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Computer Flight Simulators > What video card are you guys using with XTR ?
 
 
hydravien
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Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada

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--any reasonably priced dual monitor cards that will work with reflex?--

most cards now are dual head, my 7800 supports dual cards and afaik most other cards do as well.

the thing is, once you add a second monitor, you kill your frame rates. it will cut them in less than half, if you were getting 100, you might get ~50.

look at a 7600gt or a 6600gt, both are dual head, but they will not run reflex at max res across two monitors.
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ESWLFSE
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Location: Bradenton, FL USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		You don't span both monitors when flying Reflex anyway so it should not be an issue.
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Hogster
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Location: Surrey, UK

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I'm using an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 128MB one in my MacBook Pro (running XP SP2) and get 100-150fps at 1440x900.


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ESWLFSE
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Location: Bradenton, FL USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Just ran my 7600GT and its perfect at max res. No issues. Nice alternative to the high-end cards.
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LogoHeli
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Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		My whoopass Gigabyte 7900GT 514mb with 2Gigs ram. THese dam chips can get empty your wallet quicker than this hobby

Overkill? NO

heli+ground/heli+tree/heli+bush=not good
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ESWLFSE
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Location: Bradenton, FL USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		^^^And that would be one of the high-end cards that the 7600GT is an alternative to.

I can't believe Reflex can perform any better on that card than it does on my 7600GT but I certainly understand that there is no such thing as too much HP!!
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hydravien
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Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		anything over 70fps (what the eye can see) is bragging rights. if you have ~70fps your card is good to go
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LogoHeli
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My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Bragging rights. Maybe its in the same league as the 14mz?

But i use this cards for other games, and i dont intend on changing for a very long time. And the quality pays for itself. But i agree, if your budget restricts you, an 6800 is an awesome card for Reflex

heli+ground/heli+tree/heli+bush=not good
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hydravien
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My Posts This: Topic  Forum		wasnt related to anyone in specific, but the eye can only see 60fps.

thats why on older crt monitors you can see it flicker out of the corner of your eye if the refresh rate is 60hz. if its above that, you dont notice it.

i have 7800gt sli, yet no reflex, but i use it for other games too. (bf2 css fear etc)

in hindsight, i should have got heli parts, but a high end computer looks comforting during the winter months.

my comp is mostly for function, but bragging rights when it comes to liquid cooled cpu & chipset and an opteron 165 oc'd to 2.7ghz.

ill completely agree on you with the chips emptying wallet. my cpu was 400 and i dont want to remember the cost of the cards
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Micro-Maniac
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My Posts This: Topic  Forum		It doesn't matter how many frames per second the eye can see. If your card can't paint XTR's frames on your monitor fast enough, the result is going to be a slow and jerky simulation. The worse the frame rate, the worse the jerking until a point where XTR becomes a useless slideshow. Also running too high of frame rate beyond what the monitor can keep up with will cause similar jitters though not usually as bad. This is why there's a V-sync option and also a custom frame rate limiting option.

Ideally we need harware that will at least run XTR at our monitor's refresh rate and then restrain it there with v-sync. The frame rate beyond our monitor's refresh rate determines how high we can turn up our 3D settings for a prettier more detailed simulation without wrecking our frame rate too badly. The more capable the graphics hardware and driver software, the more highly detailed and smoother the simulation.

I have an AGP system and used an ATI Radeon 9550/256 ($70-$100) with decent performance with XTR at mid-range 3D settings. I'm now using an x850pro/xt ($250) with awesome performance at maxed-out 3D settings.
Average 250fps at 1280x1024 with 3D settings maxed-out and v-sync off.
(450fps with some models)
3DMark06 SM2.0 Score: 1073
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graph...2=285&chart=111
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Helibras
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Location: São Paulo, Brazil

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Using a X800-GTO 16X Pci-express on a Dual P4 2.66 and 1Gb Ram DDR2. Reach 350+ fps on 1280x1024 window full res scenario.

But I turn on the V-Sync to lock it at 75 fps


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