Hardware & Technical Enable Dual Monitors!
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Thanks. I will be sitting and I always know where my whatnots are; it's my joystick that's the problem 'cause it's got lots of buttons and knobs
I note feel inadequate for only having three.
Are there any decent joysticks out there? I thought they tended to be hideously expensive flight sim things nowadays...
Saitek cyborg always served me well, not too hardcore flight sim and good for us lefties!
In the world of gaming, there is no such thing as overkill.
Brian
I totally agree!
... but please don't tell my wife.
Another vote for the Cyborg (Evo) from me - a good solid stick without the good solid pricetag.
I've got the x45 and it's cumbersome.
the cyborg looks a better option. throw in a keyboard and foot pedals for good measure.
3 screens ofcourse , 2 screens doesn't make sense at all .
3d screens
Been looking at the BenQ 24" 3D screen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XZBMTU/
Does anyone have one? Or even three?!
Been looking at the BenQ 24" 3D screen:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XZBMTU/
Does anyone have one? Or even three?!
Mate have a look on Overclockers UK they do them and their service is second to none. :smilie: Plus the forums are great for advice!
Overclockers
Overclockers
I bought a GTX680 from OCUK, and it arrived not working. I have phoned them up and they have instantly agreed to RMA it. I have bought loads of stuff from OCUK, from water cooling kit, to CPU's, HDD's, SSD's etc. and their service is always brilliant. It was just pot luck on the GTX680. This is the first thing I've bought from OCUK that's ever gone wrong for me.
Brian
Brian
I bought the Saitek Cyborg Evo and it's sat behind my monitor gathering dust ever since.
I was very disappointed with it; it looks the biz, but the spring-loaded auto-centering system feels absolutely horrid. It's fighting your inputs all the time, without reason or meaning - it's like some kind of mindless dumb feedback that doesn't want you to do anything.
In desperation i tried bunching up the spring with wire ties, but then there's no centering at all. What you really need is real physics - the stick should be responding to the flight surfaces, such that you can feel the airstream around your plane, and its stresses and limits (ie. the feedback from a stalled surface would become limp, while that from an overstressed surface would become overly stiff, even though the craft itself doesn't respond in either situation).
A small analogue yoke without centering, like the sort of BBC kit you used to build yourself from Radioshack pots and a connector pinout, would be preferable to a clunky 15-button monstrosity like a Cyborg..
If i ever buy another stick it'll have to be force feedback, and any game i use it on will need to take input from a real physics engine, rather than canned FX.
My 2¢...
I was very disappointed with it; it looks the biz, but the spring-loaded auto-centering system feels absolutely horrid. It's fighting your inputs all the time, without reason or meaning - it's like some kind of mindless dumb feedback that doesn't want you to do anything.
In desperation i tried bunching up the spring with wire ties, but then there's no centering at all. What you really need is real physics - the stick should be responding to the flight surfaces, such that you can feel the airstream around your plane, and its stresses and limits (ie. the feedback from a stalled surface would become limp, while that from an overstressed surface would become overly stiff, even though the craft itself doesn't respond in either situation).
A small analogue yoke without centering, like the sort of BBC kit you used to build yourself from Radioshack pots and a connector pinout, would be preferable to a clunky 15-button monstrosity like a Cyborg..
If i ever buy another stick it'll have to be force feedback, and any game i use it on will need to take input from a real physics engine, rather than canned FX.
My 2¢...
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True, i've actually flown an A320 simulator (among others), when a friend-of-a-friend worked as night security at a training center near Gatwick - over 20 years ago now.. I remember being amazed at the little side-mounted gaming-style joysticks, though can't recall if they had feedback or not.
Ideally though i guess it should be something like power-steering, where you can still feel what's going on..
Ideally though i guess it should be something like power-steering, where you can still feel what's going on..
I have this monitor and it is amazing. Both in 2D and 3D. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
