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I had to upgrade my mobo and therefore a heap of other stuff just so I could get windows 11 (and I still haven't gotten round to grabbing the upgrade). Old mobo (and it wasn't even that old) didn't meet security requirements. I just about spat out my tea when I saw how much prices had gone up on hardware when essentially everything was running just how I wanted it to. That being said I just blasted across the Syria map in the f-14 and got performance I've never had access to before.

I recently upgraded my CPU, mobo, RAM and cooling mostly because my old mobo couldn't support windows 10. I went with i7 14700k but still only have 32gb of RAM, albeit it's DDR5. The performance increase from my old i7 9700k is incredible. I'm not a VR player and I'd love to have 64gb RAM but I just ran out of money and as much as people say RAM is cheap, it's not where I live but I'll add a couple more sticks down the track when I've saved up. Holding off getting the cold war map until I get 64gb.

I've got water cooling but it's only a 240mm, Corsair nautilus. It's TDP is 250watts. Price was becoming an issue with this build and looking at my case, I think i'd be struggling to fit anything much bigger than 240 coolling. I'm not running DCS maxed out tho. Next move is to increase to 64gb RAM but where I live, RAM is actually pretty expensive so I wait. I was previously running an i7 9700k but that was only air cooled and I haven't increased my settings since the upgrade. I just wanted to be able to run the more intense maps at the same settings. I build my PC for DCS as thats the most intense thing I run, otherwise I'm playing games that require only half the performance. Cheers for all your input.

I've recently upgraded to an i7 14700k. I don't overclock so it's clock speed is 3.4gHz. This is below the recommended settings for many terrains in DCS and yet I'm able to run them reasonably well. I only play at 1080p but with textures high and pretty good shadows. How come I'm able to achieve this performance when my clock speed is so much lower than recommended. Should I be overclocking and how do I do this without damaging parts? I've got water cooling. Edit: The CPUs base clock speed is 3.4gHz but it's obviously capable of higher. Does it boost to a higher frequency automatically if demand is high? System specs: i7 14700k, z790 mobo, 32gb DDR5 RAM, GeForce 4070. DCS on standalone nvme with 500gb space free.

Just saw a video reckoning it needs 64GB of RAM to run well. Is this true? I'm running 32gb DDR4 with an RTX 4070 at 1080p and find Syria pretty good. Marianas I've always found not so great. Thoughts on this?

What internal work is being done? Is there a timeline for release? I've just scrolled back through all changelogs to January 2024 and unless I missed something, the mosquito only features twice (not including third party campaigns). Once for a fix to tailwheel and once for a fix to AI bombing after the player. That's not really meaningful development of the module. It's not all that different for modules like the supercarrier and the hind.

Cheers, what of the continued functioning as new versions of DCS core are released? I appreciate you guys have stated you'll continue to support the products but are you actually able to do that long term or are we likely to end up with modules that will only function in legacy versions of DCS into the future?

I see ED have stated the existing modules will continue to work. Is this achievable as new iterations of DCS are released or will we end up in a Hawk scenario where they'll work but only if you have an old version of DCS installed? Is ED giving any thought to extending store credit to other RAZBAM modules?

Deviating from the RAZBAM nature of this thread just for a moment. I hadn't heard of briefing room so thanks for mentioning it. Just looking at it now, it's looks awesome. If only it was built into the game.

Who here still has (and uses) the F-15e? One of the concerns that's come up a lot since this started is that RAZBAM modules will stop working. What's the current state of that module? I refunded as I didn't expect it to be completed and so an unfinished two crew aircraft is undesirable to me. That being said, I'm curious. If one never read this thread and had no idea about this issue would the F-15e be an acceptable module as it stands right now?

If I already own the full fidelity version of the aircraft featured in flaming cliffs 2024 AND I already own flaming cliffs, is there any benefit from having the upgrade? New campaigns or anything?

Unable to access F-15e store page on steam at the moment but other products appear unaffected. Any body else notice this? Does this have anything to do with this issue?

What work, if any, is still being done on this? It's been early access for a long time now and it's as if it's been forgotten. Still hanging out for some ability for the AI to operate the aircraft so player can act as navigator or at least for the player to direct an AI navigator to tune radios, navaids etc.

I agree with this. Whatever happens, I'll be amazed if they continue any sort of business relationship after this. The reputational damage done here is immeasurable for both parties, there'll be no winners.

I think we have a very similar assessment of things. I'll be upfront and say I'm not in some loyalist camp determined to make another out to be a villain. Without a doubt, RAZBAM were wrong to go public the way they did and doing so has probably made the business relationship unrecoverable (just an opinion but based on experience). That being said, it seems likely there is some substance to their grievances as it would be uncommon for there to be so much fuss over nothing. Truth be told, I actually don't much care whether RAZBAM returns or doesn't, I've written the F-15e off and the other modules I suspect will age and be overtaken by others and that's fine. I'll also say I haven't sat down and decided I'm going to boycott DCS or that I'm going to try and take some stand by not playing, it's just the way things have panned out. Where that becomes relevant to this discussion is that it's unlikely I'm the only one. The lack of confidence is based mainly on the following: 1) That this discussion is here in the open for us all to see at all. That's just poor form. 2) This isn't the first time this type of issue has occurred. What's actually going on where working relationships are breaking down to the point things are so publicly vitriolic? If they learned from the first one, how is it so bad the second time round? 3) DCS is expensive, if it can happen twice, it can happen a third and a fourth and a fifth time. I got a store credit refund for the F-15e, I appreciate that, but I don't want to sink more money into products I may only get a credit for, not after this. 4) The sheer amount of stuff being said all over the show, much of which doesn't reflect well on either RAZBAM or ED. Sure it might all be nonsense but it's being said. ED is doing what they have to do in keeping quiet while the legal process takes it's course and I absolutely respect that but in the meantime things like leaked letters are destabilising, it's not fair, ED can't control what people say but it's just the way it is. 5) This is less about the RAZBAM situation and more about DCS in general. The sheer volume of stuff being releaesed and then sitting in early access for years. Three or four years down the track in some cases and still early access. I shouldn't have to give a disclaimer but for the avoidance of doubt, what I say here isn't meant to be an attack on anybody. It just is what it is and when it improves I'm sure I'll be back to it but in the meantime, this is where it's at and that sucks. It'd be my preference none of this ever became public and it just quietly went on in the background.