FSX Graphics Test on a QX6850 and 8800GTX SLI

[laundryman200]

Nice landing

[123fsxpilot]

nice takeoff and landing

[123fsxpilot]

wow what a brilliant takeoff and landing

[theofficalskilletfan]

this is what you get for living there MDT AND TMI ( Three Mile Island ) :)

[mboy3515]

nice video but here in Harrisburg we don't need 747 because you don't fly out of here to go the china or something, but we use 737, dash, 757, etc...

[NTBushPilot]

Hey guys, I dont know much about hardware, but I know about aviation and love FSX. Will these specs run FSX at full graphics. 8GB RAM, 3.6GHz, 2x GeForce GTX 460 graphic cards,and a i5 760 core. Also, I have the operating system on a 60gb SSD.

[TheMayor5000]

Wow this looks like crap.

[GoldenOne2435]

ok. I dont understand. how does your game look that good? if i put my game on max, it doesnt look ANYTHING like that. and its REALLY laggy

[johnfoster187]

Nice Vid!

No point getting the high end graphics cards for FSX, unless you intend to run a multi-monitor setup.

GTX 9800 is the optimum card

Want to take simming to the next level? consider trackIR, then voice control software. There is a particular one you could try for free. It's called "Multi Crew Experience", and it rocks. You need a headset with microphone though. :-))

[mboy3515]

@johnfoster187 i will check Multi Crew out thanks!!!

[UTubeLightBulb]

WTH is this? xD I can't get that smooth with my 2 GTS 250's 1GB . . . wat are ur settings?

[mboy3515]

@UTubeLightBulb try using the frame limiter for smoother game play instead if ultimate

[ayouful]

AMD Sempron LE-1250 processor

3 GB PC-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory

320 GB hard drive windows 7

will that run fsx in good graphics?

[rayyancooldude98]

are settings set to ultra high or what..?..

[44rears]

How do you make your website?

[harp2014]

nice graphics-im on ultra high and iit still dont look that good

[cem719]

u got a 8800 i got a ******* gtx295

[cjellwood]

8800 is probably better

[zihaogood]

u got a gtx295 i got a ******** hd 5970

[cem719]

@zihaogood u got hd5970 i got a gtx 295x2

[cosmin989]

but nice work

[cosmin989]

its ok :S

[channelvisitor]

nice graphics...could be better...

[Uganice]

ive seen better graphics on youtube

[xxbeardyman137x]

you should view jon5700's videos because he has an 8800 and can probably show you how to enhance it

[eclipse245]

@xxbeardyman137x he doesn't use FSX, and GPUs don't really matter in FSX, it's all CPU power.

[TheMayor5000]

Thats awful graphics compared to mines.

[fromoxwithlove]

you know it sucks i have a p4 478 3.2ghz and a 9800 pro 128 AGP and FSX doesn't look all that good =/

i have to stick with fs2004

[syafiqpilot]

is Nvidia Geforce 9500GT 1GB ddr2 good for fsx???

[MTFDarkEagle]

FSX is more cpu dependant. But I think that's an ok way to start i guess. But I would say is save some more money and get a gtx series card. With the same (or little less, is not of real concern unless your running big-big-big resolutions) memory. But the later series have ddr3 memory. That's the upside. So, all in all, I would say is save a little more and get a gtx series card (e.g. gtx260)

[syafiqpilot]

hmm...Alrite.:)

[10057671]

Yes, i have that card, and the results are amazing.

[cpmusicman]

so ur that person who few over my house

P.S i live in harrisburg

[shangbang94]

this is pretty poor graphics, water looks good tho...

[anandpsbb]

look at some other vids about this game, the graphics arent that bad, compared to what they are giving

[deltaA320]

oh how do you put up the spoileres?you know um... the speed brakes or somewhat?

[johnsmithfsx]

backslash

[BenAndSam3]

click /

[isveryniceyes]

The flaps? I don't know if it's changed scince Flight Sim 2004, but it used to be F7=up and F6=down.

[whatsup1396]

its the same

[lanelassiter]

press " / " key

[mylife1221]

Use the other variations instead of "Boeing livery" and change it to faster aircrafts instead of the boring 747.

[Raligard]

I'm just impressed you got a loaded B747 out of and back into Harrisburg. =P Nice landing.

[flightsimulationguru]

Harrisburg has a full length runway (10,000 ft) and can handle the 747 or any other large jet without much trouble.

