The_Cokester

Well I think I know what the issue was. I put Pimax plays quality to custom and put it at 20% and it was still crystal clear. Which I thought was odd. There was not perceived quality loss at all. Went through the config and noticed the resolution was at at like 1700x1700 per eye. Then put it at 100% and it was at like 3840x3840 per eye. Deleted pimax play and reinstalled. 100% slider was at 2880x2880. ( I used steam VR to check the actual resolution coming through) I guess a corrupted pimax play install was it. Or it thought my OG crystal was the super. Jesus I was going mad. Also, there is an argument to put pimax play and DCS on the CCD1 without the cache. Average FPS was down like 10fps but it was stutter free. Putting it on CCD0 with the VCache had a higher overall fps but there was more stutters. Also, reapplied thermal paste and there is no change in temps. So in conclusion Pimax play had my resolution almost two times higher than what my headset is rated for. A reinstall fixed the issue. And P.S. There was a performance uplift going the AMD 9950X3D. Instead of 90 to 100fps. I was getting 110 to 120. Then when switching too DLAA and DLSS (the new transformer model got rid of the ghosting completely) pinned at 120fps. Thanks everyone who chimed in.

Also, never once did the frame counter say I was GPU bound. It just said CPU Bound Rendering Thread.

Well I think I know what the issue was. I put Pimax plays quality to custom and put it at 20% and it was still crystal clear. Which I thought was odd. There was not perceived quality loss at all. Went through the config and noticed the resolution was at at like 1700x1700 per eye. Then put it at 100% and it was at like 3840x3840 per eye. Deleted pimax play and reinstalled. 100% slider was at 2880x2880. ( I used steam VR to check the actual resolution coming through) I guess a corrupted pimax play install was it. Or it thought my OG crystal was the super. Jesus I was going mad. Also, there is an argument to put pimax play and DCS on the CCD1 without the cache. Average FPS was down like 10fps but it was stutter free. Putting it on CCD0 with the VCache had a higher overall fps but there was more stutters. Also, reapplied thermal paste and there is no change in temps. So in conclusion Pimax play had my resolution almost two times higher than what my headset is rated for. A reinstall fixed the issue. And P.S. There was a performance uplift going the AMD 9950X3D. Instead of 90 to 100fps. I was getting 110 to 120. Then when switching too DLAA and DLSS (the new transformer model got rid of the ghosting completely) pinned at 120fps. Thanks everyone who chimed in.

Whoa on the hostility brother. We’re just trying to solve a problem here. All I meant with that comment is I am versed in building PC’s, updating bios and drivers, and generally pretty good at troubleshooting. I know this CPU should be doing a lot better than it is. The 9950X3D is an objectively better CPU than the 14900K. The title represents exactly how I felt and in my first post I even said the uplift in other games was good. also on the thermals, if you do a quick search it says 95C at full load is normal. So I wasn’t quick to follow through with that. My highest is like 90C. Being my first X3D cpu I don’t know what to expect. the other comment you replied too wasn’t me btw.

This makes sense. The only option from default I changed was turning on EXPO for the RAM. i thought about PBO and the curve optimizer for lowering the voltage but that’s about it.

Brother i have been building PC’s for over ten years. I appreciate the concern but I am not what you would call a novice at this stuff.

Latest bios was installed before I even installed windows. I’m really leaning towards a thermal throttle issue.

I have followed all those tips for sure. Which is why I am at a loss for figuring out what is going on.

Okay. Jesus this will be the third time. I will try this. Although I think the problem is my CPU isn’t boosting. It’s getting to hot and throttling. It had a dramatic effect on temps with the 14900K. Like 8-10C drop. So I was hoping it would help with AMD. Will reapply thermal paste and see if that helps.

The only thing that has changed is my CPU though.

I upgraded because it was my third 14900K with the intel CPU’s killing themselves. I was just tired of worrying about it. Also not to mention the weird windows update failures, blue screens, and other instabilities. I had just had it with intel. I did all the recommendations. fresh windows install updated bios and latest chipset drivers other games got increases in fps for sure because my gaming ssd is separate it has the old settings from when I ran the 14900K Balanced power plan and tried cores 0-15 and 1-15. the only thing that’s weird to me is how hot this cpu runs. I thought the 14900K was a hot CPU topping out at like 82C my 9959X3D is getting all the way to 91. I even put a contact plate and re applied thermal grizzly. i feel like my CPU isn’t boosting at all. Maybe getting to 3.2ghz on a core while playing DCS. I know something isn’t right but I am so confused as to what it is.

I will follow this. I just used the settings from the 14900k which ran just fine.

I want to start this off by saying the 9950X3D has been a performance uplift in other games and general productivity but I was very disappointed to find out that DCS just cant take advantage of the new tech. Before the upgrade I would be pinned at 90FPS with high settings using quad views. MSAA X4. Now, with the same settings i cant get more that 40FPS. I have to use DLSS and knock the resolution in Pimax Play way down along with aggressive settings in quad views. When gaming in DCS I use process lasso to put DCS on the CCD 0 for the V-Cache and that works well but one of the things I notice is none of the cores go above 4Ghz. I just feel like the 9950X3D is not being pushed at all and I am leaving alot of performance on the table. Anyone got any ideas? Computer Specs: 9950X3D ASUS ROG Strix x870E Gaming Wifi 64GB of Corsair RAM 6000Mhz CL30 RTX 5090 FE 2TB SSD OG Pimax Crystal dcs.log

I want to start this off by saying the 9950X3D has been a performance uplift in other games and general productivity but I was very disappointed to find out that DCS just cant take advantage of the new tech. Before the upgrade I would be pinned at 90FPS with high settings using quad views. MSAA X4. Now, with the same settings i cant get more that 40FPS. I have to use DLSS and knock the resolution in Pimax Play way down along with aggressive settings in quad views. When gaming in DCS I use process lasso to put DCS on the CCD 0 for the V-Cache and that works well but one of the things I notice is none of the cores go above 4Ghz. I just feel like the 9950X3D is not being pushed at all and I am leaving alot of performance on the table. Anyone got any ideas? Computer Specs: 9950X3D ASUS ROG Strix x870E Gaming Wifi 64GB of Corsair RAM 6000Mhz CL30 RTX 5090 FE 2TB SSD OG Pimax Crystal dcs.log

This is the way. With an extension you can’t tell where the zero point is and I don’t want to use the soft center detent cams. doubling up the cams gives a strong centering force without the clunk of a detent.