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I'd say anything with gync and at least 2k. The Asus ROG P27WQHD monitors are good. The 1ms TN panel variant and the 4ms IPS monitor. Both are overclocked refresh rates of 144hz and 165hz. Just make sure you have enough under the hood to reach 60+ frames to make the most of the monitors features. There is always 4k, but you'll be paying an arm and a leg for anything with gsync and refresh rate over 120hz; plus, not sure the hardware exists yet to get 120+ frames at 4k with all the bells and whistles running in DCS.

Virpil.com They make what seems to be decent mounts. Good luck getting a response from CS. I was planning on buoying from them, but their shipping costs to the US are horrendous so I decided not to pull the string on them. I just decided to build a mounting frame out of pvc pipe. I would invest in desk mounts, but the cost just seems a bit over the top for what they are.

I would love to hear a bit more about this long awaited module. How the avionics and rear seat will be handled? I love the roadmap, but the 15e is the one I've been waiting for - right up there with the 18c. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

At least well get to see Intels 8 core main offering pretty soon.. Read that intel is releasing their mainstream 8core coffee lake by September. Still will be on 14nm. Probably cost an arm and a leg. Still dont know if it will maintain the high frequencies the 8700k has. My guess is no at 14nm without some some serious cooling. I'm also guessing they'll drop their z390 boards - the chipset they were supposed to release instead the rushed z370. Yay for competition. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I'm no guru but if your gaming at 2k ir more, the 2700x achieves parity with the 8700k. Only at 1080p fo yiu see the 8700k out pace the 2700x out of the box. Sure you can oc to 5ghz but the gain you achieve is very minimal since it's all GPU at higher resolutions. Also, out if the box the 8700k will reach 4.3 and the 2700x 4.0. 300mhz is insignificant. You also get 2 extra cores with the 2700x and it easily beats the 8700k in multithreaded applications, which makes sense considering it has 2 extra cores. Both platforms will tear through games with probably no perceptible difference, but it's really tough from a value/performance point of view to go against the 2700x. I think this argument is a faith thing. People have more faith in blue because they've sat atop the hill year in and year out making it tough to go the red route. But just speaking from a benchmark point of view, if I'm understanding what I'm reading, the 2700x is really good. I'm still on the fence as well, but I've yet to see anything to pull me away from the red team this cpu cycle. Maybe if I put off my purchase until we get into the time ehen the 9700k is on the verge of being released - doubt well see ice lake for some time since intel still has issues with their 10nm die process, and by that time ryzen 3 at 7nm will be a real thing and probably still be on the am4 platform. I would love to see a side by side dcs benchmark at both stock and doable o'clock. 2700x @ 4.0(all core boost) and 4.3 (all core oclock) vs 8700k @ 4.3(all core boost) and 5.0(all core oclock). Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

In order to gauge your actual travel vector. Crosswinds and such will cause your aircraft to incrementally slip along it's heading path. For example, your on approach for landing with a very strong cross wind. Your hud is caged, and you put you fpm on the runway. the caged hud is telling you your traveling towards the runway, when in actuality you're probably headed right or left depending on wind direction.

Nice, but I want to know one thing above all others: do they slide on hardwood floors?

Flying cooperatively will increase your chances of survival and give you greater situational awareness. Secondly, game plan your approach based on what specific types of AA threats are in the area: low to mid alt. sams; high alt. sams; ir guided or radar guided; and, are those sites autonomous. Plan your ingress route and egress route. Are there opportunities to use the terrain to mask your approach?

I would say either the Asus ROG 27' P279Q or P278QR: The IPS one is 4ms and the TN one is 1ms, but both have high refresh rates and gsync. There is always the new Acer Predator X27 which is 4k but it's a pretty big hunk of change: 2000 US. I think its 120Mhz but you have to ask yourself if you have the system, or if one actually exists, to drive DCS in 4k at or above 120 fps? Are you paying all that money for a piece of hardware, where the video cards aren't in existence yet to make the most of it? My take is get a high quality 2k monitor and forget about 4k until the hardware exists to make the most of it. Besides, unless your nose is up against the scree, which it shouldn't be, you're going to find it tough to distinguish 2k from 4k anyways.

It's really just one OSB press to designate the waypoint as a target waypoint, which takes a second.

That's strange. When you have weight on wheels, does your NWS engage when you hit the button? If they don't engage - "nws" in the lower right corner of HUD - it could be an issue with your stick.