[BenAndSam3]

Same with Cincinnati 10,000 ft runway can handle 747's and A380's

[theofficalskilletfan]

@flightsimulationguru eh had the 2nd largest plane in the world there runways 2 miles long but it's really a big regoinal airport well mixed civilian military airport

[mboy3515]

@Raligard a antonov an-124 took of from here

[hamzathespartan117]

hi i have a HP Pavilion AMD Phenom X3 8450 Triple-Core 2.1GHz NVIDIA GeForce 9100 with 256 dedicated memory 6GB DDR2 and a 640GB hard drive. will i be able to play high graphics for this game with these specs? please tell me

[DDNCustoms]

i don't think so. the 9100 is onboard graphics.

[Airportchris2]

I like how at 3:12 the tires apparently make contact, but you see a gap between them and the runway.

[Axidy]

why my fsx is laggy?my graphic card 9500gt

[MSFSX94]

maybe the settings are too high for it and it doesn't only depend on the quality of your video card but on your processor power too

[Airportchris2]

What is your CPU, b/c with FSX, you really need CPU power over GPU, as with FS2004.

[chandgu1]

after i installed this game and played the words on the planes like the boeing 747 shows all blurry like u cant see it it looks like a blob of paint...plz help

[Crayfish1010]

First, please tell me what you got under your hood.

[cphalfback41]

i have 2 8800 ultras and i dont think its working in sli because it runs worse than when i had just 1 gtx 260 (which fucked up) ... so how in the hell do i get sli to work with this game

[zqdz123]

idont belive you,

in tomshardware' page 8800gtx sli is even better than a gtx 280

[cphalfback41]

i agree with you thats why im sayin somethings wrong becuase 2 gpu's are obviously better than 1 ( unless their shit) so idk whats wrong... but i even tested with mark vantage and my score was like 13000 something with both my ultras and it was 15000 with my gtx260oc ... maybe somethings wrong with one of the cards im tryin to diagnos the problem bc the cards shoulb be killing the gtx260

[dufydf]

i think its because some games dont support multi gpu

[policecrownvictoria]

what does sli do exactly?? cuz im thinking of getting one

[Gr3ggz0r]

SLI is when you connect to grapich cards so they do twice the prefomance. but not evry game suport sli. so somtimes you prefomence wil suck ass. it called Crosfire in ATI cards

[lebanonlibanon]

Good

[shoesalesmanBundy]

This game would run optimal with 256 cores no joke.

[JohnF30Music]

its amazing it uses so many computer sources when the graphics arent even good

[killjoy1995]

i think he has a bad recorder

[bleyland629]

nice stuff lol iv had this game for 2 weeks and yet to play cuz my power supply screwed up so had to buy new one lol grrrrrrrr cant wate though :)

[LordMonky1]

how mush ghz i need you play FSX can i play whit 1,47? or i need more ? plsss answer

[stuartwwillis]

ive got 2.6 and its ok, but you can get the settings low,.

[tony642321]

Just install FSX sp1. My friend has a single core 1.3ghz pc and he gets medium graphics with FSX/sp1.

[LordMonky1]

what is name of the game ?? plzz answer

[o0tomma0o]

Rayman: Raving Rabits.

[32rob10]

It is Microsoft Flight Simulator 10 or FSX as it is known.

[dodykid4ever]

retard

[warnerbroRW]

very cool

[jodecci]

Wow that rocks QX6850 and 8800GTX SLI is ok but i have better

[Michel4943]

Hey all I wonder whether I can play on High settings :P My specs:

Intel(r) Celeron(r) CPU 3.06GHz

CPU speed 3.07 GHz

System RAM 1.5 GB

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

NVIDIA 9600 GT

Video RAM 512MB

DirectX Version 9.0c

[matz951]

No you need at-least a powerful dual core cpu to run this game not to mention more RAM.

[tony642321]

The standard FSX states that you need a 1.4ghz CPU to run it. This is single core. Anything else is just better :D

[hellzone100]

rofl !!! Might as well get a Quad.

[tony642321]

yeah. That's what most people (including me) have.

[J999ACK]

Have u got it running on a mac? if so tell me hw!!

[mikaelkl]

Hey would my computer be able to run fsx with the highest settings smooth?

Corsair Powersupply 550W Bulk, black,

Asus P5K Premium/WIFI-AP, P35, DDR2

Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz, Socket

PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 "PCS" 512MB,

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5,

WD Caviar® Black 750GB, 3,5",

[frkstg01]

Hell no!

