another graphics card V graphics crd question

[coreservers]

Hello
I currently have the ATI  HD3870, and it's Ok but only that. crashes a fair bit, can lock up FSX after 45 minutes or so. I have a budget of

[Slotback]

Are you sure it is the 3870 that is causing the crashes?


In any case I would look at the GTS 250, but to get your moneys worth i'd try to go for something faster like a 5770, GTX 260, or GTX 460 when that comes out.

[coreservers]

Yes, it's usually GPU Recovery errors. tried upgrading drivers etc, but also, even with AA set there are still a number of annoying jaggies, something i've not had before when having nvidia cards

[Groundbound1]

This isn't an answer to you question exactly, but it may help.
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I have Sapphire's two slot version of that card. Performance aside (which a new card would surely improve on), the lock-ups are likely due to ATI's "Powerplay" garbage. (The fan speed in particular) When I first got the card I was noticing that under load, my gpu temps were getting close to 80-90C, but the fan was only running at 40%.