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  1. I think you're being a little unfair to Asobo. The possible number of different combinations of hardware, software and drivers in PCs must be almost infinite. It would be next to impossible to optimise for even a fraction of the systems out there other than in very general terms and it's usually the fine details which invariably cause the biggest problems. That said, I know how frustrating it can be to solve this sort of problem. Stuttering is often a frame timing issue rather than frame rates. Although it's notionally about FreeSync and G-Sync, this video has some useful tips about frame times:
  2. First, I think that it’s arrogant and condescending to say that anyone who thinks the new sim is running smoothly just doesn’t notice the stutters. If they’re so difficult to spot, the chances are they’re not there. Yes, there are some people who seem to be getting stutters but most aren’t. If others are able to get smooth, stutter-free performance then that would tend to suggest that there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with the sim. As much as you may not want to accept it, it’s quite possible that your issues are being caused by something on your system (or system/Windows setup), drivers or background apps (or some combination of all of these). The fact that you said “these stutters and overall slugishness isn't cured by lowering settings” makes me more convinced that it’s your system rather than the sim that’s causing your issues. That other sims or games may run smoothly is irrelevant - this isn’t other sims/games. I also play racing sims and there are a number of people in the forums that continuously claim that it’s impossible to run them without stutters (often those with the more powerful systems). I have a fairly modest system but seem to be able to do the impossible - run smoothly without stutters! There are definitely things which need fixing and improving in this sim but it doesn’t appear that stuttering is one of them for most people.
  3. What do you actually get on the DVDs? As the full installation can get close to 90GB, I can’t see how most of it won’t be downloaded online making buying the DVD version pointless.
  4. Not the case if you look at the latest Steam hardware survey: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam The average Steam system has a 4-core CPU running at less than 3.7 GHz, 16GB RAM and a GTX 1060. The number of gamers with high-powered systems seems to be relatively low.
  5. It’s obviously a very personal thing but, for me, I just prefer the extra vertical screen space. I think that until you get into the really large ultrawides (49”), there’s just not enough vertical real estate. It always feels as though I’m looking through a letterbox! Like you, I also don’t have the space for a really large monitor but I’m very happy with my 32” 2560x1440 QHD model.
  6. If you can, it may be worth waiting for the new cards from NVIDIA which will supposedly offer much better performance for your money than the existing cards.
  7. It shouldn’t. I’ve had 2 instances of brass mounting pillars shorting the MB and neither did any permanent damage - I may have been lucky, of course. Although it won’t help you at the moment, if you decide to build another system, always connect all the parts together and turn it on outside the case on an insulated pad. That way you’ll know all of the components work before final assembly in the case. If it doesn’t start up, it’s easier to fault-find and swap out components if they’re all easily accessible on your workbench.
  8. I think that’s based on the fact that Chrome used to be the fastest browser and was also heavily hyped and tended to get installed by many other programs. Microsoft, rightly, got a bad reputation for browsers in the past. However, they seem to have seriously upped their game with the latest version of Edge and that’s likely to pick up much more of the market share when Chrome users try it. I personally still prefer Opera - it’s not very widely installed but is very fast and flexible. More importantly, it doesn’t eat up system resources the way that Chrome does and, just as importantly to me, it isn’t made by Google!
  9. But games need to specifically be written to use UWP so existing games (and probably most new games) won't work with it. Whilst it may subsequently allow more console games to be played on the PC, it won't allow most PC games to be played on a console.
  10. At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, the only problem with any console (including the upcoming versions) is that they can only play games which are released for that console. Many (most?) popular PC games have no console version so having a good PC gives you far more flexibility to play what you want with whatever controller you want - at a cost, of course.
  11. Definitely - my experience is that it works just as well as TrackIR. If you have a suitable webcam you can have a basic working setup free! The simplest way to try head tracking is to download Opentrack and print out a small Aruco target on some card and attach it to a hat. Although it uses a racing sim for the demonstration, there's a good video about using an Aruco tracker here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajoUzwe1bT0 - you don't need the target to be as big as the one he starts off using in the video. Using an Aruco tracker works well but it's not quite as precise as using an LED clip for tracking. If you have any soldering skills you can produce a suitable LED source for very little money. Even if you're not a DIY person, you can buy suitable hardware ready made from the likes of Delan Engineering or Tackhat who can supply a full working setup (complete with a webcam and an LED tacking source) for less than one third of the price of the equivalent TrackIR setup.
  12. I looked at 27" monitors before I upgraded to my current display. From a purely subjective point of view, I definitely saw a significant difference between the two resolutions at 27". The QHD monitors had sharper, more detailed images.
  13. Unless a new driver has an essential feature (like a security update), I just stick with a version that I know works well. I may think again if any drivers are released which are optimised for the new sim.
  14. Do you need the new card immediately? If not, the next generation of NVIDIA cards are due in the not too distant future and promise much better performance for a similar price to the existing cards. I’d wait if I were you.
  15. Although it doesn’t help with your problem, I have the 2004 update and haven’t noticed any slowing of programs loading.
  16. Did you download the upgrade? Did you select the “search for updates” option in Windows update? If you did either of these, it may be something on your system which is not fully compatible with the new version of Windows. Although it sometimes takes a long time, it’s always worth waiting until the new version is automatically offered in Windows update (which won’t happen until it’s compatible with your existing software). If you download or search for updates, you’ll get the update whether your system is compatible or not.
  17. If you still think it may be something to do with the drivers, it's worth using Display Driver Uninstaller (https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html) to guarantee that there are no remnants of old drivers remaining before you install them fresh.
  18. Probably. However, most problems with Windows 10 seem to happen to systems which have been upgraded rather than having a clean install. You can end up with a lot of legacy software and drivers which Windows 10 tries to incorporate often with variable results (some of which only appear at a later date). There's probably a ton of stuff on your system that you installed but didn't use or haven't used in years and a clean install gets rid of that sort of thing and forces you to decide what you really want/need. As for FSX, I'd see it as an opportunity to install FSX:SE which is generally less hassle than the CD version.
  19. I had a similar problem when I first installed Windows 10 when it was released. After many hours (days?) of unsuccessful fault-finding, in frustration I opened up the BIOS and moved the boot disk down the list of available hard drives so it was no longer the first drive being accessed and it subsequently worked perfectly. I've still no real explanation as to why this worked. My best guess is that the system needed a tiny delay before accessing the boot drive.
  20. Potential solutions here: https://www.diskinternals.com/partition-recovery/hard-drive-disappeared-on-windows-10/
  21. I think Windows defaults to not showing empty drives. If you put a DVD into the drive it should appear in Windows Explorer until the disk is removed.
  22. I have a large, relatively inexpensive external hard drive especially to cover this eventuality. I do a weekly automatic differential backup of the whole system (all drives) which takes about 45 minutes and covers me not only for mechanical failures but also for potential software update issues (non so far). The differential backup makes an original full-system single backup file and then produces a smaller file every week which is the difference between the original backup and the current state of the system. By keeping a number of the differentials, I can restore my system to any state from the past when that differential was taken. I only need 2 files to fully restore my system to a known, working state. This regime covers all the bases for me and means that with most disasters I can be back up and running much faster (and more easily) than if I’d had to reinstall the OS and all of the individual pieces of software and games.
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