[mikaelkl]

sounds bad=(

[KHShox]

no, you need an nvidea G force, ati sucks dick.

[mikaelkl]

niiiice

[DATANK1436]

O Really?

[KHShox]

Yep :)

[DATANK1436]

Right now ATI has the 4850 ($150) which is probably the best bang for buck card on the market and I believe the 4870 1gb beats the gtx 280 for alot less money.

[peterflightsim]

Thats just not true. They are very good!

[pjvenner]

Gr8 video. what scenery were you using there? it looks fantastic - spoilt only by those goddam awful FSX roads that look like they're made from sections of duct tape.

[simonrunkar93]

can you use the mouse as a "run and take the plane" ?

[pizza14fer]

how you make this video?' cuz whn i use fraps i only make shorts videos like 30 seconds and to bigger in memory like 172 mb or something like that can someone plz tell me how to do videos with a short memory and good time!! plz i want to make y own fsx videos...

[xxxsnoopy]

Can you use the mouse as a flight yoke like in CFS2???

[pae39]

I would like to watch some brave video of a cessna in FSX doing hard turns and rolls smoothly with Manhattan (NY) close in front of him, and if someone achieves this challenge please, please tell me the machine configuration. Thank you. :)

[cyprussunizhot]

what pc are you running this on? coz myn is s***!

myns a packard bell

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor

(2.4GHz, 1GHz FSB, 8MB Cache)

Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium

3GB Memory

750GB Hard Drive

[Airportchris2]

Those default sounds, with FSX, are so sucky, I am serious, plus, DX10 can't run on XP, and for the people, who don't have Vista, or don't want it, b/c its junk, use DX10, Microsoft is starting to sink.

[XxXxXxPrOxXxXxX]

Just download a freeware soundpack from avsim...

[Airportchris2]

Yea

[cappyky]

I totally agree........the default big jet sounds in FSX are terrible!.........it sounds like a truck dragging an empty dumpster!......they really better get on that for the next sim package....I found some great big jet engine sounds on a free aircraft DL site so I deleted the default sound files and pasted the new sound file ...BINGO.

[keithheavey]

I am planning on investing a new desktop and i want fsx to run very good on it will this do?

Dell XPS 420

PS 420 E8500 Core 2 Duo Processor (3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333MHz)

4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]

750GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache

SINGLE 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT card

Multimedia Accellerator

[2008Trailblazerss]

So if i get a computer with quad core q6600 2.4 Ghz, 8800GTX sli, and 8gb ram, would i be able to play fsx on ultra high?. If someone knows can you answer please?.

[blueeyedbully]

theres no such thing in order to put 8g of rsm in any pc.

[rzeszotary]

could fsx work on a laptop?

[flightsimulationguru]

I'm sure it would 'work' but you're never going to get the level of performance you could with a full-size desktop machine. If you tone down some of the settings then I'm sure you could get it to run alright, you'll just have to sacrifice some resolution and eye candy.

[rzeszotary]

ok thanks

[FSXFSXFSXFSX]

i have a laptop and i run fsx on ultra high with 10-15fps witch is why im getting a full-size desktop

[ZukkyB]

Does FSX support Dual/Tri SLI? If it does, i'm going to invest in another 9800GTX.

Reply back, or PM me. Thanx

[flightsimulationguru]

SLI 'works' with any program... however because FSX is generally CPU limited (it maxes out the CPU's power before it maxes out the GPU's power) I don't think that Tri SLI would get much performance boost in FSX... but it probably would with some other programs.

[masterchief1212]

I have abosultly NO performance notice.

[cinkmoot]

best graphic tests done in high detail cities...KLAX, KJFK, KMIA, KBOS.

[masterchief1212]

How did you get SLI to actually work on FSX?!

[flightsimulationguru]

SLI 'works' in any program... it's a hardware thing not a software thing. However, FSX is generally a CPU limited program and thus SLI does not provide as much performance increase with FSX as it does with other programs.

[eclipse245]

b monaco ur right..but ur CPU would deffinately not give out 150 FPS...unless ur autogen is turned off and your BufferPools are to set to over 20 million.

[bmonaco13]

Ok I agree that SLI is sick but my FSX looks like this maybe even smoother.AMDx2/64 6000+ 4gig ram 8800gtXXX.I get 50-60 on the ground and bursts over 150 in the air.All sliders to the right.FSX is a very demanding program you have to know how to configure the fsx.cfg file to get some real performance out of it.

