April 15, 20179 yr Hi all, I am looking to buy a new computer and wanted to know what the general consensus is (if there is one) regarding NVidia versus AMD video cards. I've only ever used NVidia, so I have no idea how well AMD video cards work or how easy they are to tune in order to get the best possible graphics for FSX. All comments/advice welcome! Edit: I am posting here as I am pretty much solely using PMDG products and want to know how the AMD video cards handle the complexities of FSX and in particular, PMDG products. Matthew Bellette
April 15, 20179 yr Nvidia is generally considered better for FSX. I'm sure someone with more tech knowledge can tell you why
April 15, 20179 yr 9 hours ago, mcbellette said: Hi all, I am looking to buy a new computer and wanted to know what the general consensus is (if there is one) regarding NVidia versus AMD video cards. I've only ever used NVidia, so I have no idea how well AMD video cards work or how easy they are to tune in order to get the best possible graphics for FSX. All comments/advice welcome! Edit: I am posting here as I am pretty much solely using PMDG products and want to know how the AMD video cards handle the complexities of FSX and in particular, PMDG products. Matthew, I had the same questions over the last month. This was also because one day I will move over to P3D, which apparently uses the video card more than FSX. If you have a look at this site, you get the idea of the "grunt" of the Nvidia verse the AMD. There could be other reasons the better informed know of. Last week I went the Nvidia GTX1080 way. http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html Best of luck with your deliberations. Geoff Bryce
April 15, 20179 yr I've adopted a less than complementary attitude towards ATI/AMD video cards after owning a few. The always tore certain FSX graphics such as the display on the CDU, and PMDG reached out to them but they responded they were not interested in such as small market and flight simulation. On that note I said goodbye and well wishes with their "big" markets and that customer support attitude. NVidia turns out a software revision occasionally (ie once every couple years) that doesn't play well with P3D but the remedy is don't update every update. I'm still using a GTX750Ti and GTX980Ti in two different workstations and do not have complaints. Dan Downs KCRP
April 15, 20179 yr I wasted two years tuning my AMD micro and gcard, disregarding as ###### anyone claiming Intel/Nvidia was better for FSX. Finally built a new Intel/Nvidia system and greatly improved performance. X-Plane 12 (VR only) - HP Reverb G2 - i5 13600k - ASUS TUF RTX 4090 24GB - ASUS TUF Z790-Plus - Corsair Hydro H115i - Corsair 16GB (2 X 8GB) DDR4 4000 (PC4-32000) C18 1.35V - Samsung 860 EVO SSD 500GB - Windows 11 Pro
April 16, 20179 yr nah havnt seen any tearing of graphics at all I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
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