I find it strange that most tests on graphic cards or other performance related issues such as use of SSDs never seem to include Microsoft Flight Simulator among the games used for the comparisons. FSX with maxxed settings is quite a difficult customer. It would be interesting to see some reviews about FSX performances with various cards, especially in multi-monitor set-ups. I don't play games but Simulators such as FSX and Dirt3. For Dirt 3 the performance of the config I mention below is very good, but not for FSX.
For example I set up FSX in a PC with the following specs:
MoBo Asus P7P55 LX iP55
PSU OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Processor Intel Core i5 760
Memory Kingston 2x4GB, DDR3, PC12800, CL9, HyperX, XMP
Graphic Sapphire PCI-e Radeon HD6950 2GB DDR5 driving 4 Neovo L W24 monitors, 3 in Eyefinity as one 5760x1080 screen and the 4th for the instruments.
Still, in spite of the fact that I put the Bitdefender Internet Security in Game Mode and activate the IOBit Game Booster so all unnecessary services are stopped, use Trixx utility to slightly overclock the card, still the frame rate falls as low as 10 and never goes above 25.
Would be interesting to know if an SSD drive would improve this ?
For example I set up FSX in a PC with the following specs:
MoBo Asus P7P55 LX iP55
PSU OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Processor Intel Core i5 760
Memory Kingston 2x4GB, DDR3, PC12800, CL9, HyperX, XMP
Graphic Sapphire PCI-e Radeon HD6950 2GB DDR5 driving 4 Neovo L W24 monitors, 3 in Eyefinity as one 5760x1080 screen and the 4th for the instruments.
Still, in spite of the fact that I put the Bitdefender Internet Security in Game Mode and activate the IOBit Game Booster so all unnecessary services are stopped, use Trixx utility to slightly overclock the card, still the frame rate falls as low as 10 and never goes above 25.
Would be interesting to know if an SSD drive would improve this ?