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. 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.
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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