Joined: Wed Dec 26 2007, 04:27AM Location: RAF CONINGSBY/RAF LEUCHARS Posts: 5612 Thanked 50 time in 46 post
I have a used 8500GT PCI express GPU for sale. I purchase this to upgrade my 7600GT, but in between purchase and arrival, i obtained a different card, so this is now surplus
it is made by GAINWOOD, and uses the 8500 GT processor. It has 256MB DDr3 memory.
Not really an upgrade more of a down-grade. The 7600 has a bandwidth of 22.4 Gb/s whereas the 8500 can only manage 12.8 Gb/sec The important parameter with (old) nVidia cards is the second digit not the first. Therefore an x6xx is going to be faster than a y5yy.
The 7900 is without doubt the best card for FS that nVidia ever made. It's architecture really suits the huge pixel bandwdth required to generate scenery. The clue is in that second figure ..it a 9!! You'd have to buy at least a GT240 to beat the 7900GT
Joined: Wed Feb 06 2008, 02:39PM Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland Posts: 1830 Thanked 4 time in 4 post
as im sure you know, FSX is more CPU based software rather then GPU, so as youve stated, adding more GPU power isnt a great help (only a little!)
to really get the best out of your FSX, upgrade CPU.
ALTHOUGH.
Im getting better frames than you DC, using your old (less powerful!) CPU and a lesser GPU.. something HAS to be wrong, maybe your system setup doesnt configure well ?
Joined: Wed Dec 26 2007, 04:27AM Location: RAF CONINGSBY/RAF LEUCHARS Posts: 5612 Thanked 50 time in 46 post
i have no ideas. this is the third different PC i have used [different board and CPU etc, you have one of my old ones], and this is the most i have got out of fSX, at 19FPS.
