Does anyone use BMS at a lower resolution than 1920x1080
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1680x1050… and very happy with it!
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3440x1440 certainly makes the MFDs nice and crisp
Are there forum rules for bragging too much?
J/K.
I cannot even get my old calc to multiply those numbers. “Out of range”
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[emoji38] I should be banned for ever? It’s in my sig. [emoji38]
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2560 x 1440, any higher and it hurtz.
And I would need a $1k GPU, ouch.
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Depends on which computer I am using. My PC at home (6 years old and going strong) is 19201080. But I work away from home so I left it loney there. My laptop is a Mac, and the native resolution is 28801800. So I, depending on performance, either go native or run at 1440*900 (usually this)
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Only switched to 16:9 months ago when my display PSU burned out. Used 1680x1050.
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1900x1200 … but with the double resolution for the HUD/MFD/TGP/MAV turned off to keep the FPS up.
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2560 x 1440, any higher and it hurtz.
And I would need a $1k GPU, ouch.
My 980Ti copes just fine. Same low FPS at busy bases as always, but I’m at 75+ most of the time
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Only switched to 16:9 months ago when my display PSU burned out. Used 1680x1050.
Haha… Left you similar msg yesterday on opentrack.git (interpolation of deadzones, 2 months ago) … My main PSU exploded a month back … funny thing
…1680x1050 = 16:10 (here also)
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5896x1080 for my Falcon BMS display, a 1920x1080 touchscreen for my main instruments, and another 1920x1080 touchscreen for the left Aux console and other programs like TeamSpeak, hardware monitor, etc. All of this powered by a single 980Ti. For an interesting read about performance, check out my FPS testing thread.
Here is a picture of the rig “at work”…
What I’m interested in for those that game below 1920x1080 resolution –- why? I suspect people who do this are playing on a laptop?
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why?
Are you for real? Do you honestly think we can all afford to buy such elaborate systems? Some of us live in the real world you know!
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Are you for real? Do you honestly think we can all afford to buy such elaborate systems? Some of us live in the real world you know!
Um, a 1920x1080 24" screen is hardly an “elaborate” system as these can be had for the price of a 256GB SSD… or are those “elaborate” systems too?
Also, there exists a concept in the real world that should help in getting such elaborate systems… it’s called “overtime” -
Um, a 1920x1080 24" screen is hardly an “elaborate” system as these can be had for the price of a 256GB SSD… or are those “elaborate” systems too?
Also, there exists a concept in the real world that should help in getting such elaborate systems… it’s called “overtime”Depends what part of the real world you live in……
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Um, a 1920x1080 24" screen is hardly an “elaborate” system as these can be had for the price of a 256GB SSD… or are those “elaborate” systems too?
Also, there exists a concept in the real world that should help in getting such elaborate systems… it’s called “overtime”You have 5 screens there.
Try working in a salaried management position then claiming overtime. Wake up son.
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You have 5 screens there.
Try working in a salaried management position then claiming overtime. Wake up son.
Or just having a life outside a game.
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I don’t say that to be mean. But to put it in perspective:
Every one of those monitors would probably cover a week of going out to the pub. Or a really nice date with an actual woman you met while at said pub. Or a monthly payment on a car. Nicer apartment. New TV. Flying lessons to be able to experience a form of your passion in real life. Fees for a sports club. Just saying there is more to life than Falcon, you would be hard pressed to use that rig for any other kind of gaming and not be absolutely annoyed by all the other stuff on the desk. -
You have 5 screens there.
I wasn’t talking about my setup, I was talking about a SINGLE 1920x1080 24" screen. Mine are 27" for the displays.
Try working in a salaried management position then claiming overtime. Wake up son.
I’m not even in management…. no idea what “salaried management position” has to do with overtime.
Consider this though – if a foreigner can do this in under 5 years of being in the UK, all the while supporting a family (2 kids), wife only doing part-time work and studying at the same time, absolutely no access to any government benefits (part of the condition of my work visa), suffering a major event (father-in-law died) where we had to go home and had to fork out a lot of money to help the extended family, pay for wife+2 kids visa application, pay for 4 visa renewals, indefinite leave, english exams, Life in the UK exams, and citizenship for all 4 of us, all during the austerity period where salary has been capped since I worked here, well, somebody needs to wake up and it’s not me.Or just having a life outside a game.
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I don’t say that to be mean. But to put it in perspective:
Every one of those monitors would probably cover a week of going out to the pub. Or a really nice date with an actual woman you met while at said pub. Or a monthly payment on a car. Nicer apartment. New TV. Flying lessons to be able to experience a form of your passion in real life. Fees for a sports club. Just saying there is more to life than Falcon, you would be hard pressed to use that rig for any other kind of gaming and not be absolutely annoyed by all the other stuff on the desk.Are you saying I don’t have life outside gaming?
