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DVA6102
Captain, B757-200

Joined on July 01 2008
Century Club

"MATH!!!"
Pasadena, TX

153 legs, 209.0 hours
10 legs, 15.1 hours online
131 legs, 183.0 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 14:54 ET by Naren Manoj

Hi all,

I am absolutely fed up with my NVIDIA GTX 460 because of its Kernel Mode Driver crashes, and the intermittent BSODs (System_Service_Exception) and like. I am considering this new card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102987

Will this be good for FSX?

Naren

Naren Manoj (DVA6102)

DVA10754
First Officer, MD-11
OLP

Joined on May 20 2012

Western United States

72 legs, 173.3 hours
50 legs, 113.1 hours online
68 legs, 158.7 hours ACARS
15 legs, 34.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 15:05 ET by Jason Chardot

7850 is better. Lower power consumption and better performance. The HIS IceQ 7850 is very good and a little cheaper. I have the 7850 and it works very well with everything, including the newest games out there on high/ultra settings.

See here, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=510 the 7850 beats the 6950 pretty much everywhere. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150608&cm_mmc=Semi%20Annual%20Sale%20%2712-_-48-_-N82E16814150608&nm_mc=Semi%20Annual%20Sale%20%2712 $219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161405 $245 (I got it for $225 a couple weeks ago)

Jason Chardot

First Officer, MD-11

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 15:13 ET by Naren Manoj

Problem is I only have PCIe 2.0x16. Will these cards work (and if they do, will max performance on the card be compromised)?

Naren Manoj (DVA6102)

DVA10754
First Officer, MD-11
OLP

Joined on May 20 2012

Western United States

72 legs, 173.3 hours
50 legs, 113.1 hours online
68 legs, 158.7 hours ACARS
15 legs, 34.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 15:22 ET by Jason Chardot

Yes they will work and performance will not be compromised as no current-generation cards exceed the bandwidth limits of 2.0, really. 3.0 will really not make any kind of a difference until several years from now with future generation cards. Right now it's just a marketing ploy.

See here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/350553-33-pcie-motherboard-pcie-graphics-card

Much like harddrives (HDDs not SDDs) are marketed as SATA III compliant but no HDD comes anywhere close to the SATA II limit, so HDD SATA II vs. HDD SATA III makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. For SDD Sata III DOES make a difference as the access speeds are much faster.

Jason Chardot

First Officer, MD-11

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 15:29 ET by Naren Manoj

Thanks! And how does FSX perform on your system with this card?

Naren Manoj (DVA6102)

DVA10754
First Officer, MD-11
OLP

Joined on May 20 2012

Western United States

72 legs, 173.3 hours
50 legs, 113.1 hours online
68 legs, 158.7 hours ACARS
15 legs, 34.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 15:35 ET by Jason Chardot

Performs very well but FSX is much more CPU than GPU intensive. No problems, though.

Jason Chardot

First Officer, MD-11

Posted onPost created on June 30 2012 16:32 ET by Naren Manoj

Cool! So I'm running AMD Phenom x2 1090T at 3.9 Ghz on each core with the 7850. I'm hoping to get good performance, right?

Naren Manoj (DVA6102)

DVA10754
First Officer, MD-11
OLP

Joined on May 20 2012

Western United States

72 legs, 173.3 hours
50 legs, 113.1 hours online
68 legs, 158.7 hours ACARS
15 legs, 34.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 01 2012 16:18 ET by Jason Chardot

Do you mean the AMD Phenom X6 1090T? I'm not familiar with the X2. I am running an Intel i7 3770 (not overclockable) at 3.4 Ghz (up to 3.9 Ghz with Turbo) and the 7850. With the NGX in a high density area with full AI traffic (Ultimate Traffic 2) with Manhattan X, I get ~15 FPS which is still flyable. With the NGX in a less dense area I get 20-30 FPS (locked), pretty much 30 FPS everywhere else as where. All graphics settings up highest except for Autogen which is set to Dense.

Jason Chardot

First Officer, MD-11

Posted onPost created on July 01 2012 16:18 ET by Naren Manoj

Sorry, x6

DVA10754
First Officer, MD-11
OLP

Joined on May 20 2012

Western United States

72 legs, 173.3 hours
50 legs, 113.1 hours online
68 legs, 158.7 hours ACARS
15 legs, 34.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 01 2012 16:23 ET by Jason Chardot

AMD Processors are not as powerful as intel processors generally but you have quite a nice overclock going there, so coupled with a 7850 I would say you would get performance in the vicinity or slight less of what I'm getting. I don't have very many complaints.

Jason Chardot

First Officer, MD-11

DVA8158
Captain, B767-300
OLP

Joined on December 31 2009
Century Club
Online Century Club
50 State Club

"Eight hours bottle to throttle."
Newnan, GA USA

197 legs, 437.5 hours
161 legs, 329.8 hours online
196 legs, 435.9 hours ACARS
5 legs, 17.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 04 2012 13:07 ET by Peter Bagrationoff

Funny...I want to get rid of my ATI 5850 and go back to Nvidia because my screen flashes to black every so often and it is the driver that causes it on the newer widescreen monitors. I was strictly a Nvidia buyer for years and just went back to ATI two years ago.

Peter Bagrationoff (DVA8158)

Posted onPost created on July 08 2012 17:53 ET by Naren Manoj

Hmmm. Maybe this is something that happens with many high end cards.

Naren Manoj (DVA6102)

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