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

Hi guys, I'm planning to buy a Nvidia 980Ti and was wondering which is a better brand in terms of quality and design of card as well as the output? Your feedback is much appreciated . Regards

Hi All, I have an AMD 5870HD graphical card that have served me well for several years, but recently it started to give problems, especially while using FSX. Five to ten minutes after starting Flight Simulator X the screen goes black and the graphical card fan goes to 100%. I checked the graphical cards temps with GPU-Z and it came out that the graphical card stops working as soon as the temperature rises above 62 ! ! ! degree Celsius. Cleaning of the card with canned air did not help. Any suggestions how this card can be saved ? See you, Jan http://home.wxs.nl/~jarkest/fsx/fsx.html

I have spent hours trying to get Inspector to work. I've googled it extensively and found no help to solve my problem. I am running Inspector 1.9.7.3 on Win7 Pro 64 with a 970 card. I have been selecting the MS Flight Simulator X profile and trying to update certain parameters to values I'd like to use. So what I've been doing is changing the values, clicking on the button to associate FSX.exe with the revised profile, then clicking on Accept Changes. Well, the changes disappear and the profile immediately reverts back to what it was originally. I can't seem to get my changes accepted. Clearly I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure it out. I've also tried jus…

I have 1 monitor setup already, the jetmax CDU or the FMS from the 737, its basically a little screen. and its connected with a VGA to my PC with my DVI-D connector. today i received my DVI-I connector to connect my 3rd monitor LCD screen 12.1 but when i connect my 3rd monitor up nothing is turning on or getting recognised in DISPLAY, SCREEN RESOLUTION ? am i missing something? i'm using windows 7 and my GPU is a GTX780

I'm using a ASUS VG248QE monitor and just tried the DVI D cable instead of the HDMI cable that i got with it. I've connected it to my GTX 780 and i'm getting DVI NO SIGNAL. Iast year i was using this DVI D cable but now its not working? Any thoughts? Windows 7

Hi guys, I'm looking to get a 40" 4K TV as my flight sim monitor... Any reccomendatios ?

Hi guys, Need some advice please I got a brand new Gainward GTX970 4G card and installed in my Asus Z-97A motherboard. First flight I made, I got a crash by the Graphics driver, and OpenGL error. P3D screen went black and never recovered. I did some googling and the only thing I saw was ensuring my card was set to Gen3, but there are two different places for this. Under "PCH COnfiguration" I get the option to to configure the PCI Express Slots, but the only options are AUTO, GEN1 and GEN2 Under "System Agent Configuration" I get the option "NB PCIe Configuration" to set 16x speed and options are AUTO, GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3 Could someone please le…

Saw a group on for a 40" Samsung 4k tv capable of 3840 x 2160 resolution. Anyone using one of these beasts for their primary monitor for FSX pr P3D? colin

Hi all, I'm considering a build that will upgrade my screens from a single 24" to three monitors. My current card is a GTX680. I'd rather not upgrade my card now if it can be avoided (6 months +). What size screen should I select if I plan to sit 24" from the monitors? Can I still run FSX in fullscreen? Are there any adverse effects to three monitors? Thanks!

Since updating my driver I can't make any changes in control panel, even when running as administrator. Any ideas?

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/85823/en-us

Hello, In FSX SP2 my exterior textures disappear when I hit "s" (spot view) on keyboard or a dedicated button on my Logitech Extreme 3d. It seems to depend on the aircraft whether that happens or not; for example Carenado works okay, Aerosoft Airbus series disappears almost every time. I set up my GTX 980 using the Jan 2012 Nvidia Inspector guide, selecting "8xS." Not really what the culprit is. P3D seems to work perfectly i.e. no disappearing exterior textures. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! Jerry Preston Airmail 8

I just setup my new 12.1 LCD VGA output monitor, but having 1 big problem - when i'm in window mode with FSX it works fine but soon as i switch to full screen mode with FSX my second monitor freezes and i cant use Vpilot or TOPCAT or any window thats open on the display, but soon as i come out of full screen its working again? anyone have this problem with a 2nd monitor

This is the beast I plan on getting to have a perfect sim - what do you think - right around the corner also http://rog.asus.com/296652014/news/rog-announces-the-pg278q-swift-27-inch-wqhd-g-sync-gaming-monitor/ http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/CES-2014-ASUS-ROG-SWIFT-PG278Q-120-Hz-G-Sync

Has anyone successfully used g-sync with P3D or have any opinions on whether or not it should/could work with P3D's windowed fullscreen mode? Anyone using g-sync for FSX or XPX?

Hello everyone Nvidia has just announced a new technology which they call g-sync . it is pretty much a module that is going to be installed in gaming monitors which is a replacement for v-sync . please read this to fully understand what this thing does (cause obviously i suck in explaining ) . http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/18/nvidia-g-sync/ and watch the video if you can cause it explains everything . Regards

I can upgrade my system from my current 780ti 3gb card to a 980 4gb card. Should I opt for one of the top EVGA 980 cards available now, or is it worth it to wait for the upcoming 980ti?

