HiI decided to buy a new graphic card for fs.but I really don

The Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 is the best bang for the buck, under $200If you want better you can get ATI 9700 or 9800 non pros for around $300.

Thank you But som of my friend told me that fs has problem with this graphic card!?Touradg

I've read posts having problems with the ATI cards as well...it's a touch call but I've had much better luck with Nvidia

If you want a card that'll handle the graphics in this sim, get either a 9700 Pro or a 9800 Pro. No two ways about it. There is no other card that can deliver both good quality graphics and good framerates.

What convinces me more than anything else in this Radeon-Nvidia debate is the fact that apparently FX5900 attempts to AA alpha textures. Not sure whether it is good or bad but apparently in the FS it means AA of clouds which is a no-no. Big waste of computing resources on something that gives you no visual advantage. Michael J.http://www.reality-xp.com/community/nr/rsc/rxp-higher.jpg

>What convinces me more than anything else in this>Radeon-Nvidia debate is the fact that apparently FX5900>attempts to AA alpha textures. Not sure whether it is good or>bad but apparently in the FS it means AA of clouds which is a>no-no. Big waste of computing resources on something that>gives you no visual advantage. >You make a good point Michael, except that the FX5900 isn't fazed by it in the least, plus you get all other objects Anitialised as they should be, the weakest part in the FX5900 vs. the ATI card comming into FS really comes down to the ATI still more powerful pixel shadder vs. the FX's raw speed the cards even right out in FS9 running 4xAA with the highest settings for AF enabled in both cards.The ultra high quality of the ATI cards higher AA settings is a sight to be hold, but not a wise choice for a playable mode as with current CPU offerings 4xAA in high quality mipmaping mode just makes more sense fps wise.Personally for me I will take the overall better image quality (all objects filltered in AA) combined with the great performance of the FX5900-Ultra over the ATI 9800P.I think the 9700/9800 are the better bargain for sure, but spending cash up at that level I am not looking for the better bargain just the best hardware that I can live with for a year or two, though I sure whish I didn't have to say that. $$$$ATI chose to not AA alphas for some reason having to do with backward compatabiltiy as they described in there Smoothvison 1.0 and Smoothvision 2.0 white paper and that is a shame as the card does a remarkable job at everything else for a very reasonable price.