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Chris, given that my 2080ti outperforms a 3070 (not by huge amounts, but it does across every feature), and I'm looking to upgrade my 2080ti because of VR, read into that what you will. However, that said, it means that a 3070 will give you only marginally less quality in VR, than i have currently, which is still better than a lot of people on entry level, but not enough for me to use it consistently (I've ruined myself by having a 4k monitor for 3 years plus). As an aside, the new Ryzen is likely to get dethroned pretty quickly by the upcoming 11th gen intel chips arriving quarter 1 this year. Also, if you look at that spreadsheet crash linked, you'll see everyone is running there cpu's overclocked @ the 5ghz mark.....

m2 NVMe drives are between 5 to 7 times faster than a sata III ssd and even more quicker than that over sata II SSD's. Could you get away with, sure, will VR performance be better with m2 NVMe drives, yes. You could still use the old drives as well. Undoubtedly the new chips would push the price up! Regarding chips, I wouldn't be paying to much attention to stock core speeds, more to overclocked speeds easily attainable (easy to google), not all chip types overclock as well as others, and you will be wanting to overclock for VR. A good mobo here is really important, its something that a lot of people scrimp a bit on a new build, but there's no point trying to drop a v12 into a morris minor..... Liquid cooling is defiantly something i would recommend these days to.

16 gig is not enough, get 32 (I'm actually thinking about upgrading to 64). Check the mobo to see if it has at least 2 m2 SSD slots. Only use m2 SSD drives (other than having maybe a back up drive). You'll get the best VR performance by having windows on one m2, and your VR games on another. FYI, intels 11th gen chips are just around the corner, and look very promising.

Black magic,

Airfield attack.....

402nd back home,

mmmmmmm, DCS World’s Instagram profile post: “F/A-18C Hornet gaining altitude #morning #warm #dcsworld #boeing #hornet #f18 #f18hornet #aircraftphotography #simulation #simulator…”

Looks interesting, will give this a go I think, see here, DiCE: DCS Integrated Countermeasure Editor by Bailey - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru)

If I was just going to fly the Hornet and nothing else, which I'm not, I might of considered the Winwing stuff, but i prefer the Virpil stuff personally. I think for pedals though I'm going to go for MFG Crosswind pedals though, And it better last more than 3 years at that price!!!!!

I know they're ridiculously expensive, but I'm going to get one, as coupled with the Reverb 2, will be able to run pretty high settings. However, its slipped down the order of things I'm getting though, I'm seriously considering replacing all i currently fly with with these, 200mm stick extension, (might go with the 100mm undecided on this currently). desk mount for stick, And throttle, These last 2 can be mounted together, although I'll have the the other way around, The cost of this is also insane, but an investment!!!!!

I'm waiting for a 3090, going to be a while though. Effing bitcoin.

Myself and Tom on our way to target in our BOMBCATS whilst Dennis and Rox cleared the path ahead of SAMS in there Hornets the other night.

I was very very close to the same thing happening to me yesterday too.

For some reason the saved games location doesn't work for some planes, notably the f 14 springs to mind. It should, but, hey DCS.... I've taken to putting all my skins in the path FT linked, as that always works!

Small detail, but I'm looking forward to trans-sonic shockwave cones, they just look so damn cool!

I can't see the point of it in il2. DCS yes where you can actually operate the radio, il2 you can't so no point imo. Even in DCS unless your going hyper realistic, it can be a faf.

Its a beast of a plane. Can make beaucoup go boom boom, in many many different ways. A ground pounders dream.

More new clouds and Cyprus,

Mmmm, Spit goodness,

I have no specific feelings about it either way, but you're right, it is ugly!!!!!!

Another pic of ground zero in Beirut, with the proximity of residential buildings, its amazing the death toll was not higher than the 204....

A few shots from last night, and a short vid, Myself and DD_Fenrir orbiting, waiting for the Hornets to land, as somebody forgot to put a gas tank in them when they designed the thing..... And down on the carrier, 10 points for whoever can spot the deliberate mistake, ahem.

More of the new DCS clouds plus Cyprus I think.....