Radarman please help

I'll chime in here. It would seem that if you could afford it, nvidia 8800 is a choice for a lot of folks. Also depends a lot on what direction you plan to go with your PC after vista and direct x 10 comes out. SLI with direct 10 would be the best after Jan. 30th, but gonna be spendy. I'm running a 7950 nvidia super clocked 512ram and it runs pretty decent. Your gonna get a lot of different opinions. You should also try to get up to 2 gigs of ram if you don't already have it. Just my thoughts

Skypilot is spot on.

That card sounds awesome (i read somewhere), but I saw that it will cost 850-900$!!!!!, is there a cheaper card that would be good to run FSX on?

thanks

axflyer wrote:

That card sounds awesome (i read somewhere), but I saw that it will cost 850-900$!!!!!, is there a cheaper card that would be good to run FSX on?

thanks

I predict that nvidia will probably be coming out with a lot of different priced directX 10 cards after it's out for a while. That will probably also help the 8800 come down substantialy on price.
If you want a cheaper card for now to get by I am not sure what card to suggest. I know I was running a nvidia 7600 prior to the 7950 and it played the simulator OK. Maybe Radarman knows of some options. I'd give ebay a try right now. There will probably be a lot for sale after this Christmas season, "folks selling used ones cause santa upgraded em".

BTW, a 7950 runs around 275.00

Can you handle a PCIe card?
I have two (Crossfire) ATi X1950 512mb cards, very good but not DX 10.

RadarMan wrote:

Can you handle a PCIe card?
I have two (Crossfire) ATi X1950 512mb cards, very good but not DX 10.

Yes. I am waiting to see what happens when 10 comes out. I may go sli 8800's or similar version if the prices come down...

My computer runs FSX almost perfectly.

My graphics card:

GRAPHICS CARD $104.99
GeForce 7300 GTX 256MB 9
-Graphics Bus Technology: PCI Express
-Memory Interface: 128 bit
-Memory Bandwidth: 10.7 GB/s
-Fill Rate: 2.8 Billion pixels/sec
-Vertices/Second (millions): 350
-RAMDACs: 400 Mhz

My system:

https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/20803/will-my-pc-run-fsx/

lds_soldier wrote:

I bought FSX Deluxe and now run almost everything at full. If you're looking to get a new system, try something like this.

Motherboard: ECS Motherboard GF6100
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core
RAM: 1024MB DDR2 800
Graphics Card: GeForce 7300 GTX 256MB
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA2 (also have a ROCK 300 GB external HD)
Monitor: 19" Envision HD Widescreen Digital
Case: JPAC 412 Black Steel
CD/DVD: Pioneer DVR-110 DBK 16X DVD/CD Burner
OS: Windows XP Pro
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech MX-518 Gaming Mouse
Flight Controls: Saitek X52 Flight Control System
Pedals: Pro Flight Rudder Pedals

Appx. Total Cost: $1300.00

This is a custom built system by a good friend, I can't guarantee that you could get the same price.

Happy Flying

Not the best by far, but it works for me...