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Old January 19th 09, 03:23 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
K2NNJ[_5_]
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I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?

I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.

Thanks
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Old January 19th 09, 05:31 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Augustus[_3_]
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"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?

I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.

Thanks


Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92 instead
of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and core speed.
In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c potential due to lower
themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect
on gaming speed, but will allow for large textures at high resolutions with
demanding games. What are the system details for the box you are running FSX
on? Processor, RAM, etc.


  #3  
Old January 19th 09, 07:05 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
K2NNJ[_5_]
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Default New Card for FSX

Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz


Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?

I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.

Thanks


Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92 instead
of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and core speed.
In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c potential due to lower
themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect
on gaming speed, but will allow for large textures at high resolutions with
demanding games. What are the system details for the box you are running FSX
on? Processor, RAM, etc.


  #4  
Old January 19th 09, 07:36 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Benjamin Gawert
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Default New Card for FSX

* K2NNJ:
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz


The old Pentium D is not a good match for a 9800GT, it's slow by todays
standards and probably the reason why your frame rates aren't as good as
you expect them to be.

BTW: please don't top post.

Benjamin
  #5  
Old January 19th 09, 04:15 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Ian D
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Default New Card for FSX


"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz


Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?

I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.

Thanks


Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92
instead of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and
core speed. In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c
potential due to lower themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the
DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect on gaming speed, but will allow for large
textures at high resolutions with demanding games. What are the system
details for the box you are running FSX on? Processor, RAM, etc.


FSX is CPU intensive. A Core 2 Dual or Quad will perform
much better than a Pentium D. If you have, at least, the FSX
SP1 update installed, it will utilize both cores of your CPU.
The main thing is that the CPU and GPU are matched. For
a Core 2 CPU an 8800, or 9800 is a goot match, and for a
Core i7, a GTX 260, or 280 would be a good match.


  #6  
Old January 19th 09, 04:52 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
smlunatick
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Default New Card for FSX

On Jan 19, 6:05*am, K2NNJ wrote:
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz

Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. *Is this a good card for FSX?


I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. *I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.


Thanks


Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92 instead
of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and core speed.
In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c potential due to lower
themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect
on gaming speed, but will allow for large textures at high resolutions with
demanding games. What are the system details for the box you are running FSX
on? Processor, RAM, etc.


Which version of the nVidia drivers are you using?
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Old January 20th 09, 01:32 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
K2NNJ[_5_]
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Default New Card for FSX

181.2

The CD that came with the card had 177.___

smlunatick wrote:
On Jan 19, 6:05 am, K2NNJ wrote:
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz

Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?
I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.
Thanks
Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92 instead
of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and core speed.
In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c potential due to lower
themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect
on gaming speed, but will allow for large textures at high resolutions with
demanding games. What are the system details for the box you are running FSX
on? Processor, RAM, etc.


Which version of the nVidia drivers are you using?

  #8  
Old January 20th 09, 06:44 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
K2NNJ[_5_]
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Default New Card for FSX

Should I just install my old 6800 again, or is the 9800 okay for my PC
??

Ian D wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz


Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. Is this a good card for FSX?

I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.

Thanks
Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92
instead of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and
core speed. In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c
potential due to lower themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the
DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect on gaming speed, but will allow for large
textures at high resolutions with demanding games. What are the system
details for the box you are running FSX on? Processor, RAM, etc.


FSX is CPU intensive. A Core 2 Dual or Quad will perform
much better than a Pentium D. If you have, at least, the FSX
SP1 update installed, it will utilize both cores of your CPU.
The main thing is that the CPU and GPU are matched. For
a Core 2 CPU an 8800, or 9800 is a goot match, and for a
Core i7, a GTX 260, or 280 would be a good match.


  #9  
Old January 20th 09, 03:05 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
smlunatick
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Default New Card for FSX

On Jan 20, 12:32*am, K2NNJ wrote:
181.2

The CD that came with the card had 177.___

smlunatick wrote:
On Jan 19, 6:05 am, K2NNJ wrote:
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz


Augustus wrote:
"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
I have a PNY 9800GT 1024. *Is this a good card for FSX?
I still have difficulty with frame rates and the game locking up. *I
upgraded from a 6800 OEM.
Thanks
Your new card is simply an 8800GT with 1024Mb of DDR3 and a 55nm G92 instead
of the usual 65nm G92....same memory speeds, shader clocks and core speed.
In short, exact same performance but likely more o/c potential due to lower
themal envelope of the die shrink. Doubling the DDR3 to 1024Mb has no effect
on gaming speed, but will allow for large textures at high resolutions with
demanding games. What are the system details for the box you are running FSX
on? Processor, RAM, etc.


Which version of the nVidia drivers are you using?


You might want to look on the Guru3D web forums for more help:

www.guru3d.com
  #10  
Old January 20th 09, 04:01 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Ed Medlin
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Default New Card for FSX


"K2NNJ" wrote in message
...
Dell XPS 400
4GB DDR2 667MHz
Pent. D 930 Dual Core 3GHz

The major problem is that Pentium D processor. Even the low end C2D
processors running at a much lower speed will outperform it. Right now, the
folks having the best performance in FSX are running the new i7 processors
and a minimum of an 8800 series video card. While FSX is very CPU intensive,
it also needs a lot of video processing power. The 9800 might help a small
amount, but until you upgrade your processor it will always be the
bottleneck.


Ed


 




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