IM making a new computer for fsx. Im using the amd9590 processor, I will like to use the asus gtx titan video card.

cam any of you tell me if these card is worth the money, and can fsx take advantage using these video card, or is an overkill.

The Titan is a very nice card but you'll not see much improvement in FSX over a GTX 780.  I bought the Titan for reasons beyond FSX ... I use a lot of 3D software (Cinema 4D, SolidWorks, and Adobe's suite of products) where the capabilities of the Titan help out considerably.  But for FSX and other gaming, the GTX 780 is probably a more cost effective choice ... but to be honest, I had great FSX performance with my GTX 680 4GB (classified) card.

 

2014 nVidia will have their Maxwell GPUs out which will give the CPU direct access to the DDR5 on the video card ... I'm not clear on how this is going to be implemented ... meaning will it require code or will all existing software automatically leverage it?  If the later, then you should see HUGE improvements in legacy games/simulations like FSX.

If the Titan equals value for money for you is your decision. However, I use it and I throw  everything  at it and Titan takes it all in a graceful stride. I really don't see things ever getting  noticeably any better than what I can get now with Titan.

 

Phil Murfin {Matlock UK}

If the Titan equals value for money for you is your decision. However, I use it and I throw  everything  at it and Titan takes it all in a graceful stride. I really don't see things ever getting  noticeably any better than what I can get now with Titan.

 

Phil Murfin {Matlock UK}

 

A Titan is an insane card. I use GTX 670 and am happy with it. I will reassess when P3D 2.0 is released later this year.

 

If I had just the one PC I would probably buy one at least for gaming but I run two separate rigs so it would only go into my FS rig.

 

Good to see you on here at last, may see you at Pam's for xmas festivities!

When used with FSX, P3D or my favourite, XP10 the Titan is a smile maker!

 

Hopefully See you at Christmas Graham

 

Phil

Don't bother with a Titan. Go for either a GTX 780 or a GTX 780Ti when it's released in a week or two.

 

The 780Ti will likely perform better than a titan but also be cheaper.

 

Also, are you sure ou want to go for the AMD 9590 CPU?

 

It's over priced for what it is, runs hot and an i7 4770K will outperform it in FSX. Just my opinion.

I bought Titan primarily 'on the come' for P3D 2.x and XPlane 64.  For the same reason I went w/ SB-E hexacore.   I was confident it would run FSX fine, which of course it clearly does. 

IM making a new computer for fsx. Im using the amd9590 processor, I will like to use the asus gtx titan video card.

cam any of you tell me if these card is worth the money, and can fsx take advantage using these video card, or is an overkill.

 

 

 

I would say get a 780 instead, and the money you save from the Titan, spend on a more powerful Intel CPU.

 

FSX would appreciate that.

 

Alternatively, spend the money on some other kit for your rig... better monitor, storage, whatever you like.

 

But the Titan is overkill in my view. Not the best bang for your buck, it's horrendously bad value for money.

 

I understand why Noel and others have gone for the Titan, because they could afford it, and wanted the best, and were thinking of other titles. [Noel P3D]  But importantly, they coupled the card with the best CPU for their needs. Thus with sufficient funds available, I would say their approach is a valid one.

 

Are you coupling this card with the best CPU for your needs?

 

Stratospheric power consumption, and a CPU architecture pushed to it's limits, rather than a new, more powerful, more efficeint Intel architecture, wouldn't be the way I would go.

 

Just my opinion.

 

 

What AMD did here was push their current architecture to its absolute limit and that deserves some credit. However this quest for the highest possible out-of-box frequencies brings forth a number of issues as well. Power consumption was nothing short of stratospheric and the amount of heat produced by the chip will leave all but the best heatsinks begging for mercy.

 

Is a 4.7 / 5GHz AMD processor ultimately enough to compete against Intel’s high-end offerings? The answer to that is multi-faceted. In properly optimized applications, the FX-9590 is a dominating presence which often runs just neck and neck with Intel’s comparatively priced Sandy Bridge-E processors. However, due to the disappointing single thread performance of the Piledriver architecture, in-game framerates in some titles tend to lag behind. There’s also just no looking past Intel’s ability to achieve similar or better performance without pushing their architecture to its absolute limit.

 

 

 

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