[guvguv1962]

I can't believe it... it runs smoothly SP2-DX9 with an old Athlon XP 3200+, 1Gb 400MHz RAM, x1950pro. It's an old, but well-balanced sys

I think I'll wait for 8-Core with integrated memory-controller

[guvguv1962]

does this game support quad CPUs?

[flightsimulationguru]

Yes... FSX now supports multi-core processors. However, you need to install the latest service packs as the original release of FSX only utilized one core.

[presnillajones]

how much fps were you getting?

[flightsimulationguru]

On the ground I get 20-30 fps... in the air I get 40-50+ fps. Fraps (the video capture software) eats up a lot of performance so it's not really possible to capture the true performance in the video.

[moderator13]

whats the name of thuis game

[alexisaboyhello1234]

It's not a game, it's a simulator called flight simulator x - fsx.

[Babyalien83]

PS also bare in mind that Fraps (I guess he used) is very CPU/Disk intensive, and that will reduce his frames anyway, so playing with his rig w/o recording, his frames will be pretty much higher than what we see now

[flightsimulationguru]

I can confirm... Yes I was using Fraps and yes there is a hit on performance.

[Babyalien83]

I had a friend we met at lan party, and he had the same spec as me, running accelerator pack, only he had quad and I had dual, and FSX SP2 (accelerator) takes advantage, and his frames were significantly higher than mine. Made me wanna get a quad as soon most games will be multicore.

[mythtype]

DDR3 isn't necessarily faster. It's speeds are actually slower, i believe. IT's expensive, and motherboards cost a lot to run ddr3. It's not worth it...

[joelgalva8]

You have a Great System and FSX is Still Intensive. I wonder how it would be with 2 QX9650's

[Mark1871]

wow, it runs so smooth. It almost looks like it's running two times faster, because it's so smooth. Can't wait till I get the QX9650!

[aircanadapilotz]

weet thx i might get the same specs ar you and one question is it on high or ultra high?

[flightsimulationguru]

Ultra High... although obviously it's hard to appreciate that from a YouTube video. I would say that a single 8800GTX is fine for FSX and SLI doesn't really have any impact as it's totally CPU bound. If you need to budget between a better CPU and better GPU, go with the better CPU for FSX.

[Anton1941]

What computer do you need to run FSX with Full-Maximum graphics..

The price is not an issue - I might convince my aviation college to pay for a "more then average computer with super video card" so we can all ejoy and train using this simulator.

be specific please

[flightsimulationguru]

Well the system I have, the one the above video was made on, is essentially the best CPU-GPU combination on the market (it was a GTX and not Ultra but that really makes no difference here) so I don't know that there is a consumer computer that can run FSX with everything, including autogen and traffic, totally maxed out and still maintain 25 fps or higher in scenery intensive areas. However, just tuning back the autogen and traffic a bit with graphics settings left on high is achievable.

[joelgalva8]

Not the BEST CPU. Its a Great CPU dont get me wrong but not the BEST. QX9650 is better.

[jonnyfilmboy]

I agree with the single GPU comment. I have a single 8800 GTX and a Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz proc and it runs as smooth as your video with Bloom turned on, ground traffic low (because it's just a resource hog and adds almost nothing to immersion factor), and most other settings to high or ultra high. And anyway, there are so many problems interfacing SLI with any Creative X-Fi and even Razer Barracuda sound cards that SLI isn't worth the headaches in my experience.

[sushiboy805]

wats the diffrence vs ddr2 and ddr3

[joelgalva8]

DDR3 is Faster

[PGMEagle]

What's funny is I live about 10 min from MDT and the only heavys they use are that of UPS planes lol. Anyway this is abou what it looks like when taking off from 31 very cool.

[flightsimulationguru]

Yeah, heavies are uncommon mostly regional jets and some 737s at MDT... although there are also some military flights that go in and out for the Air National Guard base on site. Air Force One (the 747 and 757) visits every now and then. The concept of flying a 747 from Andrews to MDT is quite funny really... depending on the runways used it only could be a 15-20 min flight!

[g36kismine]

shit no lag... my integrated radeon x200 and p4 524 are not the best for fs

[streetmicker]

you're crazy to run fsx at an under powered PC ... even FS2004 will not run smooth at all for your machine, let alone FSX...

