On Saturday 21 January 2006 01:14 pm, Christian Mayer wrote: > AJ MacLeod schrieb: > > On Saturday 21 January 2006 19:46, bertrand bogaert wrote: > >> If > >> this is not an appropriate graphics card for running FG, kindly advise > >> which one may be suitable (ATI- n Vidia...) . Thank you and regards > > > > Guessing, I'd say it's not likely to be suitable for fgfs. For an easy > > life, I'd strongly advise buying an nvidia card, and almost any nvidia > > card you buy new now will be sufficent. Ensure that it has a reasonable > > amount of texture RAM - something like a GeforceFX6200 should keep you > > going for a while, although one of the 5 series cards would also be > > sufficient - just make sure it has more than 64Mb of RAM. > > I second that. Just get yourself an nVidia card (it doesn't need to be > one of the expensive ones). > > But take care that it's *NOT* using a "TurboCache" technique. > > Make sure that it has (at least) 128 MB of *REAL* RAM on it. > > nVidia runs great on Windows and Linux. >
I will third that. I have a 6600LE (low end nVidia 6600) and FG runs great on my Linux box. I can turn on everything other than enhanced runway lighting and shadows and still have OK frame rates on a 1600x1200 display full screen (30 to 40 FPS). I had a 6500 for a while and it was marginal with about 1/3 the frame rate as the 6600LE with the same settings. You also need to consider how high of a resolution you will be running. A 6500 or a 6200 would probably be fine at 1024x768 with lower detail settings but if you are gong to be running at higher resolutions then consider getting a little higher end card. Almost all of the mid to high end cards come with at least 128 MB on board RAM and many are 256 or more. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
