Simviation Forum - ATI RADEON X850 XT

Reply #15 - May 23^rd, 2005 at 11:08pm

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if the card can run more than 40fps at dusk in fs then it a good card ok.

I didnt say the x850 was a bad, infact, its a great card but if you can buy the x850, you can waist a few dollars more for the Geforce and really. The video card is for fs.
I really dont care about the other games. If it runs well in FS, Im happey Cheesy

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Reply #16 - May 24^th, 2005 at 12:04am

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Well isint Nvidia bit bit cheaper? Yeah I belive MSFS was deved on Nvidia as is BATTLE FIELD 2 Grin

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Reply #17 - May 24^th, 2005 at 9:56am

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Well isint Nvidia bit bit cheaper? Yeah I belive MSFS was deved on Nvidia as is BATTLE FIELD 2 Grin

I cant wait for batlefield 2 Tongue

and I cant wait for fs2006 either Tongue

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Reply #18 - May 24^th, 2005 at 5:00pm

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Hehe June 26th. Grin

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Reply #19 - May 24^th, 2005 at 10:56pm

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The x850 xt Pe is the best single card solution. it can beat an 6800 ultra in all games at the highest resolutions with max AA and FSAA. The only game where nvidia has an edge is doom 3 in which the 6800 ultra does around 10 fps better.

If your only concerned with fs2004, then get this card. It will beat a single AND a dual 6800 ultra config.

I have this card in all but 2 of my computers. This card is the best single card solution out there. There is no better card.

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Reply #20 - May 25^th, 2005 at 5:06pm

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Just got mine today.

Heathrow, Dense scenery, dense AI, I was happily getting 25fps in the Captain Sim 707...

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Reply #21 - May 28^th, 2005 at 11:11am

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Just got mine today.

Heathrow, Dense scenery, dense AI, I was happily getting 25fps in the Captain Sim 707...

Thats a little low for the x850 dont you think?

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Reply #22 - May 28^th, 2005 at 9:16pm

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Depends on the rest of his system. Graphics is not the end all solution like its hyped to be. I had 6800U, 2.2 Ghz AMD 64, 512 PC-2100 ram I was getting crap FPS crap lag. New ram now im sailing. That X850PE is much faster in than the cpu.

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Reply #23 - May 29^th, 2005 at 7:08am

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Thats a little low for the x850 dont you think?

I've quite happily set it at 25fps for starters, might go up to 30-35 next time I have a go

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Reply #24 - May 29^th, 2005 at 5:27pm

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The x850 xt Pe is the best single card solution. it can beat an 6800 ultra in all games at the highest resolutions with max AA and FSAA. The only game where nvidia has an edge is doom 3 in which the 6800 ultra does around 10 fps better.

If your only concerned with fs2004, then get this card. It will beat a single AND a dual 6800 ultra config.

I have this card in all but 2 of my computers. This card is the best single card solution out there. There is no better card.

So, why is your overkill pc (in your sig) powered by a 6800Ultra then? Grin

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AMD Opteron 252 (Troy core, 2.6 ghz, 1 ghz FSB) X2
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From what I've read, a 6800Ultra is indeed better for FS9 than any other card - currently - but no doubt it'll change.

Ultimately, who cares? FS9 runs great on a £250 6800GT that will happily itself overclock to ultra speeds! - making such high end expensive card's like 6800Ultras & X850's seem pointless to me really.
I'm not rich, and I see no point in paying for performance you don't really see much benefit from. especially when mid range cards (6600GT'e etc) costing less than half a 6800Ultra's price are more than upto today & tomorrows games.

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Reply #25 - May 29^th, 2005 at 10:10pm

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I've quite happily set it at 25fps for starters, might go up to 30-35 next time I have a go

heh ive got my X800 PRO at 37 and its smooth as glass Grin

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Reply #26 - May 29^th, 2005 at 11:20pm

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I set mine to unlimited. Myse well crank it for all its worth lol.

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Reply #27 - May 30^th, 2005 at 7:43am

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I set mine to unlimited. Myse well crank it for all its worth lol.

I just did that - 60ish FPS! Grin

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Reply #28 - May 31^st, 2005 at 11:42pm

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I went with unlimited, and started to notice a bit of a longer load time on things, so I bumped it back to good old 37. However I get 87FPS in HL2 and CS-S. And BF Vietnam I get around 75ish. It may not be the best card on the market anymore, but it sure as hell acts it.

Oh and I cant wate for BF2 its gonna be a long break from flight sim ill tell you that right now Grin

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