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Just got the Nvidia 8800GT graphics card.. now what?? |
DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:16 ET by Kevin Jones
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I just purchased the 8800GT graphics card, using NHancer and I am still only getting maybe 7-10 FPS on all full settings in KATL using FSX. Any recommendations to what settings I should set FSX too to get the best out of my card?
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:27 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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kevin - what is your system? How much RAM do you have?
Did you check to see if your motherboard is capable of processing (amount of RAM)
FPS in FSX is not solely based on have a good graphics card - prob better to research first prior to buying.
There is a great guide out there (FSTweaks FSX) that wil help you adjust your settings.
Does the caard have 256 or 512 memory?
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:35 ET by Kevin Jones
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System
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AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20GHz
Manufacturer HP-Pavilion
Model GX612AA-ABA m8330f
Total amount of system memory 3.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4
64-bit capable Yes
Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 894 GB
Disk partition (C:) 240 GB Free (288 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 1 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Disk partition (E:) 264 GB Free (298 GB Total)
Media drive (F:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (K:) 197 GB Free (298 GB Total)
Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Total available graphics memory 1791 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1279 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.7516
Secondary monitor resolution 1280x1024
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:37 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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you should be running FSX smooth. I don't have that - and I only have a 7700 series video card and 4MB RAM and I am stable with everything maxed (I have AI everything turned off in FSX) at 27 FPS - including KATL.
If I turn on my AI Aviation and vehicles - in KATL, my FPS drop to about 14-20, but not enough to affect my movement.
Are you running Vista?
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:39 ET by Kevin Jones
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Yes
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:40 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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lol
can't help you then. I have heard horror stories about Vista and new video cards - but I don't own either so my impressions, reports from others are all I have to go on.
:-)
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:41 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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supposedly the 8800 is great with Vista - "was made for Vista"
have you updated the drivers?
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:42 ET by Kevin Jones
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lol, thanks... I'm hoping someone will post on here who has had my situation soon.. thanks Andrew
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:42 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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np - sorry man. Vista is just not in my future!
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:42 ET by Kevin Jones
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yes, all drivers are updated
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic" Marietta, GA
2,241 legs, 8,967.3 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online 1,899 legs,
7,760.4 hours ACARS 75 legs,
196.3 hours event 2,277 legs, 9,102.2 hours total 91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 17:48 ET by Luke Kolin
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Are you running at least SP1 of FSX?
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA3124
Captain, B777-200
Joined on May 09 2006
Everett Century Club
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Triple Century Club
"If it aint Boeing, I aint going" Oklahoma City, OK
360 legs, 1,367.4 hours
129 legs,
482.4 hours online 320 legs,
1,220.2 hours ACARS 12 legs,
46.3 hours event 9 legs dispatched, 0.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 14 2008 18:47 ET by Michael Varela
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Sorry for Hijackign this threat but I have
Intel 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz
4GB Ram 800Mhz
8800GTX 768mb
Windows XP
And running FSX maxed at 14 FPS ranging to20
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 15 2008 00:17 ET by Kevin Jones
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Luke- Yes I have even SP2 installed... I am sitting at KATL everything maxed at around 8 FPS, this is even with Autogen density to None....
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DVA5295
Captain, B737-800
Joined on December 15 2007
Bangalore, Karnataka India
44 legs, 97.0 hours
35 legs,
81.0 hours online 42 legs,
92.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 15 2008 10:21 ET by Preetham Kumar
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My comp config is
Intel E6300@ 2.8ghz, 2gig 800mhz rams , ati 1800gto , Asus P5B Dlx MOBO
Getting Ktal at full gfx at 14fps ( 1280X1024) . Before is was 8fps after installing this texture pack it improved the FPS
http://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=1268
Preetham KumarCaptain, B737-800
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 15 2008 15:52 ET by Kevin Jones
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Ok... I've finally managed to get it to average around 12-15 FPS around KATL now... still aiming for that 20FPS....
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DVA4133
Captain, B767-300
Joined on March 02 2007
Century Club
"1957 Apache. No parking brake!" Southeastern United States
143 legs, 448.0 hours
5 legs,
6.7 hours online 138 legs,
434.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 17 2008 14:09 ET by Brian Beard
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Did you disable the integrated GPU?
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 17 2008 14:54 ET by Kevin Jones
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How do you do that?
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DVA3710
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP, COMM
Joined on November 12 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Piston Prop 100 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"God is my pilot. I'm just the First Officer." Apopka, FL
432 legs, 690.6 hours
35 legs,
60.8 hours online 385 legs,
620.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
7.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 17 2008 15:46 ET by Sid Dudley
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There should have been instructions that came with your new video card that tells how to do this before installing the new card.
Click ---> Start
right click ---> My Computer
click ---> Properties
click --> Hardware Tab
click --> Device Manager
double click ---> display adapters
If it is showing anything other than your new video card then you have not disabled your onboard video. To disable onboard video just right click on it on the list and then click on disable. I hope this helps.
Sid DudleySenior Captain, DC-6
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 17 2008 17:00 ET by Kevin Jones
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Ok.. it was already disabled...
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DVA3662
Captain, CRJ-200
Joined on October 25 2006
Western United States
25 legs, 36.1 hours
21 legs,
28.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 18 2008 14:18 ET by Mark Webster
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I installed a new video card (9600GT) for another game (Age of Conan) and after updating the drivers I was getting the same FPS as with the old junky card. I was very upset. Searching the game forums I found this "Driver Sweeper"-Removes all old drivers. I ran Drive sweeper and then installed the same new drivers and I went from 7fps to 28 in cities and 18 to 50fps outdoors.
So short story is to clean all the old drivers off and then install new ones.
http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=driversweeper
Mark WebsterCaptain, CRJ-200
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 18 2008 15:59 ET by Kevin Jones
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ok, installed it, how do you work it?
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DVA3680
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on November 01 2006
Stock Car Racing Club
Century Club
Berthoud, CO
114 legs, 232.4 hours
97 legs,
212.8 hours online 106 legs,
215.1 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 19 2008 10:36 ET by Kevin Williams
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Un-install the graphics driver first in control panel - add/remove programs. It's something like Nvidia Display or something like that. Restart.
Open up Drive Sweeper. Click on the nVidia Driver click the button that points to the left something like this "->" so its on the left hand side now.
Then click the broom button in the top left. Restart your computer.
Install new driver.
Kevin WilliamsFirst Officer, B767-300
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DVA4133
Captain, B767-300
Joined on March 02 2007
Century Club
"1957 Apache. No parking brake!" Southeastern United States
143 legs, 448.0 hours
5 legs,
6.7 hours online 138 legs,
434.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 19 2008 11:34 ET by Brian Beard
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Guys, the integrated graphics HAS to be disabled through BIOS. You motherboard is the ASUS M2N68-LA. I suggest heading over to the ASUS website (Slowest one the net)and getting the manual (PDF) if one is available.
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
472.3 hours online 209 legs,
534.3 hours ACARS 8 legs,
25.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 20 2008 01:11 ET by Kevin Jones
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Kevin, are those fps you posted for windowed mode or full screen?
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