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DVA8149
Captain, B767-300
OLP

Joined on September 15 2009
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"Whatever you do, do with excellence"
Miamisburg, OH USA

333 legs, 1,045.3 hours
5 legs, 9.5 hours online
333 legs, 1,045.3 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 11:46 ET by Joe Smith

I currently have a Nvidia 8600 video card and am looking to upgrade. Has anyone had any experience with a GT240? I think it might be a little outdated but would it be good for FSX? Also, is there any big difference between a GTX460 and a GTX480? I hear a lot of pilots talking about GTX460's but they can get a little pricey. The GT240 is more in my price rangebut not sure if it would work well with FSX. I just want to get something that will work with FSX without any stutters. Any advise would be great appreciated. Many thanks!

Joe Smith

Captain, B767-300

DVA6863
Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on December 29 2008
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Nashua, NH

1,085 legs, 2,955.0 hours
76 legs, 215.8 hours online
1,062 legs, 2,896.3 hours ACARS
5 legs, 13.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 16:49 ET by Dylan Dworsky

What are your system's specs? Usually graphics cards don't help a ton with flight sim.

Dylan Dworsky

Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 16:57 ET by Joe Smith

Dell XPS 410 Quad Core Q6600 (2.4 GHZ)
256MB nVidia 8600 GTS
4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHZ-4x1GB
Vista Home Premium OS

Joe Smith

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 18:01 ET by Dylan Dworsky

I might look into a faster CPU, or overclocking. Also what might help would be upgrading from vista to 7. If your heart is set on getting a new GPU, I would look into getting something from the 400 series, as the 200 series is already 2 generations old. As far as stuttering, it is usually from the CPU, because FSX is very CPU heavy

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Hope I Helped...

Dylan Dworsky

Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on February 10 2011 08:04 ET by Joe Smith

I had a diagnostics done on my computer and found out the graphics card is going bad. So I know I have to replace that. They said the processors tested okay. This computer ran FSX like a charm before so I knew something was wrong. When I heard my graphics card was going out I figured that was what was causing some of my bad performance issues. I think I will look into a 400 series card and see if that does the trick. If not I'll start planning for a new rig. Thanks for your help, Dylan.

Joe Smith

Captain, B767-300

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