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RE: what video card?

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ORIGINAL: cgage2

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ORIGINAL: johndou

For just a few dollars more you could get a much more powerful card;

''Pros: Great card for gaming and thanks to lack of 6-pin power connector can be used as replacement for older PCs.''

Current price is $99.00 with a $20.00 rebate giving you a final cost of only $79.00

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133304

Thanks for your help. Probably go with this one. Would it support the Real flite G5 version? Or upgrade since I already have G3.5

I'm really not much of a computer person so that's probably not a question I should answer without more knowledge. I know that RealFlight is a big graphics hog and requires a lot of computer graphics hardware to work properly. The GForce 9800GT card is a very powerful card for the money. But, as far as what other computer hardware is needed? I'd only be guessing if tried to answer that ... maybe da Rock or someone with more computer knowledge will jump in here and help you out.

RE: what video card?

I just put a VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 3650 with a gig of RAM on the card into an older computer. The motherboard only has 1 gig of RAM and a single P4 at 2.53 ghz. I was pleasantly surprised with the performance. This is a relatively inexpensive card that can be bought at Best Buy for $120 or found online for under $100.

Installation was smooth and the driver that came with the card worked well with Realflight G4.

The other cards may work fine as well......I just know first hand that this one will.