Some noobish questions amout vista and DX10

[Guest trulsismann]

Hi everyone, i have a few questions regarding vista and DX10..1. Will i see a big performance increase in FSX with vista and DX10 installed (DX9 and XP now)?2. What's the best DX10 compatible graphics card for about

[W2DR 1,859]

1. Possibly but no one knows yet. We need to wait for the DX10 patch later this year.2. You need a DX10-compliant card, not just a DX10-compatible card. The nVidia 8800 is the only one available now and costs US$400-$600. See http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2870.3. "Smoothness" is likely to be more a function of CPU speed than video card RAM, but if I were buying a DX10 card I'd look for a minimum of 512MB.Doug

[MatthewS 761]

Also, the new midrange nVidia 8600 has h.264 decoding built into the hardware. This means that HD DVD and Blue Ray Movies can be played on your PC without much CPU usage. So you can play FSX and watch hi def inflight movies at the same time. :)See this link:-http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2977

[Guest EdrickV]

DirectX 10 video cards, from $96 up to $939:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....&page=1&bop=AndAKA GeForce series 8 cards."Let me help you out. You're cleared to taxi any way you can to any runway you see."

[Guest trulsismann]

Thanks for the help!What do you guys think about this one?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814186016

[Guest EdrickV]

Sounds good to me, but these guys would know more then me:http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/21/mat...8800/index.htmlObviously it's going to be big though, better make sure nothing in the case is going to interfere with it."Let me help you out. You're cleared to taxi any way you can to any runway you see."

[tasmanet 0]

Toms hardware now has FSX benchmarkshttp://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

[W2DR 1,859]

Check your power supply ratings to be sure there is no problem there. This card requires a minimum of 350W with at least 20A on the 12V rail. And that's 350 Premium Watts - not just some PSU manufacturers wishfull thinking.Doug