraft (systems, modeling, etc.)4. Complex Scenery5. Video Card not set up properly to what it can handle6. A fragmented Hard Drive7. A full Hard Drive8. Dupicate files (such as AFCAD or other BGLs. sometimes crashes the computer this will cause a frame rate to 0)9. 32bit textures versus DXT textures. I prefer the DXT.10.Programs running in the background. Turn everything off that you don't need.There you have it folks. I couldn't think of anything funny, but it would be great to see an equivialent to Letterman's Top Ten to FS. :DKevin

>>AC'97 onboard graphics card that refuses to uninstall>:-boom. >>I uninstall it and it comes back :-boom>>You have to disable it in the BIOS. :)>>Marco>Thanks ... I'll give it a go :)