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What graphics card for FSX?
- Thread starter Wahzy
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Post in here as someone one there will advise you better 
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18172358
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18172358
If you use hi-res and a lot of addons with very hi-res textures get a card with 3GB VRAM or more.
I found a 2GB GTX680 card would stutter quite a bit with SSAA enabled compared to a 3GB 7970. Though I was using 2560x1600 res, so 1920x1080 may bo fine.
I also found that FSX currently gives no preference to Nvidia over AMD.
I found a 2GB GTX680 card would stutter quite a bit with SSAA enabled compared to a 3GB 7970. Though I was using 2560x1600 res, so 1920x1080 may bo fine.
I also found that FSX currently gives no preference to Nvidia over AMD.
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3GB cards are pretty useless for FSX, as its a 32-bit application it can only address 4Gb of VAS. You would run out of CPU grunt long before you would require 3Gb of VRAM
I run lots of hi res texture addons (Photoreal scenery, REX, PMDG Aircraft etc) and have never seen my graphics ram exceed 1.3Gb.
FSX prefers gpu's with as high a memory bandwidth as possible as it uses CPU draw calls to render the engine.
With this in mind you would be better to avoid the Geforce 600 series as they only have a 256 bit bus.
If I were you I would opt for a GTX 580, or if you can up your budget to afford a GTX 780.
Both of these cards have a better memory bus than your 560 or the Nvidia 600 range.
I cannont comment on AMD cards as I have only ever used Nvidia for FSX and have only ever hear Nvidia being recommended for FSX due to the fact you can utilize Nvidia Inspector to force Anti-alaising
I run lots of hi res texture addons (Photoreal scenery, REX, PMDG Aircraft etc) and have never seen my graphics ram exceed 1.3Gb.
FSX prefers gpu's with as high a memory bandwidth as possible as it uses CPU draw calls to render the engine.
With this in mind you would be better to avoid the Geforce 600 series as they only have a 256 bit bus.
If I were you I would opt for a GTX 580, or if you can up your budget to afford a GTX 780.
Both of these cards have a better memory bus than your 560 or the Nvidia 600 range.
I cannont comment on AMD cards as I have only ever used Nvidia for FSX and have only ever hear Nvidia being recommended for FSX due to the fact you can utilize Nvidia Inspector to force Anti-alaising