It will work but at 2.0 specs. You won't notice a thing as far as a performance drop. Hardly anything saturates a PCI-E 2.0 bus, much less a 3.0 one.

 

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So it will fit in the main board I listed? And do you think one is sufficient? I have two ATI 5870's right now at 1GB each.

 

By the way thanks from one LEO to another.

 

So it will fit in the main board I listed?

 

By the way thanks from one LEO to another.

 

Yup, it will, my brother in blue!

 

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Yup, it will, my brother in blue!

 

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Thanks a bunch brother.

Efrain,

 

One last question, do you think one 680 at 2gb is enough or two cards in SLI? Just plan on using it for FSX with AS2012 for weather.

Efrain,

 

One last question, do you think one 680 at 2gb is enough or two cards in SLI? Just plan on using it for FSX with AS2012 for weather.

 

One 680GTX 2GB is more than enough. 4GB version is better if running very high (Surround) resolutions. ^_^

I wish I could get my i7 950 to 5ghz! That seems to make all the difference. Right now I'm pushing it to the max running at 4.4ghz with 1900 speed ram and a gtx580. Might oc my card a bit just to get some more frames. FSX cripples my system in heavy clouds :(

Word Not Allowed,

 

I'd love to help because you give so much to the FSX community but I fear my inexperience would hinder the test results.

 

Dan

Dan, I'm sure you could give us valuable information. It would be great to see how/if SLI helps with SGSS and clouds. We already know that it's helped by more shaders. And SLI give us more of that. It would be great to see how your x79 rig with GTX680 SLI compares to Efrains' results.

Don't go for anything else

 

www.jetlinesystems.com

~specially developed to kill FSX low frames

Don't go for anything else

 

www.jetlinesystems.com

~specially developed to kill FSX low frames

 

Ridiculously overpriced. Their slogan should say instead "Sleep uneasy knowing you own what you think is the fastest flight sim rig on the planet which could be had for almost half the price".

 

Dan, I'm sure you could give us valuable information. It would be great to see how/if SLI helps with SGSS and clouds. We already know that it's helped by more shaders. And SLI give us more of that. It would be great to see how your x79 rig with GTX680 SLI compares to Efrains' results.

 

+1 Would love to see SLI results/comparisons on FSX using Word Not Allowed's cloud test.

 

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So, there is actually a difference running the GTX 680? Those tests don't tell me much, but is the difference that big in comparison to a GTX 670?

 

Mehhh... Don't have money to upgrade AGAIN, and I'm not gonna do so. Next upgrade is gonna be Haswell, should give me enough headroom to always be able to achieve 30 FPS. Right now I can do this 90% of the time but not when flying on IVAO + weather.

Just for S&Gs, I will re-apply the DX10 fixes and try these tests again. I wonder what will the results be... I'm very optimistic... Stay tuned, guys.

 

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So, there is actually a difference running the GTX 680? Those tests don't tell me much, but is the difference that big in comparison to a GTX 670?

 

Mehhh... Don't have money to upgrade AGAIN, and I'm not gonna do so. Next upgrade is gonna be Haswell, should give me enough headroom to always be able to achieve 30 FPS. Right now I can do this 90% of the time but not when flying on IVAO + weather.

 

Your 670 is just a 10% slower than the 680 Arjen.

 

Just for S&Gs, I will re-apply the DX10 fixes and try these tests again. I wonder what will the results be... I'm very optimistic... Stay tuned, guys.

 

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SGSS doesn't even work in DX10 mode Efrain, no point in testing that

 

Your 670 is just a 10% slower than the 680 Arjen.

 

 

 

SGSS doesn't even work in DX10 mode Efrain, no point in testing that

 

It doesn't? Oh well, I'll test anyway and see how it still performs. LOL

 

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Efrain,

 

Great work! You are going forward and validating the performance of these monster cards.

 

SAAB340,

 

I'd love to contribute in some way but these gents clearly know what they are talking about and have the know-how to go about testing. I would hate to put some info out there that doesn't meet their standard.

 

I can tell you, anecdotally, that in my latest testing that I ran the sim in unlimited frames, turned VSYNC to Force Off in NI and pumped SGSS to 8x, 4x, then back to 2x. There was a noticeable difference from 8x to 4x in that panning and transitions in views were slower at higher settings. Fluctuations in FPS were from 115 FPS down to the low teens depending on clouds, traffic, and airport.

 

Conditions:

NGX (McPhat livery)

REXE+OD

GEX

UTX

FSDT KFLL -> FT Tampa

UT2 at high settings.

3 x 8/8 overcast layers, <10mi vis, precip and departing east over water at High 2.x.

 

The worst frames were on the ground and then again as I was breaking out on the descent to KTPA.

 

I feel like this is the real limit of FSX and no card(s), no matter how good, will make any difference. Haswell would have to be PRETTY AMAZING to get us smooth in these settings.

 

Disclaimer: I am a novice user with only some knowledge of NI, how FSX makes its magic, and more gear than someone with my level of knowledge should have.

 

 

+1 Would love to see SLI results/comparisons on FSX using Word Not Allowed's cloud test.

 

 

 

Dan, I'm sure you could give us valuable information. It would be great to see how/if SLI helps with SGSS and clouds. We already know that it's helped by more shaders. And SLI give us more of that. It would be great to see how your x79 rig with GTX680 SLI compares to Efrains' results.

 

+1 , if it give some fps gain i Buy one more 680

 

Hasse