February 2, 200818 yr bought one the other day, and under Vista 64 bit with latest catalyst drivers I can highly recommend itgetting very good IQ and frame rates in FSX :)a definate step above my previous 8800GTS (G92)Mark.
February 3, 200818 yr Is it a Direxct X 10 capabale card?Not aware of the one you got, must be ATI new one, as last I heard they only had one DX10 capable card.What Frame rates are you getting with what settings?Nvidia has just released a duel SLI card,If I understand it correctly, that is a duel core video card, put that on top of a Quad core cpu system and I wonder how it compares.However no matter how good the card, if the drivers are not good enough, Vista and DX10 games will not get the full benefit of these cards.CheersPhil M
February 3, 200818 yr Is it a Direxct X 10 capabale card?Not aware of the one you got, must be ATI new one, as last I heard they only had one DX10 capable card.What Frame rates are you getting with what settings?Nvidia has just released a duel SLI card,If I understand it correctly, that is a duel core video card, put that on top of a Quad core cpu system and I wonder how it compares.However no matter how good the card, if the drivers are not good enough, Vista and DX10 games will not get the full benefit of these cards.CheersPhil M
February 3, 200818 yr Author hi there - locked my frame rates to 28 fps - for smoothnessI think I was running1900x12004xFSAA16xAFmost things on maxbut water on shader 2 lowclouds to medium highscenery and dynamic bits normalI have a Q6600 @ 3.5 gig :)Mark.
February 4, 200818 yr Mark,Very happy to here of a user with one. I'm very intrigued with this card, plus am especially intrigued by CrossfireX'ing it with another for 4x. This would be a potent product. You will need a strong power supply. Mine will work, at 750W with a large 12v rail.So far I'm happy with the 8800GT I have. But the upgrade path for 4x would be very tempting. NoelSystem: 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 CRJs, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, PMDG 777-200LR, Citation Longitude.
February 4, 200818 yr InterestingI was getting low ot mid 20's with the 8800 gtx, even in dense airport scenery with AI traffic set to 80%, not sure what I've done recently but that has dropped to mid teens, I think it is drivers ( Nvidia seems to release a drive every three weeks or so, sometimes I download it and test new one out, currently 169.25, but not sure that is as good as two earlier versions) or some setting, I must go back and read David Roch post here at avsim about best settings etc for FSX sp2 with DXT10http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...28207&mode=full
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