Topic: Best Graphics card for Ship Simulator (Read 45196 times)

llamalord · « **on:** February 18, 2008, 13:53:31 »

Well in the last year I have went through 5 Graphics Cards
Now that my friends is over board

My Graphics cards have been <in order and rated>

1. Built in Emachines Card

2. A really old NVidia Card $:-\$
3. NVidia 6800

4. ATI Radion

5. NVidia 7600

I've heard that the NVidia 8800 is the best but I want to know.

P.S. was the highest

TJK · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2008, 14:28:31 »

My card is RX3870-T2D512E-OC x 2 in Cross fire it's a overclock edition from msi and works perfect

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1365&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=137

but with Yost on its a fantastic cards, take almost every games without problem's
Ati has got a bad roomer but no their build it up again and the new drivers for win xp32 or 64 bit and vista 32 or 64 bit is there no problem with
so i sett ati card as NR 1
but this one NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT as a good nr 2
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8800gt.html
GeForce 8800 Ultra with 1 gb memory
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html
Regards
TJK

JHB · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2008, 01:15:55 »

GeForce 8800 Ultra with 1 gb memory
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Correction: 768 MB

If you are not referring to another Gainward model then

I have 8800 Ultra and it's no problem to run SS on full with this card. No doubt about that!

Eemspoort · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2008, 10:51:43 »

Please, use the search. This subject has been up nummerous times.

Oh, and i have a Dell lap-top with a nVidia 8600m GT 265mb. Works fine.

saken41 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2008, 14:57:32 »

I have a HP Laptop with a NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS and I have all graphics options on full and it runs fast and smooth

.

carl · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2008, 17:41:26 »

I have got a NVIDIA Geforce 8600 GT 512 MB, and it works very nice and fast.

JoMach · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2008, 18:15:03 »

I have nvidia 8800GT with 512 mb. it works perfect

Lanedre · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2008, 20:13:05 »

I have XFX 8800 GT XXX 512 Mb and it handles ShipSim very good(It runs FSX on full graphics too,and it runs smooth)

The bad thing about this model is that the fan is running at full speed all the time no matter how hot the card is and its impossible to control the RPM with any software.

saltydog · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2008, 20:16:40 »

you might consider mounting a different fan on your card Lanedre, though that could mean you lose your warranty.
I have the same card by the way,(also XFX "alpha dog"). Thankfully it has variable fan-speed..
It's a different model I guess..

Lanedre · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2008, 20:22:07 »

I have looked on this but I don't know if it will fit the card?
Zalman VF900-Cu

saltydog · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2008, 20:25:07 »

I have heard of the Zalman cooler, it's supposed to be pretty good. I don't know if it fits though.
I found something else that perhaps you don't know about, the link is below. Perhaps it can help you..

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

Of course you can also check the FAQ page on the nVidia site..

http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

Lanedre · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2008, 20:34:25 »

I have tried RivaTuner but it couldn't change the RPM on my graphics card

So it looks like I am going to buy a new cooler soon

And thanks for the help saltydog

saltydog · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2008, 22:02:38 »

you're welcome Lanedre, let us know how it works out...

capt kieran · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2008, 22:54:26 »

what does minimum system requirments do and does the game to long to load because im getting the minimum requirements but the main thing is does it work properly thats all i need to know

please help

capt kieran

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2008, 23:56:00 »

The listed minimum system requirements capt kieran are for version 1.0 of the game. Any updates/add-ons applied to your game will increase these requirements

Any problems with the game, you need to search/post in Technical support for answers

Regards.

DJM.

TerryRussell · « **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2008, 00:01:33 »

Ready and waiting, capt kieran

capt kieran · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2008, 20:30:50 »

ok so a geeforce 8600 would work
but how much would it cost?
because my parents arent really sure if they want to buy the system requirements

HMS-Borky · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2008, 20:36:43 »

Hi,

ich have Geeforce 8600 GT

MFG Andy

Sam · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2008, 16:58:57 »

Currently, Nvidia has the best performing cards.

The 8800 series are top of the line right now.

saltydog · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2008, 18:07:29 »

yes, but the 9's are on the horizon...

flaviossa · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2008, 20:51:59 »

I have one Nvidia 7950GT and it works veryyyyyy fine

(DDR3 512Mb)

No frame drop in any moment. Yep!

JHB · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2008, 20:58:55 »

Quote from: saltydog on February 21, 2008, 18:07:29

yes, but the 9's are on the horizon...

And the 9-series are a cheap sale trick from Nvidia. But it can be a nice series of card anyway if you want to upgrade from the 7-series for example. I have been reading about 9800 GX2 and it's not much "yihhaaa" according to the biggest HW website here in Norway

SKIP14 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2008, 15:23:06 »

I did run a 7900gs 256mb on xp excellent card, ive now an additional pc vista with 2x 8600gs 512mb running SLI mode, to be honest i dont see much difference but nvidia for me, both pcs run fsx with ease.

danny · « **Reply #23 on:** February 29, 2008, 19:50:08 »

i reckon the 8800 series is the best on the market so far, but the the best way to test it would be to use the most graphically intensive game i can think of

FLIGHT SIM X!!!!

(flight simulator 10)

Lanedre · « **Reply #24 on:** February 29, 2008, 22:21:23 »

I run FSX at full settings with an 8800GT 512 Mb,and it runs smooth but you do need a lot of memory(got a message once that my GPU was out of memory)

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Author Topic: Best Graphics card for Ship Simulator (Read 45196 times)

TJK

saken41

TerryRussell

HMS-Borky