BeastyBaiter

77 fps at your settings with EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 icx modded with their hybrid AIO and an i7-8700k @4.9 GHz. Problem is 100% gpu usage due to msaa 4x. Those settings are far from optimal for the 1080 ti. I recommend msaa off and cranking everything else up.

45 fps for me with 1080 ti and 8700k. Limiting factor is cpu. It's 100% on the main thread in an empty mission with view distance at high. Caucuses is about the same, NTTR typically gets 90 fps outside vegas though.

Eh, sure. Rudder not assigned since I have pedals. Basic idea of setup is flaps, airbrake, trim, tdc and missiles are on the stick. Throttle has radar controls, cannon select, and countermeasures. Saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick {49727650-5BB0-11e8-8004-444553540000}.diff.lua Saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Throttle {351D8960-5BB0-11e8-8002-444553540000}.diff.lua

Yeah, a few of us lingering about. We'll see it in the next 2 hours I think. All the previous patch notes for 2.5 were posted between 0800 and 1400 UTC. Most were posted between 1100 and 1400 though. So we're pretty much in the middle of normal patch time.

I have it though I have doubts it will get used much in MP due to people who won't buy it. Been building a mp mission though. It's another fantasy map but the layout is great for competitive MP.

Touch typing as said. Only keys I ever hit are F1, F2, F10 and G though. Everything else is on the X-55 or clicked with mouse.

I used fixed voltage from day one for vcore when overclocking. Never tried offset since I didn't trust it not to instantly blow the chip.

I have an 8700k and ASRock Z370 Extreme4. My daily setting is 4.7GHz all cores at 1.29v and LLC2. This allows for vdroop down to 1.232v in AIDA64. I also have a 4.9GHz all core setting at 1.33v and LLC1. This gives a min and max voltage of 1.33v. My chip will do 5.0GHz but requires 1.36v to do so. This pushes temp spikes to 90C even with an AIO with a liquid temp of under 30C. My chip is stock, no delidding done. Stock voltage on my board without any overclocks applied is 1.33-1.35v. This typically yields temps in the 80's. That does mean my 4.7GHz normal setting is not only faster than stock, but uses less power and runs cooler.

The jump from HDD to SATA3 SSD is huge but going from that to an NVME SSD is fairly marginal outside of copying giant files. I have a Samsung 960 evo nvme and a crucial mx300 SATA3 SSD. When it comes to system boot and game loading times, I can't tell a difference. In hind sight I should have bought a 1TB SSD instead of a 500GB nvme at the same price.

I used the X-52 Pro for around 8 years before swapping to the X-55. Had no issues with either.

TIR offers better identification of both air and ground targets. VR is better for spotting and tracking in the first place. VR also gives depth perception, so gunnery, formation flying, landings and air refueling are vastly easier.

Both are very nice builds. I have the 8700k, out of the box it runs at 4.3 to 4.4 GHz while playing DCS. It is trivial to overclock to 4.7 GHz. Above that requires dramatically higher voltage (1.29v jumps to 1.35v). Even at the highly conservative 4.7GHz, it runs vr very well at high-ish detail and is absolutely gpu limited when playing at 1440P with a 1080 TI. From reviews I've seen, the 2700X has a 4.2 GHz all core turbo when using sufficient cooling. IPC is equal between the two. It also requires a less extreme cooling solution compared to the 8700k. By most accounts, the included cooler is fine provided a well ventilated case. As for which to get, I strongly suspect DCS will prefer the 8700k for clock speed alone. This is not relevant when playing on a 2d monitor as the game will be gpu limited. However, VR hits the cpu a little harder than the gpu. I don't think it would be a problem, but a heavily overclocked i7 is the safer bet. As for waiting for a z390 board if doing intel, I see no point. Intel changes mobo's with every noteworthy release and so there isn't any cpu upgrading anyways. On the AMD side, current X470 and even X370 boards are expected to work with up through the 7nm Ryzen 3000 series expected next year. CPU upgrades are certainly an option with AMD.

ED will make what they think will give a good ROI. I expect iconic planes that will not cause any confusion with existing or highly sought study sim modules. The F-16A seems a prime candidate. It leaves open the option of a full F-16C module and is certainly an iconic plane. Additional Chinese aircraft are also a very real possibility. Some of them have been heavily exported to the Persian Gulf region. :music_whistling:

Your best option is to sell the motherboard and get a a Z370 +i7-8700k. This will result in a net savings and a vastly superior gaming system. If you need quad channel memory and that is why you think you need x299, then the i7-7740x isn't even an option as it only uses dual channel memory, disables half the DIMM slots and nearly all the PCI as well. The lowest end X299 CPU with any use case at all is the 7820X but I still can't recommend it. The whole X299 platform has been a disaster. It never should have seen the light of day.

Ryzen 2000 series seems to fix a lot of the gaming performance shortages seen with Ryzen 1000 series from what I've seen in various reviews. My own experience with the 1600x before moving to the 8700k suggested RAM latency was one of the biggest killers in a few games (not all, just some). Seems they got that sorted. Of course, the single most important issue is its mining performance. :PAccording to UFD Tech, the 2700X is around 25% better at mining than the 1700 at 4.0 GHz, which was already a beastly miner. This is due to reduced cache latency mainly.

