Quoting Chris Wilkinson : > Hi there, > > Donn Washburn wrote: > > Hey Group; > > > > Which video card for a AGP x8 system would improve flightgears ability > > to be a larger image. I current have a NVidia FX 5200 with 128 meg of > > DDR video memory. I also am running NVidia's file.run file > > Any GeForceFX with a number higher than 5200 *should* give you better > flightgear performance. The only GeForce card I would not buy currently > is the 6200TC, which some NVidia users have had trouble using... > > Why not treat yourself to a nice GeForce 6600GT or 6800GS AGP card? > They would provide very good performance, not only in flightgear, but > in any 3D software likely to run in Linux...I'm hoping to get the > 6800GS Super 512MB AGP 8x soon, and it should allow me to run 2048x1536 > fullscreen flightgear on my 22"...
You may be disappointed if your system is already limited by its CPU or memory. You should try to diagnose your problem better. If your CPU is already running at 100%, or your system is swapping, there is little gain you will see upgrading your Graphic component. I speak from experience : my ( at that time 'new' ) FX5900 was behaving just like my GF3 on a Athlon XP 1800+. On a Athlon 64 3400+, it flies. Try to improve the weakest area first. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://frfoto.free.fr Photo gallery - album photo http://www.fotolia.fr/p/2278/partner/2278 Other photo gallery http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
