The best graphics card for FSX

[BigT-65]

These are the kinds of freezes I am talking about. Most of the time everything is still on the screen but not moving and the sound is still on, keyboard, mouse and joystick are not working. I can do ctrl-alt-del and stop FSX which is not responding then everything is working again. With the other kind, the screen just suddenly goes black, the sound may still be on but very distorted or sounding like it was stuck. The only way out of this is shut down and restart with the button. Even the reset button does not work.  Sometimes these freezes happen right at the beginning of the flight and other times much later or not at all. I have monitored the temp on my CPU and graphics and it doesn't seem to be a factor. Before I start FSX I do a ctrl-alt-del and turn off some of the running processes. I also put Norton in quiet mode. I also had this problem with my previous computer which was running Windows xp 64 bit and had an ATI graphics card and Pentium processor. That computer was the reason I built the new one. I wanted to be able to run FSX all out. I didn't have the freezing problem for about the first year.

[BigT-65]

I am going to try the FSAutoStart. It looks like something I need. I forgot to mention that I have tried adjusting back on the graphics settings a bit. This doesn't seem to help much either.

[Strategic Retreat]

If temperatures seem not to be a problem, could be a software problem, or conflict. Try using FsAutoStart to wipe as clean as possible the memory while running FS and updating video and audio drivers.

If it continues we fall in memory fault territory. Try running Fs with part of the whole physical memory (removing physically the memory sticks) and eventually swap banks.

You didn't by any chance tweak the memory timings in the BIOS, did you? If you did, put everything to default and try running FS again.

Let us know.

[BigT-65]

I downloaded FSAutoStart and also found AlacrityPC which is an update of FSAutoStart. I thought they would be more automatic. I still have to decide which processes to shut down and that is the part I don't know how to do. How do you know which ones you can shut down without messing things up?

[BigT-65]

If temperatures seem not to be a problem, could be a software problem, or conflict. Try using FsAutoStart to wipe as clean as possible the memory while running FS and updating video and audio drivers.

If it continues we fall in memory fault territory. Try running Fs with part of the whole physical memory (removing physically the memory sticks) and eventually swap banks.

You didn't by any chance tweak the memory timings in the BIOS, did you? If you did, put everything to default and try running FS again.

Let us know.

I haven't tweeked any memory settings. Right now my computer is running completely stock. Using FSautostart and AlacrityPC did not stop the freezing. I have taken the memory down from 12 GB to 4 GB two sticks at a time and shuffled them around in the slots. After each test I still had the problem. I also ran MemTest86 and the system passed witout any errors. So, I am ruling out memory problems. I think my next move is going to be re-installing FSX. Has anyone had experience with Abacus products. I have their Flight Deck, Extreme Scenery, and a couple of their airplanes, F-14 and Connie plus all the ones that come with Flight Deck.

[Strategic Retreat]

I fear, if NOTHING work and no help... helps, that you need the last resort. :-/

In the time of old DOS it was called Format C:, nowadays you must make the OS install disk bootstrap and command it to format your disk before reinstalling everything from ground up.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. OS installations are not eternal, but must be redone from time to time. :-/

[BigT-65]

Nah, I aint gonna be doin' any re-formatin'. That's way too much work. I don't have any trouble with anything else except FSX. I might go aheaad and re-install that.

[Fozzer]

...... I don't have any trouble with anything else except FSX.....

Aint that the troof!... ... ...!

Paul...FS 2004...nVidia GeForce 9500GT ....Joy!......!

.... ....!

Under Windows 7, and my 2.8 GHz Processor, I don't experience any fault problems with FSX, except for the fact that it performs very badly, poor frame rates, smoothness, etc, even on low settings on my system, compared to FS 2004 with everything maxed.

[Strategic Retreat]

I don't have any trouble with anything else except FSX.

So good for you to have joined that club. Hardly a secret, as Fozzer remarked, that FSX, beside its long standing tradition of performances issues, it's infamous to be quite the very reliable source of problems.

I wish you good luck with finding a solution. Not much more I can do for you (especially with today's continental drift fast forum server).

[BlackAce]

This is very VERY helpful!  Im bilding a new computer, and I also want to know what type of stuff I would put in it.

[Chess]

I am wondering if can get better graphics card for my 2year old  Wired2fire Hellspawncrossfire computer . I have windows 7 64 bit computer with 2 of 1tb drives raid 0, graphics card ati hd 4800 series with fsx gold and the computer gas been overclocked by supplier to intel core i7, CPU 860 @2.8GHz 3.41 GHz, with 8gb RAM .Advice would be appreciated but I do not want too spend silly money.
I am also trying to make use of tileproxy addon with limited success.It runs but also seems to give errors in loading and graphics not as good as believe can be achieved

[jamesy]

Hiya i was wondering what is better the zotac gtx560amp edition with the two fans or the asus gtx560 directcu ii
i am using a i5 760 clocked at 3.2ghz have 4gb ddr3 memory and using 64bit windows7 plus a 600watt power supply 

[brett]

Take a look here for comparisons of graphic cards http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison ... 130.0.html and here for advise about laptops and what works good with them http://www.notebookcheck.net/Purchase-A ... 667.0.html

Hope this helps.

[WPadgett]

I am looking for opinions on the best graphics card for FSX.

Try this question in 'Hardware.'

[jparnold]

I have a HD6770 and get quite decent frame rates (varies between 30fps in very dense areas to around 70fps).
I have heard that FSX is CPU intensive (is that correct?) and so more money should be invested in the fastest CPU you can afford rather than the video card ie you get better results from a faster CPU - is that correct?