Video Hardware: Monitors | Multi-Monitors | Video Cards | Drivers etc

Hi--back in December I got a Titan Pascal. Never overclocked it until a few days ago. Wow, what a difference!! Went from 1531 MHZ boost to 2000 MHZ all with the stock air cooler. I've got an Nvidia Hybrid Watercooler on the way, but in the meantime I use a fan curve that jumps to 100% at 70 degrees (don't mind the noise). The GPU never goes over 75 degrees and usually stays in the mid sixties. I won't get the water cooler for another week, and would appreciate anyone letting me know if you think there's any danger of damage to the card in the meantime. Thanks very much.

Hi all. I'm on p3d v3 / v4 and have reached a little bit if a limit. I can vary a lot of settings and it not really effect performance. I bought my 980it for my 1080p monitor and the ultra wide 1440p does take more resource. My fps are around 25-35 in heavy situations with vc. Now that it ok but gsync kicks in after 30 which is great. Question. Worth the upgrade for me? In games there is around a 50%-60% increase between the two (obviously it won't be that in p3d) Also, users who have done that exact upgrade paths. What is your thoughts?

I have a 6yr old GTX 580 and GPU-Z says Max Temp while running FSX is 97.0 C and the Max Load is 99.0%. Should I be concerned? Thanks, Bruce

I am thinking about getting a 25" 1440p monitor. Is that too small of a size?

Hello guys I would like to buy 3 monitors to improve the experience with p3d / x-plane flight simulators 11 or 2 ultrawide monitors?? I would like to understand what to look for in making no mistake in choosing The maximum size will be 28 " for monitors my PC specs I7 4790K 4.6GHZ 16GB ram 2100 MHZ gtx1080TI Thanks for your suggestions Silvio

Hello, What kind of FPS would a 980ti have in X-plane 11 (1440p)? Thanks

WINDOWS 10 did an update, which caused this neophyte a lot of hassle (and learning) trying to set the mutli-monitors back up the way they were; which I have accomplished. Using NVIDIA GeForce 6100 with 4 monitors: 2, 1, 3 with #4 situated directly under #1. Monitor 2 is primary. It used to be that we would stretch accross windows 1 through 3 to operate the sim. Now, we stretch accross monitors 1 thru 3; and the window stretches just fine, but FSX only fills Monitor #2 with No. 1 and 3 being black blank. What do I need to do to get FSX to utilize the full stretched window, like it did before MS updates?

Looking to upgrade from my EVGA 970 GTX. Would the EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SC 8GB PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card be a very noticeable improvement Will use it with P3Dv4 and all of those goodies out there. https://www.walmart.com/ip/GeForce-GTX1080-SC-Gaming-ACX3/52709668 Thanks Randy Smith

Hi there, so far ive had a setup with a single PC running FSX:SE with 6 monitors no problem. 3 of them in Nvidia surround and the other three for pedestal, main panel and overhead. i wanted to add a 7 th monitor for my dad with his own instruments and FSX keeps crashing every time i load a flight. Connections are: nvidia surround monitors 3x1680x1050 dvi-d to dp in main graphics card Overhead panel 1680x1050 dvi-d to hdmi in main graphics card. So that is 4 displays on 1 card main panel 1680x1050 monitor vga to vga+dvi-i adapater tosecondary card main panel 1680x1050 monitor dvi-d to dvi-d to secondary …

Let me apologize since I know this is asked a lot in one form or another. However I'm lost as to what video card to purchase for use with P3Dv4. I'll be replacing a EVGA 780TI superclocked on my system running a i7 4770k oc'd to 4.4., 16 RAM DDR3 at 2400. What I read is all very contradictory. Will I gain much by going to a newer card and if so, how? Will I see much difference between the 1060ti, 1070ti, or 1080ti? Is there a sweetspot in the cards. Bottom line, I would REALLY appreciate advice and ask "what would you do?" Thanks guys!!!

I just upgrade my gig with 6700k + titan x and would like to measure performance to find best monitoring on memory and gpu memory usage. But... MSI afterburner / rivaturner don't show inside P3D v3.1, is there any turn around for it? Thanks

Hi Folks Can't seem to find a proper forum for this; but looking for some help in locating some help for Saitek. I have most of the panels offered, and my switch panel seems to be stuck, i cannot rotate the knob to get a start, or check magnetos. Does anyone know is repair if available? Or do i pry the knob off and apply wd40? Thanks

Hi. I have a Dell Studio XPS 8000 desktop system which is 7 years old. I am currently running FSX Gold on the computer with Windows 7 Home 64 bit. The system comes with an i7 860 2.80 GHz CPU and a GeForce GTS 240 video card. It originally had 4 GB DDR memory which I have just upgraded to 8 GB. I believe I have a 350 W PSU. I am not in a position financially to buy a completely new system, and so I am looking for ways to upgrade the system, if only moderately, in order to give the PC a few more years of life. I have researched online, and most sources suggest that Dell lock down their PCs so that they cannot be overclocked. Is this correct? I can certainly confi…

