I have ditched D2 beam lasers for gimballed pulse lasers. No more overheating or waiting for power means faster kill time. Plus they're a fraction of the cost.

 

 

what I did was install a heat sink works wonders, just tap "v" when overheating... no issues

what I did was install a heat sink works wonders, just tap "v" when overheating... no issues

 

Interesting idea, but I have four A0 shield boosters, wouldn't want to lose those.

I have a shield booster in the other one.... its always a game of compromises!

I have a shield booster in the other one.... its always a game of compromises!

 

Indeed, but I've found that the F2 pulse lasers are taking out enemies quicker than the D2 beam lasers, because you can keep shooting for much, much longer.

 

Try it, you won't be disappointed.

I'm out at the NGC 6357 nebula on the way to Sagittarius A, it is slightly boring out here and only another 18.5kly to go  .  I think I may go   slightly mad....

I'm out at the NGC 6357 nebula on the way to Sagittarius A, it is slightly boring out here and only another 18.5kly to go  .  I think I may go   slightly mad....

 

I'm going the other way, approaching Barnard's Loop, just under 10,000 LY from you.

I'm going the other way, approaching Barnard's Loop, just under 10,000 LY from you.

 

Are you employing the " detail scan  everything"  or the "Detail scan only the interesting things"  approach. I favour the latter.

Are you employing the " detail scan  everything"  or the "Detail scan only the interesting things"  approach. I favour the latter.

 

Detail scan interesting systems that are unexplored.

I'm still kitting out... pmsl

I'm still kitting out... pmsl

 

 

I did my first trips in a Cobra with a 25ly range.  (no weapons). The Asp is better - as there is more room to stretch your legs

I did my first trips in a Cobra with a 25ly range.  (no weapons). The Asp is better - as there is more room to stretch your legs  wibble...

I aquired some stolen illegal prototype tech, and instead of paying the fine, found an USS and found a ship saying "tech wanted, top prices paid, no questions asked" and I couldn't figure out how to sell to him?! any ideas? we were just next to each other in space....

I aquired some stolen illegal prototype tech, and instead of paying the fine, found an USS and found a ship saying "tech wanted, top prices paid, no questions asked" and I couldn't figure out how to sell to him?! any ideas? we were just next to each other in space....

 

Apparently, you just ditch your cargo by pressing 'end'. I haven't tried it though.

cool, I made 58,000 credits, but was fined 47,000 in the spacestation! wanted to give it to the "rogue trader!" lol...

cool, I made 58,000 credits, but was fined 47,000 in the spacestation! wanted to give it to the "rogue trader!" lol...

You sell them at outposts if they have a blackmarket-less likely to get scanned.

Apparently, you just ditch your cargo by pressing 'end'. I haven't tried it though.

 

Looks like a key that could need unbinding (along with silent running) that could cause a problem if pressed by accident.

Just out of interest what PCs do yu lot play this on:-  

 

I was playing it on a on an i5-240m / 6GB / Nvidia 240m laptop (until it died!) and my other PC a Intel Pentium G3240 / 8GB / AMD HD5670.  Thinking about getting a replacement laptop - but don't want to spend a fortune.

i7 , 12GB RAM, SSD and a 1.5GB GTX660.
Not the most balanced PC specs, but it runs nicely at 1080p with everything turned up.

AMD A10 5700 APU with Radeon (AMD Radeon HD 7660D "

AMD Radeon HD 7660D

The AMD Radeon HD 7660D or HD7660D is a processor graphics card in the desktop Trinity APUs from AMD. It is the fastest version and is featured only in the A10 series. It is based on the VLIW4 architecture of the Radeon HD 6900 desktop series and doesn't offer a dedicated graphics memory. The mobile version for laptops in comparison offers a lower clock rate and is called Radeon HD 7660G.

Trinity got its name due to the fact that it consists out of three different architecture parts. The CPU cores are based on the Piledriver architecture (Bulldozer successor), the GPU cores on Northern Islands GPU cores (6900 desktop series architecture) and the video processing engine and multi-display connectivity from the new Southern Islands GPU architecture (HD 7900 series).

