huascar Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I tried to get the GTX 1060 6B graphics card but there are sold out everywhere. I noticed not much difference between the two in terms of benchmarks. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Hi 33 minutes ago, huascar said: I tried to get the GTX 1060 6B graphics card but there are sold out everywhere. I noticed not much difference between the two in terms of benchmarks. Any thoughts? Hi.i have the Pallit GTX 1060 with 6gb of memory and all sims run fine with it. At the moment I’m more P3Dv4 and a little bit of Xplane and they both run fine with the card if that helps. What other card were you thinking off, just realised you could not get one. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huascar Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Well, I could not get the GTX 1060 6GB but got the 3GB one. Is 3GB too low memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Can you afford to spend another $100 and get a 1060 w/ 6GB? I found several at a well-known online electronics store. Just my opinion, but I have never run FSX (or P3D) with a gpu less than 6GB. I felt 3GB was just not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've used the 1060 with 3gb for over a year with no problems. I can see where 6gb would be better, but it is not necessary, at least on my rig. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Stewart Hobson said: Can you afford to spend another $100 and get a 1060 w/ 6GB? I found several at a well-known online electronics store. Just my opinion, but I have never run FSX (or P3D) with a gpu less than 6GB. I felt 3GB was just not enough. I apologize: I meant to say 4GB--my most recent gpu, the GTX770, had 4GB, and it ran both FSX and P3D well, although I had to back off the sliders somewhat with P3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeBird Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 You will need 6g or more for P3D if you want to run all the goodies 11g is better. The 1060 3g is okay for FSX but on the low end for P3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Of course 11GB is better if you can afford the $1000 or so for the gpu. Not everyone can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 FSX makes very little use of the video card. Almost any recent video card with 3GB of RAM will do for FSX. More video RAM will NOT help you. I run FSX with all the sliders maxxed and full ORBX scenery. I've never exceeded 2.5GB of video RAM. If you're only interested in FSX don't spend a lot of money on a GPU..........Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Good point, Doug. But I wonder if flying jetliners makes any difference on video RAM usage? I don't know, frankly, cuz I don't fly airliners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I haven't a clue Stew. I don't fly them either. In fact, I've even deleted the default tubeliners. I wouldn't think, though, that it would make much difference on the video RAM. I'd guess the biggest effect would be VAS usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdboomen Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I've had a 3GB 1060 as a replacement, awaiting my 1080ti to arrive which also was hard to get (and still is). It could barely handle my P3D v4.1 when scenery and aircraft became very dense so I tuned the sim down to FSX specs. As stated in former answers, for FSX it would be good enough because of the mentioned reasons. When looking to the future, I would not got for it since newer simulators use more GPU and VRAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryM Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 GIven the original question asked if a 3GB 1060 would suffice for FSX, the answer is yes...... however, FSX is very old and what you should probably be asking yourself right now is are you making a sound investment by purchasing a 3GB 1060 and the resounding answer would have to be a NO. If you were to consider change your sim anytime soon then Lockheed Martin recommends 8GB+ with the release of P3D v4.2 (although you could get away with the 1060 6GB) XPlane 11 recommends a minimum of 4GB If you buy the 3GB 1060 you're effectively locking yourself into only running FSX as a sim and would leave yourself with no choice but to purchase new hardware should you change your sim anytime soon....... just something to consider Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I can't buy that, Terry. I have both sims loaded, together with a whole arsenal of Orbx stuff. My P3d V4 runs without a hitch with a 1060 3gig. Granted, I use recommended settings and very few addons, in fact only one, Active sky next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Guys, The OP has already decided to run P3D (in another thread), so he's looking for a suitable upgrade for P3D. To limit oneself to only 3GB on the video card to run P3D is not a good idea in my opinion, if only because you are limiting P3D's ability to display its full graphics capabilities. I noticed immediately the difference when I switched out my GTX 770 (4 GB) and the settings I had to use to enable the sim to run smoothly, and my current GTX1080 with 8GB and using more detailed sim settings. I figure if you decide to fly P3D, might as well take advantage of its features as much as you can and as much as you can afford for the video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 22 hours ago, huascar said: Well, I could not get the GTX 1060 6GB but got the 3GB one. Is 3GB too low memory? Hello, doesn't this make the recommendations redundant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huascar Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Thanks for the input Nick. Not sure if you are referring to me in the comments above but just want to share that I changed to P3D and I have to say I was not impressed. A lot of it looks very cartoonish. For instance, the tree have this very light green color and the flickering is none stopped. I don't mean to get off topic, the point is that I now have Nvidia GTX 1030 3GB and the overall image is nothing to be impressed even in P3D. Since my computer is about 7 years old, considering an upgrade to Alienware. For $1000, how does this set up look. Computer is overclocked to 4.7 and it has GTX 1080 Ti. Here it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 If he already has the 3GB version, why does he then ask if 3GB is enough? Seems a little late to be asking the question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 This discussion is going nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 It seems that the available information is variable. The cartoonish trees can be removed by unticked Dynamic 3 D autogen vegetation and restarting P3D. The proposed computer that you specify would be more than adequate and future proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Note, though, that there are no specs for the new computer. All that says is that you can opt for "up to"...............Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 ...and that setup is not going to go for only $1000, I can guarantee you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It would appear that the goalposts have been moved yet again. Topic closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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