A mate of mine bought a Mac. It does look pretty. But £3k for something to surf the web, listen to music and watch films on seems a bit much and is more than what I spent on a laptop that runs flight simulator 2020.
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A mate of mine bought a Mac. It does look pretty. But £3k for something to surf the web, listen to music and watch films on seems a bit much and is more than what I spent on a laptop that runs flight simulator 2020.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Whilst I agree with the bit about taste I call bullshit on the other bits. People who have high end builds will upgrade not chuck away the whole machine.
And in terms of gaming Macs suffer the same as PCs. Gaming demands increase year on year, upgrading to keep up isn't something that Macs magically avoid.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Maybe wealthy ones do, but so what? Wealthy people splurge money on all sorts of things. Like a $1000 monitor stand. You really do make yourself look like a fool by pursuing this.
I somehow manage to find the time to pursue my hobby, despite working a full-time job that has kept me me working throughout the coronavirus outbreak. You don't have to be wealthy to have time for hobbies.
Bollocks. I had a Logitech mouse that lasted for years, and might even still be fixable if I can be arsed to open it up.
Taste is subjective. I think the black and RGB look fucking kicks the arse of that white shit.
In fact I haven't thrown it away. My friends know who to get hold of if they want a PC for the low price of me fixing what's wrong with it.
Strangely I had an unsolicited BIOS update from hp today and can now run the sim with ultimate settings.
(I don’t care about ultimate but wanted to try it because I’m looking for the Nazca lines).
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Did you manage to find them? I tried the other day (using the coords from Wikimaps) but couldn't see them - not sure if I was too high or too low...
I saw some zigzags down some hills but no glyphs. Slightly northwards along the coast to the location marked with the red dot here.
E2a: hmm red dot is missing. Look for this map on Wikipedia page.
Just been announced. Available end of Sept.
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or alternatively take off from YAUCA and head southwards along the coast.
Just ordered this. Cheers for the suggestion.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ex...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
Not played this for a few weeks, but opened it (by accident, actually) today and there's a patch. Which is a mere 11GB. 
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I've mostly been using it to visit famous landmarks and cities so far. Enjoyed flying around Cairo, Tokyo, etc.
The pyramids and Sphinx were a bit underwhelming for me. I find weird landscapes to be better then structural stuff.
Although that kind of stuff is better in helicopters (which I prefer).
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
is there any way to get russian planes on this flight simulator, eg a tu-95 - or indeed american military aircraft like a b-52 or f-4 phantom?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
he's a great fool
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I assume that would have to be done through mods, since the list of available aircraft in the standard retail version is surprisingly Spartan. Unless they're planning to release official DLC, but that will come later if it does.
souljacker
innit
There was a B52 and tu-95 on FSX so I expect people will build them eventually. The flight sim modding community is huge.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I can get what I reckon is a pretty decent i7 machine for ~£1920. I was originally going to go for a GTX 1660, but the crossover between reaching my saving goals and dropping prices has meant that I can go for an RTX 2060 Super.
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-10700K (3.8GHz) 16MB Cache
RAM: 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
GPU: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
Primary Drive: 2TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
Secondary Drive: 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Intel Optane Memory: 64GB INTEL® M10 OPTANE MEMORY
Optical Drive: 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
PSU: CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling: Corsair H115i PRO Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
RAM: 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
GPU: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
Primary Drive: 2TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
Secondary Drive: 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Intel Optane Memory: 64GB INTEL® M10 OPTANE MEMORY
Optical Drive: 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
PSU: CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling: Corsair H115i PRO Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Have you bought it yet? The more sensibly priced 3000 series cards will be coming out soon and suspect they will be worth a look.
ruffneck23
front left
Id wait for the rtx3060 ti announcement coming in the next few weeks, the rtx 2060 arent bad cards,but the 3000 series will offer far better value for money. ( If you can get one of course...)
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Does that include coloured lights and coolant tubes with glowing green liquid going around?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Usually I don't bother with decorative stuff on my PCs, but since I have a bigger budget this time I thought, "why not get a couple of 50cm UVLED strips in there?"
Sorry to disappoint, but the liquid cooling system just has plain black mesh-jacketed pipes, although I think it has a small blue LED glowy bit on it.
Steel Icarus
we move
Couple of websites say my PC will run this, which is surprising. I mean I'm not buying it until it's dropped by 50%, like, but I assumed I might have to wait for a new PC in 18 months or so.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Joystick shortages caused by this and Star Wars squadrons are starting to piss me off.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Every time I decide to have a play on MSFS it seems to need yet another 11GB download. 
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Just bought MSFS on Steam (after playing it a bit via Xbox Game Pass last year, but my sub lapsed) - it's 20% off at the moment, both on Steam and direct from Microsoft. I stopped playing it regularly, but now I think I need something a bit more peaceful and calming to play occasionally (instead of getting wound up about losing at Rocket League).
They just announced that there will be a free GOTY edition released next month, with 5 new planes includes an F/A-18 Super Hornet. And there's an expansion coming out soon too with WW2-era air races.
souljacker
innit
It's a fantastic game but I wish it didn't need to update every time I play it. I like to jump on and have a quick fly around the pyramids or new York every now and then but there is invariably a half hour wait while it downloads something.
It also really needs a hotas. Makes a huge difference.
It also really needs a hotas. Makes a huge difference.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Yup - you need to have a reminder to open it every week to check for updates so that it doesn't catch you unawares when you actually want to play.
