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I concur, though I never said in any way that affinity would make it a multithreaded application. Yet I must stress that affinity made the game run smoothly on my system, without it it was unplayable. 10 FPS may not be much but the observed difference between 20 and 30 fps is huge. I also agree with you on the gpu and the 64bit question, because BS neither uses current gpus at their full capacity nor does it require so much memory that it would profit from a 64bit architecture. Thus I further conclude it will not run faster on an i7 system, because the i7 is actually slower at the same clock settings, if its new architecture is not fully supported due to the architecture's higher administration effort.

Remember, that you have to activate the second core manually inside the windows task manager, or Black Shark will ony use one core. The menu uses both, but when your are actually flying it doesn't. If your are loading a mission or are already sitting in the chopper, open the task manager with ctrl+alt+del. The click on the processes tab. Look for DCS and right click on it. In the context menu click on affinity. Make sure all your cores are checked.

Hi guys. I just got my X52 from amazon.de today and I'm already thinking about returning it. First of all the controls are huge, way bigger than I expected and from what I've experienced so far, too big for me to control the chopper the best way possible. Second, there is no simulation feeling coming up when I take a look at it. To me it looks like a childish space craft controller. Third, it doesn't look like its worth the buck. It may be a very affordable for a HOTAS, yet it seems like its worth only a couple of bucks and the material was skimped on in every possible way. The problem is, I haven't been playing simulations since Jane's Longbow I&II and F15. This means, I'm almost totally out of the picture. Thus, I cannot be 100% sure if the problems, which I experience, relate to the controller, to my handling, or both. I haven't had my hands on CH products either and cannot judge if they are so much better. Also, a fighter stick alone costs 170Ђ (= 220$) in Germany and since I did not get a hands on, I'm not able to tell, if its worth the enormous amount of cash. If anyone of you has time for a conversation, please contact me by skype or icq. I was so happy when I found out about this sim, because attack choppers are my favorite, and now it seems to fall apart before it started because of the controls. Thank you very much for your attention.

I have the tried the latest official software and in addition 6.1.15.64. I have also loaded and activated a DCS profile from lockonfiles, yet it is very confusing. For example, if I press the trigger all the way through it should release the weapon, but all that happens is my rudder twisting to the left.

I think i7 currently is totally overpowered for games, because they cannot fully profit from its new architecture. Thus, most games will not run faster with an i7 in comparison to a C2Q. Beware that there are only highend mainboards available for a an i7 platform, which cost almost thrice as much as a good P45 mainboard. The reason for this is that impatient customers will buy mainboards which they actually don't need. Yet it will take some time before consumer boards for the new generation will be introduced to the market (milk those who cannot wait). On the other hand the socket 775 and the Core2Quad architecture will no longer receiver further updates and will peter out sooner or later. CPU wise you now have to choose between a highly expensive system, from which you might not distinctly profit, or a sufficent system, which will be outdated sooner or later. There also is AMD's new PhenomII, which is newer though not significantly faster than the C2Q architecture. Y et CPU's last much longer than graphic cards, which have to be replaced every six months, if you always want to play on top notch settings at a high resolution (1920x1200, 4xAA, 16x AF e.g.). A single gpu is preferable to a multi gpu system with regard to power consumption, heat, noise and microbursts. If you focus on Black Shark, a high end system is not too important. This game looks good but is not as power hungry as GTAIV or Crysis for example. I have run a brief peak on my system: CPU: E7200 @ 3200 Mhz MB: Asus P5Q Pro @ 400Mhz FSB RAM: 4096 MB @ 800Mhz GPU: Sapphire Radeon 4870 512MB Black Shark Settings: 1920x1200, ingame maximum quality, 4x adaptive AA (edge detect), 16x AF, rest set to maximum quality So far the game runs very smoothly, but I have not tested it in detail yet and may have not encountered a situation in which there was not enough power. Thus I conclude an i7 and a GTX280 may not be necessary. In the end the decision is up to the tasks you need to with your computer and only you can give an answer to that question.