September 8, 200718 yr Hi Guys,I have an Athlon 3500 with an ATI X800 card. I am thinking of upgrading to a geforce 8800 -320. Can anyone tell me if I will seea night and day difference in performance? Thanks
September 8, 200718 yr In FS9, not much at all, and FSX you'll be able to run higher levels of AA/AF before she bogs down. Bottom line is that the lowest FPS you experience are best rectified by CPU, not GPU upgrades.Gary 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB | 2+1TB NVME | 2TB SSD | 2TB HDD | 85/50/43” TVs | Quest 3 | DOF H3 Motion Rig | Buttkicker | T.16000M Flight Kit MSFS @ 4K Ultra DLSS Performance FG 80 FPS | VR VDXR Godlike 80Hz SSW | MSFS VR DLSS Quality, Ultra Preset - Windows 11 Acer Nitro 5 | i5-11400H | RTX 3060 6 GB | 32GB DDR4 | 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz | 2 x 512 GB SSD | Windows 11
September 9, 200718 yr The processor will hold you back now for FSX anyhow and your system probably runs FS9 just fine.I'd suggest holding off until you can upgrade the cpu/mb and video card. If you can do both now and move to a Intel Duo / Quad Core 2 and the 8800 great.Else, by the time your ready to upgrade both , the 8800 may be cheaper or a faster card vc would be out. Also in just a couple months Intels next gen Penryn chips will be out and FSX needs every boost it can get. Processor: Intel Core i7 [email protected] Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX670 OC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1866 [9-9-9-24-2T] Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 Pro / Gen 3 Best Ever FSX Tip: Adaptive Vertical Sync 1/2 Refresh Rate
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