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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2012 18:59 ET by Nikolay Klimchuk
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Leaning towards Gigabyte http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125441 , is anybody have it?
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DVA3196
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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2012 19:12 ET by Michael Brown
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I don't have it but I use Gigabyte motherboards and have always been happy. They make good quality products at a good price.
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AFV313
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Posted onPost created on
September 04 2012 12:09 ET by Robert Armstrong
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| I have a Gigabyte GTX460 OC and love it... Great quality product
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DVA9589
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2012 01:18 ET by Randy Donnelly
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No comparison between a 660TI and a 460. Its been shown that the 660TI can out perform the GTX 580. Im partial towards EVGA have had good luck with their products and support when needed.
Randy DonnellyFirst Officer, A320
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DVA8890
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2012 09:01 ET by Alexander Brinson
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If I were you, I'd go with a MSI Twin Frozr 4. Its faster and cooler than the others. Gigabyte's Windforce model requires more power if that is anythig to you.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127696
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DVA5974
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Posted onPost created on
September 24 2012 09:33 ET by Nikolay Klimchuk
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It looks like there is another decent card ASUS GTX660 Ti Series 2GB Video Graphics Cards GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121656
Any thoughts on this one?
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AFV313
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Posted onPost created on
September 24 2012 11:06 ET by Robert Armstrong
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Randy Donnelly wrote:
No comparison between a 660TI and a 460. Its been shown that the 660TI can out perform the GTX 580. Im partial towards EVGA have had good luck with their products and support when needed.
Of course it isnt! What I'm saying is that I'm satisfied with the quality of my Gigabyte product
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DVA8158
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2012 20:53 ET by Peter Bagrationoff
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I've been reading on multiple forums they are having major problems with many of the 670 and 660i cards. Asus has already stopped production of their GTX 670 CU2 board because of a high number of RMA's. This is why with some hesitation I just bought an XFX 7870.
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DVA9716
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 10:21 ET by Kenneth Dickerson
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I'm with Randy, EVGA is all I put in my systems. They have never let me down and the product is excellent.
Kenneth DickersonFirst Officer, A330-300
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DVA8158
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 19:02 ET by Peter Bagrationoff
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Anyone reading the forums have a 660ti or GTX 670? What kind of performance are you getting and have you had any problems with the new drivers? I cancelled my 7870 order on Newegg and I am still debating what to buy. Besides FSX I am looking for something I can use for BF3 @ 1920 x 1080 Ultra settings.
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DVA9545
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 23:58 ET by Thiago Braga
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Guys, just be aware that FSX and earlier versions will use CPUs more than Vid Cards. You don`t need to waste a lot of money in Vid Cards but yes to CPUs.
But it does look good your choice.
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DVA5974
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Posted onPost created on
October 03 2012 07:19 ET by Nikolay Klimchuk
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Thiago Braga wrote:
Guys, just be aware that FSX and earlier versions will use CPUs more than Vid Cards. You don`t need to waste a lot of money in Vid Cards but yes to CPUs.
But it does look good your choice.
Good point Thiago. Especially with bunch of add ons my new 660 Ti busy on 40% and CPU easily hit 100% and stay there. Now I need upgrade CPU, fan, motheboard and memory LOL
Biggest consumers of CPU power are REX (weather) and UT2 (AI traffic)
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DVA9545
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Posted onPost created on
October 03 2012 15:00 ET by Thiago Braga
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Nikolay Klimchuk wrote:
Thiago Braga wrote:
Guys, just be aware that FSX and earlier versions will use CPUs more than Vid Cards. You don`t need to waste a lot of money in Vid Cards but yes to CPUs.
But it does look good your choice.
Good point Thiago. Especially with bunch of add ons my new 660 Ti busy on 40% and CPU easily hit 100% and stay there. Now I need upgrade CPU, fan, motheboard and memory LOL
Biggest consumers of CPU power are REX (weather) and UT2 (AI traffic)
Yeah, I knew this when I had Intel i5 and switched to i7. Whatta difference.
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DVA8158
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Posted onPost created on
October 03 2012 17:33 ET by Peter Bagrationoff
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Nikolay Klimchuk wrote:
Thiago Braga wrote:
Guys, just be aware that FSX and earlier versions will use CPUs more than Vid Cards. You don`t need to waste a lot of money in Vid Cards but yes to CPUs.
But it does look good your choice.
Good point Thiago. Especially with bunch of add ons my new 660 Ti busy on 40% and CPU easily hit 100% and stay there. Now I need upgrade CPU, fan, motheboard and memory LOL
Biggest consumers of CPU power are REX (weather) and UT2 (AI traffic)
Absolutely. I ordered an Asus 660ti and it should be here on Friday. Paired with my 3770K @ 4.2 Ghz I think it will be able to keep up with both FSX and BF3.
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DVA9545
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Posted onPost created on
October 03 2012 18:00 ET by Thiago Braga
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Nice choice. I`ve O/C my to boost to 4.4Ghz and Runs great.
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DVA8158
Captain, B767-300
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Posted onPost created on
October 10 2012 16:03 ET by Peter Bagrationoff
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I overclocked my 3770K to a conservative 4.1 GHz and I'm running the 660 Ti at stock with the 304.87 drivers and Nvidia Inspector. Set AA to 8xSQ(Combined 2x2 SS + 2x MS) and limiting frames to 30. My sliders are at 75% with the level of detail radius at large and running AS2012 with the PMDG 737NGX it is smooth as silk. I am very happy with this card but it takes much more tweaking than it did with my ATI card. The one thing I haven't been able to do is use more than 917 MB of my 2GB VRAM on the GPU. To get my usage that high I had to bump my AA settings up to AA_MODE_METHOD_SUPER VCAA_64x_V12 but there were some stutters despite the fact that it looked great. With my curreny 8xSQ setting the most VRAM I am using is 576 MB. I only mention all of this because some people might be interested in purchasing the 3GB version but in my opinion this isn't worth it for FSX because it doesn't use much video memory at all.
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