That does look nice and could work well with something I'd like to set up. I'd just like to keep the price down for now while I figure out if I can move to the area I'd like to be in (my current area).
Cheapish but bassy will suffice.
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Cheapish but bassy will suffice.
I decided to upgrade my graphics card. I've been meaning to for a while. The one I had was 5 years old.
Holy sticker shock, Batman!
It seems I picked a poor time to upgrade, prices are up there. I blame the pandemic. And bitcoin! And um...Microsoft! Yeah!
I selected a GeForce GTX 1660 OC by going to Tom's Hardware, looking at the fastest cards list, and picking one near the bottom. I don't need the best anyway, I only play at 1080p.
It still ran me back the price of a good laptop. For just the card. Ouch.
Ah well, it needed to be done sometime. I suppose there's no guarantee I'd do better later
Holy sticker shock, Batman!
It seems I picked a poor time to upgrade, prices are up there. I blame the pandemic. And bitcoin! And um...Microsoft! Yeah!
I selected a GeForce GTX 1660 OC by going to Tom's Hardware, looking at the fastest cards list, and picking one near the bottom. I don't need the best anyway, I only play at 1080p.
It still ran me back the price of a good laptop. For just the card. Ouch.
Ah well, it needed to be done sometime. I suppose there's no guarantee I'd do better later
This was mentioned in the other threads, but a good tip for new Odyssey players.
AS the taxi is landing, go into the external camera mode. Before you disembark the vehicle...
You can get a top down view of the ground base.
Locate building types and see the npc blue meanies walking around about to spoil your fun.
The zoom in is really good for seeing container locations.
AS the taxi is landing, go into the external camera mode. Before you disembark the vehicle...
You can get a top down view of the ground base.
Locate building types and see the npc blue meanies walking around about to spoil your fun.
The zoom in is really good for seeing container locations.
I am very happy with the price performance ratio of Sonicgear. Not sure if you can get it in your country. I am using the S3 which is a lower end version.
Now is a bad time for silicon. I was toying with the idea, like you, of a new GPU, but prices are just bang out of order. I was thinking of an RTX 3060ti but they're going for nearly 500 quid!I decided to upgrade my graphics card. I've been meaning to for a while. The one I had was 5 years old.
Holy sticker shock, Batman!
It seems I picked a poor time to upgrade, prices are up there. I blame the pandemic. And bitcoin! And um...Microsoft! Yeah!
I selected a GeForce GTX 1660 OC by going to Tom's Hardware, looking at the fastest cards list, and picking one near the bottom. I don't need the best anyway, I only play at 1080p.
It still ran me back the price of a good laptop. For just the card. Ouch.
Ah well, it needed to be done sometime. I suppose there's no guarantee I'd do better later
And, from what I'm reading, the situation isn't going to change any time soon.
Ideally, I want a new PC, but to spec it to my requirements isn't going to leave me much change from £5k. Ow. And that kind of money doesn't go down well with Mrs. Tyres as we want to move house in the near future
I decided to upgrade my graphics card. I've been meaning to for a while. The one I had was 5 years old.
Holy sticker shock, Batman!
It seems I picked a poor time to upgrade, prices are up there. I blame the pandemic. And bitcoin! And um...Microsoft! Yeah!
I selected a GeForce GTX 1660 OC by going to Tom's Hardware, looking at the fastest cards list, and picking one near the bottom. I don't need the best anyway, I only play at 1080p.
It still ran me back the price of a good laptop. For just the card. Ouch.
Ah well, it needed to be done sometime. I suppose there's no guarantee I'd do better later
I too am keen for a new high-end GFX card, mainly for MSFS. The scarcity is a real pain and I am not prepared to shell out over-the-top to scalpers nor the £4K for what is actually available from the manufacturers. So it is just a case of gritting one's teeth and accepting the (still very useable) frame rates from my GTX1070 which is also just over 5 years old.
MSFS?
And £4k? What spec are you looking at?
Sorry if I'm being nosy but I love tinkering with PC build websites such as Scan, Overclockers and PCSpecialist to see what I can virtually build
MSFS?
And £4k? What spec are you looking at?
Sorry if I'm being nosy but I love tinkering with PC build websites such as Scan, Overclockers and PCSpecialist to see what I can virtually build
1. The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS2020)
2. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X - £3,999.00 - e.g. Asus GFX page on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/9E31D09A-63E5-43B8-854E-83AA69FD18FE
Not any more.
I mean, it can be, for you, if you want it to be, but for an initial launch I think the on-foot game play is already pretty good. The presence of the Apex Interstellar taxi service means that it's unnecessary to even own a ship - the devs wouldn't have done so much to implement it as a core feature if it wasn't central to the projected gameplay. It's practially the first thing the alpha tests.
I'm really enjoying the alpha - the devs Made Elite: Dangerous Difficult Again.
Thanks, Yingnei. I'll keep a tab open to look at if the Tyres option fails.
Now is a bad time for silicon. I was toying with the idea, like you, of a new GPU, but prices are just bang out of order. I was thinking of an RTX 3060ti but they're going for nearly 500 quid!
And, from what I'm reading, the situation isn't going to change any time soon.
