Uograding Graphics Card

[MarkNolan]

Upgrading Graphics Card

Hi all,

My current system is this:

Intel Core i&-7600 CPU 3.4ghz RAM 7.92gig Nvidia GeForce GTX 750

I am looking to upgrade my graphics card and want some advice as to if I am to do that what vshould I be looking to upgrade to make it worth the effort. TANE works reasonably well although it does struggle abit when there is alot of detail.

Any advice is gratefully appreciated.

Mark

 

[johnwhelan]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

A GTX 1060 would be my recommendation but if you have funds then a more powerful nVidia card wouldn't be wasted when there is a lot of detail.

Cheerio John

 

[KTOutlaw]

Completely agree with John. The GTX 1060 would be an excellent choice. I would also look at expanding the RAM to 16 Gig if the motherboard will support it.

 

[PC_Ace]

I doubled the framerates experienced in T:ANE at the same performance settings when I swapped out my Asus (AMD) R9-280X DC2-TOP for a new Asus ROG Strix OC (NVidia) GTX-1070.
If you were to replace your card with the GTX-1070 you could probably expect to TRIPLE or even Quadruple the framerates and vastly increase the perceived smoothness.

 

[robd]

I doubled the framerates experienced in T:ANE at the same performance settings when I swapped out my Asus (AMD) R9-280X DC2-TOP for a new Asus ROG Strix OC (NVidia) GTX-1070.
If you were to replace your card with the GTX-1070 you could probably expect to TRIPLE or even Quadruple the framerates and vastly increase the perceived smoothness.

My increase in overall "computing power" from an i5 760 + HD6870 to an i5 4690k + GTX 1060 6Gb has increased my frame rates considerably but the perception of smoothness remains unchanged. I still experience many micro stutters and periodic quite lengthy moments of game freezing.

Playing other games has increased my overall satisfaction with frame rates and smoothness.

I'm no expert but I can only conclude that Trainz programming development, in the most recent iterations of Trainz is fundamentaly flawed in the use of processing power and memory allocation routines.

Rob.

 

[MarkNolan]

Thanks all for you input...


I am thinking of getting this:

http://www.umart.com.au/newsite/goods.php?id=35868

Any thoughts?

 

[robd]

That's the one I've got! It's OK, extremely overclockable, not too noisy and reasonably priced (UK). It should do well alongside your i7 7600.

Having said that, no amount of processing power and vram can overcome lousy - lazy even, software programming (i.e. the Trainz engine)!

Good Luck

Rob.

 

[pdkoester]

Thanks all for you input...


I am thinking of getting this:

http://www.umart.com.au/newsite/goods.php?id=35868

Any thoughts?

Make sure you check more than two sources for prices, to get the best deal, maybe amazon.com?

 

[stouthm]

Make sure you have enough power to run that card.

 

[MarkNolan]

Thanks for the feedback... I will probably get the 1060... Will update

 

[PC_Ace]

MarkNolan - There are a good number of excellent reviews of the NVidia GTX 1060 here for your reading enjoyment/ "research".

http://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-1000/geforce-gtx-1060

Let us know which one you went for once you've made an acquisition and installed it successfully. It will make a big difference to your Trainz experience!

 

[MarkNolan]

Hi all,

I got the 1060 6gb which has made a very significant improvement! Definitely alot better and really runs like you would want now. Finallyty I can go to town on detailing my routes!

Thanks for all the advice etc, I would definitely recommend the 1060 if you are upgrading and have the $.

Mark

 

[PC_Ace]

Fantastic! Congratulations and thanks for the update.
Have to say that I'm thrilled to bits with my new Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070 too...
Makes running T:ANE a visual feast and a pleasure to behold.

 

[MarkNolan]

Yep, for the first time EVER, I have a computer that is powerful enough to run Trainz at it's capacity. I can throw as many trees into the route as I want and it handles it without fuss. Finally can create first rate routes!