Simviation Forum - my video card die

Aug 9^th, 2012 at 1:49pm

alrot Offline
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I'm not too happy about it ,I don't have money it used to be a geforce 8400 (I have seen other old cards like this die the same way)

right now I'm running with my motherboard video

what would be right now a cheap nvidia card that can run FSX? Embarrassed

Alex

edited:

In a local (the only one) they are selling this one for a price I can afford , I don't know if this its the model

P N ON-XFX1-DLX2

but is the same one on this pic

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j425/badsee/1-16.jpg

I need opnion folks

Venezuela

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Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2012 at 2:08pm

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My little Baby for FS 2004 and FSX. (only the P4, 2.8 GHz processor throttles my FSX).

nVidia Ge Force 9500 GT. PCIe.

http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-9500-GT-PCI-E-card-574.html

£40 or less, new.

Low power consumption! (only 50Watts).

1GB of Memory.

Paul...

...!

(I picked the 9500 GT because my Power supply is only 320 Watts).

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #2 - Aug 10^th, 2012 at 11:54pm

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I bought one of this

geforce Asus-GT440.

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Asus-GT440.jpg

it cost about $120 but trust me it worth it ,I put everything in full mode and still I'm getting 40FRPS (my CPU is a slow one e4500 core2duo)

to have this kind of frame rates with my old geforce 8400 I had to lower all the sliders to 0 and 1024x760 now with everything full up including antiasiliasing etc 1024x2048 getting 50-40

maybe wasn't so bad that that old card die Grin

Alex

Venezuela

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Reply #3 - Aug 11^th, 2012 at 4:35am

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Well done. Alex..

Looking at the power consumption figures, it looks like a very good choice...>>>

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GT_440/24.html

It would certainly suit my lowly 320 Watt PSU!

Paul...nVidia GF 9500 GT 1 GB.... Cool

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Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #4 - Aug 14^th, 2012 at 7:09pm

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alrot wrote on Aug 10^th, 2012 at 11:54pm:

I bought one of this

geforce Asus-GT440.

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Asus-GT440.jpg

it cost about $120 but trust me it worth it ,I put everything in full mode and still I'm getting 40FRPS (my CPU is a slow one e4500 core2duo)

to have this kind of frame rates with my old geforce 8400 I had to lower all the sliders to 0 and 1024x760 now with everything full up including antiasiliasing etc 1024x2048 getting 50-40

maybe wasn't so bad that that old card die Grin

Alex

Thats not a bad card
A GTS 450 wouldve been better but begger's cant be chooser's
Have fun with the better FPS
Also with that better card have fun making new models PHYSX should help alot!

http://www.flywestwind.com/

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