Last night I went through the links that Moe posted about getting rid of shudders in FSX. So far so good, and thank you to Moe and NickN (whose materials Moe was linking to).
Playing with bufferpools again... I've tried high settings and gotten weird airplanes for my trouble. From what I've read, I need a video card with more RAM. Currently I have Nvidia 8800GT with 512mb. I bought this when it came out, after waiting almost a year for something like it to come out. Since then, there have been a lot of new numbers, but since FSX is the only game I play, I need some specialized advice.
How much would it cost to get a higher-RAM card with as-good or -better performance than my current 8800GT? I'm looking for something in the $100-150 range -- which may not be realistic. But at some point I'm going to be building a new box with a faster CPU, and I don't want to spend more than that for a stopgap.
Playing with bufferpools again... I've tried high settings and gotten weird airplanes for my trouble. From what I've read, I need a video card with more RAM. Currently I have Nvidia 8800GT with 512mb. I bought this when it came out, after waiting almost a year for something like it to come out. Since then, there have been a lot of new numbers, but since FSX is the only game I play, I need some specialized advice.
How much would it cost to get a higher-RAM card with as-good or -better performance than my current 8800GT? I'm looking for something in the $100-150 range -- which may not be realistic. But at some point I'm going to be building a new box with a faster CPU, and I don't want to spend more than that for a stopgap.