Tomshardware has some good recommendations for graphics hardware this month
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-cards,1805.html
The ATI 3450 is a pretty crippled card its 64bit interface is a real
Achilles heal.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:38 AM, James A. Treacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am going to upgrade my system soon (my current system is so outdated
> I can't use flightgear well on it). Even cheap recent cpu's are more
> than capable of handling desktop tasks but what about graphics? I
> don't need much power in a graphics card, except for flightgear, and
> it is not clear how much I need for that.
>
> The flightgear web site and wiki mention that any recent graphics card
> should be fine for flightgear. Is that really the case if you want
> to have all the bells and whistles turned on and have a decent frame
> rate? I'm talking about shadows, fires, etc, while flying one of the
> larger planes (lots of triangles and textures).
>
> For example, I'd love to get away with a Radeon 3450 (low power,
> fanless and only about $50) but will get something more powerful if
> needed.
>
> On to the questions:
>
> What are the hardware requirements for flightgear at its most
> demanding?
>
> Are there any features in development that will require more powerful
> graphics?
>
> *MOST IMPORTANT*
> What is the cpu and graphics card in your system and what frame rates
> do you get in flightgear? Also give your OS.
>
> Hopefully we'll get enough information from this thread so I can
> update the wiki with something more useful.
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people
> normally read text.
> James Treacy Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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