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They were loitering around for a while before I took the video - they were here for an event honoring one of their fellow pilots. I dunno what they'd be doing near Ft. Carson as that's much further south.

Cool! :thumbup: When was this?

As seen by the timestamp of the video, they were pretty damn close for their TOT of 1130!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ln8hyotfzsj6sds/VID_20150501_112941357.mp4?dl=0 Not a bad way to start the weekend!!

I don't use the mouse switch on my x55 because it's so unreliable, but this is too ambitious for me though! Great work!

Make sure your water and civilian traffic are set to low, adjust terrain and visibility to what suits you as the best compromise between image quality and performance.

This was with vsync off, which caused screen tearing and single player. Solid 60 fps with vsync on is more realistic.

I just moved from a laptop with that video card to a tower desktop I built myself with a beefier video card and the difference is night and day. I went from max 30 fps to 90+ without vsync and a solid 60 fps with vsync on. Laptops by design compromise performance for portability, and DCS prefers less cores with higher clock speeds.

Are there any resources for those that are looking to expand their flying skills? I've gotten the hang of cold starts, takeoff, navigation, basic weapons employment and landing. I could use help on radio use, roll in/out attacks, AAR, advanced CDU usage, etc. Are there squads willing to take noobs like myself under their wing(s)?

Thank you the for the information, DTWD. Very informative post. Since I only play single player (for now), my fps experience is probably very different from those of you playing MP. My rig specs do not match those of King_Hrothgar's - Intel I5 4690k (oc'd to 4.5 GHz), 8 GB ram, SSD, GTX 970) but still more than plenty for DCS. I might eat my words once I'm comfortable enough to delve into multiplayer, though!

Yikes..some people need to lighten up.. If you can't understand someone is joking, even with smiley faces and exaggerated numbers, it might be time to take a step back.

Not sure what you're trying to say..

I noticed some tearing and had to turn on vsync. Is there a difference between the vsync in DCS options and nvidia settings? I was under the understanding that DCS supports additive vsync as well.

Hello all, I did a search but didn't see an answer to my question. I just finished a PC build and fired up DCS A-10C for the first time and was happy to see that it was running between 85 and about 100 fps at max settings. However, since my monitor is at 60hz @ 1920x1080, is there a benefit to having over 60fps? I have vsync off and haven't noticed tearing. I don't want to push my hardware too hard if I don't have to but I'm not sure if capping fps makes sense.

I wasn't able to find a computer that has twice the hardware for half the price on Dell's outlet site. The only computers I saw were Alienware x51s that had lesser specs for the same price than the build I posted (I have a monitor added to mine). Am I missing something?

Jcbak, can you point me in the direction of the Dell computer you're talking about? I'd prefer to get a fully assembled computer instead of assembling my own if possible!

Thank you all for the replies! I'll look into the GTX 960 and possibly adding a SSD. I didn't consider a refurb but I'll check that out too.

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Is there any support contact information for DCS? It doesn't seem like the developers monitor this forum.

I too have this problem...even with unlimited weapons checked, after the mavericks are gone, the clunk is heard and can even be seen in the DSMS page but the maverick page is blank. This happens even after waiting for many minutes.. Does anyone have a solution?

I appreciate the effort you all have put into solving my small problem, what a great community!

Skatezilla may be correct, I could've turned on the black background. I'm away from my computer but will post back later.

Yes I changed it but still don't have the displays up on Helios..

Yes, they are located at the top left and right corners. Without Helios running, they show up in the approximate spots they're supposed to be.

I'm using Lox SM V2.1 in Helios...not sure how to make them visible over it.