[katdog5]

I just saw this and now I am worried. I picked out a GTX 460 and am about to order off Newegg. It seemed like the best card for the money, but if it can't run IL-2 well, then it is worthless to me. If I am looking to spend in the $200 range, what is the best card?

I'm in the boat with you. 460 is the best card. However, it doesn't seem like there is a way to really unleash the full power of the card(s) with the current drivers. I've been trying to setup 460 SLi: In my experience, it seems that when I fully maximize the SLI potential, I get radical cockpit tearing. When I fix this cockpit tearing, then I get special effect smoke that flashes. To fix, I have to disable SLI and go with one card. After a week of tweaking, it seems one 460 runs the game great with vsync forced on and my frame-rate capped at 60fps (to match your screen refresh rate I guess). It runs the game exceptionally well this way with no tearing or flashing.

However, I'd like to push further because tc_hawaii still has slowdown and fraps causes slowdown...sometimes to unacceptable levels

I should add that I use some mods, trackir, fraps and I am exchanging one 460 because of a fan issue. There are a lot of factors...

I must say that I love the cards, even with the issues so far. I can see the potential. I'm running 80+ fps with Arma2 on highest settings and that is spectacular.