Dogmanbird

The only thing that is preventing me from switching to Linux I've been saying this for 20 years

If you run apps in the background (streaming, screen recording, simhub) and if money is no object, you could get the 9950x3d and turn on "X3d Gaming Mode" within your bios and this essentially makes it a 9800x3d by disabling the non cached cores. Then when you're ready to brave process lassso, you can turn it back into a 9950x3d via the bios and get the best of everything Otherwise, I agree with Aapje and get the 9800x3d

The second half of this video shows how to create affinity profiles that load automatically when the game is started

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/927060 Currently $948 if you use the code at checkout I don't believe there is any disadvantage over the 9800x3d (except price difference)

I have a 9950x3d. There's a notable difference in performance between forcing DCS onto the cached cores versus the regular cores, using Process Lasso,. If this is an indication of the difference between the x3d v non x3d cpu, I'd certainly go the x3d version If you run simhub, streaming software or other apps in the background, I think you'll see the benefit of the 9950x3d versus the 9800x3d, if you use process lasso to assign the various processes accordingly. Process Lasso can be configured to auto detect the games so it's all automatic. p.s. 9950x3d came down to $969 aud delivered, recently in Australia. It might have just gone back up in price a bit.

Going from 32GB to 64GB (with nothing else changed in PC) made no difference to my performance in DCS and MSFS2020 / 2024

5090 here in aus got as low as $3750 aud for the lower tier models but now starting to creep up again, maybe because black Friday is approaching?

About $300 aud if you can find an old hoverboard to take the motors from and use the ffbeast configuration

I second what Raven has said. Go for a ffb base. Do you enjoy DIY? Would you consider building something?

I hope you get it resolved.

Has anyone tried this system? https://eracing-lab.com/collections/rs-series/products/rs-ultimate

^ i agree

they're getting cheaper here in aus. Still crazy prices but now the cheapest ive seen is $4500 which is far better than $6500 a few months back

I haven't tried it yet but i see there is a new ffbeast firmware for flight controllers.

yeah i was guessing it might do that. How does it feel with the grip attached directly on the base?

i reckon that's a pretty good if it includes the grip too, plus the couple of analogue axis on the sides. i guess the buyer's not intending to use much of an extension (if any) at only 6nm

its an exciting time for controllers

yeah i agree. For someone faithfully married to the f35, as some are in love with the f16, i could kind of understand the interest in it As much as i'd love another competitor in the market, I think the force feedback products will make this market obsolete

VKB has promised us a rail-based version of the STECS with electric detents, but that could be years out. we might see this as a dual throttle FFB device with detents in not too distant future

The bits and pieces and connectors and plates are worse than the profiles! These are available fairly cheaply on Ebay and AliExpress, at least is is when ordering in Australia

It works if I delete the "save games/dcs/config" folder and let dcs rebuild it. Also, since the last DCS update, I've unfortunately lost all the button mappings for my VKB grips, which might be related to the hidden space in the VKB naming convention. All other devices are still okay. Edit - this only works during the first run of the game. Restarting dcs reverts back to standard engine sounds

if using openxrtoolkit, could the cap be on in there?

I used a piece of pvc pipe and shaped it to suit the v2 and G2 with a heat gun, then just re heated it to suit the shape of the quest 3

I think about 6 months back people thought it had closed business. It may have been posted on r-ddit

The controller link above reverts to the dual channel one (required for joystick) This is the single channel one a lot of folk use. https://tinyurl.com/2s38pfkz btw - the motors are very robust. If you see a cheap broken and really banged up hoverboard for sale, it's highly likely the motors are fine (i've seen inside dozens). The controller board and motors just cruise along and there's almost no heat under full power. The heatsinks included with the controller board don't appear to be necessary for flight control use. ffb stick / rudder /collective are all working nicely in msfs2024 too