X800 Pro + Flight Simulator 9

[Cole Turner]

ok where are the framerate gurus:

suppose you got a 3,0 P4 with a FX5900 and FS9 running at 1280x1024,
4xAA, 8xAF

since FS9 is so CPU dependant, do you think a X800 Pro will make much
of a difference here? if so, how much?

thxalot!!!

Cole ***

 

[Cole Turner]

ok where are the framerate gurus:

suppose you got a 3,0 P4 with a FX5900 and FS9 running at 1280x1024,
4xAA, 8xAF

since FS9 is so CPU dependant, do you think a X800 Pro will make much
of a difference here? if so, how much?

thxalot!!!

Cole ***

no one here running FS9? guys?

 

[K]

no one here running FS9? guys?
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FS9 is very much CPU dependant but still needs a good vid card. Your CPU is
fast anyway and your vid card isn't too bad either. If you have money to
burn though I would get a new vid card, probably an ATI as the AF and AA is
better. If you have 512MB of RAM I suggest uprading to 1GB. It won't do much
for your overall frame rate but it makes things smoother and loading times
are a bit quicker.

The real killer in FS9 is flying amongst the clouds. I have a 9600 Pro and I
have to turn off the 3D clouds to make things smooth but I can still run
with all other sliders maxed at 1280*1024 with x2 AA/4 AF.

K

 

[Cole Turner]

FS9 is very much CPU dependant but still needs a good vid card. Your CPU is
fast anyway and your vid card isn't too bad either. If you have money to
burn though I would get a new vid card, probably an ATI as the AF and AA is
better. If you have 512MB of RAM I suggest uprading to 1GB. It won't do much
for your overall frame rate but it makes things smoother and loading times
are a bit quicker.

The real killer in FS9 is flying amongst the clouds. I have a 9600 Pro and I
have to turn off the 3D clouds to make things smooth but I can still run
with all other sliders maxed at 1280*1024 with x2 AA/4 AF.

K

thanks fellow! I got 1 gig RAM, fast pc3200 dual channel ram from
Corsair, mmm well guess I'll go for the Sapphire x800 Pro then!

am I right in assuming that it doesn't eat more power than the FX5900
? (msi)

tia!

Cole ***

 

[JW]

X800 PE
1Gig PC 3200 RAm
3.2 HT CPU
250 gig SATA drive
Asus P4C800E deluxe MB

50+ fps everything turned up to max
25-30fps in a dual monitor setup-for both monitors - Incredible!!-
Doom 3 at the highest settings is Awesome

Joe