October 14, 200619 yr If your current GPU is a DX10 card and you are running Vista, how many more frame do you think you will be getting on FSX?This is what I think. According to the DX10 spec. The protocol that governs sending data from the host to the card is 6 times faster. That sounds alot, but the protocol part is a very small amount of data comparing all the stuff needed to be send to the card. I guess improvement would be marginal given the same GPU. The reason for the question is that I need a new system to run FSX. Every one knows that even DX10 cards are just around the corner. However, until most of the initial bugs in Vista are cleaned out, I am not going to switch, and I guess that will take about at least a year. If I build a system now, it will be build with fast available GPU and most likely not a DX10 card. However, if I do that, and FSX turns out to be 3 times fast on a DX10 card, I will kill myself. It is hard to decide what to do. Of course, unless nVidia comes out a DX10 card and also have a DX9c driver for it.
October 14, 200619 yr Man I'd hold off on hardware upgrades until you know what DX10 cards are out, and until Vista is out, and until DX10 AND the patch is out. Until then, fly FX9, or FX10 leaning to the left. Too much stuff in the air (pardon the pun) to invest a bunch and really not know for sure your best configuration options.Good Luck!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.
October 14, 200619 yr I imagine any DX10 card will also run DX9, otherwise since the NV 8800 is rumored for Nov, what good would it be?scott s..
October 14, 200619 yr If a DX10 card turns into a DX9 card under XP, I will build a new machine for xp now.
October 15, 200619 yr A DX10 card will probably run DX9 under an emulation protocol, and that usually means it runs DX9 slower than existing specific cards. Why do you think there are no DX10 ready cards in the market yet? Absolutely NOT the time to be making rash judgments about prossible performance. WAIT until someone actually PROVES it. You're only talking a few months. If MS aren't close to finishing a DX10 patch for FSX then what's the point in having this conversation?I asked the ACES team in these forums to show us the benchmarks to back up their claims that perfomance will increase under Vista (and to clarify whther they meant Vista/DX9 or Vista /DX10). It went silent about that time. Draw your own conclusions.Allcott
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