My Hardware List in Chronological Order

[Little Bill]

Christmas time, new people and new hardware coming into the game, here is my story to share with you.

Did I ever tell you folks about the time, 4 years ago I bought a $25 game called CLoD because I was starting to get bored with surfing the net? It was January 2018, I had a little Dell i5 computer, a 22” monitor and an 19 year old Microsoft FFB joystick, and that is all.

Since that time I have spent a lot of time practicing, and trying to economically upgrade my system. I still have the slow Dell PC, but have added a few items, in a rather haphazard order to help see bad guys and evade or shot at them. A couple weeks ago I was forced to replace the 43” TV monitor I had been using for less than 2 years as it failed. The replacement is a 4K OLED TV which is amazing, and has helped me (I believe) do better at this game. The recent replacement got me thinking about my additions to my “gaming” setup and what I think the addition at the time did to improve my game play in CLoD and BOS. I thought I would simply share it with you. And maybe hear someone’s comments about my list or their list.

Below is my list. Each item has its own story, its plus’s and minus, which I will not bore you with. I only wanted to show you what I believe the improvement to game play actually was for me at the time of implementation. I wish I had a time line on this list, but can only say that it was all slow in coming.

Improvements to my Hardware
In the order they happened....

Item added ............................................. Improvement to my Game Play at the time
Track IR................................................ .........................Very High

Added a real Graphics card (1060) to the PC.......................High

Head Set............................................... .........................Low-Medium but essential

Upgrade from 22” monitor to 43” 4k TV..............................High
The TV would only do 60hz, and had poor contrast
Never did better than 2K

The 22” monitor is now my second Monitor on the desk........Low, but would not give it up

Thrustmaster Warthog Throttle.......................................... High

VKB Joystick from Microsoft FFB Stick.................................High
The Microsoft stick had noisy pots

Upgrade from 8GB of RAM to 16GB.....................................Low

Added SSD, replaced Hard drive.........................................Low

Upgraded Connection to Internet........................................Lo w
From 5mbs to 20mbs (the max I can do here)

Added More Axis and Switches.......................................... .Low-Medium- Nice to have
A throttle Quadrant

Rudder Pedals............................................ ......................Medium

Joystick Extension, 100mm............................................. ...High
Rebuild Chair with Center mount stick

48” OLED LG 4K TV................................................ ...........High
My GPU card only push’s it to 1440P @120hz
Long story on this one which is still on going.

[Erpr.Gr.210_Mölders]

The next update you'll need it's not OLED...it's OLEG... LOOL