just curious

[yancovitch]

have a pent-4  3gh, and a geforce 7100gs-512mb ...1gig ram......generally, what frame rates should i be getting in fs9 and fsx?...hope this is not a silly question....(i know i'll have to upgrade for fsx this comming year)........cheers, vic

[ctjoyce]

Well in FS9 on medium settings, mabe 12, and in FSX mabe 2.

Remember thats with medium settings. And I doubt that your going to be able to turn on any eye candy in FSX.

Your best bet is to get rid of your video card. Its a RAM eater and severly underpowered.

Cheers
Cameron

[yancovitch]

actually i had a 6600-128 which died so the fellow at the store sold me the replacement for
$70 and said that it was better than the 6600 and would hold me till i upgrade next summer. i wonder if he was  correct.....with all i've read, i still don't have a clue as to what to aim for next summer

[ctjoyce]

No I can tell you that the 6600 was a better card. I really don't know what that guy was smoking. Aparently something strong.

Cheers
Cameron

[Gunny04]

I have to agree with Cameron on this one....

Gunny

[cheesegrater]

Maybe he just thought newer generation = faser?

[ctjoyce]

Maybe he just thought newer generation = faser?

Nub Tub...  :-/

Cheers
Cameron

[Gunny04]

new generation, new shaders.... faster? nope.... 4 pixel pipes over 8? do the math..... even if it doesnt have newest shaders.... still faster  ;D

Gunny (I think thats right)

[DizZa]

Buy a 7900GS or if you can find one, a X1950pro. I don't know your BUS thingy which the card fits into, tell us then we'll tell you a good card to buy.

BTW, the 7100 is a SLOOOOOOWWWWWWW card, and will run fsX well at all, and may not even run fs9 well.

[yancovitch]

yea, the guy who sold it to me admitted that it isn't that good but it would just hold me till i upgrade in a month or two..better than having no card.....he has a 7950-1gz for around $600 cdn. which he said should drop in price in jan 07. anyways, your suggestions would be welcome...i won't be able to afford a cpu for now, but would like to get vista and a card which could be upgraded to dx10..i'm a tech dummy so forgive if i as irrevelent questions....cheers, vic

[ctjoyce]

A DX10 card will run you $400, and Vista Home Premium will run you $260. Start saving

G80's look promasing, then again so do R600's

Cheers
Cameron