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DVA2835
Captain, MD-88

Joined on January 19 2006
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Huntington, WV USA

337 legs, 223.8 hours
290 legs, 191.1 hours online
326 legs, 215.0 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 22 2011 18:50 ET by Ralph Lawhon

I have a studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7-930 processor [L2 Cache 2.80GHz] The video card is a G310 512 mb DDR3 64 bit. Is this card good for FSX windows 7 or should I consider an update?
Thanks

Ralph Lawhon (DVA2835)

DVA8993
Captain, B747-400

Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
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"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 23 2011 00:46 ET by William Stroud

Do you know what kind of power supply you have? If you're not wanting to spend too much, the GTX 460 and GTX 570 are both good nvidia cards.

William Stroud (DVA8993)

AFV348
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 13 2006
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Northeastern United States

536 legs, 1,889.5 hours
443 legs, 1,401.1 hours online
515 legs, 1,789.3 hours ACARS
20 legs, 68.7 hours event
842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on January 23 2011 01:09 ET by Michael Schlabowske

I just picked up a brand new PNY GTX 460 off ebay for 140 bucks!!! Has better specs then the card I was going to go with originally so i am happy. But Im also stepping back to Nvidia after having less then stellar results with this XFX HD5870xxx card. Bottom line, get the best that you can afford, general rule of thumb, stay away from the newest technology as you usually pay waaay more for that.

Posted onPost created on January 23 2011 19:24 ET by Ralph Lawhon

I just ordered a Radeon 5750 Video card from Dell. Any comments about this card?
Thanks guys

Ralph Lawhon (DVA2835)

DVA4595
Senior Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on June 15 2007
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Cumming, GA

1,370 legs, 1,903.7 hours
1,273 legs, 1,764.9 hours online
1,323 legs, 1,832.7 hours ACARS
52 legs, 95.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 10.8 hours

Posted onPost created on January 25 2011 01:13 ET by Mark Springsteen

What I have read recently is the ATI HD5800 series and up cards have improved a lot over the earlier versions. You can search on google and find some nice articles on the two cards. From what I read the Nvidia cards are slightly better on frames (5 to 10%) but they are usually more expensive and take more power and generate more heat over their ATI counterparts. I have had both and currently have an ATI HD5850 which has given me great service so far. I have had two Nvidia cards go out on me in the past three years, so there may be something to this heat issue. The latest ATI drivers 10.1 and up seem to have improved my framerates slightly which is always nice.

Mark Springsteen (DVA4595)

DVA2101
Captain, B767-300

Joined on December 09 2004
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KY USA

417 legs, 923.2 hours
292 legs, 587.9 hours online
318 legs, 697.3 hours ACARS
3 legs, 7.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 25 2011 07:37 ET by Adam Disselkamp

I just bought a 460 yesterday having a hard time setting up the 3d settings to get rid of the jaggies. I did however like my ATI 5750 card and a my go back to it depending on what I can get this NVIDIA 460 to do. You should note I'm running FS9 maxed out averaging 46 frames with just minimal addons like fleet library planes.

Adam Disselkamp

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on January 25 2011 09:21 ET by Ralph Lawhon

I will post my findings after I run the card for awhile.

Ralph Lawhon (DVA2835)

Posted onPost created on January 29 2011 18:06 ET by Ralph Lawhon

OK here is my report;
At night flying the Air creation ultra light over Las Vegas at night I got between 50 and 90 frames per Sec. I had everything maxed [almost]. This so far is the best I have seen on FSX from any of my computers.

Ralph Lawhon (DVA2835)

Posted onPost created on January 29 2011 18:42 ET by Michael Schlabowske

Adam Disselkamp wrote:

I just bought a 460 yesterday having a hard time setting up the 3d settings to get rid of the jaggies. I did however like my ATI 5750 card and a my go back to it depending on what I can get this NVIDIA 460 to do. You should note I'm running FS9 maxed out averaging 46 frames with just minimal addons like fleet library planes.

Try running autility called Nvidia Inspector. do a quick google search for fsx related articles on it and you will find some nice seeting to run to get rid of the jaggies with the newest drivers for it.

take a look
http://forum.avsim.net/topic/291720-how-to-set-aa-in-fs9-and-fsx-for-nvidias-2xxxx-drivers-now-with-working-transparency-aa/

DVA8830
Captain, B757-200

Joined on July 12 2010
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Mount Jackson, VA

242 legs, 463.9 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
242 legs, 463.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 07 2011 15:38 ET by Tom Preziuso

not being familiar with FMC panels the way I should be, I have read how to use the vasFMC but bot really sure what the heck I'm doing.

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

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