Hi,Recently I've been debating with my self weather to upgrade my graficscard or not. First of all I run both FS9 and FSX and they run "smooth" with the sliders to the right of avarage.(not all the way and no AI and no autogen) I've read *******' post on how FSX processes information and it seems that Stream Processors are very important which makes an ATI 5870 card an appropriate choice, BUT I've also read that ATI drivers are very buggy - Can someone shed some light on that?The other card I had in mind is the 285GTX and while it is both cheaper and has more RAM, it does have only 240 Stream processors. Another problem that I will get is size. What I have available is 265mm and both of the cards are longer. So I will either have to get another cabinet or do some "surgery".Contenders:ATI 5870 1GB RamnVidia 285gtx 2gb RamCurrent system:Intel i7-920 stock speed (2.66ghz)Gigabyte Ga-ex58-ud56gb Corsair RAMGeforce 8800GT 512mb RamWin7 64bitThanks,Martin, CPH

Hi,Recently I've been debating with my self weather to upgrade my graficscard or not. First of all I run both FS9 and FSX and they run "smooth" with the sliders to the right of avarage.(not all the way and no AI and no autogen) I've read *******' post on how FSX processes information and it seems that Stream Processors are very important which makes an ATI 5870 card an appropriate choice, BUT I've also read that ATI drivers are very buggy - Can someone shed some light on that?The other card I had in mind is the 285GTX and while it is both cheaper and has more RAM, it does have only 240 Stream processors. Another problem that I will get is size. What I have available is 265mm and both of the cards are longer. So I will either have to get another cabinet or do some "surgery".Contenders:ATI 5870 1GB RamnVidia 285gtx 2gb RamCurrent system:Intel i7-920 stock speed (2.66ghz)Gigabyte Ga-ex58-ud56gb Corsair RAMGeforce 8800GT 512mb RamWin7 64bitThanks,Martin, CPH

With the price of the GTX 470, a GTX 285 is pointless. The GTX 470 is cheaper from some sellers.

OC your CPU man, most people with a 920 get 3.8GHz easy. An OC will give you the best performance boost. You will need a better cooler than the stock intel though if you do not already have one.I agree with Shane, since they are out go with a GTX 4XX, no sense in getting last years GTX285. If you can afford it get the best, go with the GTX480.

Get a big case with plenty of room for airflow. These newer card produce a lot of heat.