Hi there,
I'm a fairly new builder, so please excuse my naivety. I began building my gaming rig in December last year and it's nearly complete (been adding to it piece by piece).
CPU: Intel i5 3570K (cooled by Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO)
PSU: Corsair 550w
Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LX, Intel Z77
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Storage: 250GB Samsung SSD + 1TB Seagate HDD
Graphics Card: 2GB XFX Radeon HD 7850
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
The rig was originally built for high performance graphic rendering and of course gaming. I mostly play Flight Simulator and Train Simulator 2013.
So far I've been able to play TS2013 on around 80% quality achieving an average of 75fps-120fps which has been excellent. Now I'm keen to bump it up to 'highest detail' .
Prior to beginning this thread I attempted highest detail and was only able to reach 30fps , confirming the fact I need a second or larger card.
My motherboard and current card supports X-Fire, so essentially I'm wondering whether I'll get better FPS if 2x 2GB cards talk to each other, or whether I should ditch the HD 7850 and buy a single 4GB card?
I'm using the well known Zalman Z11 case and there is room for another 7850 if I want to x-fire. Money is not an issue, but of course if I can keep the costs down without recklessly spending that would be preferred.
FPS measured with FRAPS.
Many thanks
Christian
I'm a fairly new builder, so please excuse my naivety. I began building my gaming rig in December last year and it's nearly complete (been adding to it piece by piece).
CPU: Intel i5 3570K (cooled by Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO)
PSU: Corsair 550w
Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LX, Intel Z77
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Storage: 250GB Samsung SSD + 1TB Seagate HDD
Graphics Card: 2GB XFX Radeon HD 7850
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
The rig was originally built for high performance graphic rendering and of course gaming. I mostly play Flight Simulator and Train Simulator 2013.
So far I've been able to play TS2013 on around 80% quality achieving an average of 75fps-120fps which has been excellent. Now I'm keen to bump it up to 'highest detail' .
Prior to beginning this thread I attempted highest detail and was only able to reach 30fps , confirming the fact I need a second or larger card.
My motherboard and current card supports X-Fire, so essentially I'm wondering whether I'll get better FPS if 2x 2GB cards talk to each other, or whether I should ditch the HD 7850 and buy a single 4GB card?
I'm using the well known Zalman Z11 case and there is room for another 7850 if I want to x-fire. Money is not an issue, but of course if I can keep the costs down without recklessly spending that would be preferred.
FPS measured with FRAPS.
Many thanks
Christian