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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com" Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online 580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS 89 legs,
191.0 hours event 236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 16 2011 23:32 ET by Michael Brown
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I'm pretty computer savvy all around .... but I have a question that is probably for someone who really knows the idiosyncrasy of PCI-E bus's, CPU data flows, etc., etc.
I'm just starting to put together a new system centered around a P67 mobo and i7-2600K processor with probably 12Gs of RAM (I'd like to get Intel's 6 core but at ~$1K no way). My question is, what would be my most bang for my buck...sort of a cost to benefit analysis here...one real high end card or two lesser cards in SLI? .....I'm thinking frame rates here, maximum scenery and all. I want all settings maxed, all the time.
So for you guys that know systems down to their resistors & capacitors what are your thoughts? ....need more info from me?, just ask
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DVA8993
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"KJBR go Red Wolves" Washington, DC
185 legs, 837.1 hours
62 legs,
214.0 hours online 185 legs,
837.1 hours ACARS 202 legs, 858.6 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
January 17 2011 01:15 ET by William Stroud
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FSX has never been known to scale well to SLI, and there are some instability caveats to boot. Are you going to be gaming outside of FSX?
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DVA5656
Captain, B757-200
Joined on February 08 2008
Everett 500 Club
Million Mile Club
Online Six Century Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"||||" Atlanta, GA USA
1,382 legs, 4,606.1 hours
629 legs,
2,134.7 hours online 1,270 legs,
4,282.2 hours ACARS 13 legs,
27.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 17 2011 02:29 ET by Alex Vanover
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Definitely get an NVIDIA card over an ATI. They are much better for FS. I just bought an EVGA GTX 570 today for only $380. It runs FSX like a beast. I recommend this card to anyone running FSX. (or FS9 of course)
Alex VanoverCaptain, B757-200
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com" Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online 580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS 89 legs,
191.0 hours event 236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 17 2011 10:24 ET by Michael Brown
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William Stroud wrote:
FSX has never been known to scale well to SLI, and there are some instability caveats to boot. Are you going to be gaming outside of FSX?
Maybe ....mostly FSX though.
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DVA8993
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"KJBR go Red Wolves" Washington, DC
185 legs, 837.1 hours
62 legs,
214.0 hours online 185 legs,
837.1 hours ACARS 202 legs, 858.6 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
January 17 2011 11:15 ET by William Stroud
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I would go for the single best card, in that case. Remember, too, that single GPU cards do better with FSX for whatever reason. To future proof, I might say something different, but the 580 is looking like a beast for FSX.
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DVA6356
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP E-MAIL
Joined on September 05 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Century Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
White Knuckles Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Panda Club
"Now, where's the rice at?" Atlanta, GA
3,583 legs, 33,312.7 hours
109 legs,
605.9 hours online 3,579 legs,
33,288.7 hours ACARS 40 legs,
88.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 18 2011 01:47 ET by Chuong Nguyen
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gtx570 is a single GPU card?
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA
304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs,
682.2 hours online 303 legs,
740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 18 2011 02:07 ET by Skylar Macminn
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Chuong Nguyen wrote:
gtx570 is a single GPU card?
The GPU's in the 400 and 500 (Refresh series) are single gpu
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DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on August 17 2005
Century Club
"What's that button for? OOPs" Erwin, TN USA
122 legs, 206.7 hours
1 legs,
1.1 hours online 1 legs,
1.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 18 2011 17:56 ET by John Swisher
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Michael if you are only running FSX(FS9), go the single card route and put the difference in either CPU or SSD. They will make more difference than SLI anyday. I vote for staying with nvidia also.
John SwisherCaptain, B737-800
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