June 2, 200917 yr Hi, I have a Q9550 cpu and 2 EVGA 9800 512mb GTX cards in SLI mode. What would give a better performance upgrade? Replacing the video cards to a single 1 to 2 gb card or a 3.0 cpu? Thanks for any info,Greg Greg Moore KFMH https://forum.pmdg.com/filedata/fetch?id=127275&d=1622041469&type=thumb
June 2, 200917 yr Your best solution would be to OC that Q9550...Its strong for FSX if at 3.2 or above...Then as FSX will not use SLI, I say sell them (keep one as a back up??) and look into the 4870 or 4890 1 gig cards from ATI...Or Nvidia...
June 2, 200917 yr Author Your best solution would be to OC that Q9550...Its strong for FSX if at 3.2 or above...Then as FSX will not use SLI, I say sell them (keep one as a back up??) and look into the 4870 or 4890 1 gig cards from ATI...Or Nvidia...I runa EVGA 780i MOBO. I would want to stick with Nvidia. I've OCed the cpu to 3.1 now,see how it go's! What 1gb card is best to get nowadays? Greg Moore KFMH https://forum.pmdg.com/filedata/fetch?id=127275&d=1622041469&type=thumb
June 3, 200917 yr Commercial Member I would say go for the GTX275 or the cheaper GTX260 Core 216. 896MB of RAM is fine too... Konrad
June 3, 200917 yr GTX 275 seems great bang for buck at the moment. i would have thought that two 9800gtx's would have been plenty enough for FSX?? Regards, Philip Lodge PC specs; Windows 7 64 bit home premium, Asus P6X58D-E, Intel core i7 930 @ 4.0 GHz, Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 1600MHz triple channel RAM, POV GTX 470, 500gb HDD + 250gb FS HDD, 24" 1920 x 1200, 19" 1280 x 1024 GoFlight MCPPro, VRInsight CDU II, Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel. My Flickr
June 4, 200917 yr GTX 275 seems great bang for buck at the moment. i would have thought that two 9800gtx's would have been plenty enough for FSX??One 9800 GTX is adequate. FSX might run better by removing one of them if you don't need SLI for other gaming. Art
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