ATI HD4870

[FLEX1978 373]

Hi, I have a ATI HD4870 arriving this morning to replace my 3870, are people now using the 8.7 drivers or the 8.6 with the hotfix? A little search online tells me the 8.7 runs better with games but what about the Sim?CheersRob

[FLEX1978 373]

Nevermind, installed the 8.7 drivers pure genius running on a 42 inch LCD with all settings maxed!

[ulisses 1]

Hows the performance ?What are your system specs ?Thanks,Ulisses

[FLEX1978 373]

Hi,specs are - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) running at 3.8ghz 3 gigs of ram and the 4870. Frames where very good before as the cpu is what fs needs but I had major AA issues with the 3870 so had to revert to a older driver with slightly dodgy AA.Anyway everthings fixed so well worth the upgrade AA and AF is maxed no drop in FPS.Rob

[miguelpp 25]

Hi Rob, are you using FS9 or FSX?I use FS9, and have a lag when ALT key is pressed, ana the menu bar takes some seconds to appear.Thanks.Miquel Egea.

[FLEX1978 373]

FS9 is my primary sim for Heavys running over 4 networked PC's and FSX is for VFR. Yep there is a strange lag in ALT (takes about 3 seconds) but I only use it for my preflight so no big deal. This is the FS heaven I have been waiting for since the sublogic days so I'm happy

[miguelpp 25]

Well I sent a ticket to ATI, and finally have submitted to the driver

[KnightFlyer 43]

yeah miguel same here. it takes FOREVER for that menu to go on screen in FS9 and FSX. *crosses fingers that the drivers get even better*