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Updating the BIOS on a Maximus board is easy as pie, litterally just put a file on a thumbdrive, name it properly, plug it in and press a button. It's so easy even I could do it. Love my Maximus VII hero, but I just want to make sure...Are you overclocking or not? Also make sure you are using the XMP memory profile. And lastly, these chips still use thermal paste, better than pre-resfresh Haswell but all the same. Sometimes Intel doesn't get enough paste in there (or it's not even centered on the die at all...) and sometimes they are so gooped up it's more like a blanket than a thermal transfer medium. If the chip runs hot or is not otherwise performing up to snuff send it back to Intel for a replacement. It's no different than RMAing anything else and some of these chips come from the factory in subpar fashion. All Intel chips come with a 3 year warranty for a reason. Generally besides faulty PSUs the only other reason I have seen for random shutdowns is MOBO or CPU related. Since you have an Asus board I'll rule that out. So that leaves the CPU itself. Just to be sure though, make sure you have V droop set to something bewteen maximum and off. I think Asus has like 8 steps IIRC, just pick a middleish one at any rate. If it still randomly shuts down, RMA the CPU for sure.

Why buy a 4790K when you can have a Core i7-5775C or the Core i5-5675C? Both these chips will fit in a Z97 board and will be available within the next 30 days, if you are planning a build around current Haswell just wait until these hit the shelves. They are being stocked right now. These new "C" chips replace the previous "K" lineup/s and are the new "unlocked" parts. They are also faster clock for clock (higher IPC) for about the same money give or take.

Get a SSD for FSX, or at the very least a 2nd drive for it. After that, a new not OEM crap power supply. Seasonic is the OEM for most of the "good" PSUs out there so I suggest just going straight to them and cutting the middle man. Start off in the 450-550 watt class. As long as you don't end up with one of the power hungry AMD GPUs on the market you'll be fine with that. One you have those then you'll have the basis to start building up the rest of the computer. One thing to note, my 4690K i5 at 4.6Ghz is much smoother than my previous 2600K i7 at 5Ghz.

This thread is worthless without pictures.

Hate to say it as a long time REX weather user, I recently picked up Active Sky Next on sale and well... It's faster to load, easier to use, has better wind managment, and more reliable. Plus it integrates with the PMDG 777 nicely. I still use the REX+OD textures and they are good but the actual weather is controlled by ASN now. ASN does have a fully functional trial product if you are really on the fence. I downloaded and tried it this past weekend and by Monday I had bought it...Had it 5 days now and it's been flawless just like the trial. I was able to get it on sale for 35 bucks and it was worth every penny.

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head that doesn't work well with PMDG planes is Shockwave lights. This really isn't the fault of Shockwave in so much a limitation of how wing lighting on flexing wings is done in FSX. Which kind of sucks because shockwave lights are beautiful. You can still use them for the other non-moving lights though. The only other bug I encountered was with the original Accu-sim and the MD-11. It would "bug out" and the plane would "stutter" in flight. Was really weird to see but it wasn't something that happened often.

The ones I posted are good for US east coast (Boston/New York/etc) to Asia (Hong Kong/Seoul/Narita) IIRC.

I don't know where I found this but I saved it. They are actual polar routes though. --- Polar route 1 ABERI G489 THN G490 BRT A91W CS A91 SERNA (24 hours a day) Polar Route 2 DEVID B480 BRT A91W CZ A91 SERNA (24 hours a day) Polar Route 3 RAMEL G491 ASLAR G491 SULOK (0000-1200 UTC) Polar Route 4 ORVIT G494 UHBI R211 SOVIK B331 NINON B149 SIMLI (2100-1400 UTC) Use 3 or 4 to stay under 87N for FS purposees --- It says 87N but not if this was for FS9 or FSX...I haven't used FS9 since 2008 so I can't be sure what you could do with it anymore.

I am very happy with REX4. The new airport textures in 4 (along w/ some other enhancements from other addons) almost make default airports usable now. I love the new "experimental lighting" as well. Pretty much everything is better than REX-E w/ OD IMHO. The cloud texture sets make sense where before just picking and choosing from the selection would often result in a less than desirable outcome and the texture swap took so long that unless it was really ugly you just "lived with it" for a while anyway. Now then you get a nice matching set that that you know will work which leaves more time for flying. I use the REX-E weather engine and no post effects stuff as they have never played well with my sim.

The night lighting of the PMDG 744 is what keeps me from using it. The constant flickering VC textures make my eyes bleed and as I fly "real time" and not just daytime flights this is too much for me. Sadly this is why I don't fly the LevelD 767, lack of options/models combined with its "aged" look just turn me off. Maybe the new PMDG 747/777 will make me want to fly Boeing widebodies again in FSX.

