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graphics card for fsx

Postby dadam141 » Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:37 am

Would a gtx 1060 6gb give me better crisper graphics in fsx steam edition right now I have gfx 550 ti and it looks great just a few micro stutters any advise is welcome thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby garymbuska » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:08 am

dadam141 wrote:Would a gtx 1060 6gb give me better crisper graphics in fsx steam edition right now I have gfx 550 ti and it looks great just a few micro stutters any advise is welcome thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)


Without a doubt there should be a noticeable difference. Just make sure you have the proper power supply that it will need (400 watts) and your mother board supports it
you need to have a PCI 3.0 express slot
Older mother boards might not support this card
below is a link to the specs of this card

https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/geforce/pr ... -gtx-1060/
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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby Bofredrik » Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:57 pm

I got one. It is 5 star.

Win 10

Nvidia 1060

i7-7700HQ 2.80 GHZ

16 GB 64 bit

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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby dadam141 » Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:28 am

Thanx for all the replies cant wait it will be here xmas eve I will be fsxin it into the new year :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby napamule » Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:51 pm

Myself I would get the 1050 which is half the price and comparable (identical?) performance rating. At least until they make 4.8 Ghz processors as the sim is CPU intensive. Not GPU dependent. My 2 cents.
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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby villagedefrance » Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:24 am

The nVidia 1060 GTX 6Gb works very well but the CPU is the most important, preferably hyper-threaded ones.

I run FSX Acceleration on Win7 x64 with the following hardware:
- EVGA Geforce GTX 1060 6Gb
- AMD FX 8 cores @ 4.3Ghz (1)
- Corsair DDR3 16Gb

Screen resolution maximum @ 1920px wide, FPS limited at 40, Airline AI traffic at 100%,
Almost all settings at ultra or high, with Steve's DX10 scenery fixer.
... but I still only get 10 FPS when landing at Heathrow.

(1) The thing is, I have an AMD FX CPU and even though it is quite beefy, it is not hyper-threaded like an Intel i7.
This means I only use 3 cores out of 8! The first 2 are reserved for Windows, then 3, 5 and 7 are for FSX, while cores 4, 6 and 8 work as hyper-threaded cores (even though they are physical cores). ... I know ... confusing, but I get better results this way rather than dedicating my remaining six cores fully. All-in-all, get an Intel i7/i9 or an AMD Ryzen 7 (has hyper-threaded cores) for maximum CPU power.

For more info on configuring your CPU (Affinity Mask), read this: http://www.gatwick-fsg.org.uk/affinitymask.aspx?SubMenuItem=utilties

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Re: graphics card for fsx

Postby dadam141 » Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:43 pm

Card showed up early and WOW Holy Shnickies I like it a lot!!!!!!!!! ran a 2hour flight from kbtv to jfk and back I thought I would get some stutters but not a one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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