Phil Taylor explains video cards

In another very informative blog post, Phil Taylor explains exactly what is required to make Flight Simulator X fly. As usual, it’s a top notch post and is a must read for anyone considering the purchase of a new video card.

Overall, performance is only as good as the weakest link in the chain. So if you skimp on the GPU and get a great CPU, the GPU becomes the bottleneck.

There is a reason the high-end cards cost so much. They provide more. Really.

You can read the complete post on Phil’s blog.

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