tonygoole Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just read Nick the bible. He states that the new AMD graphics cards won't support the old code that FSX was wrote in. I have just bought a xfx r9 270x card which is AMD. is there any emulator software that would allow this card to work with fsx old code. Or is the the graphical difference negligible? And not worth worrying about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just read Nick the bible. He states that the new AMD graphics cards won't support the old code that FSX was wrote in. I have just bought a xfx r9 270x card which is AMD. is there any emulator software that would allow this card to work with fsx old code. Or is the the graphical difference negligible? And not worth worrying about NVidia Graphics cards are the preferred cards to use for FSX. Since you have the AMD card, I would go ahead and try it. Make sure you have the correct drivers for it. Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygoole Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Fsx runs well with the card. But the add on scenery is not as good as I have seen on websites. I'm getting a i7 4790k cpu and a asus z97k motherboard on friday. Hope they make it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskancrab Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just read Nick the bible. He states that the new AMD graphics cards won't support the old code that FSX was wrote in. I have just bought a xfx r9 270x card which is AMD. That's complete nonsense. Games aren't written in low level languages where the generation of a video card makes a difference. DirectX is DirectX. The only differences is you are going to get a color closer to what the developer wanted because everyone tends to use Nvidia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It also isn't what Nick was talking about, the OP misunderstood what he said. AMD hasn't cared about FSX in a very long time and stopped doing any testing with, or any optimizations, for the sim. If there is an issue with new Radeon drivers and FSX, they won't do anything about it. Nvidia, on the other hand, did provide fixes for FSX for at least a few years longer. Not sure if they still do though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygoole Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks guys for pointing my error out there. It's put my mind at ease. So it will still give as good graphics as the same spec nvidia card? Alaskan crab not sure what you mean by going to get a colour closer to what the developer wanted quite means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskancrab Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks guys for pointing my error out there. It's put my mind at ease. So it will still give as good graphics as the same spec nvidia card? Alaskan crab not sure what you mean by going to get a colour closer to what the developer wanted quite means. Basically you end up using the same "camera" as the designer. It's closer to what they feel the final product should look like. OrbX even goes a step further and uses ENB to adjust the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygoole Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I see thanks again alaskan. I have orbx... is that more suited to a nvidia card.... Because on my setup it does not look as it does on the photo on there Web page screen shots. Or is mine better suited to orbx. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskancrab Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Nope the differences with cards is very slight, nothing to lose sleep over. However with OrbX. The ENB settings are what they use in their promos. Check their "Tips, Tricks, & Techniques" forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonygoole Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I will do. Many thanks alaskan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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