July 8, 201411 yr My GTX460SE has passed on to video heaven. Who wants to suggest a good replacement for use on my i7-2600k with a budget of $200? Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
July 9, 201411 yr Commercial Member I would suggest looking at what you might find used on Ebay. I picked up a great deal on an GTX 580 a few years back. Just thinkin' you might get more bang for the buck getting a higher rated but used card. Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
July 9, 201411 yr I live in Georgia and may be looking at an upgrade from my EVGA GTX580 to a GTX780. The card has not been OC'd and is used with a liquid cooled CPU in a room with A/C. No issues in the 2+ years that I've had it. PM me if you're interested and we may be able to work something out.
July 9, 201411 yr You might consider a Radeon r270x 4gb they are around $200 and will out perform a 660ti with ease and are equivalent to the gtx770 4gb ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170
July 10, 201411 yr Author I live in Georgia and may be looking at an upgrade from my EVGA GTX580 to a GTX780. The card has not been OC'd and is used with a liquid cooled CPU in a room with A/C. No issues in the 2+ years that I've had it. PM me if you're interested and we may be able to work something out. Neil, Thanks, I will keep it in mind. Have you been happy with the performance of the GTX580? I live about 4 hours to the east of you. You might consider a Radeon r270x 4gb they are around $200 and will out perform a 660ti with ease and are equivalent to the gtx770 4gb Thank you David Kerry W. GipeSavannah Georgia, USAUS FAA A&P / Commercial Pilot Multi Engine Land IFRYour talent is a gift from God. How you use your talent is your gift back to God.
July 10, 201411 yr Neil, Thanks, I will keep it in mind. Have you been happy with the performance of the GTX580? I live about 4 hours to the east of you. Thank you David Yes, performance has been very good. I have an overclocked i7 3930K, so that helps, but I lock on 30 fps in FSX and don't have much trouble achieving that in most areas, even with 3rd party scenery and add on aircraft. I fly all general aviation, so I'm not using PMDG or any complex airliners, but I do use A2A's C172 and Cherokee, along with other more complex GA aircraft. My setup is actually fine for what I do. I've been thinking of playing around with P3D v2.x, so for that I would want to upgrade to a GTX780, Wasn't wanting to spend $500, but if I can offset by getting something back for the GTX580, then it might be something I'd do.
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