Hello Guys,Not sure this is the right forum but sorry if not.Right, im thinking of upgrading my graphics card (&psu).I use FS2004 (Do have FSX But frames used to be awful).Here are my specs ;Packard Bell ixtreme M5722Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8300 @2.50GHz 2.50GHzRam:6.00GB64-Bit OSWindows 7 Home PremiumGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT220 1GB DDR2, Direct X 11 The Graphic cards i was looking at are the;NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460orNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TiI know theres about £80 difference in these but if it is worth going for the 560Ti then thats fine.And in honesty i havent even looked at Radeon, is this something i should do??Cheers, Adam.

Hello Guys,Not sure this is the right forum but sorry if not.Right, im thinking of upgrading my graphics card (&psu).I use FS2004 (Do have FSX But frames used to be awful).Here are my specs ;Packard Bell ixtreme M5722Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8300 @2.50GHz 2.50GHzRam:6.00GB64-Bit OSWindows 7 Home PremiumGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT220 1GB DDR2, Direct X 11 The Graphic cards i was looking at are the;NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460orNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TiI know theres about £80 difference in these but if it is worth going for the 560Ti then thats fine.And in honesty i havent even looked at Radeon, is this something i should do??Cheers, Adam.

First, a faster video card with the 2.5GHz CPU is not going to be a very fulfilling experience.Second, even if you do decide to try it, you'll want to make sure that OEM computer has a power supply that can handle the new video card. Many can't.

I have an E7400 processor (core 2 duo @ 2.8GHz) with an old GT 430 graphics card. My frame rates in fs9 are over 100 (but I've now locked them at 35), but when I went into heavy clouds, they used to drop to 10-12.I've just upgraded the card to A GTX550 Ti and also purchased a bigger PSU (585W) and WHAT a DIFFERENCE !!!I've now set the cloud res in AS6 to the highest quality setting and also increased the cloud draw distance to MAX (everything to do with clouds is at MAX)and now in heavy clouds the framerates do NOT drop below 35.So, yes, it is worthwile to get a better graphics card. It won't improve the overall performance of fs9, but it makes a massive improvement with the weather and clouds.I do NOT regret making the move. Trevor

Hi trevorIs your computer a packard bell??I've heared that the PSU may not be a standard one, and might not be easy to change, did you have any problems?Cheers, Adam.

Hello Guys,Not sure this is the right forum but sorry if not.Right, im thinking of upgrading my graphics card (&psu).I use FS2004 (Do have FSX But frames used to be awful).Here are my specs ;Packard Bell ixtreme M5722Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8300 @2.50GHz 2.50GHzRam:6.00GB64-Bit OSWindows 7 Home PremiumGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT220 1GB DDR2, Direct X 11 The Graphic cards i was looking at are the;NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460orNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TiI know theres about £80 difference in these but if it is worth going for the 560Ti then thats fine.And in honesty i havent even looked at Radeon, is this something i should do??Cheers, Adam.

The 460 will work just fine for your system, and does not require all that much power.

The 460 will work just fine for your system, and does not require all that much power.

The 460 needs at least a 450W supply and a 6-pin PCIe connector capable of supplying ~24A on the pigtail used to power it.A lot of the Packard Bell machines are woefully underengineered in the PSU department straight out of the box.

The 460 needs at least a 450W supply and a 6-pin PCIe connector capable of supplying ~24A on the pigtail used to power it.A lot of the Packard Bell machines are woefully underengineered in the PSU department straight out of the box.

OK.. that could be a problem...Although I do succesfully run my GTX460 on a 400W power supply and the cardis rated at 160W max power, which does not translate into 24A.. more like 15A.