It's not bugged. Throttle lifts need to be engaged. Engage throttle lifts, go full forward on throttle to push through ab detent. You're not at full burner with the throttle all the way forward; you're only at 95% of max. The lifts for the left and right throttles need to be held up. Bind those keypresses to s free toggle on your throttle. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

There are far better people more qualified than I am in this department, but for a Ryzen 2700x system i was piecing together, I chose the X470F ROG Strix for the motherboard. Not sure what your budget is, but I would recommend for the OS the Samsung 970EVo NVMe M.2 in either the 250 or 500gb range, and for the games drive, I'd go with either an 860 EVO 2.5' drive or a the 970 NVMe M.2. 1Tb drive. In any case, there are a lot of competitors entering the M.2. NVMe market so you have lots of options. I'd just stick it out with a 980ti for now, and pick up the new 1180 or 2080 cards which are due to drop pretty soon, hopefully. As far as RAM is concerned, just make sure you confirm motherboard compatibility and also make sure it's fast RAM to get the most out of the CPU. For that CPU I wouldn't throw in anything less than 3200. For closed loop coolers, I'd look into either the Corsair H115i or the new NZXT Kraken x72. In any case, that system will be very nice. The guys you want to take serious advice from are Pilotasso, Bitmaster, and a few others on the forums. They are the go to guys when it comes to all things DCS hardware related.

You're right. I was mistaken. Apologize.

Dial in the TACAN frequency for the carrier. Carrier telemetry will appear in the upper left hand corner of the DDI you have the HSI dedicated to. The course is displayed there and will change as the course of the carrier changes. Once you have the TACAN station and are receiving, use the course setting switch in the upper right corner of the center MFD to set a course arrow through the station allowing you to put that arrow up on the HUD when the TCN is selected and boxed on the HSI.

If you have an Nvidia card, you can try Shadowplay, which is already part of your Geforce experience install package. You could also try Fraps.

Are you losing your lock on the target? Aim7's are semi-active and are not fire and forget missiles like the Aim120's or R77. You need to maintain your target lock until the missile hits it's mark. One thing I have noticed is that the radar loses lock very easily in the Hornet. It's almost as if you have no maneuvering ability after you fire the Aim7. I don't know if this is how it's supposed to function or a bug in the radar.

Your Flaps were at full. Keep them at half. Did you go full burner by holding the throttle lifts to push past the throttle detente? It looked like you had too much drag off the deck. Also, as soon as weight is off your wheels, go gear up - it adds a lot of drag and is useless once you're over water. 1: Flaps to half 2: engage throttle lifts 3: throttle full forward 4: catapult launch and weight off wheels 5: gear up 6: nose should pitch up 3 degrees off the deck by itself 7: climb out at 5 to 10 degrees 9: flaps to auto 10: let off throttle lifts and let up on power to cruise altitude ps. if you did the l and r fire test, make sure you reopen the bleed air valves if you didn't do so - I didn't catch that warning when you had the fcs page up so I think you probably did already. The hornet almost flies itself. Are you sure your stick is properly calibrated? I'd check just to make sure in device manager. You shouldn't have to touch the stick at all during carrier launch. If your stick isn't properly centered that could be why you pitched down once off the deck.

I really want to buy the desk mounts along with the mounting brackets from Virpil. I think they'd be perfect for what I want. Only catch is that to ship them to my address in the US, it will cost about 100% of the value of the entire purchase. I'm not sure I can stomach that.

undesignate anything that you previously had designated. You will see a ball and chain indication on the HUD. Position the reticule by maneuvering the plane over the target and designate by hitting the tdc designate button or your pickle button. You'll see a diamond at the spot and an ASL line - the bomb fall line. You can fine adjust the mark spot by just slewing it around with your tdc. When you are satisfied with your mark point. Fly the ASL where you'll see a descending horizontal cue begin to move down the ASL line. Hold the pickle button until the line moves past the FPM at which point the bombs will auto release and the ASL line will begin to blink. To get back the ball and chain indications, undesignated the mark point and start the process over again.

Its a known and reported bug.

It does. The only thing i have my hands on are the gear up and flaps switches. The plane goes nose up off the deck. Stabs to 12, lifts pulled up, full throttle, then hands off.

I have two builds im on the fence about, and the only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger is intel still not announcing the z390 boards. It's clear that the board will support CL, but will it support the 8700k? The z390 is supposed to have better usb3.1 support. Its frustrating. I'm tempted to pull the trigger on the 2700x build just out of spite because Intel is pissing me off.

Happy to help. Glad that worked.

yes. It's subtle, but there is a detent on the hornets throttles. The lifts are on the front side of the throttle that when held up, allows the throttle push past the detent into full burner. Try this. I mapped the l/r lifts to one switch on my throttle. I engage that switch to hold the lifts up, then go full forward. Try that and see if that helps. Look under the Throttle tqs subpage in the controls pull down. It should be there. Also, make sure you set your T/O trim by holding down the button on the lower left console to the side of the seat behind the throttle and next to the fcs override switch. Check the fcs page to confirm that your stims are set to 12.