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Tom's Hardware did a deep dive comparison of the two chips last month. Their bottomline conclusion echos Aapje and Dogmanbird... "The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 7 9800X3D both bring impressive strengths to the table, ultimately leaving us with a 4-4 tie, but the winner for you will be clear based on your target workloads and budget. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the clear champion for most users, particularly those prioritizing gaming performance and value. Its dominance in gaming performance, power efficiency, and pricing creates a compelling package that delivers exceptional results without unnecessary complexity. The single-CCD design eliminates the scheduling challenges that can plague dual-CCD configurations, making it the ideal choice for gamers who want maximum performance with minimal fuss. On the other hand, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D remains the superior choice for a specific audience: professionals and content creators who demand both exceptional gaming performance and serious productivity capabilities. Its 16-core, 32-thread configuration provides superb multi-core performance that makes it the ultimate all-round CPU for users who refuse to compromise between gaming and professional workloads. For the vast majority of gaming enthusiasts and high-performance PC builders, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the unequivocal recommendation and king of gaming value. It delivers virtually identical top-tier gaming performance to the 9950X3D while being significantly cheaper, more power-efficient, easier to cool, and less demanding on the supporting platform. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D remains a formidable, niche processor, but its considerable price premium and higher platform costs are only justifiable for users who simultaneously require maximum gaming performance and very high levels of multi-threaded productivity performance on a daily basis." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-vs-amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-faceoff

Also this short YT on how to enable it...

Here's a short video from 6 months ago that discusses why it may no longer be needed...

As speed-of-heat noted, are you setting your trim before take off? Could this be the issue. If on shore, pushing the T/O button will set nose up trim to 12 degrees. Step 53 in Chuck's Guide start-up procedure. On a carrier trim needs to be set based on aircraft weight; 16 - 19 degrees. Here are from Chuck's Guide...

Fun campaign for me. Fuel management is definitely a challenge for me too. I completed Mission 8 - working on a perfect score until I ran out of gas within sight of the runway and crashed. I may have hit AB when chasing an AA threat, so the next try at M8 I made sure not to go wild chasing AA targets. I also dropped my three external tanks once they went empty. I know this wouldn't be normal for actual missions, so maybe its technical cheating. However, I did get back safely on the ground at Incirlik with about 1500 lbs of fuel reserve. Also with M8 since you have to follow your flight leader everywhere, I don't know if AAR is an option - although given I suck at this, probably would just get me running out of fuel chasing a tanker.

I found it... Alt + Tab

When in DCS, what is the keys for showing W11 Task Manager on my PC Desktop - that is open and monitoring CPU, Memory, GPU temp, etc. Thanks.

Wow, that's rough. Good recommendations. I'm curious, did you buy directly from WW on their website? I've bought all of mine - 3 MDIs, PTO2, UFC/HUD - through Amazon. I didn't have any real issues, other than the MDIs were shipped from two different warehouses and I received about three days apart.

I would agree that it's strange. I got a new gaming PC earlier this year. My three WW MFDs worked fine with the old PC, but with the new PC they kept showing up incorrectly (wrong orientation and positions) after every restart of the PC. I'd go into W11 Display, DisplayLink and SimAppPro to reset them, but the next restart would mess them up again. It was pointed out in the subforum that the three MFD usb cables should be plugged in next to each other in the powered usb hub. I did this and it fixed the problem. I'm not a PC system type, so I'm not sure why where the MFDs are plugged into a usb hub would matter, however in my case it clearly did. I tried asking my IT manager at work, he throw out some techno terms/concepts about how hubs handle what's attached to them and fed to a single PC port... Greek to Me ... but he wasn't surprised that changing the usb positions in the hub solved my issue.

Just checking but are you following the guidance in the videos in this post? https://forum.dcs.world/topic/338777-mip-setup/#comments Especially this "ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL YOUR SCREENS CONNECTED TO THE SAME [USB] HUB AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED SIDE BY SIDE!!"

The F/A-18. I started with the A-10C and thought it was excellent. I don't do MP or VR, so having an aircraft like the F/A-18 with a lot of depth and learning potential has been great. Also there are so many SP campaigns and missions available.

Good to know. I have my fps capped in DCS at 100 FPS, and get this at a solid rate. I've checked it uncapped and the fps will bounce around upper 80s to 117 or so. My 100 FPS cap seems to be the right spot, however as discussed in this good video - "DCS World, Max FPS & Performance tweak tip" - I may lower the cap to 90 FPS.

I don't use the Nvidia App, so there another way or command for insertion in the autoexec.cfg file for turning this on?

August 2028. During the F/A-18 training - starting cold from the airfield - my system froze and I had to do a hard reboot. I sent my log to ED and they noted... -------------- Yes, we did check the log you provided, and right before the freeze we see the following error: 2025-08-14 ERROR SCRIPTING (Main): Mission script error: [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1163: Object doesn't exist stack traceback: [C]: ? [C]: in function 'getPosition' [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1163: in function 'f' [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1701: in function 'onEvent' [string "Scripts/World/EventHandlers.lua"]:13: in function <[string "Scripts/World/EventHandlers.lua"]:11> This means a mission script is trying to get the position of an object that no longer exists in the mission. Most often, this happens if a mission uses a custom script or trigger that isn’t checking whether the object still exists before calling getPosition. --------------

Interesting hour long defense economics lecture on the potential future of the Attack Helicopter...