R9 390 OR GTX 970

[cybergamer47]

Which gpu is better for fsx and other flight sims? Thanks guys in advance :)

[cybergamer47]

Messaggio originale di Acurisur:

Messaggio originale di BountyHunter:

thanks Ive decided to go with EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card and an i5-4690k with a z97 board hopefully I can max out with addons

I've just returned to the UK from the States, picked up a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 while I was there to replace my ageing AMD 6770 1GB card.

Didn't buy it specifically for FSX (more for the recent AAA releases like The Witcher 3 and Arkham Knight) but it's good to know that FSX runs better on Nvidia drivers :) [/quot
I was gonna buy a 970 but I have a ps4 for games and I dont even play games much cos Im studying and only game I play is fifa and Im gonna buy "The division" on ps4 next year so dont need a 970. If I upgrade its gonna be a 980ti or a titan :)

[tigertimma]

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Definitely the GTX 970 for FSX. I've just replaced an AMD HD7950 with a GTX 970 purely because the AMD drivers do not work very well with FSX.

I was not able to get anti-aliasing to work in FSX with AMD cards and you cannot run in DX10 mode without getting graphical corruption. It's shame because I like to support AMD, but for FSX they just cause too many problems.

With the GTX 970 I can run DX10 mode with cockpit shadows, detailed water, 8x super sample anti-aliasing, detailed aircraft like the PMDG 737, HD scenery textures, HD cloud textures and still get a solid 30FPS.

I still have an AMD 290X in another PC which is a fantastic card, but again it doesn't work well with FSX.

Thanks man exactly what I was looking for. Most people say fsx isnt gpu intensive how come youre not getting 60fps?

Sorry I should have said I've locked the frame rate at 30fps. I'm sure it would do more than that but I doubt I would get a solid 60fps with the add-ons I'm running. As others have said FSX is CPU intensive, I've got a 4690k running at 4.1GHz. I'm happy with 30fps and means I don't get any screen tearing.

I have an old 560ti which I used for a bit while I was waiting for the 970 to be delivered. The 560ti performed really well and only occasionally dropped below 30fps with 4x anti-aliasing. So if the 560ti can do it, the 960 definitely can.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

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Thanks man exactly what I was looking for. Most people say fsx isnt gpu intensive how come youre not getting 60fps?

Sorry I should have said I've locked the frame rate at 30fps. I'm sure it would do more than that but I doubt I would get a solid 60fps with the add-ons I'm running. As others have said FSX is CPU intensive, I've got a 4690k running at 4.1GHz. I'm happy with 30fps and means I don't get any screen tearing.

I have an old 560ti which I used for a bit while I was waiting for the 970 to be delivered. The 560ti performed really well and only occasionally dropped below 30fps with 4x anti-aliasing. So if the 560ti can do it, the 960 definitely can.

Exactly, I used 760 gtx before I bought the 970 it does the job just fine. With fsx nivida and intel is the way to go.

[Jeff]

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Thanks man exactly what I was looking for. Most people say fsx isnt gpu intensive how come youre not getting 60fps?

Sorry I should have said I've locked the frame rate at 30fps. I'm sure it would do more than that but I doubt I would get a solid 60fps with the add-ons I'm running. As others have said FSX is CPU intensive, I've got a 4690k running at 4.1GHz. I'm happy with 30fps and means I don't get any screen tearing.

I have an old 560ti which I used for a bit while I was waiting for the 970 to be delivered. The 560ti performed really well and only occasionally dropped below 30fps with 4x anti-aliasing. So if the 560ti can do it, the 960 definitely can.

Go with unlimited FPS and adjust from there.I run mine wide open and get real nice frame rates. I was flying Canada server public MP over the mountains I hit over 120+ FPS.Over any ocean which it dont have to render much I have hit over 200FPS.

[twallyters]

I do wish people would watch their important instruments and not be so tied up with frame rates!

Safe flying people!

[RyanBurnsRed]

It doesn't matter what GPU you have. It'll hardly make a difference in this game because GPU usage will be at an all time low of 30% usage.

I have a Titan X and I'm lucky to see 30 fps in some locations and weather, and this is with no addon scenery of any kind. FSX is all about the CPU, a fast one.

Edit: Only other flight sim I play is DCS, and with the new 1.5 update the GPU will matter since it's now coded in DX11.

[Bobcat999]

As Ryan says...

I went from an R9 270X to an R9 390 and no frame rate gain at the same resolution and settings. It maybe feels a bit smoother, but no tangible gain because the CPU has to do the calculations and still calls the shots on how fast things can be displayed.

The only effect I have seen is putting it up to 4k resolution on my new monitor. Now that does test the card! It is just shy of 30 frames per second with 4 x AA (don't need 8 x AA at 4K).
Maybe a little overclock is in order!.. :-)

If your computer can hold 30 frames per second in FSX in the majority of situations (you need something like an overclocked I7 for this) then read below. You have to follow it exactly - no half measures.

Of all the tweaks, I found that NOT maxing out autogen and water, and setting fibers to 0.01 in the config, then setting frame rate at 31 (not 30) in FSX whilst the vsync was set at half of 60 in Radeon Pro (similar in NVidia inspector), gives me the best experience. Really smooth and no judders!

Do not use another external frame rate limiter as it will go out of sync with the FSX one occasionally and keep 'skipping' frames - that was the mistake I made at the start. Just use the limiter inside FSX.

Setting Vsync externally (as you have to for FSX) is not the same as a frame rate limiter, but doing this will sync FSX to the monitor refresh rate, and tearing and judder will be gone!
Note that the AMD drivers will not induce Vsync in FSX, Radeon Pro is needed and is crucial for a good FSX experience.

Don't ask me why 31 instead of 30 frames in FSX works - it makes no sense at all and tends to fly in the face of what I have already said, but it really works for me! I found it by mistake.

I hope someone else can try and confirm it, as I just got the slightest judder at 30, nothing at 31.

[Nogueirc3n]

Got a R9 Fury here and AMD drivers are working perfect without the directx10 preview. With the preview not so much but i think that's because it's a preview. And R9 390 is the faster card with more RAM. I would pick the 390.

[Jeff]

970s I was checking on Amazon they have come down some in price.

[Bobcat999]

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Got a R9 Fury here and AMD drivers are working perfect without the directx10 preview. With the preview not so much but i think that's because it's a preview. And R9 390 is the faster card with more RAM. I would pick the 390.

You need steves DX10 fixer. It runs great in DX10 then. The cockpit shadows are great!