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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
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New GPU On It's Way

falcon409

falcon409

SOH-CM-2026
Ever since V2.5 left the building I have been unhappy with P3D. Blurries came back, stuttering came back and I had to sacrifice the perks that were added periodically just to maintain a flyable sim. I feel certain that the main reason for that has been my Graphics Card (a GTX 650Ti with 2gig and 128bit memory interface). . .it was a perfect marriage at 2.5, sharp ground textures, no blurries, no stuttering but beyond that I really believe it lost the ability to keep up with the improvements in the sim.

So I've purchased a new graphics card. . .a Gigabyte GTX 960/OC, 4gig and 256 bit memory interface. Not exactly doubling the capacity of the old one, but an increase that I hope will smooth the Sim out and allow me to enjoy flying in P3D once more. The remainder of my setup, for those who are wondering:

Win7 Home Premium - 64bit. . .16gig
DirectX runtime version 11.0
3.9 gigahertz AMD FX -4300 Quad-Core
Multi-core (2 total)
Hyper-threaded (4 total)

Anyone else using this card or one similar that can give a general review of how it's working for you? Posted on the P3D Forums but that place is dead most of the time.
 
Falcon -

I purchased the GTX 970 (EVGA) last July and it has worked flawlessly. I was running a GTX 465 before that. I would give you a head-to-head if I could, but I upgraded my rig at the same time so I'm not sure any meaningful comparison is possible. What I can say is that I have never been happier as far as resolution, FPS, scenery, etc., and I have no doubt the 970 plays a big role in that experience. All that plus running Matrox TH2G on three HP 22" screens, too. Hope you enjoy the new GPU!

Tom
 
I have a EVGA 960GTX FTW 4 gb card, going from a EVGA 460GTX 1 gb card. I did notice a difference
in FSX SE right away. With the old card at a detailed airport with lots of AI fps would drop and sometimes
become a slide show. With the new card at the same place fps will drop to around 20 and sometimes into
the teens from locked at 30.
But I know what causes these drops in fps to be the fs9 military AI I use. (civil AI is native) And my rig
is from the dark ages. :)

PS.. All my sliders are full right except detailed scenery and that is one click below full right. I am also
running the sim in DX10 with Steve's scenery fixer.

Joe
 
Thanks for the input, I'm looking forward to getting the new GPU installed. I know it will make a difference.
 
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