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DVA4229
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on March 19 2007
"Sink rate. Sink Rate." Southeastern United States
54 legs, 100.9 hours
47 legs,
87.7 hours online 53 legs,
98.4 hours ACARS 7 legs,
11.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 13:20 ET by Lawrence Woodworth
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For those of you saving up to get the top of the line graphics card, you'll have to save a bit longer than before. NVidia has announced the 8800 GTX ULTRA which is going to beat the 8800 GTX (the previous world's-best graphics card) by 10 - 15%. The drawback is the card, which is due out the middle of this month, is priced at around $950.
http://omidr.typepad.com/twitchblog/2007/05/nvidia_introduc.html
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DVA3119
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on May 08 2006
Online Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
"Stumbled out with the sun down there" Sioux Falls, SD USA
462 legs, 1,970.6 hours
157 legs,
339.2 hours online 417 legs,
1,848.3 hours ACARS 6 legs,
17.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 13:23 ET by Justin Taylor
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sweet
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DVA2945
Captain, B737-800
Joined on March 03 2006
CM Spain
70 legs, 100.7 hours
12 legs,
14.6 hours online 64 legs,
94.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 13:35 ET by Carlos Gonzalez
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The first one supporting DirectX 10 indeed !
Carlos GonzalezCaptain, B737-800
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DVA2097
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on January 20 2005
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Kentriki Makedonia Greece
222 legs, 432.9 hours
151 legs,
305.1 hours online 168 legs,
355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 14:04 ET by Terry Doumlas
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Probably needs a small hydroelectric plant to power it and a reactor cooling unit as a heat sink too =p
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 15:30 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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Another drawback - most people cannot afford a processor to match it, but will still buy this.
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DVA1385
Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on November 09 2003
Century Club
"www.flyaoamedia.com" Western United States
122 legs, 479.3 hours
72 legs,
282.0 hours online 36 legs,
162.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 15:44 ET by Chris Palmer
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Flight sim is less about video cards and more about a system that can load and keep the textures quickly. That's what a good FS system is all about. This card is a bit overpowered, even for FSX. I'm running a GTX just fine with FSX.
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 15:57 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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what kkinda CPU, Chris?
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DVA3419
Captain, MD-88
Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE
67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs,
82.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 16:18 ET by Norm Hare
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I 'm getting two
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DVA4296
Captain, B737-800
Joined on April 04 2007
Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Philadelphia, PA
109 legs, 328.7 hours
63 legs,
177.7 hours online 82 legs,
276.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 17:29 ET by Boris Levenzon
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Hate to burst everyone's bubble, but like Chris said, FSX needs CPU and lots of it.
Boris LevenzonCaptain, B737-800
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DVA4229
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on March 19 2007
"Sink rate. Sink Rate." Southeastern United States
54 legs, 100.9 hours
47 legs,
87.7 hours online 53 legs,
98.4 hours ACARS 7 legs,
11.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 02 2007 18:49 ET by Lawrence Woodworth
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Well if you want to have your HD in-flight movie while flying that long leg, this is the card to handle it!
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DVA1478
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
Joined on January 05 2004
Double Century Club
Lethbridge, AB Canada
241 legs, 601.7 hours
12 legs,
29.6 hours online 3 legs,
2.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 03 2007 15:17 ET by Tim Diamond
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I think this is a shame. It's really a money racket. I a few months back bought 2 GTX8800 cards. You would think they would allow you to free upgrade ..........or a few more bucks to get upgraded. My pockets are empty
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DVA3992
Captain, CRJ-200
E-MAIL
Joined on February 01 2007
Western Europe
12 legs, 7.2 hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 13 2007 13:42 ET by Scott Barker
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i have found a fantastic generic card of the new 8 series http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GC-XN85GT256
i know its only 256 mb but its dx10 and only 50 quid
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DVA4229
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on March 19 2007
"Sink rate. Sink Rate." Southeastern United States
54 legs, 100.9 hours
47 legs,
87.7 hours online 53 legs,
98.4 hours ACARS 7 legs,
11.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 13 2007 21:49 ET by Lawrence Woodworth
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FSX won't have a patch that supports DX10 until at least the Fall. By then who knows WHAT cards are preferred.
While the 8500 GT does support DX10, it pales when compared to an 8800 series card:
Stream Processors: an 8800 has 700% more stream processors than an 8500 GT (128 vs. 16)
Core Clock: an 8800 core clock runs 36% faster than the 8500 (612 MHz vs. 450 MHz)
Shader Clock: 66% faster (1.5 GHz vs. 900 MHz)
Memory Clock: 170% faster (1.08 GHz vs. 400 MHz)
Memory: 200% more (768 MB vs. 256 MB)
Memory bandwidth: 710% more bandwidth! (103.7 GB/sec vs. 12.8 GB/sec)
So now you know why it's so much cheaper than the 8800 series.
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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
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN
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Posted onPost created on
May 13 2007 21:57 ET by Luke Kolin
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I really wouldn't touch the 8500/8600 cards. If you're going to spend the money, go for an 8800GTS; that seems to be the sweet spot right now. The Core2Duo build that I'm itching to pull the trigger on would have that.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA1382
Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 07 2003
Online Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett 500 Club
Six Century Club
Duluth, MN USA
615 legs, 1,330.2 hours
298 legs,
641.7 hours online 499 legs,
1,074.0 hours ACARS 47 legs,
113.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 14 2007 00:13 ET by Dan Johnson
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With my new system, I am pulling about 40 FPS with FSX, sliders full right. So I think I'll wait till Flight Sim upgrades to DX10 in the fall for the 8800's. Or maybe not at all. Running great now.
Intel 2.66 Dual 2 Core
4 gigs ram
7950 GTX Dual DVI
Vista Premium
Dan JohnsonCaptain, B737-800
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DVA071
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on July 03 2001
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
Weston, MA USA
375 legs, 1,827.1 hours
310 legs,
1,535.6 hours online 159 legs,
991.1 hours ACARS 2 legs,
14.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 14 2007 01:28 ET by Geoffrey Smith
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I'm thinking like Luke and am considering building a C2D system, especially in a month or so if prices fall with barcelona's supposed release. The card I'm thinking of is the EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card. At $350, that's a steal and I see no reason to consider spending $950 on a video card. And it supports DX10 like the rest of the 8800 series, so there's no reason to go for the ultra.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130080
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DVA4229
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on March 19 2007
"Sink rate. Sink Rate." Southeastern United States
54 legs, 100.9 hours
47 legs,
87.7 hours online 53 legs,
98.4 hours ACARS 7 legs,
11.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 30 2007 13:48 ET by Lawrence Woodworth
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Besides, the DX10 patch isn't expected out until the Fall at the earliest. Why pay now for hardware that can't be used until then?
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