Video CArds!!!XD

[manisare]

Okay then i guess i will get the 7900GS but how do i find out my cd rom speed or my processors PC MHz equivalent or higher processor speeed...

[Hitman]

CPUz will tell you everything except your CD Rom speeds, Sandra gives you system info too.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by manisare

Okay then i guess i will get the 7900GS but how do i find out my cd rom speed or my processors PC MHz equivalent or higher processor speeed...

If you got your CD-ROM drive after 2000, its almost certain to be a 48 or 52x drive. If your system has a PCI-E slot in it, then it defiantly has a 1GHz + CPU

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by gvblake22

Hehehehe, just not as quick on the keyboard there polo
At least your list is much more complete...

Anyway, don't misunderstand us, the 7600GT is still a great bang for the buck card and I would recommend it any day. But you will most definitely, without a doubt get more performance out of any 7900 series card than you will out of any 7600 series card. What resolution do you play games at?

very good

[manisare]

Hey can you guys tell me a good website thats tell you like the graphic card game and performance reviews. I need to know a performance review for the EVGA GEFORCE 7900GS KO in Flight Simulator 2004!

[Quakindude]

I don't know of a review site that singles out FS2004 as a video card Benchmark. You'd think with how taxing that game is on a video card, there would be plenty of sites that use it.

That being said, my GF6800GT ran FS2004 at perfectly acceptable levels and details. The 7800GS that was in my kids computer ran it even better! So your 7900GS will get you at least the 25FPS needed for a game to be playable, and then some. The 7800GS I had would stay around 35-40FPS with details turned up to high.

[manisare]

what were ur kids computer specs? and did u overclock the 7800GS?

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

That being said, my GF6800GT ran FS2004 at perfectly acceptable levels and details. The 7800GS that was in my kids computer ran it even better! So your 7900GS will get you at least the 25FPS needed for a game to be playable, and then some. The 7800GS I had would stay around 35-40FPS with details turned up to high.

Gotta remember it will depend on the resolution too...

As for your benchmark request, I don't know of any reviews right off hand that include FlightSim 2004. I do know however that there are quite a few 7900GS reviews around the net, so I say browse through them all and see if you can find one that tests something the way you are looking for. You can also check out the Tom's Hardware VGA Charts...

[Quakindude]

My kids computer was an AMD X2 4800+ with 2Gb of ram. They had an LCD whose resolution was 1600x1200. As long as I didn't try to max the details out, it ran quite well.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

My kids computer was an AMD X2 4800+ with 2Gb of ram. They had an LCD whose resolution was 1600x1200. As long as I didn't try to max the details out, it ran quite well.

aaahhh, 1600x1200 is a fairly high resolution. So if it can run smooth, playable framerates at that resolution, then I'd say it is doable on about everything else out there (with 24"+ screens possibly being the exception).