Re: FS 2004 and SLI?

"W Spilman" <bite@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> I'm looking into getting a dual-videocard system, but I notice
> that MSFS 2004 is not listed as sup****ted by Nvidia on their
> site. Since Nascar 2003 (sup****ted) and FS 2004 are the
> only reasons I even own a graphics card, I wonder if I would
> see any worthwhile improvement in FS 2004.
>
> Is anyone running FS 2004 on an SLI rig? If so, do you
> see any improvement, or any degradation of video
> quality? Thanks.
> WS
I run 2 EVGA 8800 GTX Superclocked cards in SLI (Intel Q6600) and find
that 
although the increase in FPS is not great, that everything is much
smoother 
than a single card. I run 1920x1200 resolution and most video settings
about 
maxed and stay pretty smooth even in high density scenery. The Q6600 is 
overclocked to 3.25GHZ and that helps too. Nascar 2003 is probably the
least 
of my worries with today's hardware. I run it with all video options 
completely maxed out and can do that with just one 8800. FS2004 is a 
different animal and you need to match up your CPU and Video so that
neither 
is a bottleneck. The newer Intel .45nm cores are just coming out and the 
E8300-E8500s look pretty good for the price with the E8500s overclocking 
easily to 4ghz+ on stock cooling. That should help with the SLI rigs a
lot. 
Even though multi-core sup****t is minimal with FS2004 I have found that
the 
Q6600 performs much better than my previous E6600 even at slightly lower 
speeds (3.5ghz vs 3.25ghz). Stay with the 8800 series cards because even
the 
7xxx series cards in SLI underperform ANY 8800 card even SLI vs a single 
card. The NV9 series is right around the corner, but I don't know any of
the 
prices.......expect high.


Ed