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[skipper847]

Hi.  I no that FSX is a demanding game for graphics but is there something wrong if i canrnt have the graphics on at least just under ultra high in the settings menue menue with the graphics card ATI Radeon HD 3970 X2.  

My PC specs are

Processor: Intel Core Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40GHz

Memory (RAM): 3326MB

System type: 32-bit (Vista)
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Also ive been in Display settings advance settings and this is what it says.

Adapter Type

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Adapter Information:

Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x950F)

DAC Type: Internal DAC (400MHz)

Adapter String: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Total Availble Graphics Memory: 1919MB

Dedicated video Memory 512MB

System Video Memory: 0MB

Shared System Memory: 1407MB

"This infomation is from Display Settings."

This is the card i actualy got http://www.play.com/...rd/Product.html

Im just wondering if the memory is using the full power it has because it says its a 1GB but i think its only using 512MB.

PS

I am no computer expert, i do no some stuff but not alot.

Thanks.

[Mul.]

The reason it's detected as a 512mb card is because it isn't a 1GB card. The 3870 X2 effectively has two HD 3870's on one card, where each has 512mb of video ram. It isn't a single unified pool of 1GB but two sets of 512mb. As a game has to load the same textures twice, you can't consider it a 1GB card. It's just how it's marketed I'm afraid.

The reason why you're struggling on ultra high is because of this

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Processor: Intel Core Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40GHz

[wynthorpe]

Mul., on Jul 19 2008, 05:54 AM, said:

The reason it's detected as a 512mb card is because it isn't a 1GB card. The 3870 X2 effectively has two HD 3870's on one card, where each has 512mb of video ram. It isn't a single unified pool of 1GB but two sets of 512mb. As a game has to load the same textures twice, you can't consider it a 1GB card. It's just how it's marketed I'm afraid.

The reason why you're struggling on ultra high is because of this

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Processor: Intel Core Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40GHz

So an overclock will boost his performance? i know ive heard it said that its very CPU dependant.

[skipper847]

Sorry about mestakes its ment to be 3870 not 3970.

Ive tried something new for the last thew hours.  Instead of putting the resolution to 1024/768 32bit i have gone 1024/768 16bit.  Looks the same resolutioon because now i can have my graphics way high.  Im getting an average of 20fps at big airports such as Vegas, and around 45 smaller places and i have the FPS set to 57fps.  The only setting i carnt have on is light bloom that realy puts the graphics/FPS down it goes to around 8fps when light bloom is turned on so i leave that off.  But the graphics in 16bit mode is 100X better.

Oh and overclocking i no nothing and will proly break my pc hehe.  The only thing i no is how to formatt and put windows back.  

Edited by skipper847, 19 July 2008 - 02:25 PM.

[skipper847]

Hi can you notice that this is in 16bit format in the settings instead of 32bit.  It is 1024X768 16bit textures.

don't forget its in a bigger city as well vegas.

Thanks.

Edited by skipper847, 20 July 2008 - 04:35 AM.