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[_BD6_]

So since there's tons of "What should I get to run FSX smooth?" threads, or "I'm not sure if I should get this or that?" threads.. I thought since I have FSX videos from practically every set-up imaginable, I would share them all so you can get an idea if you want that certain hardware.



In all videos FSX is probably running at very dense autogen or extremely dense with FSX's limiter set to UNLIMITED.

Information on aircraft/scenery can be found in the info page in youtube.


**KEEP IN MIND VIDEOS WERE RECORDED USING FRAPS - SO THERE IS ABOUT 10FPS LOSS FROM ACTUAL GAMEPLAY**





ATi Radeon 4890

AMD 720 BLACK EDITION (3.6GHZ)
MSI 790FX-GD70
4GB OCZ GOLD DDR3 1600 (7-7-7-18)

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ATi Radeon 4890

Core i5-750 @ 4.0ghz / Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler
EVGA P55 LE
XFX ATI Radeon 4890 ( XXX Edition)
OCZ Gold DDR3 1600mhz (8-8-8-24)


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ATi Radeon 4890

Core i7-920 @ 4.0ghz / Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler
EVGA X58 SLI LE
OCZ Gold DDR3 1600mhz (8-8-8-24)

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upgraded to the ATi Radeon HD5870 which was a huge leap from the 4890.. average of 10-12fps increase in same situations over the 4890.




ATi Radeon 5870

Core i7-920 @ 4.0ghz / Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler
EVGA X58 SLI LE
OCZ Gold DDR3 1600mhz (8-8-8-24)

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after bojote's (jesus altuve) shader mod and tweaks, the 5870 came to life in FSX.

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Sold off the 5870 to a friend, sold the i7-920 setup and upgraded to the Sandy Bridge 2500k AND a GTX 570



Nvidia GeForce GTX 570

Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500k @ 4.8ghz
Gigabyte P67-UD3P
4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR3 1600mhz

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Sold off the GTX 570, thought I would be done with PC modding and gaming for a while - couldn't stay away long, bought a TwinFrozr II GTX 460 which is supposedly as fast as a GTX 470


MSI TwinFrozr II Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 (overclocked past GTX 470 numbers)

2500k @ 4.6ghz
MSI Hawk GTX460
4GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz

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I apologize as this is where the videos end for now - I now have a 2600k and a Radeon 6950 2GB (unlocked to 6970 bios) - I will try to get some videos of this setup as soon as possible.. Meanwhile if anyone has any feedback on how to improve this post, or have any videos to add - please do PM me.


Some notes: After the GTX 570, performance was extremely similar between the 570, 460 and the Radeon 6950 2GB unlocked. Although I experienced more stutters with the Nvidia cards for some reason.. The ATi's 5xxx and above cards always ran very smooth for me, with SLIGHTLY less image quality.. but you can judge from the videos..

I would myself actually recommend the ATi's 6950 2GB's or preferably the 6970 2GB.

[_BD6_]

Bump.

[flyhalf]

Good report, would be quite useful. Very difficult to convey through videos of all varying aircraft and scenerys though.

Edited by flyhalf, 08 December 2011 - 02:57 AM.

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flyhalf, on Dec 8 2011, 02:54 AM, said:

Good report, would be quite useful. Very difficult to convey through videos of all varying aircraft and scenerys though.

Yes, but there is payware in all videos and people can see that the sim looks great and performs like that, what does it take?

[89-LX]

I'll be getting on here soon, but what mods have you done to the cfg files?

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89-LX, on Dec 8 2011, 10:45 PM, said:

I'll be getting on here soon, but what mods have you done to the cfg files?

www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

[Mr. Schutte]

Outstanding videos there bud, great work and thanks for the insight. Should be getting my new rig by Friday, first new rig since 2007.  

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Mr. Schutte, on Dec 21 2011, 09:24 AM, said:

Outstanding videos there bud, great work and thanks for the insight. Should be getting my new rig by Friday, first new rig since 2007.  

What did you get?

[Peter797]

hehehe b00mfield

I was looking for that Tampa 2500k video, we posted them at the same time, and you were beating me in views, but then I won!  

You can add it if you'd like.

Here are some youtube links for the following system:

eVGA GTX 460 SE - 800 Mhz Core - 1600 Mhz Shader - 1800 Mhz Memory

2600k @ 4.3 Ghz
msi P67A-GD65
4GB G.Skill 1600mhz



Youtube codes:

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Edited by Peter797, 21 December 2011 - 11:11 AM.

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Peter797, on Dec 21 2011, 11:05 AM, said:

hehehe b00mfield

I was looking for that Tampa 2500k video, we posted them at the same time, and you were beating me in views, but then I won!  

You can add it if you'd like.

Here are some youtube links for the following system:

eVGA GTX 460 SE - 800 Mhz Core - 1600 Mhz Shader - 1800 Mhz Memory

2600k @ 4.3 Ghz
msi P67A-GD65
4GB G.Skill 1600mhz
Youtube codes:

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thanks.. I just realized i cant edit the post anymore ....

[Peter797]

Maybe a mod or admin will one day

Edited by Peter797, 21 December 2011 - 02:23 PM.

[89-LX]

Are you using SP2? I heard it kills performance.

[Peter797]

You heard that on opposite day. SP2 enhances performance

[Romario_]

I heard that back in 2007... I'm surprised people still believe that to be true. Sweet videos, BD6.

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Santa_Claus, on Dec 22 2011, 12:20 AM, said:

I heard that back in 2007... I'm surprised people still believe that to be true. Sweet videos, BD6.

SP2 ftw.

... BD6 lol

[89-LX]

Also, Vsync fix or no?

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89-LX, on Dec 22 2011, 02:19 PM, said:

Also, Vsync fix or no?

Which vsync fix? Bojote's?

[89-LX]

Ya. His site also says ti set the cloud visibility to 10nm or less, which I did but it still always says to adjust it. It also says there are no recommendations for my card, only ATI or nvidia because my card is being read as an AMD.

[Romario_]

My memory's a bit clouded, but I swear the v-sync problem was addressed in some thread pertaining to the FPS limiter over at FTX or whatever they call themselves these days. The FPS limiter thread asked you to visit some German or Dutch site where you had to input some general info about your PC and was asked if you encountered v-sync issues (Yes or No.) and it would pump out a fsx.cfg file for you to replace your stock one with.

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89-LX, on Dec 22 2011, 07:07 PM, said:

Ya. His site also says ti set the cloud visibility to 10nm or less, which I did but it still always says to adjust it. It also says there are no recommendations for my card, only ATI or nvidia because my card is being read as an AMD.

AMD and ATi are together. So you have an ATi card.