The GTX580 is an awsome Graphics card if you can afford it get it, it will play nearly all games without breakin a sweat

EVGA is my brand choice...

Hi,I you haven't done it yet, visit the Bojote's tweaking tool page at http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlWhen done, you should edit your FSX.CFG file, and look for a line similar to this (except the graphic card name):[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti.0]Below it, you must add this line (for a 1.5 GB graphic card):VideoMemoryOverride=1610612736Hope this helps. Sorry for my poor english.Merry Christmas!

1. Gerard, apology accepted, but only cos its christmas. Try to do better next time. But thanks for the tip, have been thinking of trying a 1.5 gig card.2. 7-series availability - my online reading suggests more than the few weeks posted above - but you never know.3. Brands - doesn't matter a great deal but i'll be going for evga for the 7-series. Question: will out new seven series make much difference for the ngx? Or are we just buying these to get better autogen performance when we attach them to our pcie3 ivy bridges? The main improvement im looking for is less stuttering with ngx plus photoscenery which is not completely smooth when going from 1m/pixel to 0.5m/pixel resolutions - but im guessing this is more memory speed han gpu.

Hi what does this addition to cfg file do ? thank you.Below it, you must add this line (for a 1.5 GB graphic card):VideoMemoryOverride=1610612736

I've got an Asus Matrix GTX 580 Platinum and it's simply awesome. With cherry picked components, she overclocks like nobodies business (950 core and 4300 mem) and is pretty darn quiet about it the whole time. The ONLY downside is that it's big.. 3 slots. I looked for about 3 months before picking this one and don't regret it one single bit.http://www.asusrog.com/ASUS_Matrix_GTX580.html

DauMn Dave, 19 phase,,, now that's what I call a card. 4 slots I would think actually, that is if you wanted it to breathe properly :wink:I only bought Matrox for years (stopping after the Matrox G400 Max). Then it was Asus for years since their boards were the best. Now it's EVGA all the way for me. My GTX295 of 3 years died and EVGA gave me a new GTX480 in less than a week, no questions asked (ok, a question or two, but standard RMA stuff). They're also the only ones I know of that not only "Allows and warranties" it, but actually encourages people to try after market coolers. Anywho, great card you have there. I want one!

The new nVidia series won't be coming out 'till March. I don't imagine we'll see any significant price drops before then.I have the same card as Dave and it's fantastic.

MSI 570!I heard some have issues with their 580, because of the larger RAM amount... I might be wrong, but I am flying high and happy with my card :(

I've got an Asus Matrix GTX 580 Platinum and it's simply awesome. With cherry picked components, she overclocks like nobodies business (950 core and 4300 mem) and is pretty darn quiet about it the whole time. The ONLY downside is that it's big.. 3 slots.I looked for about 3 months before picking this one and don't regret it one single bit.http://www.asusrog.c...rix_GTX580.html

That is a very good card, I'm also looking for that one. But it seems to be out of stock everywhere here in the Netherlands! The only cards that are still a little bit available are the Gigabyte GTX 580 and the EVGA GTX 580 DS Superclocked.I can get the Gigabyte version (GV-N580UD-15i) for a cheaper price from someone, 425 euros. The EVGA GTX 580 DS Superclocked costs 460 euros, and will perhaps only give me 1-2 fps more, not worth it, but EVGA is giving me lifelong warranty, so I can decide! :S

That is a very good card, I'm also looking for that one. But it seems to be out of stock everywhere here in the Netherlands! The only cards that are still a little bit available are the Gigabyte GTX 580 and the EVGA GTX 580 DS Superclocked.I can get the Gigabyte version (GV-N580UD-15i) for a cheaper price from someone, 425 euros. The EVGA GTX 580 DS Superclocked costs 460 euros, and will perhaps only give me 1-2 fps more, not worth it, but EVGA is giving me lifelong warranty, so I can decide! :S

Go the eVGA.. you won't be disappointed.

Gigabyte GTX 580 1.5GB here and love it, never given me any grief with any thing.