I don’t have anything to add except to say Welcome to Mudspike!
These guys will get you set up…they’re straight shooters.
And it’ll be worth it in the end, DCS is a pretty fun ride. 
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Oaktony, for your system, a GTX 3050 seems to be the best card. But it’s risky to recommend it because there might be some caveats, like your power supply might not have the right connectors, or the card might not fit in the case due to a conflict with another component. If you are someone that is comfortable repairing or upgrading a PC, you might be able to do it with little hassle. But otherwise, you may find yourself making multiple trips to the the local computer store looking for cables at a minimum. Worst case scenario is that would have to buy other parts like a power supply or a case, and then you are approaching the point where it may make more sense to buy a new computer.
Do you have a friend, family member, or local retailer who could get some eyeballs on your system to help steer you in the right direction?
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This is one good advice.
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I have a 400-w power supply. I have been thinking about getting a new card but have put it on the back burner, but now I guess I’ll have to look at a new one to get up and running. I have been with FSX for awhile and want to get into some best sim’s. So, again thanks for the help I will let you know how it goes finding a high end card with 8 G or more.
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Thanks to all of you I’ve been able to fly. I brought a GeForce RTX 3050 with 8G and installed it. I have been trying to figure out how to view the cockpit while flying. I don’t have a headset. I use a x52-Pro and I’m trying to bind a new profile. I understand that I have to have a profile. I want to get a VR headset but not sure which one will work the best. Again thanks for the help in getting started.
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Thanks, that the card I just got and installed. Now I can start to get some training.
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Glad you were able to get that GPU. You chose a very good time to get started in DCS, the past two years have been horrible for video cards but it’s just gotten a lot better last month.
If you had said that before, I would have recommended an RTX 3070 (or RX6800 if that one is cheaper) or better.
Although you might not be getting the performance to justify such a card anyway with that older cpu/motherboard combination.
Honestly, I fly DCS VR exclusively and while it can be a ton of fun, it definitely has its downsides.
And those downsides are worse to someone just getting started in DCS.
Namely:
- need an even beefier pc
- annoying when learning: I cannot easily read guides or follow video on tablet or second screen
- need a ton of buttons mapped on HOTAS: no easy keyboard access while blinded by the VR headset.
So for now, I would recommend you to get some form of headtracking and keep it on the 2D screen: TrackIR 5 has been the standard for ages now, but the plastic is flimsy and the price high. Alternatives are DelanClip and Trackhat (both are lower cost than TrackIR, but same working principle) and FaceTrackNoIR (tracks faces, usually lower quality tracking but also cheaper and simpler to understand)
Then if you like it a lot, you can try VR but I would only do that after having reasonably mastered a module and being sure you want to do this for a while. With a new pc and a HOTAS with many buttons, it gets expensive fast.
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Did you fix this? If not, I posted here, as i had similar issues No one could help with, but I figured it out! If it helps you let me know! PM, and I’ll walk you yhrough it!(PST).
-Mongoose