Graphics card upgrade

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   I have just bought a new graphics card to use with FSX and other games.

Not the latest and greatest but will do for now and it is a DX11 card not that this matters for FSX.

My system currently has an Nvidia GTX295 but I have just bought an EVGA GTX660 3gig version so will be installing it soon. It was worth paying the extra £4 for the extra 1gig of memory in my opinion too.

Right, time to fit it so will let you know how it performs.

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modelflyer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ground Crew Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Location: Wigan UK Points: 91	Post Options Post Reply Quote modelflyer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Graphics card upgrade Posted: 28 Dec 2012 at 2:15pm
	I have just bought a new graphics card to use with FSX and other games. Not the latest and greatest but will do for now and it is a DX11 card not that this matters for FSX. My system currently has an Nvidia GTX295 but I have just bought an EVGA GTX660 3gig version so will be installing it soon. It was worth paying the extra £4 for the extra 1gig of memory in my opinion too. Right, time to fit it so will let you know how it performs.

modelflyer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ground Crew Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Location: Wigan UK Points: 91	Post Options Post Reply Quote modelflyer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Dec 2012 at 8:24pm
	A quick update. I installed the card without any fuss and so did the drivers. I gave FSX a quick go and noticed a decent increase in frame rates in the busy areas like an airport with lots of things going on. The frame rate is locked at 40 and it stays there whereas before with the old card I was getting between 7 and 25 FPS typically in the same scenario. The above results were done with Airbus X and ORBX UK with UK2000 Manchester airport. Before limiting the frame rate I was getting about 65-70FPS when aloft with clear skies as the graphics card/processor is not having to work as hard. So I am well impressed so far.