GeForce 9800

Which video card gives the best bang for the buck with FSX?

i have an nvidia geforce 9800 and it is the dogs b******s works great with fsx

Haven't used it. Have some sort of 64 meg card... Sucks with FSX!

upgrade my friend

Thanks Chez64

Could you tell me what you used to use for a graphics card and what differences you noticed and what currently are your system specs?

right here goes

previous system:
ati radeon x1950 pro
4gb ram
pentium 4 processor

this was getting about 25/30fps but it was jumpy and i had the fsx settings on about 50%

new system:

intel core 2 quad core
nvidia geforce 9800 gt
4gb ram

i am getting between 50/80 fps now, i can have the setting pretty much maxed out

it runs ALOT smoother and faster

i found that the biggest noticeable improvements were in water textures, taxying and aircraft manipulation

what motherboard are you running? how big a power supply is needed for your system?

i have an

asus p5ne-sli motherboard
Coolermaster Real Power 520w PSU

alright even tho the 9800 is a monster i would go with a ATI 3870x2 its way cheaper and also it runs just about the same 😀 or you could get an ATI RADEON HD 2600XT for 74 dollars agp just got to get the right drivers for it tho 😀

it all depends on ur budget

yes it all depends on your budget 😀

is that pn5 motherboard comparable to the striker or maximus board?

sorry i cant help u there it seems to be a good quick m/board

remember if you have an agp slot you can always get the 3870 for 259 dollars 😀

I have the ATI HD 2600 pro. is the 3850 a better card than that?

yes

you have that card ddoes it run good?

yeah i used to have that then i went to a x1950 pro then nvidia 9800

the 9800 is the best by far

WAIT HOW WAS THE HD PRO PERFOMANCE LIKE?

edit=sorry for the caps

very good
was crystal clear

nice 😀

Wish mine would run at the sort of FPS you have 😞

I've got basically the same system:

Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz
9800GTX
4GB RAM (only 3GB because on 32bit)

but mine stays at around 20FPS on medium high settings.

Any tips on improving it?

To the OP: The card is great and I would recommend it. Please ignore my FPS problem as i'm sure its due to something I did

windows will recognize and run 4gb of ram on a 32bit system vista or xp

try playing around ith autogen and traffic that may help

chez64 wrote:

windows will recognize and run 4gb of ram on a 32bit system vista or xp

try playing around ith autogen and traffic that may help

Well, Vista 32bit will only use the full 4GB with a command line tweak.

Anyway, thanks for the tip and i'll try tweaking the autogen and traffic.

Oh, and sorry to the OP for hijacking the thread

just dont hijack a plane