William
January 7th, 2016, 02:15
I know FSX does not like SLI, atleast not in its normal usage. But i got myself a sweet new machine from part off EBay and its going to have a MSI GeForce 9800GX2 in it. Basically its a dual PCB card acting as one GPU.
I actually have a question regarding the CPU too. Basically i can go with a high clocked Core 2 Duo or a 2.3 - 2.6 GHz Core 2 Quad. I know FSX likes high single core performance. This build is more or less for show but its also going to be my main gaming rig for when im in my bedroom for older games such as FSX so im trying to make sure it has enough horsepower for that. Heres what the build will look like:
Optiplex 755 Motherboard and Case (ATX Case, not the SFF version)
Undetermined Wolfdale or Yorkfield based Core2
Optiplex 755 stock semi-passive cooler (users of dell machine will know what i mean and As an expelled high school student i have no budget for proper cooling and yes im aware that probably makes me the youngest non troll here, but i still know a Sequentially Geared Turbocharged Allison V3420 when i hear one so dont think i dont know my stuff :) )
Shark Technologys 650w PSU (generic PSU, no way im going to push it past 450)
4GB DDR2 Memory
MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 (basically 2 underclocked 8800GTS PCBs on 1 PCI-E Slot, 512MB per board)
That sounds pretty underspec'd but i run FSX with mostly stock scenery (US Cities X is my only scenery addon) and my planes are usually older single engine prop monoplanes + the monitor ill be hooking this up to
only accepts a 720p video so im thinking the GX2 should handle my usual near max settings fine (after the usual 2 months of various config tweaks lol) not that ill be able to notice with my eyesight in its current state.
So cant anyone here offer insight as to what to expect from that dual PCB GPU or over advice on what CPU to get?
Anyways can anybody whos been in the simulator word
I actually have a question regarding the CPU too. Basically i can go with a high clocked Core 2 Duo or a 2.3 - 2.6 GHz Core 2 Quad. I know FSX likes high single core performance. This build is more or less for show but its also going to be my main gaming rig for when im in my bedroom for older games such as FSX so im trying to make sure it has enough horsepower for that. Heres what the build will look like:
Optiplex 755 Motherboard and Case (ATX Case, not the SFF version)
Undetermined Wolfdale or Yorkfield based Core2
Optiplex 755 stock semi-passive cooler (users of dell machine will know what i mean and As an expelled high school student i have no budget for proper cooling and yes im aware that probably makes me the youngest non troll here, but i still know a Sequentially Geared Turbocharged Allison V3420 when i hear one so dont think i dont know my stuff :) )
Shark Technologys 650w PSU (generic PSU, no way im going to push it past 450)
4GB DDR2 Memory
MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 (basically 2 underclocked 8800GTS PCBs on 1 PCI-E Slot, 512MB per board)
That sounds pretty underspec'd but i run FSX with mostly stock scenery (US Cities X is my only scenery addon) and my planes are usually older single engine prop monoplanes + the monitor ill be hooking this up to
only accepts a 720p video so im thinking the GX2 should handle my usual near max settings fine (after the usual 2 months of various config tweaks lol) not that ill be able to notice with my eyesight in its current state.
So cant anyone here offer insight as to what to expect from that dual PCB GPU or over advice on what CPU to get?
Anyways can anybody whos been in the simulator word