DB93
October 16th, 2010, 16:17
Hi all,
I've recently got some parts for an upgrade to my fsx machine that I plan on installing when my new hard drive and OS get here this coming week. The new parts are an ASUS P6T, an i7 965, and 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR-3 1600 ram, running off an Antec Tru-Power Trio 650 power supply. I'm going to be using my existing video card (9800GT) for now, but want to upgrade to something that will be able to keep up with the i7. I'm also running a TH2G, so I'm wondering if I'd benefit more from say a single GTX480, or from two GTX460's in SLI for a screen resolution of 4320x900 (3 19" monitors that are 1440x900 each). I'll be doing the video card upgrade in a month or two, and want to know which direction would be the best to go for that resolution. This is for a Win 7 Pro 64 system. I'm not looking for total overkill or anything here, just something that isn't going to be a bottleneck (which I believe the 9800GT will be on the new hardware) while being able to maintain the triple-wide screen resolution.
Thanks for any opinions/suggestions. :)
-George
I've recently got some parts for an upgrade to my fsx machine that I plan on installing when my new hard drive and OS get here this coming week. The new parts are an ASUS P6T, an i7 965, and 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR-3 1600 ram, running off an Antec Tru-Power Trio 650 power supply. I'm going to be using my existing video card (9800GT) for now, but want to upgrade to something that will be able to keep up with the i7. I'm also running a TH2G, so I'm wondering if I'd benefit more from say a single GTX480, or from two GTX460's in SLI for a screen resolution of 4320x900 (3 19" monitors that are 1440x900 each). I'll be doing the video card upgrade in a month or two, and want to know which direction would be the best to go for that resolution. This is for a Win 7 Pro 64 system. I'm not looking for total overkill or anything here, just something that isn't going to be a bottleneck (which I believe the 9800GT will be on the new hardware) while being able to maintain the triple-wide screen resolution.
Thanks for any opinions/suggestions. :)
-George