I'm in the process of porting most of my aircraft to P3D 3.4 and transitioning to this as my primary sim platform. All that's left in FSX is the 737NGX. I'm strongly considering a GPU upgrade and am curious as to which direction to go. My box has an I7-4770K with a pretty mild overclock to 3.8-4.0Ghz. I can't get it to run reliably above 4.0Ghz so I'll chock it up to not winning the silicon lottery and move on. It's got 32GB of DDR3-2133 and a pair of Samsung 840 EVOs - a 128GB for Windows and a 512GB for my sims and other major apps. I don't see any advantage to upgrading that. I've got a 27" monitor running at 2560x1440 and a GTX760 with 4GB of VRAM. When runnin…

So a very wierd problem when i was at 382.5 V3 worked fine however had crashes in V4 p3d of course. when im at 382.33 or the new 382.53 i have no crashes in V4 however V3 somtimes dosent start or somtimes ging up with a black screen then crashing after one min allso with the newest 382.53 P3D comes on and give me the nvidia gtx980ti stoped working i know this problem an tried to go to nvivida controll panel 3d settings and settings the rendering device to the gtx 980.. nothing worked.. when i go back to 382.05 V3 works but im having V4 freez in the middle of the flight totaly freez and the only way out of it is to save then load back up the sim... but again in 3…

Hello to you all, I hope that I am in the right forum here but if not, Moderators please feel free to move it. My query is basically aimed at AEFS2 and XPlane but it is also a general query. AEFS2 and XPlane specifics will be directed to their own forums as well. Many of you will be reasonably familiar with me and my FS2004 cockpit set up and my numerous, and so far, unsuccessful ,attempts to duplicate my multimonitor set up in other platforms ie FSX, FSX-SE, P3D and XPlane. For all of you guys and girls who are into the technical side of things, I would like to know just how hard it is and briefly what is involved, in setting up and/or creating a pop-…

Hi, Anyone could explain why the textures has a loading Delay. P3d v4 nvidia gtx 1070 even cockpit view pan also outside pan view. Please help!

Hey guys I have a 4k monitor and a 1080p monitor. What I would like to do is have my main sim running on the 4K and use the 1080p for just viewing the CDU, overhead panel, or whatever I need. Is this even possible using different resolution monitors? I'm using P3D V4, Windows 10, and a GTX980. Thanks for your help!

Hello guys, just updated my GTX 1060 to the Nvidia 382.53 driver released 4 hours ago and got a huge increase in fps! Even the mentioned nothing about "game ready" for Prepar3D v4 in the changelogs I get now 36 - 40 fps while flying in NYC and LAX before that 22 - 27 fps. In more low pop areas like KSFO I get now 55 - 60 fps while, before I had around 36 - 45 fps. Greets Nytro

I'm about to buy myself a 43'' 4k and I'd like to know first what impact a 4k resolution can have on the frame rate. Is there much of a difference to using a full HD monitor or is it negligible? Will my GPU be able to handle 4k?

I have a GeForce 970 graphics card with the latest driver and my AA is terrible at best. The new driver install tanked all my good settings. Can someone post or provide a link to some Nvidia Inspector settings for a 970 and FSX:SE? Jagged edges everyplace. Dancing water. I think the CPU is fine for driving the better or higher settings. Regards, Ray

Oh give me a break...I'll even get a payday loan to get this thing if I have to... Samsung 49" Curved Ultrawide with FreeSync and 32:9 Aspect Ratio

I am searching for a not too expensive monitor that has a regular 1920x1080 resolution but which can run at 30 hz (for smoother performance in flightsims). I am having a hard time figuring out which monitors support this though... I can only find very HD res monitors that seem to use HMDI 1.4 at 30 hz...? Are there any 1080 monitors that can run at 30 hz?

Yesterday I replaced the GTX 750 TI with a new GTX 1060 6 meg Nividia card. After installing the card and new driver from Nividia website. started P3D and no sound. I went to Device manager and saw that my default sound was changed.so I reset set it to what it had been , and sound returned. Now I went to the helicopter i am current;y flying a Cera Sim AS365 and that copter has some sounds in the VC for switch clicks for lighting, and parking brake to name a few, and now those sounds are missing when I activate those switches or the brakes. This was not occurring prior to replacing the GPU, so I am thinking that something is messed up in the sound, since these new Nivid…

I'm not sure if I should post here or in the flight simulator forum. Anyway, my question is in regard to FSX and the Nvidia software called PhysX System Software. My understanding about this software is that it's supposed to help make video games run smoother by taking some of the load off the GPU. If so, does this software help make FSX run smoother or will FSX run smoother without the software? Ken Manning