June 25, 200619 yr Hi,The shipping of GF 7950GX2 based graphic cards has started. Anybody got one? If so - how is performance in FS9?Ulf B :-)
June 26, 200619 yr Dunno but theoretically it looks like it definitely has headroom . . . provided it will be able to run as a DX10 card. If so, I'd buy it sight unseen for FX10. Graphics Bus Technology PCI Express Memory 1GB (512MB per GPU) Memory Interface 512-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 76.8 Fill Rate (Billion pixels/sec) 24 Vertices/second (Billion) 2.0 Pixels per clock (peak) 48 RAMDACs (MHz) 400 If FX10 truly offloads more work to the GPU(s) than this sounds like smart engineering--one card and one #### of a lot of horsepower.Noel Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
June 26, 200619 yr The API's are OpenGL 2.0 and DX9c. It's not DX10 compatible (it won't work with DX10).Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
June 27, 200619 yr Well, nobody got it.I'm going to pick up an Asus 7950 GX2 Tomorrow. As far as I understand it'll work with my mobo/BIOS, but seeing is believing.I'll be back with info.Ulf B :-)
June 27, 200619 yr > The API's are OpenGL 2.0 and DX9c. It's not DX10>compatible (it won't work with DX10).>>DougAPIs are only as static as the latest driver. No reason why it couldn't be made to be DX10 compatible with an updated driver.I remember upgrading from each DX version to the next, my graphics card didn't suddenly become uncompatible...
June 27, 200619 yr Poor choice of words on my part. The card needs to be fully DX10 compliant, which it is not. All graphics cards are backwards-compatible with regard to DirectX but no current card will utilize DX10-specific features. Hence you can never run DX10 on that card. That's why Vista is shipping with DX9L in addition to DX10. Drivers, unfortunately, have nothing to do with the problem. Sorry about the confusion.Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
June 28, 200619 yr >Probably very marginal in FS9 - certainly not worth>$300-$400. ;-)aerdt,With the 7800GTX 256MB card I got 48 fps with the resolution 1600x1200 on my HP 24" LCD monitor. With the 7950GX2 I get 80 with the same settings for the card and in FS9. Thats good.If I turn on vertical sync the fps drops to 60.If I use two LCD monitors the fps drops to about 45 when I have dragged some panels to the second monitor. I still have to test some settings for the dual view setup.Was it worth the money? No! Is it fun with some extra fps? Yeah!Whats next? Maybe an AMD FX60 for christmas present :-)Ulf BAMD 64X2 3800+ (slightly overclocked)ABIT AN8 Fatal1ty Ultra (no SLI mobo) with the latest BIOS
July 1, 200619 yr I have just order the new Asus P5wPH MB with a dual core 3.2Ghz Intel and Leadtek 9750GX2.. I am using a 24" Dell monitor and looking forward to see if there is any improvement from my Prescott 3.4 amd X800XTAndrew
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