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is this a good card for fsx
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:04 pmby derrek_lee_25
i would like to get between 20-30fps i currently have 2gb of ram also and a ati 9250 which i want to upgrade from
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-6200 ... 271&sr=8-2
Re: is this a good card for fsx
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:42 pmby Strategic Retreat
Compared to a Radeon 9250, the linked video card IS quite the step forward, yet I must caution you. On my old rig, an Athlon Xp 2400@2600 with 1.5GB ram DDR, a Gefo 6600GT DDR3 (which is the card you linked first supercharged, then put on steroids and for last given a sphincter injection of Mexican Red Pepper) was unable to give me the performances you desire, but stopped around 22Fps in absence of any add-on scenery. MEANING that from a normal 6200 you must expect less performance.
Re: is this a good card for fsx
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:01 pmby corcor123
i reccomend a faster processor before any graphic cards. youll get low framerates and glitches everywhere without a good processor.
Re: is this a good card for fsx
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:28 pmby derrek_lee_25
i have the celeron d and right now im getting between 17-24fps but it laggs i was looking at a pentium 4 i saw they were verry cheap on amazon i only have agp and i dont have the money for a high end computer, my brother has a old high end computer i could see about borrowing that for a while to hold me over till i can get one of my own
Re: is this a good card for fsx
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:41 pmby Strategic Retreat
Try then for something better than a Gefo 6200, and if you can't find anything, even on the second hand market, then... go for it. If your current videocard is not satisfying you with FSX (and a Radeon 9250 hardly can) a Gefo 6200 will be surely better.
I mentioned the second hand market because for old systems like yours (or my former game rig, that is still working for other purposes) it's the only way to find a good (read: more powerful than a plain 6200) videocard, nowadays.
Of course, if the second hand market is not an option or devoid of better choices, then the only thing you may do is going for a 6200, which seems the most powerful videocard around at the moment for AGP bus. Simply, do not expect revolutions in performances and try buying the cheapest you find. The Great Brand Name will not give you one ounce of performance more than common peon hardware on old cards like those.
Consider eventually a RAM expansion from 2 to 3 Gb (if you can add a single GB, that is, because in a 32bit system going up to 4GB is a complete waste). Having more memory helps in presence of complex scenery.