Flight Simulator 10 & Graphics Card?

I play Flight Simulator X regularly, I have a good computer but I still have to have the graphics on low settings to make it run better. I have heard that Graphics Cards a good to make games run better. Can someone please tell me in detail what they are, what they do, how to install them and how much they would cost?

Flight Simulator 10 %26amp; Graphics Card?

Oh wow, that is a big topic to cover in one post.

From my experience, FSX is one game that will require a good card and a good computer overall to run on the high settings.

Yes, a better graphics card will make it run faster. What they are and what they do...well, a GPU is just like a CPU but it is meant for processing graphic and pixel data.

I will recommend getting a Nvidia card, just because I have had bad experiences with ATI cards. As for models, Anything in the 7000 or 8000 series will do the job.

The cost will be anywhere from the lower 7000 models (around $120 maybe less) to the 8800 GTX (overkill really) which runs about $600-$700.

Installation is pretty easy, just make sure you find out what slot you have on your mobo (motherboard, AGP or PCIEx16), and just pop out the old one and put in the new one and insert the drivers CD and hit install drivers. Simple enough.

Good Luck, and if you have trouble, you can always go to your local best buy and talk to the geek squad guys about it. They will help you find what you are looking for.

Flight Simulator 10 %26amp; Graphics Card?

cost any where from about $30 to like $200

they makes the game look better

wen u play u see like big boxes coming all togther to make a pic rite

those big boxes wiill become smalller or might even go away with the graphics card

and to install the requirments and steps r written on the box

Flight Simulator 10 %26amp; Graphics Card?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_ca...

That will help.

Flight Simulator 10 %26amp; Graphics Card?

Graphics cards control all of the 3d stuff so that your CPU doesn't have to do it.

They are easy to install, you probably have either an AGP or PCI-e slot on your motherboard that your new video card would go in. Check your motherboard manual.

Go here to check out which video card is best for what you want to spend:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/06/t...

Flight Simulator 10 %26amp; Graphics Card?

I fly flight sim alot. Mostly on the Vatsim network online. To be honest with you, FSX uses CPU power. All the calculations of airspeed, wind, the motion of the plane, weather and navigation have nothing to do with your video card. FSX uses CPU power.

While video cards will help a little, maybe a little more eye candy, really performance will suffer without a HIGH end cpu. FSX is a little ahead of its time and cannot perform well on the average computer.