[yuryduarte]

I think one mistake you did was buying 2 graphics card, instead of 4GB of DDR3 @ at least 1333mhz frequency, also instead of a GTX, 1 single 8800 ultra would be better @ 655x2250 at least. What matters especially in this game is high clock speeds from RAM, Video card and processor, as it is for many other games, when you supply all that install one extra GPU. Sad there not any SLi-ready DDR3 Motherboard, but its coming soon, 790i. Nice rewiew though, great blog.

[flightsimulationguru]

Thanks for the comments... those are certainly fair points. I definetly agree that the extra GTX with SLI isn't doing much performance wise (although I do use the same system for other games where it does make a difference).

[ISinisterI]

is this with sp1 and sp2 (DirectX 10) installed?

are you running the qx6850 at stock clock speed of 3.0 ghz?

What is the AI levels?

have you tried any add-on prorgrams like x-graphics or active sky x? if so, to what extent do they hinder performance?

[flightsimulationguru]

- It's with sp1 and Acceleration Pack installed

- Yes, QX6850 is at stock speed

- AI is about halfway up (see link in description for more discussion)

- No add-ons at the moment so can't really comment, but will try some out down the line.

[ISinisterI]

have you tried overclocking the qx6850?

I'm assuming video editing is a breeze on something like this (i need a new chip to edit some HDV format movies...so was curious to see if it is worth the price... i mean i have seen q6600's running stable at 3.4ghz on air cooling)

[therealmasterpilot]

nice vid. Torontoguy you are a shame to our city.You have no idea of what your talking about.

[ToRoNtOGuYY]

and I know cuz im watching Youtube its like that, but something realstic will be realistic no matter what, im not talkin bout pixels evidentally shown cuz thats obviously Youtube but if u really look u can see how shit the graphics are and these companies charge over $600 on equipment and this is all it can do?? I mean come onn. U should get wat u pay for mann all im saying

[flightsimulationguru]

You can't really compare graphics on YouTube to the real thing at 1900 x 1200 resolution... that's essentially the difference between a VHS tape and 1080i HDTV. However, you're comments are still somewhat valid. The graphics in FSX aren't quite as impressive as some other games on the market (e.g. Cyrsis). For example, yes the grass is a solid surface vs. showing individual blades; however, FSX is an extremely CPU bound program (due to all the calculations for the simulation).

[flightsimulationguru]

Also, your comments focused on the cost of hardware and graphics, but the graphics cards aren't the limiting factor here in a high end system... its the CPU. However, at the end of the day I don't think most FSX users are so concerned with the finer details of how the grass is rendered and would rather have resources dedicated to other aspects of the simulation.

[flightsimulationguru]

That said, overall the graphics are still very impressive. Don't forget, Flight Simulator is one of (if not the) oldest consistently released game currently on the market... Version 1 dates back to 1982 and featured wire frame graphics! ;-)

[ToRoNtOGuYY]

Sry to say, really am, this aint outta jelousy cuz im building one soon but some onn, I mean look at the background when ur on the ground, graphics are shit, this is 2008 and this is all they can come up with still? some fake looking grass, like look at it carefully, its like blocks of pixels, they really need to improve fucking graphics, its like fucking Nintendo still shit

[l1998]

Nice mate ! how many FPS ? I think you got more than 20fps

[flightsimulationguru]

Generally about 20-30 fps near the ground, but it can get up towards 50 fps at higher altitudes where the ground scenery dosen't slow things down. Running the video capture software has at least a 25% hit on the fps.

[Maverick806]

What resolution are you using?

[flightsimulationguru]

When I use FSX normally I use 1920 x 1200 on a 24 inch widescreen. However, to capture the video for YouTube I changed to a 'square' aspect ratio to avoid squishing the video or using letterboxing.

[streetmicker]

Well I bet if he install HeathrowX and use some add-on aircraft (like PMDG) and use mesh products - frame rate will drop significantly ... also try to even add 100% traffic (using MyTraffic X or Ultimate Traffic 2007) and 40% road traffic .,. then tell what frame rate you may have .... this game is very very CPU intensive

[flightsimulationguru]

Agreed that this is a CPU intensive program, although a few adjustments in the settings allow for an nice balance between performance and eye candy. This system is running the QX6850 quad-core which, at the time the system was built, was essentially the best gaming processor on the market. Even the newest 45nm chips only offer a slight performance increase so almost any system can be stressed to the limits with FSX if you throw enough CPU intensive processes at it.