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When I upgraded from Dell to my Hypersonic gaming machine, the GeForce FX
5900 Ultra came with it. It was fine on this high end system, but Katy
seemed to have some issues with the FX cards so I checked them out. She was
right in my opinion. The new EVGA 6800GT coupled with the other heavy
hardware on the system have made a big difference. I'm not a frame rate nut
and have them targeted at 32. This frees up everything for additional
graphics work. I see things that weren't there before
))
FWIW, the new kid on the block graphics wise will be the PCI express cards,
and there is a 6800 PCI-X, but you will need a mobo that supports this. It's
a whole new build, and the way I will go next year.
DH
"Mr. Steve" <surveyorsteve@cox.net> wrote in message
news:QrHze.27310$8o.16504@fed1read03...
> Thanks for the responses. A year and a half ago I thought I knew the
> cards pretty well but as I look now, there's a whole new set of numbers.
> Is the 6800 a step up from the 59??
> When I built my puter awhile ago, the 5950?? something pro was the best or
> the 98?? pro on the Raedon side.
>
> Because I built the whole computer ... new everything, I didn't get the
> highest end available...I got the Gainward fx5700 ultra Golden Sample and
> I like it. The Golden Sample makes a difference. I will try the same
> thing when I get a new one.
>
> Mr. Steve
>
> "Dudley Henriques" <dhenriques@noware .net> wrote in message
> news:21Hze.18346$pa3.12014@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>>I have a 6800GT, but the GPU is only part of this equation.
>> A fast GPU is fine, but in order to evaluate GPU's for flight simulation,
>> you have to evaluate that GPU on a given system. Even then, the answer is
>> incomplete for flight simulation, as the simulator itself will respond
>> differently even to the same GPU as other system components are upgraded
>> or downgraded.
>> The bottom line for MSFS is that it's not really designed to have every
>> slider maxed out to the right, and just where you will be in the graphics
>> equation, considering you're using a high end GPU from either
>> manufacturer will in large part depend on the rest of your
>> system...specifically the mobo, the RAM, and most importantly, the
>> processor!
>> FWIW, I agree with KT (I usually do.....she's one smart lady
I have
>> gone with Nvidia since I began working with the simulator. I've seen the
>> ATI cards on high end systems, and for my own perception of what the
>> graphics and performance should be in FS9, I chose Nvidia.
>> Dudley Henriques
>>
>> "Mr. Steve" <surveyorsteve@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:G6Eze.26763$8o.6038@fed1read03...
>>> An earlier post asked about NVIDIA 6800 vs. a Raedon x850. Is the 6800
>>> the latest and greatest. I know Katy was big on NVIDIA and Peter
>>> McLeland recommended a Gainward Golden Sample so that's what I got. I
>>> am now considering a new (second) card to run more monitors. Has Raedon
>>> left NVIDIA in the dust or do they still compete. Would I be better off
>>> with the Matrox? I used Matrox years ago ... Millennium and Millennium
>>> II.
>>>
>>> Mr. Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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