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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 6, 2015 21:03:55 GMT
Well it the upgrade season again for me lol. Picked up a GTX 970 overclocked edition, Corsair H100i watercooled CPU cooler, Soundblaster sound card (to run sim vi Buttkicker gamer2 kit and still need to order my Trackir5. Now I ordered the Buttkicker on the 2nd and it hasnt even shipped it yet, anyone know how long it takes to get it?
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Post by Greg on Feb 7, 2015 13:54:37 GMT
Nice Matt! You should like the 970, its a really good card for the price. There has been some controversy behind the 970s but unless you are running 3 screens or a 4k monitor you shouldn't see the issue. The card says its 4 gb but its more like 3.5 gb, with 500 mb set a side in case you need it. The extra 500 mb is not as fast as the 3.5 gb memory but its there if you go over the 3.5 gb.
I don't have any experience with the buttkicker systems, I believe Farooq has it, and Tony might but not sure if he does. When you do get it would you mind sharing what you thought about it? I am running out of "cheap" upgrades to my sim rig and this was on of the last ones I could think of. By cheap I mean sub $200.
The trackir is great, again I don't really use it that much for iRacing but for Euro truck sim it's great, and I know if I played any flight sims it would work great for those as well.
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Post by tony kloosterman on Feb 7, 2015 14:54:32 GMT
Farooq has buttkickers don't but it too is an upgrade i would consider
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Upgrades
Feb 7, 2015 15:21:58 GMT
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 7, 2015 15:21:58 GMT
Nice Matt! You should like the 970, its a really good card for the price. There has been some controversy behind the 970s but unless you are running 3 screens or a 4k monitor you shouldn't see the issue. The card says its 4 gb but its more like 3.5 gb, with 500 mb set a side in case you need it. The extra 500 mb is not as fast as the 3.5 gb memory but its there if you go over the 3.5 gb. I don't have any experience with the buttkicker systems, I believe Farooq has it, and Tony might but not sure if he does. When you do get it would you mind sharing what you thought about it? I am running out of "cheap" upgrades to my sim rig and this was on of the last ones I could think of. By cheap I mean sub $200. The trackir is great, again I don't really use it that much for iRacing but for Euro truck sim it's great, and I know if I played any flight sims it would work great for those as well. Before i bought my card i had heard about the "ramgate" but after watching a few people on youtube and reading some arictles, i shouldnt be maxing the card out for what i play. Yes when my buttkicker gets here ill do a review of that and the sim vib experience program.
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 9, 2015 17:49:16 GMT
well my buttkicker will be here today and i got the sim vibe software also. Ill get it all hooked up tonight and since i have to practice for tomorrows race, gives me a chance to try it out.
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Post by Greg on Feb 9, 2015 17:51:52 GMT
Now that I think of it my computer is upstairs and its on a hardwood floor, so maybe getting some that vibrates will not be a good idea
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 9, 2015 18:03:53 GMT
ya u would have to get some rubber mats to put under it
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Post by Pete Hebron on Feb 9, 2015 18:28:01 GMT
I have mine standing on those anti vibration "hockey puck" things you stand washing machines on.
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Upgrades
Feb 10, 2015 7:58:07 GMT
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 10, 2015 7:58:07 GMT
Well got 99% of it hooked up tonight, need a longer bolt for the playseat mount that came in the kit. I did do a quick test drive with me stepping on the transducer and it was still trying to jump away.
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Post by jasonb on Feb 10, 2015 14:28:14 GMT
I've been running the H100i on my computer for a while now. I had to do some off kilter mounting in my case as my memory keeps it from being centered on the cooling spaces, but that's more my case design rather than the cooler design. Otherwise, I've not had any problems and it's kept my CPU below the alert thresholds I set, and it's not as loud as I expected it to be.
I'm curious to know how you like the Track IR, I've been seriously considering it. Though it'd be primarily for Euro Truck, I'd be tempted to try it on Iracing also.
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 10, 2015 16:53:56 GMT
I've been running the H100i on my computer for a while now. I had to do some off kilter mounting in my case as my memory keeps it from being centered on the cooling spaces, but that's more my case design rather than the cooler design. Otherwise, I've not had any problems and it's kept my CPU below the alert thresholds I set, and it's not as loud as I expected it to be. I'm curious to know how you like the Track IR, I've been seriously considering it. Though it'd be primarily for Euro Truck, I'd be tempted to try it on Iracing also. im pretty happy with my H100i so far but havent pushed my overclock to the max yet. My Trackir is on the way. Tony Mino has been using his on iracing and has a tread on it.
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 11, 2015 19:01:25 GMT
Got the ButtKicker finished up last night was doing some testing to dial in the settings a little better the stock. The only thing I have a complaint about is using the Sim Commander software. U have to run IRacing threw it or it doesnt work. Its got its own little browser but it just kinda bugs me. oh what also is taking up my garage at the moment
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Post by Pete Hebron on Feb 11, 2015 19:27:29 GMT
You can set it to launch everything you need when you select the profile you would like to run it on(iracing, assetto corsa, rfactor, euro trucks, etc). When I launch sim commander and then select iracing profile it starts my rev limiter light and runs iracing. I still have to open a browser and launch iracing to race but the FF part is already running in sim commander.
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Post by Matt Gelder on Feb 11, 2015 19:37:55 GMT
You can set it to launch everything you need when you select the profile you would like to run it on(iracing, assetto corsa, rfactor, euro trucks, etc). When I launch sim commander and then select iracing profile it starts my rev limiter light and runs iracing. I still have to open a browser and launch iracing to race but the FF part is already running in sim commander. right when i click the iracing profile it opens up the member site in a sim commander browser not a firefox or internet explorer browser. it just kinda bugs me but ill get over it
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Post by Greg on Feb 11, 2015 19:55:00 GMT
V6 in a? S10 maybe?
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