Ideally, I want a new PC, but to spec it to my requirements isn't going to leave me much change from £5k. Ow. And that kind of money doesn't go down well with Mrs. Tyres as we want to move house in the near future
Based upon my current earnings, I'd have to real life grind for a year to buy something like that. Maybe eating beans on toast every day to keep the food budget down. My plan is to build something I can get some use out of as early as possible. Maybe using parts of the Dell when I finish it up by buying a standardish graphics card for maybe 400 to 500 quid. That way, I'd feel like the pain was worth it.
That's true, and it's actually the way I feel about Odyssey. Like I said, I like the idea of players doing their little leggy things on planets as I fly past.
I'm just saying, remember the girl that brought you to the dance. FPS's are ten to the dozen and players can be fickle, while Elite only has one main rival. Don't lose focus on the core audience who will consistently hand you their cash money.
While also complaining (auto-mod removed the B-word) and complaining about how bad a job you're doing every day. Like I'm about to do now by saying engineering is horrifically grindy and annoying.
Hope they work out for you! I ditched speakers a few years ago - had some Creative 5.1 thingies - in favour of headphones. Much more other-people friendly and it means I can blast away at inhuman volumes late into the night without incurring the wrath of my nearest and dearest. I peronsally think you can hear more, too.
And there's far less desk real-estate to clutter stuff up. I do like a clean workstation
Back to the game...
Nearly got all the cash back I paid for the FC so the coffers are looking quite rosy. Should stand me in good stead for when Odyssey goes live. And speaking of Odyssetm, I ought to go back into the alhpa at some point and figure stuff out. Trouble is, the live game is too damn addictive.
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Well, you're probably doing the right thing.
I'm having a slight case of buyer's remorse after buying this new 1660 OC. It does run better than my old card (a 1060), but it's not night and day by any means. It's a bit better, but it cost more than a bit.
Ah well. It's the best I can afford right now so there it is. At least it was easy to install
I am at the stage of engineering where I am just mad that I have to fly all over the place to get the different bits engineered (cos remote doesnt have the one I want) or experimental mods.
Good grief. There is a phrase that ends in “right off” which describes what they can do with that offer!
I’d like a new card at some point, but I can wait. I have a sneaky suspicion that I might have to replace the psu for one of the 30 series cards, too, so it can doubly wait
Gotta look out for your hearing though. Particularly with you being so old. That's kinda what I'm worried about with the bluetooth earphones I bought for work. I have to jack up the volume because of all the background noise. I might end up going deaf in my left ear.Hope they work out for you! I ditched speakers a few years ago - had some Creative 5.1 thingies - in favour of headphones. Much more other-people friendly and it means I can blast away at inhuman volumes late into the night without incurring the wrath of my nearest and dearest. I peronsally think you can hear more, too.
And there's far less desk real-estate to clutter stuff up. I do like a clean workstation
Back to the game...
Nearly got all the cash back I paid for the FC so the coffers are looking quite rosy. Should stand me in good stead for when Odyssey goes live. And speaking of Odyssetm, I ought to go back into the alhpa at some point and figure stuff out. Trouble is, the live game is too damn addictive.
I also tend to wear headphones a lot at the weekend while listening to music and watching movies.
I don't use them for Elite though. I just got back into Dead Space and downloaded Hunt: Showdown. They might be useful there.
Noise cancelling headphones (and earphones) exist - and they do work (at least the better ones).
There's also noise isolating headphones (and earphones), and, if it is really bad, certified ear protection with BT receivers (like 3M WorkTunes Connect).
Downside is that all of those need to seal off the ear, either inside or outside, and therefore might be uncomfortable to wear for a longer period.
I've played since the day the game was released; I've put more time into the Odyssey alpha -- the last four days -- than I have in the last year. The girl who first brought me to the dance is nice and all, but we'd grown apart.
The biggest misunderstanding regarding Odyssey is that it's an FPS. It's really not. It's a first-person perspective game, sure, but not necessarily a shooter. While I'm sure it will be possible to play it as such, the alpha hasn't, in phase 1, implemented the features that characterise FPS games in general and won't (arguably can't) do so to satisfy the oft strawmanned "FPS crowd." The biggest FPSes are PvP-based and use client-server network architecture. In a game with 20,000 systems, P2P network architecture and a set-in-stone policy of not limiting playmodes for certain playstlyes, fighting in conflicts is always going to be PvE-first, co-op second and PvP a distant third. Additionally, the combat-oriented suit and on-foot conflict zones aren't available yet - they're enabled in phase 2 when, conveniently, a 20LY bubble around Adityan will also be opened up for those who wish to avoid players with combat-focussed gear. Just like the base game, players will be able to avoid combat entirely, should they so wish.
Then there's the exploration content (phase 3) and tying the current live build into the alpha build (phase 4) - the game will still cater to those who only want to fly spaceships, and will still cater to the varying playstyles. There's a lot of new content coming that exploits a rather different way of playing the game and interacting with its systems.
I tried remote engineering on the Keelback when I was in Colonia but I don't think I'll use that again. I'm not sure if you'll have to buy a new module when you get to the engineer system.
The flying around part doesn't annoy me though. I can zip around the bubble quite easily nowadays. It's the rare materials that require me to change my gameplay by mining or something which really annoys me. I think I need Cadmium to complete my power plant engineering but it requires mining. I didn't choose mining as a career path. It sucks.