Best FSX Settings ATI 4850

P.S. For those considering the 4850 in cross fire, I suggest you get the ICE Q version with the vented exhaust. I had the Saphire Radeons in there and the top card fan was actually pulling heat off the bottom card. The PCIe were so close to each other, I could not seporate the two cards. The third PCIe was too low (too far apart from the first) that I could not put the second one down a notch. The cross fire connections were too short. The top card ran at 91°c (yeah, I could boil water on it very nearly). With the Ice Q, I am running both cards at around 61°. Much more stable performance.

Yes, the cross fire connectors are installed. I am running Flight Simulator X or FSX.

its from 2006, and no way 100's of fps.. its just a f**king HOG!

To OP, I play FSX with a 8800GTS (g92) 512 GPU OC'd. That was the best GPU to play this sim with but the 9800GTX+ would probably play it as well too.

This game isn't as dependent on the GPU as it is on the CPU. The more cores and the higher the clock the better. It seems to like Intel quads and nVida GPUs best. I tried AMD and ATI as well. It also does not like SLI or Crossfie.

My specs are CPU............Q9550 currently at 3.6Ghz but have played this game clocked at 4.1Ghz. I could max out ALL settings and average mid 30s FPS any where.

I would recommend you get a 9800GTX+ and OC it. With your CPU at 4.2Ghz you should see some real improvements in frame rates. Good luck.