I'm thinking of getting a new video card. Mine is a number of years old now ( Sapphire Radeon 9600 pro with 256 MB ) and I've been noticing it sometimes won't load any textures inside fs2004 (ground, sky or aircraft). This may have been a heating thing and I've cleaned out some dust but it's happened since. Also sometimes when I switch settings on the ATI Catalyst the whole desktop gets visually garbled into blocks. I just guess where fs2004 is on the task bar and go into it and it looks ok.I'm thinking of this one below http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...84235&CatId=318$121.99 CAD - $20.00 CAD rebate = Final Price: $101.99 CADI like the idea of the cooling system on this. I need an AGP card which seem to be getting rare.I don't want to spend a lot but maybe up to $150 Canadian.I've read that most fs2004 users think ATI-based cards seem to be better. Any suggestions. I'm thinking of buying from tigerdirect or from my local futureshop If anyone has a better suggestion from the examples below, please let me know if it's not a bother. http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass....=3&page=0&list=

Not at all a bad AGP card, it is the advice I was given a long time ago. But the AGP bus restricts you.From your link, I would go straight for the 8600 GTS, but it is PCIe and not AGP.Comparing the cards here:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ame=AGP+4X%2f8XI would say the card you have now is the best choice. I would have said HD 2600 Pro, but it is slightly slower because of lower memory bandwidth. Look here: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=458&card2=523for comparison.I can't say anymore, please look at the link by my sig for more info, hope this helps.Regards,

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll make sure I go for a GDDR3 card.This one looks like a better choice if I stay similar to my first selection. It has GDDR3 memory.http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...77296&CatId=318This other one looks good too. Not sure I want to be directx 10 ready http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...70057&CatId=318I'll look over some nVidia cards too.I'm trying to max out my my current computer so I'm sticking with the AGP option.

No problem. Also, the links are dead for me, which cards are they?

The cards areHIS Radeon X1650 GT Video Card - IceQ Turbo Edition, 512MB GDDR3, AGP 8x, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, TV Out, Video CardThis takes up more space but I have 2 PCI slots below my AGP slot which will give room for the card's cooling setup out the back of the case. andHIS Radeon HD 2600 XT Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, AGP 8x, Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Video Cardtigerdirect wasn't loading for a while tonight.I'd like to maybe get this cpu too http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...7777&CatId=1949AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor ADA4000DKA5CF - 2.40GHz, 1MB Cache, 1000MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB, SanDiego, OEM, Socket 939, ADA4000DKA5CF, ProcessorThen perhaps even fsx will be more used (outside of cities haha)

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=521&card2=543#HD 2600 XT would be faster, but more expensive and a larger power draw, and I think a tad longer too.As for the CPU, for FS9 you might want one very slightly faster (2.6-2.8 GHz, or just overclock the 4000+) and for FSX the minimum is a 2.4 GHz dual-core machine.Regards,

Thanks for your help.I ordered these from tigerdirect.ca today. I looked locally for AGP cards but none were as good.HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, AGP 8x, Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Video Cardhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...70057&CatId=318------------------------------------------AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor ADA4000DKA5CF - 2.40GHz, 1MB Cache, 1000MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB, SanDiego, OEM, Socket 939, ADA4000DKA5CF, Processorhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...7777&CatId=1949