Video Card

[jetmax]

OK, is this a good deal and would this be good for FSX and/or FS9

Thanks in Advance

Scott

http://sellout.woot.com/offers/ati-fire ... #read-more

•Mid-range 3D workstation graphics solution
•Powered by scaleable parallel processing Unified Shader architecture
•AutoDetect instinctively optimizes for user’s workflow
•PCI Express® 2.0 x16 bus interface
•512MB GDDR3 graphics frame buffer memory
•(2) DisplayPort Outputs
•(1) Dual-Link DVI-I Output
•High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit & 16-bit per RGB color component support
•Full Shader Model 4.1 support for vertex and pixel shaders
•Certification for many CAD and DCC applications
•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support and OpenGL 3.2 support



ATI FirePro™ 3D Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture:

•320 Stream Processing Units
- Dynamic load balancing and resource allocation for vertex, geometry, and pixel shaders
- Common instruction set and texture unit access supported for all types of shaders
- Dedicated branch execution units and texture address processors
•Anti-Aliasing Features
- Multi-sample anti-aliasing: 2, 4, or 8 samples per pixel
- Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
- Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
Display Capabilities:

•Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) for H.264/AVC, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video formats
•Two independent display controllers
- Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
- Full 30-bit display processing (10-bit per RGB component)
•Two integrated DisplayPort outputs
- Each supporting 24- and 30-bit displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
•One integrated Dual Link DVI display output
- Support 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
- Includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback of protected content
API and OS Support:

•OpenGL 3.2 with OpenGL Shading Language
•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1
•Windows® XP, Windows XP64
•Linux® 32 and Linux 64
•Windows Vista® and Windows Vista® 64
System Requirements:

•PCI Express® based workstation with available x16 lane graphics slot
•350-Watt power supply or greater (assumes fully loaded system)
•512MB of system memory
•Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
In the box:

•ATI FirePro™ V5700 Workstation Graphics Accelerator
•DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
•DVI to VGA Adapter
•HDTV Adapter
•CrossFire™ Pro Cable
•Driver Disk

[scottr5213]

What I see, low ram high power consumption, if thats your price range there are 1 gig units over at tiger direct for the same price. the only thing I saw was that it was set up for crossfire but still that would only give you 1 gig.

[Greg]

Watch out, this is a workstation card designed for 3D rendering and not to run games that rely heavily on processing power like flight simulator. I reckon it would even struggle with FSX on low settings.

[btaylo24]

Hey Greg

You are spot on there, these cards are not the best for FS...More if you spend your time in CAD/CAM ....

[relfel66]

I would suggest taking a look at you local online classifieds and you may be able to snag up something used for a great price.