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DVA2835
Captain, MD-88
Joined on January 19 2006
Online Double Century Club
Triple Century Club
"Do it right" Huntington, WV USA
337 legs, 223.8 hours
290 legs,
191.1 hours online 326 legs,
215.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 22 2011 18:50 ET by Ralph Lawhon
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I have a studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7-930 processor [L2 Cache 2.80GHz] The video card is a G310 512 mb DDR3 64 bit. Is this card good for FSX windows 7 or should I consider an update?
Thanks
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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 23 2011 00:46 ET by William Stroud
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Do you know what kind of power supply you have? If you're not wanting to spend too much, the GTX 460 and GTX 570 are both good nvidia cards.
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AFV348
Captain, B747-400
Joined on April 13 2006
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Online Two Fifty Club
Quinticentenary Club
"fly a heavy or dont fly at all" Northeastern United States
536 legs, 1,889.5 hours
443 legs,
1,401.1 hours online 515 legs,
1,789.3 hours ACARS 20 legs,
68.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
January 23 2011 01:09 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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I just picked up a brand new PNY GTX 460 off ebay for 140 bucks!!! Has better specs then the card I was going to go with originally so i am happy. But Im also stepping back to Nvidia after having less then stellar results with this XFX HD5870xxx card. Bottom line, get the best that you can afford, general rule of thumb, stay away from the newest technology as you usually pay waaay more for that.
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DVA2835
Captain, MD-88
Joined on January 19 2006
Online Double Century Club
Triple Century Club
"Do it right" Huntington, WV USA
337 legs, 223.8 hours
290 legs,
191.1 hours online 326 legs,
215.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 23 2011 19:24 ET by Ralph Lawhon
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I just ordered a Radeon 5750 Video card from Dell. Any comments about this card?
Thanks guys
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DVA4595
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on June 15 2007
B757 100 Club
Everett 500 Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Online Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"How 'bout them Dawgs?" Cumming, GA
1,369 legs, 1,902.0 hours
1,272 legs,
1,763.2 hours online 1,322 legs,
1,831.0 hours ACARS 52 legs,
95.6 hours event 3 legs dispatched, 10.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 25 2011 01:13 ET by Mark Springsteen
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What I have read recently is the ATI HD5800 series and up cards have improved a lot over the earlier versions. You can search on google and find some nice articles on the two cards. From what I read the Nvidia cards are slightly better on frames (5 to 10%) but they are usually more expensive and take more power and generate more heat over their ATI counterparts. I have had both and currently have an ATI HD5850 which has given me great service so far. I have had two Nvidia cards go out on me in the past three years, so there may be something to this heat issue. The latest ATI drivers 10.1 and up seem to have improved my framerates slightly which is always nice.
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DVA2101
Captain, B767-300
Joined on December 09 2004
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
"I think I'll have another" KY USA
417 legs, 923.2 hours
292 legs,
587.9 hours online 318 legs,
697.3 hours ACARS 3 legs,
7.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 25 2011 07:37 ET by Adam Disselkamp
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I just bought a 460 yesterday having a hard time setting up the 3d settings to get rid of the jaggies. I did however like my ATI 5750 card and a my go back to it depending on what I can get this NVIDIA 460 to do. You should note I'm running FS9 maxed out averaging 46 frames with just minimal addons like fleet library planes.
Adam DisselkampCaptain, B767-300
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DVA2835
Captain, MD-88
Joined on January 19 2006
Online Double Century Club
Triple Century Club
"Do it right" Huntington, WV USA
337 legs, 223.8 hours
290 legs,
191.1 hours online 326 legs,
215.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 25 2011 09:21 ET by Ralph Lawhon
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I will post my findings after I run the card for awhile.
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DVA2835
Captain, MD-88
Joined on January 19 2006
Online Double Century Club
Triple Century Club
"Do it right" Huntington, WV USA
337 legs, 223.8 hours
290 legs,
191.1 hours online 326 legs,
215.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 29 2011 18:06 ET by Ralph Lawhon
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OK here is my report;
At night flying the Air creation ultra light over Las Vegas at night I got between 50 and 90 frames per Sec. I had everything maxed [almost]. This so far is the best I have seen on FSX from any of my computers.
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AFV348
Captain, B747-400
Joined on April 13 2006
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Online Two Fifty Club
Quinticentenary Club
"fly a heavy or dont fly at all" Northeastern United States
536 legs, 1,889.5 hours
443 legs,
1,401.1 hours online 515 legs,
1,789.3 hours ACARS 20 legs,
68.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
January 29 2011 18:42 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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Adam Disselkamp wrote:
I just bought a 460 yesterday having a hard time setting up the 3d settings to get rid of the jaggies. I did however like my ATI 5750 card and a my go back to it depending on what I can get this NVIDIA 460 to do. You should note I'm running FS9 maxed out averaging 46 frames with just minimal addons like fleet library planes.
Try running autility called Nvidia Inspector. do a quick google search for fsx related articles on it and you will find some nice seeting to run to get rid of the jaggies with the newest drivers for it.
take a look
http://forum.avsim.net/topic/291720-how-to-set-aa-in-fs9-and-fsx-for-nvidias-2xxxx-drivers-now-with-working-transparency-aa/
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DVA8830
Captain, B757-200
Joined on July 12 2010
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Mount Jackson, VA
242 legs, 463.9 hours
1 legs,
2.2 hours online 242 legs,
463.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 07 2011 15:38 ET by Tom Preziuso
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not being familiar with FMC panels the way I should be, I have read how to use the vasFMC but bot really sure what the heck I'm doing.
Tom PreziusoCaptain, B757-200
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