I have a GTX 580 using NVIDIA Inspector and 311.06 drivers, WIN 7 Professional, PMDG 737 NGX that in windowed mode with adaptive V synch at 1/2 and FSX set at 30, or for that matter with Vsynch forced on whenever I would change views in the 2D cockpit the view seems to flash back and forth between views several times in a split second before settling into the view I was switching to. Very annoying. Turning off V synch seemed to eliminate it, but leaves the tearing which is also not pleasant. I notice that many folks never seem to have this issue or bring it up when reviewing threads on V synch, others do. I was wondering if anyone ever figured out the cause …

Hi, I'm having problems with FSX Steam Edition. I have just built a new setup with the following spec.. Amd FX 6300 6 Core Processor (stock not overclocked yet) Msi 970 Gaming Motherboard 8Gb DDR3 2133hz Ram Msi Gaming Nvidia 960 2GB (stock not overclocked yet) 240GB SSD (550/500) 1TB Hard Drive (FSX is installed here) LG 24GM77 144hz Monitor - set at 120hz I have just done a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and everything is running perfectly. When I run FSX I have these funny graphics and the fps is low 30s (I expected more really) Any ideas? Matt

Ideas please? Falcon BMS and DCS World cause this but FSX does not, likely because FSX doesn't properly leverage and therefore stress the GPU, whereas the other 2 sims do. My EVGA 470gtx does not reboot so the PSU is fine. Thanks for any ideas.

Hi. I have been in flight simming off and on for many years (back to about '90). I'm almost at my wits end now. I recently purchased a computer specifically built to run FSX. I have the Gold Edition of FSX with the Acceleration Pack installed on an SSD. The basic specs of this machine are i7 3770K running Windows 7 at 4.4GHz (water-cooled), 8GB Kingston HyperX RAM, a GeForce 670 FTW video card, and two monitors. My video driver was originially Nvidia 314.22 and is now 347.52. I also have Nvidia Inspector 1.9.7.1. with either Nick's or xxxxx's recommendations. I have no add-ons installed at this time. With this hardware I would assume I would have no trouble ge…

Well, my second ZOTAC GTX 980 arrived today so that I can start on SLI with P3D. Unboxed it, and it had no SLI bridle in the box. Of course I pitched the one from the first 980 I bought because we wouldn't have P3D SLI in our lifetimes. Can't believe it. Searched through four boxes of old cables , three old MB boxes and two large boxes of AC adapters that I have and I found two sets of Palm software if anyone needs it Bottom line, I managed to find an ASUS SLI bridle from a couple of years ago. They physically fit - are the pinouts compatible and a standard part of the spec from major manufacturer to the next? I still just can't believe it. Jeff Callender

Hi all, So, I have a feeling that my old TV which is acting as my computer monitor is just a poor choice in general. My living room tv is a 46" 1080 HD tv which displays my monitor stuff with great edges, smoothness etc... However, it's not practical to run a 20ft HDMI cable across the living room every day. So, I have my old college tv which is a Sharp tv (http://www.sharpusa.com/ForHome/HomeEntertainment/LCDTV/Archives/LC22SB27UT.aspx) and I notice that the quality of everything that looks great on my living room tv, is "squished" or jagged edges, blurry and other stuff... Can anyone recommend some settings to use to fix that for this particular monitor? Or, sho…

I just got this game last week and I'm hooked. Probably the best game I've played so far. Now, my PC is nothing fancy... AMD Phenom II 955 @ 4ghz, 8g DDR3, GTX560. With every graphics setting on "Normal", I get 60fps pretty much at all times, dropping maybe to mid 40's during very heavy scenes like the chase in the benchmark. Which GPU do you guys think will be a good upgrade so I can run it with most settings on "High" or "Very High"? I'm thinking the GTX750Ti. I'm not sure about the 660 because it might be overkill for my CPU, or is this game heavily dependent on GPU? I'd like to get as close to 60fps average as possible, but I wouldn't mind the 40's as long …

I have the opportunity to purchase a second 980 (EVGA 980 SC) for my system and I was wondering if SLI improves the performance of P3D. I am not looking for high frames but rather want reduce choppiness and blurry textures and improve the smoothness of my flying, especially when in heavy clouds. I believe my supporting hardware is reasonable (4790K @ 4.8GHz, 16GB of 2400MHz RAM, and Windows 7 with P3D on a stand-along SSD). I should also mention that my monitor is 1900X1200 so not very demanding resolution-wise. I'm curious as to what I can expect in performance as well as any potential problems I may have getting SLI to work with P3D. I know this is a hardware q…