Hello Flightsimmers,I just recently built my system, I7 920, 6gigs ocz 1600 with the gtx 260. Will this video card handle a second monitor used primarily for gps with FSX?Thanks! :(

yes. there will be a fps penalty when you open additional views (depending on which view and how big you size the window.). Even with full windowed mode, you can drag the added views to other screens. My set up uses three screens. The center 24" screen as the main one with additional views/windows for CDUs, ATC etc. populated on the left and right 19"LCDs. When on longer flights, I use windowed mode (lower frame rates) and use google earth, email, browsers and skype until I get closer to the destinaton.I believe you will enjoy 2 screens.

Thanks Scott for the reply back. I'll give it a try. Hopefully the fps hit isn't too bad. If so, I might need to look into boosting my specs up a bit. Thanks again.Mike

Thanks Scott for the reply back. I'll give it a try. Hopefully the fps hit isn't too bad. If so, I might need to look into boosting my specs up a bit. Thanks again.Mike

Welcome to this forum Mike! You still have a lot of potential left in that stock cpu speed. OC will be your best friend for enjoying FSX with multiple FSX windows open. Read thru this hardware forum paying attention to the posts by SpiritFlyer and other significant contributors. Most of what you want to do has been done before and lots of folks are a great help.

Scott, thanks for the welcome in. You're right, I do need to think about OC'ing. Never got up the nerve to try it :( . But just might have to. I'll do some reading here on the forums and over at overclock.net and see what all is involved. Heck, what's the worse that could happen? :( Mike