The integrated UVD3 video decoder (Avivo HD) allows the full decoding of Multi-View Codec (MVC), MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX, xVid), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and Adobe Flash HD videos.

The performance of the Radeon HD 7660D differs from the used benchmark. In synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark 11 it is slightly faster than it actual games. In our tests it positioned itself slightly above a Nvidia GT 630M and therefore the performance is significantly better than the Intel HD Graphics 4000 in the Ivy Bridge Quad-Core models. Many games of 2012/2013 can be played fluently in low or medium settings.

 

 

3.4 ghz  speed,

 

8 GIG ram

 

runs well , and was a cheap £250 new (desktop)

 

I have been to an "empire" world for the first time today! I expected to find a death star and darth vader, but i was dissapointed.....

i7 4700MQ, OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, 12.0 DDR3 RAM, GeForce GT 740M.

AMD A10 5700 APU with Radeon (AMD Radeon HD 7660D "

AMD Radeon HD 7660D

The AMD Radeon HD 7660D or HD7660D is a processor graphics card in the desktop Trinity APUs from AMD. It is the fastest version and is featured only in the A10 series. It is based on the VLIW4 architecture of the Radeon HD 6900 desktop series and doesn't offer a dedicated graphics memory. The mobile version for laptops in comparison offers a lower clock rate and is called Radeon HD 7660G.

Trinity got its name due to the fact that it consists out of three different architecture parts. The CPU cores are based on the Piledriver architecture (Bulldozer successor), the GPU cores on Northern Islands GPU cores (6900 desktop series architecture) and the video processing engine and multi-display connectivity from the new Southern Islands GPU architecture (HD 7900 series).

The integrated UVD3 video decoder (Avivo HD) allows the full decoding of Multi-View Codec (MVC), MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX, xVid), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and Adobe Flash HD videos.

The performance of the Radeon HD 7660D differs from the used benchmark. In synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark 11 it is slightly faster than it actual games. In our tests it positioned itself slightly above a Nvidia GT 630M and therefore the performance is significantly better than the Intel HD Graphics 4000 in the Ivy Bridge Quad-Core models. Many games of 2012/2013 can be played fluently in low or medium settings.

 

 

3.4 ghz  speed,

 

8 GIG ram

 

runs well , and was a cheap £250 new (desktop)

 

I have been to an "empire" world for the first time today! I expected to find a death star and darth vader, but i was dissapointed.....

 

I've found some Neutron Stars out west. I'm not quite at the core and I don't know that I really want to go - it's seems its getting like Piccadilly Circus  with people getting they in less than 12 hours   I think I might have a slow meander through the core and back to home base.

I've found some Neutron Stars out west. I'm not quite at the core and I don't know that I really want to go - it's seems its getting like Piccadilly Circus  with people getting they in less than 12 hours   I think I might have a slow meander through the core and back to home base.

I'm quite far out from the cetre to be fair..... closer to the rim.... I'm just going where the trading is sending me until I have kitted the ship out fully

Im chugging along on an overclocked C2Q  Q9450 @ 3.2ghz - Still rocking 8gb DDR2 ram :(

 

I upgraded to a Geforce 970GTX and then found that the cpu bottlenecks the gfx to around 60% utilisation lol.

It runs elite fine but cant crack over 40fps on GTA5

 

 

Am going to try and hold out for Skylake cpus to come out, or maybe take the (expensive) dive on a i7 5820 and DDR4

I was going to say - theres a community goal at Quivira - but its broken at the moment! lol

I've met up with Sharkrider and we've been bounty hunting in a wing. It's great that when one of you gets interdicted, the other immediately drops out of supercruise to join in the fight.

 

We travelled to a RES for some rich pickings. Only one problem, it was pitch black and we couldn't see the asteroids. I survived with 26% hull integrity, Sharkrider decided to get a completely new ship