I “fly” X-Wing and have a sizeable set of miniatures (Fantasy Flight Games). I also have loads for Armada, again, by Fantasy Flight games. WH40K armies, but not really big enough. Tau, Space Marines, and just starting Eldar. Quite a few boardgames. Magic The Gathering and Pokemon card games, as well as around 4 deckbuilding card games. Had a membership with a gliding club for a year (and thoroughly impressed even the regional gliding examiner, and have been flying my own aerotow since flight 1, thanks to skills developed from flight simming!) and had a few flights in a Cessna. More go-kart sessions than I’d care to admit and we’re setting up to try airsoft/paintball this year too. Car was bought 2nd-hand for cash and is a 7-seater 2010 model. Our first TV was bought for £200 from a guy who was upgrading from a 42" to 55" or something. Second TV was bought for £100 from someone else who was also upgrading, and we “donated” (free!) our first TV to a new family that just moved to the UK.
Hehehehe… so yeah, you’re probably right. I do have a life outside of PC simming, but it also consists of “gaming.” I don’t smoke and don’t really drink outside of social occasions like birthdays or anniversaries. We tend to be quite “smart” with our money but as “gaming” is one of our “luxuries,” we tend to be a bit more open on the spending on that front.
I think the best way to put this in perspective — a few of my colleagues here in the UK go on some really silly holidays once or twice a year, plus countless “nights out with the GF!” They probably spend £800 per holiday? Maybe another £400 a year on alcohol? We don’t do any of that… being new in the UK, the entire country is a holiday destination!! Growing up in a tropical climate means we don’t really stumble all over everybody and everything to get holidays in Turkey/Greece/Cyprus/etc.
So again, if a foreigner can build the above PC in under 5 years of being in the country, well… I don’t really know what to tell you.
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Depends what part of the real world you live in……
Touche! I know a few simmers in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Italy (or was it Greece) that would totally agree with you there. Heck, if I was back home in the Philippines, there’s no way I could afford even a fraction of what I could here in the UK.
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I really wasn’t trying to be mean. Just making a general statement for the onlookers. If gaming and simming is your big hobby then more power to you. It just goes both ways I guess is what I was getting at? I see far too often when people have hardware related questions the reply will be “get better hardware” or “I use this $1500 piece of hardware and it works great…”. But a lot of people have different interests and simming is not always the way of life for some as it is for others. I feel like it’s too easy for hard core guys to forget that YOUR setup is YOURS, and people shouldn’t be judged up or down for the level in which THEY choose to invest in their gaming (Or not invest for that matter). My comment was really more to put in perspective that some people do things outside of gaming and shouldn’t feel bad, or be made light of, when their other interests preclude them from having all the same bells and whistles. I’m sure everyone would love to have the front of an F16 lobbed off at the canopy hinge and delivered to the house for their own simming pleasure, but it just isn’t in the cards for most people.
Sorry if it came off kind of brash, that wasn’t my intent.
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Don’t worry, didn’t get any “mean” vibes from it at all and totally got your point.
I come across this all the time when discussing HOTAS. I would recommend the TM WH in a heartbeat, and can easily counter any “it’s expensive” statements by giving a breakdown of how much it costs vs. how long it’ll last. I think I got it to cost just a few pence per hour after a certain point. If you’re a serious simmer looking for serious gear, then the WH is one of the best investments you can make for your hobby. If you’re here testing the waters, coming from Ace Combat and want to see if flight simming is for you, then getting the WH may not be a sensible choice….
But therein lies the problem with any hobby. If you wanted to race go-karts but got stuck in a kart that wasn’t tuned properly, you may walk away thinking the hobby is crap… but if you were given a finely tuned race kart that could turn on a dime, you may walk away thinking how to get a second mortgage on your house and how to break the news to your wife… and how to get a divorce if she wasn’t going to support this new awesome hobby you’ve found. Heck, even if we were just to talk about PC sim racing… if you were to play Assetto Corsa or Project Cars on a small 4:3 ratio 19" screen with GTX 550 card using a Playstation controller or one of those steering wheels with rubber bands inside, you may walk away thinking how could somebody be addicted to sim racing… but if you had a go on a triple 28" screen or wraparound projector setup using a Logi G27/G29/Thrustmaster/Fanatec steering wheels with a TrackIR for head movement, you may walk away thinking how you can convert the guest room into a man-cave.
So how do you balance getting a good experience but committing only little money? That’s one of the biggest challenges. Try air-to-air refuelling using a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro… with that tiny little throttle control, it’s an exercise in frustration management. Do it with a finely-tuned Cougar or Warthog and after a while, it becomes a relaxing experience. Does that mean that the guy with the Logitech should feel bad? No. However, he should be aware of the limitations of his hardware and adjust his expectations to suit.
Sure, my setup is MINE and I had to acquire a lot of other skills in order to get it to where it is now, particularly woodworking to build my own pit… and getting the right tools for the job. But that’s because I realize that to get the job done, I had to have the right tools — whether it be cutting a slab of MDF or hooking up to the tanker in a turn.
I posted my reply to show others that even with my setup, it does not mean I had to sacrifice my family or sell a kidney to get to where it is now. Falcon or PC flight simming isn’t my one-and-only hobby either. I also mentioned the timeframe so people can get a sense of scale in terms of time. Is it for everyone? Nope, definitely not. Is it do-able for someone who wants to give it a go? Definitely! If you think my setup is hardcore, just have a visit over the Viperpits forums and you’ll see how much of a newbie I am!