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May 21^st, 2009 at 1:41am

kdub Offline
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NickN and anyone who might know:

I have an 8800 GTX. I'm running a Q6600@3.52, DDR2 @440 mHZ with 4-4-4-12 timings. FSX works well except in weather into KSEA, where stutters are pronounced. I thought you said a GTX 285 is too much for this CPU and a GTX 260 is no better than my 8800 GTX, but some say a GTX 285 will do me good. What do you think? I can run 3.6, but the increase in vcore required from 1.36 to 1.45 doesn't seem to be worth the small increase in speed. I saw a 285 for $270 this past weekend, but I held off on it.

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Reply #1 - May 21^st, 2009 at 11:54am

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Will it help.. most likely... will it be limited by the CPU in use, yes

is it worth it to you? I cant answer that.

It will make a difference however I cant judge how much of a difference to value the purchase

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Reply #2 - May 22^nd, 2009 at 1:02am

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Thanks for the response. I'm going to try a 216 core GTX 260 slightly OC'd to see if it makes a difference...maybe this is better balanced with a Q6600? I'm only 36000 on 3DMark Vantage CPU. I am sure that a 285 is too much.

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Reply #3 - May 22^nd, 2009 at 9:23am

NickN Offline
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FSX runs fine... the problem
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you know what..
a 8800GTX 768 is a good card

Your situation is the CPU and memory being you are on DDR2 more than the video card.

Give it a try

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Reply #4 - May 23^rd, 2009 at 6:47pm

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I miss my 8800GTX on this old system...They dont bounce well, I can tell you. I guess those little bits that flew under the frige were important. Sigh...

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Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2009 at 9:20pm

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I bought an OC'd GTX 260 for $150 and tried it. It does make a difference. No faster in frames, but takeoff rolls are now stutter-free. It is also stutter-free on approaches into Seattle, KSEA or KBFI. There is still a very slight "chop" when making turns over Seattle at low altitude, but I think this is about as good as the Q6600 can do. The F1 Mustang stutters big time when taxiing around complex airports, but even on takeoff roll it is smooth. I am satisfied with the value I received for my $150. It would require about 8X that to get an i940 system put together, so this is it for at least a year.

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