mattprince

Hi, Just wondering why most people who use a multi monitor setup, normally have a screen dead centre, then 2 screens at the side? The 737 cockpit for example, has a design similar to this.. I would have thought 2x 29" ultrawide slightly angled in for the front and then 2x 24" monitors for the side would look far more realistic? Also, if i was to do that, how would i get it so the 24" monitors would show the true aspect of how it would look if i was sat in a plane? Matt

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Thanks for the reply. Will i notice a good difference offloading them onto this spare PC or are we talking 1-2fps? Matt

Never messed with anything to install and it went on fine. Matt

?? Mine installed and ran fine from the off

Hi, I have just built a new PC (6700k, GTX 970 etc) and have my old computer just sitting here. The spec of it is.. Intel G3258 @ 4.5hz 8Gb DDR3 Ram 250GB SSD Drive Onboard Graphics I have heard that you can run P3D with 2 computers if you use fsuipc. My question is this.. Would I gain significantly using this spare pc to run weather or other stuff basing it on using the onboard graphics as i carried my GTX 970 over to my new build? If not, any other uses for my spare PC? Matt

I have just upgraded from the G3258 running with a 970 and got great fps on fsx. Prepar3d was a hog hence why i upgraded to a 6700k. In FSX the G3258 is perfect if you dont mind turning the ettings down slightly. Matt

Yeah its the G3258. Cracking chip. On some games its no worse than a 4790k Matt

You know, Ive had this with a few electronic retailers over the last 2 years. Carphonewarehouse tried to give me a used iphone 6s plus. When i kicked off it had been handled, he looked at me as though to say "so?". I explained in the best way , i wasn't paying literally thousands over 2yrs on a contract to have a used phone. I fired up Prepar3d V3 today with my other PC (Pentium K overclocked to 4.5ghz, 8GB DDR3 Ram, Nvidia GTX 970) and you know what , it ran bloody lovely. Everything on max apart from draw distance was at half and i was getting 65-70fps at LOWI Innsbruck and was still getting mid 40's at Manchester and Gatwick. Fired up X Plane 10 and was getting about 52fps at LOWI Innsbruck and 35ish at Manchester and Gatwick. Thats both with no addons so dont know how much REX and Active Sky etc would drag them fps down? Will i see a drastic increase going with the 6700k and 980ti?

Hi, I do use Overclockers for most if not all my stuff as only live 10 mins away from them which comes in handy for fast RMA's etc They dont stock them though as of yet Scan is also good in the UK but based on my personal experience i wouldnt touch Aria or Ebuyer again for ANYTHING.

Its actually finding somewhere that sells them that I would trust incase of RMA etc Matt

Hi, I have always overclocked my CPU's and never had a problem so see it as extra performance with no negative effect. I don't massively overclock my CPU's so don't see any of the horror stories I see on the internet Cheers for the info. Will change the ram to one of them Yeah will stick with the 6700k then as 5820 still going to be more than £100 more when I factor in the motherboard. I just thought quad channel ram might have given me a good amount of extra performance, that's the only reason i was thinking of the X99 platform.

Hi, About to take the plunge on a new build and after some advice. I will be using Prepar3d V3 exclusively so don't need it to be good for FSX or X Plane. The spec I have in mind is.. Intel i7 6700k overclocked to 4.5ghz MSI Z170 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 2400mhz Ram (2x8gb) MSI Nvidia 980ti 6GB Graphics Card 250GB SSD for Operating System 250GB SSD for Prepar3d and addons LG 29" Super Widescreen Monitor (already have this and love it) My question is, will I gain anything by going the X99 5820k route with it being 6 core? Am I making the right decision going Nvidia now? Based on AMD getting a lot better performance with DX12? Will P3D ever be updated to DX12 to take advantage of the better performance? If so, should I go AMD 8350 and hope for DX12? Any help really appreciated Matt

Hi,I know AMD cards aren't the best for FSX but I got a good deal on a 7850. Can remember a while back seeing a config file you could replace the original one with for AMD cards but cant seem to find it anywhere. Any ideas?

Thanks for this post

Yeah i mean to be able to zoom out a bit to show the dash more. Ive zoomed out as much as i can and its still nowhere near as much as you can in fsx

Hi, I've built my new computer system now (i5 3570k, ATI 7770 graphics etc etc) and am wanting to go all x-plane as i think in the future it will be the only one any good. I have a few questions that i would love an answer to, if somebody could be so kind... In FSX you can have the interior view as though you are sitting in the seat and if you press the - key you can zoom out so you can see more of the dash. Is this possible in xp10? In FSX you can have a view where you are at the tail of the aircraft and if you turn you still keep the plane straight in view , in xplane it moves about so you have to keep centering it, if you know what i mean, Can you adjust it so it doesnt? Does trackir work in xp10? Ive heard that you cant have seperate displays, just displaying the instruments for instance. Is this true? If so why would they leave that out?? In your opinion , would xp10 be good for a home cockpit eventually? Thanks Matt

Okay cheers. If it brings a 5ghz processor with a decent graphics card to its knees ill be gutted lol

ive had one before and it was brilliant. Will i get max settings on xp10 with this do you think?

Hi, Having been away from flight sim for a bit im building a new computer and will be using X Plane 10 only. Do you think the following spec will run it good? Intel i5 3570k (overclocked to as close to 5ghz as i can) Gigabyte Z77N Mini ITX Motherboard 8GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 Ram 1600mhz (9/9/9/27) AMD 2GB 7750 Graphics Card 120GB Hyper-X SSD Drive for Windows 8 120GB Hyper-X SSD Drive for Xplane 10 Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX Case Bequiet 530w Modular PSU 23" Iilyama IPS Monitor Im wanting it to run at close to max settings as possible Cheers Matt

Hi, I recently biult myself a new computer comprising of the following spec... Intel Core i3 3220 Ivybridge processor 3.3ghz (dual core , 4 threads) 8GB Kingston HyperX DDr3 1600hz Ram (9,9,9,27) 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD Drive (550mb/500mb speeds) Im currently using built in Intel HD2500 graphics but will be adding a dedicated graphics card. If i add one of the following graphics cards http://www.overclock...=56&subcat=1984 OR http://www.overclock...=56&subcat=1699 , will my system be good for running FSX or Xplane 10? If so which should run the best on my hardware? Matt