[jhb] Re: Graphics card
- From: "Frank Fisher" <ffisher991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:53:31 +0100
Mike B
Thanks for tip, as I was 'burning' a DVD at the time, I went into 'name'/my
docs/FSX files.
And checked/altered my config files there. I have 2 settings, one for GA and
one for Big Tin)
They were 4.5, changed to 7.5. once I am finished burning, I will have a look
in FSX.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Brook
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: [jhb] Re: Graphics card
nHancer is now, sadly, old hat! I put some destructions on my web-site to
help a friend set up his Nvidia card using' Nvidia Inspector' - the
destructions should be still there:
http://mikeandclaire.co.uk/Phil/
Let me know (before I dash off to frog-land on Wednesday) if anyone need any
further advice!
MikeB
From: Mike Lucas <mhlucas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2011, 10:28
Subject: [jhb] Re: Graphics card
Still relying on old nVidia 8xxx and 9xxx series cards here, even for
FSX (8800GT). I have always preferred nVidia to ATI - nVidia used to
have a reputation for being more configurable and easier for updating
drivers (certainly this was the case with Linux). MikeB is the expert
on configuring nVidia cards - he waxes lyrical on the nHancer utility
for getting the best out of FSX.
But a few months ago, when I helped my son rebuild and update his PC, he
opted for an ATI card (XFX HD5770) as offering a good compromise between
cost and performance for the gaming on which he spends most of his time
(although not FSX) - and he has been very pleased with it.
I suspect nVidia is the card of choice amongst our JHB members: those
who have experience of recent rebuilds will be best placed to advise on
which model.
Mike L
On 17/07/2011 04:37, Fossil wrote:
> SWMBO insisted that I do something with the dead PC in the corner so I
> dug it outthe other dayto have a look.
>
> This was the“mother of all rebuilds”machine from a few years ago which
> cost me so much to build that I didn’t have any cash left to repair it
> after it went bang. This was about three days after I’d built it andwas
> just putting my FS stuff on it. I’d just installed IVAO and was testing
> it out when Fred popped up and I offered him a vector into Liverpool
> (yes, naughty but IVAO was dead). Just after the secondvectorthe PSU
> went bangand it’s been lying in the corner ever since.
>
> Anyway I knew from the original post mortem that thePSU had blown so I
> ordered areplacement Corsair unit.I dug this out (it’s been sitting with
> the PC for a good while too) and put it in.Switching on it seemed to
> make the right noises and various lights flashed but nothing positive
> happened. The post display suggested a drive problem so I disconnected
> that and tried again. This produced a different post messagewhich
> pointed at another bit of hardware and repeating the exercise several
> times always brought up postmessagesfor something else.
>
> Eventually I pulled out everything including the memory and got a
> postmessagethat made sense. Adding bit by bit the post messages ran up
> the scale until it stopped at 7F which told me it was waiting for user
> input.As the monitor had shown nothing up to this point I ran a Google
> search but this came back with suggestions that anything could be the
> problem. One suggestion was that afterany fiddling it is best to flash
> the CMOS so I did this and things got better. The next reboot still saw
> noscreen activity but I heard the drives kick up and the post message
> ran right through to FF.This was the point at which the OS should
> loadbut it didn’t (no hard drive activity) so I swapped cables
> betweendrive 1 and 2. This worked and I could hear the drive chugging
> away as the XP started to install. The bad news was that the monitor was
> still blank.
>
> I checked the monitor and that was OK so I nextlooked at the 8800GTX
> card. It seemed OK in that the fan turned and it was hot but I had to
> replace it to make sure. A dig around only produced a couple of old AGP
> cards (why do I keep these?) but then I rememberedthe Gateway PC sitting
> in a box downstairs ready for the tip. A quick look showed it had a
> basic looking PCIe cardsmaller than the sound card but I wasn’t fussy
> and bunged it in. Instant success.
>
> It was odd looking at a screen that hadn’t been touched for three years.
> Maybe a third of my programs had been moved to the PC when it diedand it
> was strange looking at these again–most well out of date now. Anyway I
> digress.
>
> The 8800GTX card, operational for just three days, isprobably dead–at
> least it’s not worth me doing anything except replace it. Some can still
> be found forabout 25 quid–about a tenth of what the original cost. As I
> have lost track of development sincethe question is what to replace it with.
>
> I see the nVidia 8000 and 9000 series gotsupersededmany years ago andthe
> current flagships seem to be the GTX4xx and 5xx series. The obvious
> question is what should I get and I would like to ask what your
> recommendations are.The 8800GTX was almost 11”long and only just fitted
> in my case. If any new ones are longer I doubt I could fit themwithout
> taking a hacksaw to the case.
>
> bones
>
> _____bones@xxxxxxxx<mailto:bones@xxxxxxx>
>
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