April 8, 201016 yr Just wondering how well this card runs FSX. How hot and how loud is this card? Thanks.
April 8, 201016 yr Commercial Member The heat and power consumption are pretty well known from the reviews... it's bad from what I've heard. Near 100C and quite loud, 300W or so TDP. I'm waiting until the "refresh" cards (485 etc) that will likely solve some of those issues. Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
April 8, 201016 yr You'd have to be crazy to put one of these cards into an overclocked system. Unless you have water cooling, the heat load would swamp your CPU cooler. This leaves few options for GPU upgrades at the moment. Is the HD5870 a viable option for FSX?Cheers,Noel. 11th Gen i9-11900K @ 3.5GHz | nVidia GeForce RTX 3080 | Corsair 64 GB RAM | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB | Asus 27" RoG G-Sync Track IR5 | Thrustmaster Warthog | CH Products Pedals
April 9, 201016 yr You'd have to be crazy to put one of these cards into an overclocked system. Unless you have water cooling, the heat load would swamp your CPU cooler. This leaves few options for GPU upgrades at the moment. Is the HD5870 a viable option for FSX?Cheers,Noel.If you don't mind screen tearing, its decent. Everyone and their mom says the 285 is the way to go though.I'm considering getting the 480. If it performs better, overall, than the 285, I'll get it. I run my case with the panel off and a fan blowing cold air from my air conditioner on it just cause Thailand is so friggin' hot right now. Might start looking for a water cooling setup anyways, because of that.Anyways, GTX 480 isn't released for a couple more days, isn't it?
April 9, 201016 yr The GTX480 will not be available before 13.04 - 16.04. I already ordered one. Since I have a water cooled system and work for a large energy corporate, I don't worry about heat and power consumption :( Will post some benches here at AVSIM for sure!
April 9, 201016 yr You'd have to be crazy to put one of these cards into an overclocked system. Unless you have water cooling, the heat load would swamp your CPU cooler.We'll, given that the cooler is designed so that most of the heat is vented out of the case, that sounds like a bit of an exaggeration. :(
April 9, 201016 yr Author We'll, given that the cooler is designed so that most of the heat is vented out of the case, that sounds like a bit of an exaggeration. :(According to reviews they run hot and loud when fan is turned up.
April 9, 201016 yr I am also interested in a review of a GTX-480 user with FSX. Please post your results here, when you get your card. I would also like to know how this card would perform with the combination of Matrix Triple Head 2 Go. Asus Rampage II Extreme X58, i7 920 @4 GHz, 12GB RAM OCZ Platinum @1.646MHz 7-7-7-20 (1T), Noctua NH-U12P SE1366, Sapphire HD-5870 Vapor-X , 30" Dell @2560x1600 pixel, SSD Intel X-25 M for OS, 1 TB WD Caviar Green for FSX, be quiet Dark Power Pro P7 650W AT, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion + Teufel 5.1 Surround Set, LG Blu-Ray-ROM LG DVD+/-RW, Aerocool FP-01 Flip-Panel, Lian Li ARMORSUIT P60 black, Windows7 64bit Ultimate.
April 9, 201016 yr Author If you don't mind screen tearing, its decent. Everyone and their mom says the 285 is the way to go though.I'm considering getting the 480. If it performs better, overall, than the 285, I'll get it. I run my case with the panel off and a fan blowing cold air from my air conditioner on it just cause Thailand is so friggin' hot right now. Might start looking for a water cooling setup anyways, because of that.Anyways, GTX 480 isn't released for a couple more days, isn't it?You have a nice case. What I did in my case (LianLi A77) was to use 2000 rpm fans and also a 2000 rpm on the cpu cooler. Runs cool now!
April 9, 201016 yr More info here: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/31/...peratures_soundNote the difference between SLI and single card setups.
April 9, 201016 yr Commercial Member ******* will have one of these next week btw guys - he's gonna run a bunch of tests for the community, including what effect the extra power has on his UsePools=0 method. Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
April 9, 201016 yr ******* will have one of these next week btw guys - he's gonna run a bunch of tests for the community, including what effect the extra power has on his UsePools=0 method.Good news! ******* previously stated:The reason, is due to ATI's and nVidia's different architectures. *HOWEVER* the new GTX 470 & GTX 480 will make all this vSync OFF and nHancer discussion completely irrelevant, because YOU WILL be able to run all your IQ mod's with no adverse impact even with BP=0And I ordered a GTX480, but had to cancel that order after reading this statement by *******:If you wan't to be 100% sure, I can report back once I get mine and I'll make a post on the forum for others to see. I can download nHancer, install it, enable vSync, up the resolution and try to kill the card.. lets way next week ;)I hope that ******* is right about the 480.
April 10, 201016 yr You'd have to be crazy to put one of these cards into an overclocked system. Unless you have water cooling, the heat load would swamp your CPU cooler. This leaves few options for GPU upgrades at the moment. Is the HD5870 a viable option for FSX?Cheers,Noel.Yes, the 5870 is a good option for FSX. I started with a 285GTX on this system, and when it worked, it worked well. I developed a nightmare of recurring black-screen crashes that apparently is the result of a design deficiency in the board's power regulation circuitry. If you google "nvidia black screen" or "nvidia nvlddmkm" you'll get a sense of the widespread and unaddressed nature of the problem.Truth be told, I liked the image quality of the 285GTX a little better, but I spent hundreds of hours trying to exorcize the intermittent demons out of it and the 295GTX that the manufacturer offered as a replacement. I've been an exclusively nVidia builder since ATI screwed me by stopping support on a video card I bought in the early 1990s...but the problems with this 285 caused me to finally stray and look that way again. So far the 5870 has been rock stable with the catalyst 10.2 and 10.3 drivers.CheersBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 12, 201016 yr I'll have a 480 real soon. I noticed that Newegg had them in stock.Let's see what happens.Jose MSFS
April 12, 201016 yr I'll have a 480 real soon. I noticed that Newegg had them in stock.Let's see what happens.JoseAhh... :) just got mine (not from Newegg) from mwave :) they were AVAILABLE, but now show in back-order!! this cards are like the guy from Mass Effect 2
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