October 13, 200718 yr I built a new rig last January, but put off getting a good video card. From what I've been reading, there isn't anything that's going to be better than the 8800 GTS and GTX until -- December? January? February? I know I can't afford the GTX.I've also been reading about new Nvidia cards coming out later this month. My impression, though, is that they won't be as good as the existing GTS. Advice?
October 13, 200718 yr Generally, FS is not GPU bound. What is the rest of your rig, in particular your CPU?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
October 13, 200718 yr The 8800 GTS is your sweet spot then, 320MB is fine for 1280x1024 res or less and in game AA/AF, 640MB for higher resolution or higher AA/AF.Garty 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
October 13, 200718 yr It was my impression that you want the 640mb not for resolution, but for texture loading... I'm in the same boat as you anyway, I just upgraded my CPU, and waiting for *hopeful* price drops on the 8800GTS 640 once the G92 comes out at the end of this month | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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