for my buck.Interested in opinions on best video card out there at the moment for FSX. You can see my current card in my specs, but it is about two years dated I think. Just wondering what everyone here might think...thanks...Dan - -

http://shop2.frys.com/product/5434319Arguably not the "best" - but quite a bit of bang at this price.Regards, Kendall#1: E8500 @ 3.95 - HyperTX2 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 4GB Ballistix Tracers PC6400 EVGA 8800GT - XG's 174.74 Seagate 250GB 7200.11 CH Yoke/Pedals/Saitek Throttle Dual Monitor: Dell 2405/1905 #2: Dell 8400 3.2 H.T. 3GB PC4200 - X800XT Diamond Xtreme/Logitech X-530's

Thanks...I just stumbled across the 3rd quarter benchmarks for 3d gaming video cards and found that this card is possibly slower than the one I have now...but it is a good deal ;)It seems the 8600 512meg flavor could be way to go. It does not show a huge increase over my 7950, but it would be nice to get a newer card and drop this one in my older box..D -

>Thanks...>>I just stumbled across the 3rd quarter benchmarks for 3d>gaming video cards and found that this card is possibly slower>than the one I have now...but it is a good deal ;)>>It seems the 8600 512meg flavor could be way to go. It does>not show a huge increase over my 7950, but it would be nice to>get a newer card and drop this one in my older box..>>D - Are you saying you think the 8600 is a faster card than the 8800GT? Or that the 8800GT is slower than your 7950? If either of those is correct, then your notion is completely untrue. the 8800GT absolutely DEMOLISHES the 8600GT in every aspect as it does to the 7950. Now, this may not manifest itself in FSX or FS9 because these programs are CPU limited and not vid card limited, but you'd be crazy to purchase an 8600 over an 8800GT unless your sole objective is saving money, in which case you'd just want to stick with your 7950.

no worries, I was at work when I typed this, I meant the 8800 512 meg.note link: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-...-X-SP2,784.htmlI can get a pretty good deal on the 8800 in the coming month or so, and prices might fall...might be a good way to go..so yea, 8800 is way to go - and way faster - I just typed it wrong..thxDanon -