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Question about GPU

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Good night...

Today is the day I have written the most on this forum in my entire life.

Today when I was about to leave class, I saw a graphics card, it was a Radeon X550 with 128mb vram. 

My question is to know if I have enough to play fs9 with large addons, or play fsx, although from what I have seen, 256mb is recommended.

Greetings

Edited by SusGofres

Main computer: Biostar A520M; AMD Ryzen 5 5500; 16GB DDR4 Predator Apolo 3600MHz; ZOTAC GAMING RTX 4060; 1TB SSD M,2 KINGSTON; NFORTEC 750W; Windows 11; PCVIP 27'' 165Hz curved monitor.

Simulators installed: P3D V4 (Main); X-Plane 11.  Waiting for MSFS 2024.

Peripherals: Im proud to say that I use a xbox controller to fly (and mouse {HyperX Pulsefire Haste} + keyboard {Logitech TKL G413})

Do you seriously need an almost 20-year old GPU? While 256 MB was the recommended spec for FSX, those specs were rather optimistic. With FS9, I endured with a 2GB 940MX (mobile, but already had 2 GB). I struggled to keep 30 FPS at all times, but that was because of my CPU (an i5-7200U). The last decent experience I had with a GPU was with a Radeon HD 4350. But that was so long ago, that I don't remember how did I fare. All I remember is that I was CPU limited.

For FSX, in my experience, I recommend to use Prepar3D v3 requirements instead:

https://www.prepar3d.com/product-overview/system-requirements/#prepar3d-v3

These are closer to reality.

EDIT: I saw your other posts, and I see you intend to fly the iFly 737. I'm sure the X550 won't be enough for that. If you want some specs guidance, use the ones for the FS9 iFly 747 (the payware one). This is the heaviest plane I've ever seen for FS9, regarding FPS. You can find the specs here at the bottom of the page: https://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=ifly7442k4

Edited by Luis Hernandez

Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.

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1 hour ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Do you seriously need an almost 20-year old GPU? While 256 MB was the recommended spec for FSX, those specs were rather optimistic. With FS9, I endured with a 2GB 940MX (mobile, but already had 2 GB). I struggled to keep 30 FPS at all times, but that was because of my CPU (an i5-7200U). The last decent experience I had with a GPU was with a Radeon HD 4350. But that was so long ago, that I don't remember how did I fare. All I remember is that I was CPU limited.

For FSX, in my experience, I recommend to use Prepar3D v3 requirements instead:

https://www.prepar3d.com/product-overview/system-requirements/#prepar3d-v3

These are closer to reality.

EDIT: I saw your other posts, and I see you intend to fly the iFly 737. I'm sure the X550 won't be enough for that. If you want some specs guidance, use the ones for the FS9 iFly 747 (the payware one). This is the heaviest plane I've ever seen for FS9, regarding FPS. You can find the specs here at the bottom of the page: https://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=ifly7442k4

I don't really need it, I have a more powerful computer than that, I just wanted to play with it, and the idea of installing Win XP on it and trying fs9 occurred to me. Even try other games like call of duty 1, etc... Although I don't think I'm going to get it since I still haven't gotten it to turn on properly. 

Main computer: Biostar A520M; AMD Ryzen 5 5500; 16GB DDR4 Predator Apolo 3600MHz; ZOTAC GAMING RTX 4060; 1TB SSD M,2 KINGSTON; NFORTEC 750W; Windows 11; PCVIP 27'' 165Hz curved monitor.

Simulators installed: P3D V4 (Main); X-Plane 11.  Waiting for MSFS 2024.

Peripherals: Im proud to say that I use a xbox controller to fly (and mouse {HyperX Pulsefire Haste} + keyboard {Logitech TKL G413})

Ah, hahahaha, got it. In this case, it may help, at least for the challenge 😉

Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.

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20 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Ah, hahahaha, got it. In this case, it may help, at least for the challenge 😉

Well, I think it won't be possible, the computer won't turn on anymore.

Main computer: Biostar A520M; AMD Ryzen 5 5500; 16GB DDR4 Predator Apolo 3600MHz; ZOTAC GAMING RTX 4060; 1TB SSD M,2 KINGSTON; NFORTEC 750W; Windows 11; PCVIP 27'' 165Hz curved monitor.

Simulators installed: P3D V4 (Main); X-Plane 11.  Waiting for MSFS 2024.

Peripherals: Im proud to say that I use a xbox controller to fly (and mouse {HyperX Pulsefire Haste} + keyboard {Logitech TKL G413})

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