Moved to hardware forums

I did appologise if this wasn't the correct forum, Have since learnt there is a hardware one.

 

Anyway, As above what could you reccomend then ??, I too don't want to spend too much on a card. People seem to be doing well with the 560 TI ? not too sure as to why i shouldn't go for one.

 

Im budgeting around that price, it doesn't have to be a brilliant card just run smooth.

 

You should have gone for the 670FTW, I'm on my second test flight and this card is amazing combined with a CPU clock of 4.9ghz. I'm finally happy with FSX, no stutters just liquid smooth performance like good old FS9

Anything over a 560 is over kill for FSX, you wouldn't notice any difference by spending twice as much.

As said by NickN from Simaviation :

DONT buy a Ti video card,!!!! especially a 660 bad mistake.... spend the money on the 680 GTX single monitor 1.5-2GB video memory, multi monitor above 2GB video memory.

 

Read it here : http://www.simforums...topic43791.html

 

Jan.

 

i think 660ti and even non ti version is very good cards for fsx. if you can not afford for a gtx670-680, buying 660 wouldn't be a bad mistake imho.

You should have gone for the 670FTW, I'm on my second test flight and this card is amazing combined with a CPU clock of 4.9ghz. I'm finally happy with FSX, no stutters just liquid smooth performance like good old FS9

 

Rob I would love to do a real comparison with video cards on your machine (CPU clocked at 4.9).

 

Now maybe you have told me before, but was it hard setting up your overclocking? Of course you have cooling right?

 

I have never tried it. I might one day depending on the advice I receive.

Hey Daniel,

 

I built the system myself but the CPU\Motherboard came pre overclocked at 4.7ghz, all I had to do was activate a profile in the bios, I upped it to 4.9ghz and it's stable.

 

Cooling is stock.

Hey Daniel,

 

I built the system myself but the CPU\Motherboard came pre overclocked at 4.7ghz, all I had to do was activate a profile in the bios, I upped it to 4.9ghz and it's stable.

 

Cooling is stock.

 

You can buy pre-overclocked CPU/MBs?

I just upgraded last week from a eVGA GTX 580 to an ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP edition. Graphics are much sharper than the 580, performance gains however are minimal. I tried a flight out of JFK using PMDG NGX and my FPS and still could not maintain 30 FPS locked, it fluxed from 25 to 30 constantly. That's with no traffic and only some sliders full right. Another test I used PMDG NGX and maddog 2008 at night at taxi2gate KSTL and yet again FPS fluxed from 22-29 constantly until in the air then it locked at 30.

 

Trying ORBX PNW along with Carenado 182T, I still get stutters 26-30 FPS at addon ORBX airports, then 28-30FPS in the sky until I turn on topo in the map then I get constant 20-30 fps flux.

 

Outside of detailed airports the card seems to do really well. I use REX with 2048 HD clouds, 1024 water, clouds set to maximum coverage and no problems whatsoever with performance in heavy cloud coverage. I'm using 8X AA, 4XSGSS.

 

If curious, I use Word Not Allowed's guide.

 

I have an 2600k OC'd at 4.7GHZ. I really thought this card would do much better with detailed airports and planes but it has made little difference in that department which is disappointing. This card sits in a PCIE 2.0 slot, which works but is designed for PCIE 3.0. I suspect this card will handle FSX much better with an upgraded MOBO and CPU, that's just my assumption however.

You can buy pre-overclocked CPU/MBs?

 

Yep,

 

A company in the UK hand picks and stress tests the CPU's, they then sell the one's that overclock the best.

Anything over a 560 is over kill for FSX, you wouldn't notice any difference by spending twice as much.

 

UNTRUE!

 

I don't understand why people would make such predictions just cause it didn't do it for them.

 

In a large resolution setup it does matter with AA settings and other graphic setting which you can improve up on. FPS is not the only thing.

 

Manny