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The Corsair HS-70 is over the ear and all over the ear headphones get hot in the summer especially, though I guess the earcup material makes some difference there (i.e. fabric is better than PU leather). On the other hand, over the ear makes for a better sound isolation and thus offers a better or louder sound quality I guess than the smaller on-ear ones, though I'm not sure if I described the difference properly. So, I guess the first thing to decide would be whether you're bothered by extra heat or not in the summer (which basically means whether you have AC or not :) ). For example, I have this problem in the summer and the AKG K550 I used to use (the plastic headband actually fell apart from the humidity with time as parts were made with that silicon layer) were pretty much unusable in the summer without an AC. So, I got the fabric Steelseries Arctic 3 which gets less heat and were comfortable at first, but the sound quality is IMHO pretty bland for music (bass is too weak for sure and I'm not into bass-heavy music at all) and the headstrap has gotten loose pretty quickly and they didn't consider this possibility in the design so the velcro straps on it are too short to further tighten it when it gets loose. The recent revisions of the same model supposedly upped the bass and stuff, but not sure if the headstrap issue was addressed. I actually bought a used set of Sennheiser Momentum 2 headset which has a noise cancellation option which I could really use, but I didn't get a chance to try them out yet. Maybe in 10 days I'll get a hold on them.

And perhaps making the screen bigger and squared? Also, some buttons wouldn't hurt. I guess having those nifty buttons already, some functions could be assigned to those buttons then? You know, just for kicks and giggles.

Wasn't the AWG-9 supposed to tell the missile when to go active via a DL message?

It's probably related to those Spectre and Meltdown patches which mitigated exploits related to the branch prediction which was an important feature for performance in these Intel CPUs IIRC. Regarding the IRST problem, did you try completely removing those drivers? I don't think they're necessary even if you have RAID. RAID will still work with some default Microsoft drivers (or Microsoft vetted Intel drivers). This long video issue sounds pretty much unacceptable, though I can't tell what the root cause is. Can't comment much on the sleep problems, but it's normally a driver issue and I have those sometimes on these Intel based laptops I've been using for the last decade (like e.g. some sound issue or network cutting out after awaking). The best approach from my experience (at least since Windows 10) seems to be not to install any drivers yourself except for the GPU or for devices Windows can't identify. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it, that kind of a thing, I guess. Of course, with so many configurations out there, your mileage may vary, of course. The Intel is more limited in PCI-E lanes, but I suppose you're not using all that storage in parallel anyway. Thus, a better model mainboard would have had some extra SATA controller to provide for more SATA ports. I guess you could add a PCI-E card with extra SATA ports on it to solve your issue?

Bugs and flaws? Any issues besides those related to Intel IRST drivers?

Well, both have happened in both World Wars , but luckily it wasn't common practice.

What could it offer over it other than different shape and arrangement of switches?

Looks like a budget release aimed at the buyers of the upcoming Flight Simulator game. Makes sense in that regard.

Not asking for the R-73 to be added, but speaking of improvements over the R-60M, isn't the R-60M a rather limited all-aspect missile (i.e. the target has to be using afterburners for them to lock on from front hemisphere), at least in real-life?

I'm sure better images can be found, but it seems that the bison uses some new and smaller adapter pylons mounted on the wings to which the newer APU and AKU pylons are then attached.

This was asked for many times and ED never budged on it. It's mind-boggling really as it seems like a super easy thing to implement.

Yeah, plus the vortex generating physical changes on wing roots and the pitot tube which I presume help improve the control surfaces authority at high AoA.

That sounds like the old story where experienced Soviet pilots flying the MiG-23MLD from the aggressor unit would beat less experienced MiG-29 pilots in mock combat. It doesn't make the MLA a good dogfighter, though.

Hmm, still not sure what your problem is with this driver? I doubt Windows 10 install IRST driver by default, maybe they upgraded it to a newer (like, 2004-compatible) version if you had it already installed? Still, it should be possible to remove it altogether from the add/remove programs page. Regarding MacOS, it's not really a fair comparison IMHO as they only have to support a few hardware configurations they make themselves and can thus easily validate all the drivers they use/release while Windows in general need to support innumerable combinations of different hardware and driver versions. I had zero problems with Windows 7 on like 5 laptops used at home (and never had to reinstall any) and now that they've been upgraded to Windows 10, besides this issue I mentioned on one of two installs on my main laptop, the other laptops have had no issues and some are pretty old already (like, Ivy Bridge CPUs). Though, I stopped installing IRST since Windows ME times when the version I installed had some buggy SATA driver which was super slow compared to the default Microsoft one. Weirdly, unlike Rapid Storage, I had good experience with Rapid Start on a few older laptops which came with it by default is some sort of hibernate which gives impression to wake as fast as sleep (it shows the explorer and gives you control as soon as possible while loading the rest int he background) and I didn't have driver issues afterwards. But, otherwise, yes, sleep (and worse yet, hibernate) can cause some drivers (like e.g. sound or wifi) to stop working, so that's a risk, but since UEFI BIOS was introduced, Windows boot up rather quickly so it's not a major issue. Also, I always try to keep the number of driver installs over the default Windows ones to a minimum as this seems to reduce potential driver issues. I only install the GPU driver and some special ones like e.g. the sound card which come with extra software which is useful. Intel drivers in general seem to be rather unpredictable from my admittedly limited experience with their IRST, WiFi and GPU drivers on various laptops over the years. You could try the Windows 10 system reset where it will remove all the drivers IIRC, but you can choose the option to keep your documents. It will remove most of the apps if not all, though. I've used it once on one of the old laptops which had some issue after a direct upgrade from Windows 7 where its Sony software has somehow limited the battery recharge to 80% and this setting has clashed with some default Windows 10 battery driver making it show like the battery is dead and can't be recharged. I did a system reset and it solved the issue (by removing the offending setting from the registry or however it was set), but it did remove a bunch of apps so it's not an ideal solution for your problem. Sorry, the post ended up being a huge rant with little useful information. Good luck.

