I think it depends on your system CPU and power supply. These cards require
external power supply connections and I think a minimum of 350W or more. So
if you have less than that and do not like messing with upgrading your PSU
then dont bother. Think of the ATI9600XT which is a vg card. I installed it
, no extra power required and it improved everything. Modest frame rate
improvement but tremendous eye candy improvement. Better water/ocean effects
etc etc. It was worth every penny. I had a geforce 2 MX400 before so it was
a great leap.

On the CPU if you are not at or near the top then going with the very
expensive cards will not help performance much. Its like putting a rolls
royce engine in a VW (no offense meant to VW owners its a great car) :-)

my 2 cents

Bill
"Jim Chambers" wrote in message
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HI pilots, Is it worth getting the expensive new boards like the Radeon
9800 or gforce FX 5900 ie. is there sufficient detail in FS 2004 to show
off these boards?.......Comments welcome......Jim. N. London