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    Jan 5, 2011, 05:22 PM
    what video card would i use to get a 4.0 or 5.0 rating to play FSX
    Flight simulator x needs a game rating of 4.0 or 5.0, so what video card would I buy?
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    Jan 5, 2011, 05:37 PM

    Hate to tell you but there is far more than just video performance in that required figure. The best video card made won't get you a 5.0 if you plug it into a low cost machine. Otherwise known as a TURD, boat anchor or doorstop.. and a 5.0 machine is no slouch. Nor very cheap to build.
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    Jan 6, 2011, 06:41 AM
    For an FYI

    Here is an FYI... its NOT a gaming rig. Its my main computer I just partially rebuilt salvaging parts of my old computer.

    Asus Motherboard P5D I think it was
    Q8300 Quad core cpu
    8 gig DDR-2 Ram
    120 gig OCZ Agility SSD boot drive SATA

    Two - SATA 1- Terrabye data drives (Hitachi)

    SATA Blue ray burner

    ATI video 512 meg PCI-express video card... (was less than $100) forget exact model.

    Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit version



    I got these scores...

    Processor 7.2
    Memory 7.2
    Graphic 5.7
    Gaming Graphics 5.7
    Primary HD 7.3

    And with these a base score of 5.7 for the windows experience
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