ZLA Steve

I really love the first place a bunch go is to pitchforks and hysterics. MS isn't trying to censor anything. They are simply asking a link instead be posted. Also, I don't know where you got your law degree, but I would ask for a refund because there is zero truth in this statement - In any case, David has been asked (kindly again) to stop copying the entire post and instead linking to it. No doubt to not only ensure the correct info is avail but also I imagine to drive traffic and engagement to their forum.

Most of these are dependent on system config. Give us an idea of your hardware and you'll get some opinions.

I respectfully disagree on this one statement. This library was full of great freeware in the FS9/FSX era with devs like MelJet/POSKY/Project Freeware and many others routinely pushing things out that (at the time) were really unique. The commercialization of P3D largely killed that and for years it felt like payware was the only way to get decent fidelity. MSFS has brought it back to the forefront and it's really lovely!

"How much HDR is enough?" "YES" 😉 Great set!

It won't really make a difference in the sim. What it will enhance is any background apps you run alongside. There will be far more headroom and processing power for things like Volanta, external flightiness, streaming content. etc etc.

I have an MSI 4090 Suprim Hybrid, mainly to get the vram advantage for VR. (It's a seamless experience now) I actually started with the 7900x3D, but for my use case, the 7800 is more than enough and actually edges out the beefier chip since all the cores are on 1 CCD. I downgraded and put the difference in to better RAM. If you can afford it a 7950x3d is the ultimate experience but it's like driving a mclaren to go get groceries.

I switched to AMD for gen5 to take advantage of the 3d cache these chips provide and I am very happy. Not only is my performance as good (if not better) than my OC'd 12900K was but it runs much cooler and draws far less power. I have the 7800x3D and use it primarily for VR flight and race simming and some occasional AAA gaming. It's a beast of a chip and the total board/ram/CPU cost was comparable to what a 13900K would've been. (I bought last spring) In hindsight, I'd do it again and again.

WW has a new US distributor so in theory, the support should improve now that there are "boots on the ground" for this growing customer base.

MS keeps new product announcements in-house, so by the virtue that you're hearing about it from Ini means it's being developed for external sale.

That comment was in reply to Pete's post, not a dig at you. I share his opinion that most of CS's offerings are subpar.

This morning MS officially announced WMR will be supported until late 2026 and will not leave this version of Windows, so as suspected, there is substantial life left in this ecosystem for the time being. https://www.uploadvr.com/windows-mixed-reality-headset-support-end-date/

It happens at the end of every flight but imo the detriment is a bit overblown and far from game breaking. Just another quirk in an otherwise pretty incredible overall experience

there's a sucker born every 12 mo... 😉

Agree, but there is a long timeline before being forced to upgrade to the next windows version. I imagine in this very forum memberbase there are still folks on Vista and even XP so no immediate rush.

per usual, hysteria without a pause to reflect on the details. The official stance from MS is WMR will be gone in a later version of Windows, not 11. That may not release for a number of years, so by the time that happens, the hardcore VR user will have (most likely) moved on from the current ecosystem into the next gen. Meta/Varjo/Bigscreen/Pimax all use proprietary drivers so this really doesn't have to be the house fire so many online are claiming it is.