Everything I've heard suggests the GTX 1180 = GTX 1080 TI with extra VRAM. I already have a 1080 TI so...:noexpression:

Given how long it took to go from DX9 to DX11, I'm guessing it's going to be a good long wait. Performance now is decent but Vulkan (mainly due to multi-threading the graphics engine better) should really open up performance in CPU limited situations.

I do have to wonder if anyone has successfully built a liquid nitrogen loop for 24/7 use and what kind of stable overclock they were able to achieve. In any case, that 4.8 GHz I mentioned previously seems to be unconfirmed and more rumor than fact. I expect 4.3 GHz will be the brick wall we hit with most Ryzen 2xxx chips. That's a decent bump by itself. I think the more interesting part is in stock settings though. My Ryzen 5 1600x system does 4.1 GHz on 1 core when completely idle, but the instant I have so much as a browser window open on a blank page, it drops to 3.7 GHz. The reason is it has only 2 boost states, 4.1 single core and 3.7 all core. There is nothing in between. The Ryzen 2xxx's use a new system which, from AMD charts, suggests it will scale more like the current Intel chips. So on a 2600x, it will hold that top boost speed with 2-3 cores active instead of only 1, and it will drop only slightly as core usage goes up. This isn't important to those of us who overclock the snot out of everything, but for the other 99% of the world, that's a big change. Regardless, the 8700k and 8600k look to remain the top DCS chips for the short term. When DCS moves from DX11 to Vulkan, that may change but it will depend on how ED codes it.

I wouldn't buy a two seater. Two seat fighters are a deal breaker for me (bombers/strikers/choppers are different of course). This is doubly true with the F-16 where you gain nothing from the second seat but get reduced rearward visibility, extra weight and less fuel. This is all moot though, I'm not convinced an F-16 is in the pipe. I've seen trailers for DCS advertising the OH-58 as an upcoming flyable too. It's about 4 years old and nobody is working on it as far as I know.

For my i7-8700k, I set 1.35v with highest LLC for a 5.0 GHz overclock (cache underclocked to 4.2GHz from 4.4). The actual voltage under a stress test is 1.36v peak with idle generally around 1.34v. My mobo has a stupidly good LLC though (ASRock Z370 Extreme4). I don't normally run that high though as it isn't completely stable and that voltage concerns me with top level LLC. What concerns me is the unmeasurable voltage spikes when going from full load to idle. My normal setting is either 4.7GHz with 1.29v set and medium LLC (1.29v max measured, 1.232v minimum measured under load) or 4.9GHz with HT disabled (same LLC and voltage results). It's worth mentioning that stock setting use no LLC and run 1.33v under load with a max of 1.37v and a minimum of 0.6v, no, that isn't a typo. My 8700k has not been delidded but is liquid cooled.

In my experience, HDD's wear out faster than SSD's in normal home use. So no worries there, SSD's last basically forever (or as long as they are useful anyways). In a server environment this is a different story, but that's not how you're using it. As for improvements, I looked up your drive and it's about 1/3rd to half the speed of a modern SATA3 SSD (normal 2.5" drive, not NVME or PCI-E). That isn't as big of a deal as it might seem. The big jump is from an HDD to any SSD, no matter how crappy. The reason is an SSD is around 100x faster than an HDD in random read/writes/latency and 10x faster in sequential read/write (loading a single big file). The move from that to high end SSD's isn't nearly as significant, but still measurable. In regards to the Samsung 960 Evo NVME specifically, on paper it's 6x faster than my Crucial MX300 (SATA3). But that's really only in large file transfers. When it comes to loading DCS and other games, there isn't a perceptible difference. If I broke out a stopwatch and timed it, I might see a difference but just using it feels about the same. In hind sight, I should have bought a 1TB SATA SSD instead of the 500GB 960 Evo at the same price. The difference between the 2nd fastest NVME SSD (when I bought it) on the market and a budget friendly SATA3 SSD is marginal in my case and probably yours too.

I had the same experience. The Odyssey is much more vibrant but I actually found cockpit text harder to read, which was the opposite of what I expected. It is a nice headset though. I ended up returning it as well.

Tried with my rift, results are: 1.0 SS I can read every character clearly on line 10 and nearly all on line 11 At 1.4 SS I can read all characters on line 11 and most on line 12. The whole line can be read down to 14 without guessing, though it's impossible to tell an "o" from an "e" from an "a" at that point, but context gives it away.

I must admit I initially wasn't terribly enthusiastic on the MiG-19 but with the F-4 and Mirage III being added in at some point, it's a lot more appealing. F-4, F-5, Mirage III, MiG-19 and the MiG-21, it's a pretty fine mix imho. Throw in Nike and SA-2 SAMs and we're in good shape for a ton of scenarios.

Voted Harrier as I enjoy it more but honestly it mainly depends on what you want to do. The Harrier is a pure mud mover like the A-10C while the Mirage is a thoroughbred air superiority fighter. The Mirage is simpler to learn, but the Harrier isn't super complicated either. The Mirage is also finished as far as I can tell while the Harrier still has some major missing features. That may impact your decision.