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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | One GREAT card ....or two Good cards?
DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 16 2011 23:32 ET by Michael Brown
I'm pretty computer savvy all around .... but I have a question that is probably for someone who really knows the idiosyncrasy of PCI-E bus's, CPU data flows, etc., etc.

I'm just starting to put together a new system centered around a P67 mobo and i7-2600K processor with probably 12Gs of RAM (I'd like to get Intel's 6 core but at ~$1K no way). My question is, what would be my most bang for my buck...sort of a cost to benefit analysis here...one real high end card or two lesser cards in SLI? .....I'm thinking frame rates here, maximum scenery and all. I want all settings maxed, all the time.

So for you guys that know systems down to their resistors & capacitors what are your thoughts? ....need more info from me?, just ask cool


DVA8993
Captain, B747-400

Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"KJBR go Red Wolves"
Washington, DC

188 legs, 845.3 hours
62 legs, 214.0 hours online
188 legs, 845.3 hours ACARS
205 legs, 866.8 hours total
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 01:15 ET by William Stroud
FSX has never been known to scale well to SLI, and there are some instability caveats to boot. Are you going to be gaming outside of FSX?


DVA5656
Captain, B757-200

Joined on February 08 2008
Everett 500 Club
Online Six Century Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club

"||||"
Atlanta, GA USA

1,428 legs, 4,795.2 hours
629 legs, 2,134.7 hours online
1,316 legs, 4,471.3 hours ACARS
13 legs, 27.6 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 02:29 ET by Alex Dean
Definitely get an NVIDIA card over an ATI. They are much better for FS. I just bought an EVGA GTX 570 today for only $380. It runs FSX like a beast. I recommend this card to anyone running FSX. (or FS9 of course)

Alex Dean

Captain, B757-200
DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 10:24 ET by Michael Brown
William Stroud wrote:

FSX has never been known to scale well to SLI, and there are some instability caveats to boot. Are you going to be gaming outside of FSX?


Maybe ....mostly FSX though.


DVA8993
Captain, B747-400

Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"KJBR go Red Wolves"
Washington, DC

188 legs, 845.3 hours
62 legs, 214.0 hours online
188 legs, 845.3 hours ACARS
205 legs, 866.8 hours total
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 11:15 ET by William Stroud
I would go for the single best card, in that case. Remember, too, that single GPU cards do better with FSX for whatever reason. To future proof, I might say something different, but the 580 is looking like a beast for FSX.


DVA6356
Senior Captain, A350-900
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on September 05 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Century Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
White Knuckles Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Panda Club

"Now, where's the rice at?"
Atlanta, GA

3,768 legs, 35,191.3 hours
109 legs, 605.9 hours online
3,761 legs, 35,127.7 hours ACARS
40 legs, 88.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2011 01:47 ET by Chuong Nguyen
gtx570 is a single GPU card?


DVA7899
Captain, B737-800

Joined on October 29 2009
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"PMDG or go home :)"
Springfield, MO USA

304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs, 682.2 hours online
303 legs, 740.0 hours ACARS
30 legs, 47.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2011 02:07 ET by Skylar Macminn
Chuong Nguyen wrote:

gtx570 is a single GPU card?


The GPU's in the 400 and 500 (Refresh series) are single gpu


DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on August 17 2005
Century Club

"What's that button for? OOPs"
Erwin, TN USA

122 legs, 206.7 hours
1 legs, 1.1 hours online
1 legs, 1.2 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2011 17:56 ET by John Swisher
Michael if you are only running FSX(FS9), go the single card route and put the difference in either CPU or SSD. They will make more difference than SLI anyday. I vote for staying with nvidia also.

John Swisher

Captain, B737-800

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