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I do exactly the same thing for the same reason. I find 117 to be about right.

Yes it will say CPU or GPU Bound

I figured the premium on my PC was about $500 or around 10%. Very worthwhile considering the support I get with it and that I didn’t have to build it. I’m not sure where you get $2K extra. Many people couldn’t or shouldn’t build one themselves so the extra cost is a given. Again it’s the support that’s the differentiator IMO. Otherwise most of these vendors are basically giving you the same parts and build. Yeah but what about tech support? You guys keep forgetting everyone doesn’t work in IT

Doesn’t the Ctrl+Pause performance monitor tell you if you’re GPU or CPU limited? This is also going to depend on your settings.

I’m curious why there are nearly 40% in favor. Is that because: A. In favor because they think it’s realistic. B. In favor because they simply like seeing dots and don’t care whether it’s realistic or how the game looks as long as it’s “fun”.

I’m not wrong about how to report a bug.

It’s not possible to convey exactly what I see on a monitor either. Screenshots and videos are compressed and it would require a 4K display to see exactly what I’m seeing. But this sort of info can be enough for others to try and duplicate the problem. It’s the normal requirement for making a bug report. All it would take to document a “vanishing” aircraft model is a track and a screenshot of empty space with a label where the aircraft should be.

There’s plenty of documentation here from VR players. If they can show what they’re seeing why can’t you? https://forum.dcs.world/topic/335325-spotting-dot-bugs-in-vr/ And trying to report a bug which can be documented is pretty much a waste of time.

Document this for the rest of us then with a video, screenshot or something. Without that it’s left for us to belive players simply aren’t good at visually tracking targets or have bad eyesight or something. Or they’ve got unrealistic expectations. And it’s wrecking the game for everyone else. It’s not a given that you’d see an aircraft at 3-5 miles. A top view F-14 is much easier to see than a nose-on 109. Yes both are shown equally as flying bricks. That’s just not a simulation. And you shouldn’t use the non-falsifiable argument that it’s not possible to show VR or that everyone needs to go buy a $1,000 headset in order to understand. Plenty of VR players have documented the giant bricks. Why can’t you support your observation on the same level? You owe the devs and the community actual documentation of these things because it affects everyone. Personally I’ve taken a hiatus from DCS until this is resolved. Plenty of other games out there to keep me busy.

Why not? This happens all the time. But it’s a matter of just losing track of the bandit not the aircraft model literally vanishing. Why do you think they say “lose sight lose the fight”. I’ve never seen an aircraft model literally disappear aside from server connection problems etc It’s important to get the terminology clear. Those are spotting dots vanishing not aircraft models. You shouldn’t need spotting dots to see an aircraft at 3-5 miles although again that could vary based upon size, aspect and contrast which dots can’t simulate. Well since all these unsubstantiated accounts about “vanishing planes” have led ED to wreck the game for the majority of players I think you owe everyone a detailed report. Show us an aircraft model literally vanishing in the game please.

I’m curious why that is. My guess is the stereoscopic convergence just isn’t perfect like your real eyesight is, resulting in blur. Because otherwise the resolution is certainly adequate. But phenomenon like “disappearing aircraft” need to be documented by screenshots showing a 3mi label over empty space. Otherwise it could simply be the users perception and not the game.

That’s puzzling because aircraft at this range are easy to see. You shouldn’t need dots at this distance. Perhaps you need to document that with some screenshots. Although the trouble with the spotting dots being forced on is you can’t do any On/Off tests. This was the last time I was able to test this myself. You can see the 3D models clearly visible here at normal zoom levels. This is on a monitor. Again you shouldn’t need dots at this range. The visibility should be dependent on size, aspect, contrast etc. A dot cannot convey any of these factors.

Don’t do Dell or HP, you want a company that specializes in gaming PCs and will let you customize the machine to your needs. Personally I have an Origin (Corsair) PC which runs DCS extremely well. What sold me on them besides the Corsair connection is that they have 24/7 lifetime support. That’s rather invaluable to me.

What about 2D?

There’s a disturbing number of people in favor of the current situation which means a solution is likely impossible.

I can remember servers doing this when the only aircraft in the game were the Blackshark and A-10. It seems too complicated now with so many aircraft and targets, airbases etc. The better servers have apps and guides and such so you can create this for yourself.

That wouldn’t be workable. There aren’t nearly enough players or servers for such options. I thought that’s what the improved option was supposed to do, eliminate the exploit of simply lowering your resolution to create bigger dots. I don’t think this has been achieved though.

Some more info, not sure whether it affects all the 13 and 14 series or not. It looks like it’s just the desktop ones though. https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/June-2024-Guidance-regarding-Intel-Core-13th-and-14th-Gen-K-KF/m-p/1607807#M73544

@scommander2 I see you’re using a 13th Gen CPU. Are you aware of this issue here?

No that doesn’t look really dramatic to me. The max chart shows some bigger surges, like the pandemic from 2020-22. That was huge for gaming in general. Where did you get the idea I like the dots?! Read my posts

Ok so here’s the time period of the new spotting dots and the year prior. I don’t see a crash

The improved spotting dots were introduced a year ago. The graph just shows six months. Perhaps take a longer time scale and see what that shows. The spike in May was the release of the F-4

It’s not the only factor but it’s likely a contributing one. I gotta be sure a good portion of DCS players are in this age group. If you haven’t experienced this for yourself… yet, you will.

FYI my electricity costs the equivalent of .014 Euros KWh (15.5c) so that and my usage of maybe 10 hrs per week make that payback period like 8 years.

And that’s a lot of use… the equivalent of a part time job. The difference in cost is $59. So even at that rate it would take about six years to pay back. By which point you’d probably buy a new one.