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Sep 10th, 2003 at 9:23am

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Hey everyone.

I'm a retard when it comes to the technical aspect of computers, so I'm asking for some help here.

I am considering upgrading my video card, but because I am going to be working on my PPL in real life, I don't want to spend 3.7 million dollars doing so.

What's the best card you would buy, yet spend as  little money as possible doing so,  to put in a PC with the following specs:

P4 2.0Ghz
640MB RAM
20GB hard drive (I know, it's not huge.  I don't need it to be.)

Thanks!
 
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Reply #1 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 2:39pm
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ATI 9500pro. good performance ,low price. and forget the Gf FX 5200,it's much too slow.
 
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Reply #2 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 2:47pm

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Cool, I'll look into it thanks! Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 2:48pm

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Well its a question of budget Scott. The Ti4600s have taken a price drop recently, and I've got one and swear by it.
In both FS2k2 and CFS3 the performance is awesome! CFS3 is smoother than a cashmere codpiece, and FS2k2 is simply fantastic, all the sliders maxed, resolution at the limit! Wow Shocked

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Reply #4 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 2:58pm

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I'll look into that one as well, Mark.  I don't mind spending money usually (ask Sarah.  lol  I sometimes spend it way to freely!)  But if I'm going to be working on real world flight instruction, the last thing I need is to go spend $8,000 on F$.  lol

Thanks again to both!

ADDENDUM:

Here's a thought.  Is there someplace I can see a before and after screenshot to show the difference the cards make?  I've seen shots of the after, but I'm curious how much improvement I'd get.  If it's only marginal, I'm gonna use that money to fly.  lol
 
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Reply #5 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 9:57pm

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Crap, I looked at two tonight and I can't remember which they were.

One was the ATI 9000, and the other was.....hmm  It came in an X shaped box too. lol

Either of those any good?  (for the price.)
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 11:27pm

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   If you change your mind...  Roll Eyes  If you have an AGP slot you could get the most powerful one out there. Oh...around... $500?  Grin

The GeForce 5900 Ultra 256MB.

Ultimate. Don't have one though. Heres hoping.  Grin
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 11th, 2003 at 8:02am

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$500?  I don't mind spending $500 on something if it's worth it, but that's nearly 5 hours of instruction!  lol  I don't need THAT much for a game.  (Though it's tempting.  haha)
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 11th, 2003 at 6:00pm

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Grin Grin
Very tempting!

Oh and if you want a before and after thing, check out this from Alienware.

http://www.alienware.com/Video/g4_M.wmv
 
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Reply #9 - Sep 12th, 2003 at 7:06am
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the 9000 is quite slow. if you really want to spend just little money,go for ozzys Ti 4600. the 9500pro costs about 230 US $,maybe even less.
 
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Reply #10 - Sep 12th, 2003 at 9:33am

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Only at SimV would someone be able to say "I'm trying to not spend tons of money" and have responses that range from $250 to $500.  lol

Actually, I'm not looking to spend that much money on simulated flight, because I've got the real thing to pay for.  I guess I'll just stick with my regular ol' card.

Thanks!   Grin
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 12th, 2003 at 6:24pm

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Cheesy

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    What vid card do you have right now?
I got a GeForce 64MB and have been getting better framerates then most people with a 128MB vid card. HA!
 
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Reply #12 - Sep 12th, 2003 at 10:23pm

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The card that's in there at present is the one that came with the PC from Dell.  lol

It's not bad, but it's hardly great, either.
 
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Reply #13 - Sep 13th, 2003 at 10:23pm

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erm me personaly would choose the nvidia fx5200 which is sensibly  priced and offers great performace.....you might wanna go a bit higher to the nvidia fx5600 which i currently have and i swear by this card..

the only other alternative i can suggest is the geforce 4 ti4200 64MB version quite simply a card that can hold its own even in todays market even though its aging quite a bit now.....i used to have one of these babies and if you tweak it right you can still get very good performance out of it Cheesy and its v v cheap

hope this helps and sorry for not mentioning any ATI cards i personally do not like them - sorry ati fans Cheesy nvidia rules
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 13th, 2003 at 11:39pm

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my thoughts exactly
 
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