GTX 560SE? How does it do FSX?

[thea330flyer 1]

I would like to know before I upgrade my video card, how does the GTX 560SE model do in terms of FSX and my Phenom II X4 @ 3.6 Ghz? My current ATI card is wearing out and cannot handle FSX very well and keeps overheating. My lowest constant FPS I recorded is when I load aerosoft Madrid scenery, my average is 3 FPS. I am also planning of putting FSX on an SSD but thats another subject.

 

I ask specifically for this Nvidia card because the 550Ti is on the weaker end of things and the GTX 560 is a little over my max budget and I do not want to stay with AMD/ATI. Reason is, that Nvidia seems to be choice card for FSX over AMD, so I am not willing to take chances.

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814500241

 

Cheers.

[fsxkitty 62]

FSX requires a lot more power from the CPU than the GPU. A GTX 560 SE will handle FSX just fine.

 

It will be your CPU which holds back the FPS, but a Phenom II X4 @ 3.6GHz should be good enough to get good framerates at high settings in most situations.

[thea330flyer 1]

Thanks for the feedback. My FSX settings are not on ultra anyway, my weather settings are pretty high but nonetheless my CPU can handle it. If I can just push it to 3.7Ghz it should get more out of it. One question: does AI affect FPS? I use World of AI on FS9 and it did not affect performance, not so sure on FSX but I will use World of AI as well.