Will I see a good gain with this upgrade?

[SOAR14]

Specs:

CPU: AMD 3500
MoBO: ASUS A8N-SLI
RAM: 2 Gigs PC3200
VID: 2 Nvidia 6600GT (in SLI)
Sound: SB Audigy 2

I want to upgrade my vid card to 1 Nvidia 8800GS or GT. Will I see much of an improvement in FPS? Right now all sliders are set low to med. I would like to be running med to med high. Is that a reasonable goal considering my system specs?

[loki]

You may want to post this in the Hardware forum as it is more hardware related.

A faster video card will let you turn up some detail settings and options like anti-aliasing, and should cut down on stuttering. I wouldn't expect anything significant, however, as FSX is heavily dependent on the CPU.

[SOAR14]

Thanks for the quick reply. I knew FSX is CPU intense, but with my budget I can do a cpu or vid card upgrade. I believe a new card will benefit me more.

[JSkorna]

Hi,

Your CPU will still be your bottleneck.