It's been raised before. IIRC, it can't work like that because it's 3D objects and if you mess with their size (i.e. scale them to make them more visible at distance), you'll mess up the RCS calculations, etc. Though, what you're proposing can be done with labels I guess, there are some mods for that.

IRST as in Intel Rapid Storage Tech? Why would you install this anyway? Because of RAID? RAID will work without that extra Intel driver layer (that I've only had issues with) so perhaps try removing those? Admittedly, I've had some weird BSOD on one of my Win 10 installs when the external screen goes on standby and then wakes, but I haven't had that since I've ran sfc scan and repair. The Win 10 install I use for games maybe experienced the same issue a few times, but is in general pretty much stable with no issues. Maybe not rock-solid as Windows 7 were in my experience, but not bad in any case. But, mind you, I've held on to Windows 7 for a year or two as the initial Win 10 release had some issues on various laptops I've tried upgrading (mainly related to drivers for some laptop specific hardware on them).

This kind of information is not in public domain, but I get the impression these kinds of tests are done routinely. Sometimes special drones are made to simulate the anti-ship missiles and these can then be used in tests where manned ships would try to shoot them down and sometimes decommissioned ships are modified to be remotely operated and then inert or even actual anti-ship missiles are fired against them to test the CIWS systems, decoys, missiles and such. The only issue is how accurately you can actually simulate a real anti-ship missile with a drone, but e.g. US Navy did purchase some SS-N-22 Sunburn missiles and test fired them in such tests in the 90s. Here are some related articles: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33337/navy-needed-targets-to-mimic-supersonic-anti-ship-missiles-so-they-bought-real-ones-from-russia http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-103.php

God, is this thing still on? A short summary for the newcomers: Vertigo72 is right, all of you saying otherwise are wrong, polls are wrong, ED have been in the unsustainable business for almost 30 years and are thus also wrong.

Didn't they evaluate a MiG-23MS (and BN) they've gotten from Egypt?

That's an interesting idea, kind of like Prepar3D or X-Plane where you have to pay for each major new release (e.g. v3, v4, and so on). I would be OK with that if the extra money would allow ED to hire some extra people to work on some aspects of the base game that were never developed (e.g. a better campaign system, better AI, weather system, IADS, etc.) so we actually get to enjoy those during our lifetime.

It doesn't even compare. If they only needed to study their code, they would have been doctors of it within a few months, but unfortunately that's not what's required of them. They have to constantly innovate to update the engine and develop new stuff which is not what's required of most doctors. The entire code base has been rewritten several times already by now and with countless additions for all the new systems, FM's and what not added, updated, modified, removed and what not. The only advantage over doctors is that nobody dies when they mess up a release although that's not what you'd assume reading some of the comments here.

Be careful what you wish for as with the amount of features and modules in a complex product as this, the new stuff would get released at glacial pace then.

And now you should ask yourself why it isn't a more competitive market and maybe just maybe adjust your expectations somewhat. You don't really pay A+++. It is a complex product so if it was developed and maintained by the standards you expect, it would have cost much more and presumably people are not willing to pay for that as otherwise you'd have seen some competition to ED surely by now.

How many users would pay just to be able to play the game even if nothing gets fixed, added, implemented? That sounds like charity or something and is wishful thinking, IMHO. And maybe we're not frequenting the same forum. I see a bunch of anger here when ED messes up some open beta patch and constant claims about unfinished modules and people refusing to buy further modules. If people were paying a monthly fee, their level of expectations and complaints on perceived value would get only higher, IMHO. So, you're saying the outcome is not representative because it doesn't support your view? The result might not be reflecting all the customers, but if people found the idea of a subscription appealing, there would have been more support in the poll, surely. But, ultimately, if ED finds the idea has some merit, they will consider it, I'm sure. If you make it optional, but limit beta access to paid subscribers, whatever extra money is there (and I doubt it would be enough as I don't see that many people willing to throw their money around with such little expectations as you describe) would first have to be spent on a bunch of paid testers basically to replace all the feedback they get on the discovered bugs they missed in their pre-release tests.

But, there are no guarantees that a subscription model would make this any better, in fact it could make it worse or eventually even put ED out of business. Even if ED wouldn't get too lenient with this questionably steady stream of income, they would still be under pressure to provide a constant stream of updates even more so than now as the customers are paying each month and if they perceive that ED doesn't provide them their money's worth, the customers might just stop paying for it and the whole thing would start to crumble. For example, how would you ensure which modules the customer base wants developed? You ask five people, you'll get ten opinions. It's impossible to satisfy everyone there or even prioritize features that makes everyone happy and with them expected to pay each month, the customers would only get even more entitled and likely to complain than they are now. Even the polls seem to be highly against the fact that a lot of people are willing to support this model anyway. Exactly. It is not a profitable niche and I'm sure ED are constantly reassessing the best way to keep them afloat. Currently, they seem to believe that this model is the most viable one and they should know best having the insight into the sale numbers and the customer structure. And this also means that some lower priority issues will take much longer to develop (like some sort of a dynamic campaign system). Overcharging for modules? I would disagree given the amount of work which goes into developing and maintaining these things. For the level of polish and stability people seem to expect, the updates would have to be stretched much further apart to provide enough time for constant re-testing of everything and the modules would have to cost MUCH more to pay for all the extra testers, top designers, architects, managers, programmers and what not. And I'd expect not nearly enough people would be willing to pay for that, which is probably why there's no competition and the last full featured consumer modern military sim went bust more than 20 years ago delivering a broken and unfinished product.