Dry lease in this sense means that whoever leases it has to supply the trainers. A wet lease means the trainers are provided by them and you just have to show up. They do have a "pilot for a day" program for those that might be interested in some real C/D level sim work.

http://www.panamacademy.com/boeing-777 "Pan Am provides 777 simulator training for Airlines and individuals including dry simulator leasing as well as 777 Initial Type Rating Courses and 777 Differences and Recurrent Training."

I use REX as well, since I don't want to turn this into a "support" thread (for an aircraft that isn't even out yet at that) I'll just go ahead and leave this be. Obviously the issue is something on my end so it doesn't need to be addressed in this particular subforum anyway.

How do you have FSUIPC setup? Mine stops the "S" turns but it disables all turbulence in the process.

I know in the past PMDG aircraft haven't exaclty played nice with turbulence in FSX (the "S" turn issue). I am wondering if this has been resolved for the T7 or is there a work around that I am not aware of to make it play nice?

Honestly, FSX still needs more clock speed than it does core count. At 5Ghz I can still max the primary core quite easily. And when it comes to IPC, the newer chips really aren't that much quicker either. I went head to head with a 3570K running at 5.5Ghz on Phase change (he was idling at -20°C and at load was peaking out around -10°C) and I was at 5.3Ghz that night and truth be told, yes he was faster but we are talking on the order of 0.001-0.003 seconds off on identicle bench runs most of the time and sometimes I could actually pull a win....and he was running faster memory as well. It was so utterly close we were both stunned. The real kick to the nuts came when I went head to head with a guy running a 2500K at just 5.1Ghz and he was keeping up with me...and he had slower memory than I do. I have HT turned off on my 2600K and pretty much always have ran it that way. The moral of the story is, well I don't know but I do know but I am willing to argue that a good SSD would be and is more benefit than just throwing "more cores" at the problem that is FSX.

Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of flying PAX, tired of getting your chops busted by Chief because a PAX wrote a nastygram to the company about your flying? Did you know that boxes can't gripe! And we have insurance for that! Okay, not really but you get the idea. Did you go buy a shiny new PMDG MD-11 to hold you over until their "next big deal"...did you find out that very few VAs make use of this special bird? Well, we can help you with that! With both "freelance" and "employee" modes we've got what you need with routes all over the world. From the lowly C208 all the way to the MD-11 and 747 if real world UPS has it, contracts it, or leases it, we got it. And since UPS bought the aviation side of TNT we do offer 777 routes for those patiently waiting for the next PMDG release as well. For now you'll either have to use something inferior or you are allowed to "substitute" aircraft types. In freelance mode your the boss, fly any route, anywhere, anytime and the jumpseat is always on us. With employee mode you pick a route (an aircraft type is preassigned for each scheduled flight in either mode) and fly it, the system then tracks it to the next airport, etc. You might even have to fly your selected aircraft back for an "A" or "B" check if you hit the cycle or hour limits. MD-11s go to Long Beach, Boeing aircraft back to seattle. For Airbus you might get a rare chance at flying an A300 across the Atlantic back to Toulouse France! We use our own custom flight tracking software known as The Brown Box, which automatically tracks your flight from wheels up to wheels down, we know when you depart, when you arrive, and how long it took you. upsvac.com - We aren't new and we aren't going anywhere, we have been in continuous operation since April of 2000. James Hill UPS500 Columbia, SC - Hub Manager

That VC is giving me a Simcheck A300 vibe...I'm not sure what it is, or maybe it's because they are both 1970s airplanes?

Is this a political ad or a flight video, I couldn't really tell.

KSDF-ZSPD-KSDF :Whistle: Jim Hill

I have downloaded the SP2 version and am going to "crosscheck" it with my Accel version and add the relevant values. Obviously I'll be making a backup of my original but I hope this all works to plan.

I think some of you are confusing the 660 and 660 Ti. The 660 is about equal to a 580 however the Ti is much much better. And I know people get hung up on bus widths but please rememeber that GDDR5 is quad pumped where GDDR3 is only "double pumped". It takes twice as much bus width for a GDDR3 card just to keep up with GDDR5 if memory clocks are equal. Throw in the higher memory speeds of GDDR5 and it's all over for those old GDDR3 cards.

Or do What I did about a week ago, bite the bullet and get on Vatsim. A week ago I laughed, now all my flights have been on the network...It's not perfect but when there is ATC on in your area it's still a hundred times better than what FSX gives you by default IMHO.

The QW 757 is what got me into wanting more from my payware. I believe it is an excellent "beginner" payware that will get you started in short order. It's a fun aircraft with good performance as well, 200 pax at 6,000 feet from a 6,000 foot runway...no Airbus (nor any other Boeing for that matter) can match it. I say go for it.

Don't buy anything from Alienware, just Dell's with cheap lipstick on them. If you are handy with a screwdriver then I reccomed building one yourself. Plenty of self help PC building videos on youtube for guidance. Failing that find someone close to you that you can trust, give them a budget and have them build it for you.