chip58123 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I have an i7 4790 with 12gb of ram. My video card is a low end 720. Do I need a Nvidia GTX 980 to run X-plane at high settings and weather smoothly? What do y'all recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicS Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I have an i7 4790 with 12gb of ram. My video card is a low end 720. Do I need a Nvidia GTX 980 to run X-plane at high settings and weather smoothly? What do y'all recommend? Hi Chip, At lower rendering settings, you'll certainly be able to run X-Plane at acceptable frame-rates with the card you have, but to see X-Plane in all its graphical glory, then a high end card is a must have. When it comes to displaying eye candy, X-Plane is far more dependent on your graphics card than FSX (HDR, dynamic shadows, etc.), so the faster the card, the better X-Plane will look. Here are a few links to help: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html http://developer.x-plane.com/2011/10/x-plane-10-and-gpu-power/ http://www.notebookcheck.net/X-Plane-10-Benchmarked.111450.0.html Hope this helps:D. Cheers Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip58123 Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Thanks Dom. After looking at the info you provided I am looking at the gtx 660 or 760 but want to make sure that it will run high settings well with weather on my main screen which is 32" 2560x1440. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litb Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Thanks Dom. After looking at the info you provided I am looking at the gtx 660 or 760 but want to make sure that it will run high settings well with weather on my main screen which is 32" 2560x1440. The 760 is too weak. I previously used it and x-plane would not run fluently with acceptable graphics setting for me on FullHD. I did then buy the gtx 970, and it runs OK as long as you don't try to run at all extreme settings (also on FullHD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetManHuss Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I have an i7 4790 with 12gb of ram. My video card is a low end 720. Do I need a Nvidia GTX 980 to run X-plane at high settings and weather smoothly? What do y'all recommend? Hi. In my opinion, you don't have to aim for "all features maxed out". What I do is set them to match my specific flying sessions. X-Plane's performance tuning should be matched to your own use. If you can specify your usage in X-Plane (which planes you fly, how you fly them etc.) it will help you to match a video card. I'm using amd fx8350+gtx760+ubuntu 14.04 Most of the time my FPS is around and above 60, no matter the weather :) But, I'm not maxed out. just what I need in a specific time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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