CI Dan Saxton Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Hi everyone, i was pointed in the direction of this site by another simmer (is that a word?) to get some opinions and guidance... I'm an instructor at 84 Squadron RAF Air Cadets where we're looking to build a Grob Tutor (G115E) simulator. We're building an entire Grob cockpit using a real Piper PA-28 Cherokee cockpit as our foundation and it would be great to get some input on a few things please. Firstly, here is a list of the hardware i think i need (we're going with FSX)... Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Steam Edition)Grob Tutor AEF add-in Computer (one of the following 3 CPU options - FSX needs CPU power apparently) i5 overclocked @ 4.5GHz, Asus Z270 Mobo, 16GB DDR4i5 overclocked @ 4.6GHz, Asus Z170-P mobo, 8GB DDR4i7 overclocked @ 4.6GHz, Asus Maximus VIII Hero mobo, 8GB DDR4P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal BlackEVGA SuperNova T2 850W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power SupplyGraphics Card - GeForce GTX 980 "Triple Fan" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics CardSecond Graphics card for dashboard screens??250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)Soundcard - currently thinking of using on-board soundCreative Inspire A550 5.1 Speaker System - (51MF4120AA004)windows 10 Other Equipment3 x AOC Q2577PWQ 25" 2560x1440 IPS Professional Widescreen LED Monitor - Silver/BlackTriple monitor standMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module TripleHead2Go Digital EditionMonitors for dashboard (utilising the 2 from the existing flight sim)Powered USB HubWireless Keyboard - Wireless Compact Backlit HTPC TV Tablet Keyboard with Touch padJoystickRudder Pedals (CH Pro Pedals 300 USB Simulator)Rudder Pedals (Logitech G Pro Flight Rudder Pedals - PC (PZ35))Saitek Logitech G Pro Flight Radio Panel - PCSwitches, circuit breakers & fuses (new and salvaged from the Cherokee)Saitek Logitech G Pro Flight Throttle QuadrantBBI-32 Button Box Interface - With ConnectorsUSB Switch controllerFSUIPC & WIDEFS7Headset (2 for slight sim and one for ATC) (HyperX CloudX Pro Gaming Headset PC) or maybe instead of all that computer stuff, just a bundle like this... https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-skylake-kabylake-pro-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-019-tl.html#t=c1d7e,f6k, then, we were thinking of doing a curved screen and projectors rather than monitors (like this ) we wanted to use 2 screens for the dashboard for the gauges (the switches will be mechanical via the BBI-32) - would we need a additional gfx card for this? apologies for the long post! Many thanks, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 To answer your question about dual monitors. No, you don't need more than one GPU to power two monitors. The video card will have two video connectors. Typically at least one HDMI and two DVI connectors. I noticed that the newer cards have at least 4 HDMI connectors and one DVI connectors. So you could use four monitors, actually 5 with the DVI. Yes, FS is supper CPU hungry and to make matters worse it's mostly single threaded. So it can't benefit from multiple cores. So you'd want the fastest single threaded CPU available and within your budget. Though an i7 6700k will do nicely. I have an i5 6600k and it maintains my frame limit I imposed of 25. Don't really need 30. I believe Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D takes advantage of multiple cores. And since this is a student learning thing you are doing you could qualify for the student license or maybe even the professional version. They just released version 4. OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Dan Saxton Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 does anyone have any experience with 180° curved screen and 2 or 3 projectors please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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