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DVA7168
Captain, B747-400
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Northeastern United States

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107 legs, 366.5 hours online
237 legs, 995.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on January 10 2011 22:55 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Hi, guy question: i wanna Update my video card, right now i have Nvidea Geforce 9800,im try to buy another ones like GTX 460 1GB GDDR5, GTX 460 768MB GDDR5, or GTX 460 SE .

This my pc:XP Professional Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU
E2160 @ 1.80GHz
1.79 GHz, 3.00GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension
Power Suppl.500w
Tot physical Memory 4.096.00 MB
Available Virtual Memory 2.46 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.50 GB

Now, with this system can i use ay of this three video card? (GTX 460 1GB GDDR5, GTX 460 768MB GDDR5, or GTX 460 SE),and, which one can i use. If u guy, need more information about my system ,let me know.

TKS, SAL

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

DVA9280
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 20 2010

Staten Island, NY USA

5 legs, 6.8 hours
2 legs, 3.4 hours online
5 legs, 6.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 12 2011 04:52 ET by Steven Guadalupe

What is the Make & Model# of your PC?

Steven Guadalupe

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 12 2011 15:08 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Dell vostro 200, steven.

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

DVA9280
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 20 2010

Staten Island, NY USA

5 legs, 6.8 hours
2 legs, 3.4 hours online
5 legs, 6.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 12 2011 18:00 ET by Steven Guadalupe

Sal,

If you have the Dell Vostro 200 "Full Size Tower" Then all of these cards would work fine. You may need to upgrade your power supply as well (these cards require a minimum of 450W power supply).

The best of the three is GTX 460 1GB GDDR5, Followed by GTX 460 SE, and in last is the GTX 460 768MB GDDR5.

I currently have the 1GB GDDR5 and it was worth every penny.

If you have a slim tower or a mini tower the cards you listed will not work because of their size.

I used a Dell Vostro 200 Full size to look up the specs you listed.

If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Steven Guadalupe

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 13 2011 14:49 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

Yeah,Steven, i have the mini tower, than..no luck , i can't use,right? any either suggestion?

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

DVA9203
Captain, B747-400
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Joined on November 20 2010
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"You can't take the sky from me"
Soda Springs, ID

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222 legs, 623.5 hours online
402 legs, 1,602.6 hours ACARS
15 legs, 40.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 23 2011 09:36 ET by Jacob Epperly

Which flight simulator are you running? If you're trying to get better performance for FSX, you might look into a better processor, or overclocking your current processor, first. FSX is very processor-intensive, bringing even moderately good systems to their knees. Upgrading or overclocking the processor will greatly improve performance.
In terms of video cards, you could look into getting a second 9800 card installed, and enabling SLI (dual graphics cards). Make sure it's the same clock speeds and memory size as the first card, and if possible the same brand. This will maximize performance. If you do it right, the graphics driver will basically make the two cards work together as one card that is much more powerful than the original card. (There are several tutorials online on how to set this up properly.) If you don't do it right, the system will show them as two separate cards. Since FSX (and FS2004) only use one graphics card, you might as well not have the second one.
If I'm wrong on any of this, correct me please.

Jacob Epperly (DVA9203)

DVA9280
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on December 20 2010

Staten Island, NY USA

5 legs, 6.8 hours
2 legs, 3.4 hours online
5 legs, 6.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 23 2011 19:24 ET by Steven Guadalupe

The mini Dell Tower has several cards available I will post more as soon as I get the specs A pretty decent one is
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-PCI-Express-CrossFireX-Display-HD577XZMF3/dp/B003YL0WPU

The options Jacob are also possibilities, FSX(and possibly FS2004 are CPU Hungry programs (similar to how Windows Vista is RAM Hungry). I will let you know by Tuesday What solutions I can find for you.

Steven Guadalupe

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 26 2011 16:46 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

TKS,Steven. and tks u too Jacob

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

DVA7484
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 01 2009
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"Chinook crews carry everything!"
Charter Township of Clinton, MI

262 legs, 1,116.0 hours
232 legs, 995.9 hours online
260 legs, 1,104.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 30 2011 08:14 ET by David Smith

I bought the GTX 460. So far I have realized very little difference between it and the HD4650 that I replaced. I have found very little help as to setting it up for FSX and the best I have seen out of the card is the default settings along with some tips from Jesus Altuve. These tips were for the FSX configuration file only. The card can be cooked (that's what I call overclocking) and the only setting I have increased, so far, has been the "Graphics Clock" speed. It is set, by default, at 650 so I bumped it up to 800. A couple hundred bucks is a lot these days so I would advise you to really do your home work before buying anything.

David Smith (DVA7484)

Posted onPost created on January 30 2011 23:05 ET by Salvatore Catanzaro

tks, David im going to thing about it.

Salvatore Catanzaro

Captain, B747-400

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