Gloom Demon

Well, I have purchased 2x4Gb of RAM and the answer to my question is (orchestra - hit it) Yes and No! I ran a custom mission (without any air or ground units so far, other than myself, so I can still be erroneous in my findings) with 4Gb and with 8Gb and compared the results. No, currently DCSW does not need more than 4Gb of RAM (exhibit 1 and 2 attached). Memory usage with 4Gb and 8Gb of RAM did not change and remains at 3,5 - 3,7Gb. However, I have eliminated a lot of background running processes like Adobe Flash, Reader, Shockwave, Google updaters, SSD monitoring utilities and I do not have stuff like Skype, ICQ and other things automatically start at boot. I also do not have a lot of the other things DCSW pilots use, like TrackIR, for example, Teamspeak and do not host multiplayer games. So if you are not being careful with your memory usage the answer could quite possibly be Yes. Especially if taking into account the upcoming EDGE and other bells and whistles ED might want to throw our way. But currently, for a memory-conscious user, running standalone DCSW - the answer is No DCSW does not require more than 4Gb of RAM - please correct me if I am wrong. P.S. Running FRAPS in 4Gb and 8Gb configurations resulted in an absolutely equal FPS. Disabling Windows pagefile also did not yeild any performance gains. P.S.S. I know the taskmanager is in Russian, however it is quite visible, that after installing 8Gb of RAM memory usage is still less then half.

N-S-K О, класс, буду пробовать, спасибо!

I believe that AI controlled aircraft use a simplified flight model... BTW someone already mentioned a similar behavior for Mig-23s, so this must be a glitch.

Подскажите пожалуйста как правильно прицеливаться при стрельбе из Смерча (в смысле когда им вручную управляешь)? Надо куда-то ввести координаты? Или наобум? И еще - если я в миссии СА выбираю летать на самолете и меня убивают - как мне потом выбрать другой самолет и опять летать? Изображений самолетов на которых я бы мог кликнуть и взять под свой контроль на карте нет...

Did you turn off your engines? I don't think the ground crew does anything with the aircraft with them on...

What is the maneuver flaps position used for in Su-25T? Are you supposed to use the no flaps position for transit and maneuver when engaging targets? Is it really useful?

Подскажите пожалуйста что я не так делаю: Есть Смерчь, я говорю ему подъехать поближе к цели так, чтобы она оказалась в радиусе поражения, потом указываю ему цель... и ничего не происходит. Как заставить его стрелять?

Well, I haven't seen an application yet, that would use up all of my RAM and start swapping. I do not do Photoshopping or anything like that on my computer...

That is sad, because it additionally wears down the SSD... guess I'll have to put them back in. Thanks for the help :-)

Does DCSW really need more than 4Gb of RAM? Obviously without running fat processes in the background or using Ramdisk. The reason I'm asking is that everybody here seems to have an awful lot of RAM installed, but my computer running DCSW never seems to use more than 3,7 Gb...

I run DCSW from an SSD to increase performance. In order to conserve space I have moved the DCSW and it's modules documentation (more then 200 Mb) to a hard drive, however the deleted documents on more than one occasion have mysteriously reappeared in their directories. What can be causing it and what should I do to prevent it?

EtherealN Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a review of DCSW performance on different CPU's and GPU's (i sincerely doubt that it exists in the first place), however what you are saying is exactly what I was thinking - DCSW is VERY CPU-dependent, which is not characteristic for most computer games. I am not trying to be a smart ass, or anything, but, given the fact, that DCSW already runs better on nVidia's video cards, maybe in the future CUDA cores could be utilized, to help with the CPU burden (though frankly, I think DCSW would draw a larger audience if it's performance was not that much dependent on specific components - be it CPU's or GPU's). I am still happy with my upgrade, though it's always a shame to say farewell to a trusted component that served you well, isn't it? ;-) Being able to have a better video quality is definitely a feast to the eye and, hopefully, with the new EDGE engine DCSW will become better at utilizing hardware resources.

trooph Nope - its overclocked to 4,2 Ghz from 3,5 Ghz.

Here is how I ran the tests: 1. Booted the computer 2. Started Fraps, configured to measure FPS for 60 seconds when the proper combination of keys is pressed 3. Loaded up DCSW 4. Loaded the mission 5. Pressed Ctrl Pause to see the ingame FPS meter 6. Pressed Fly 7. Waited for 10 seconds to pass on the ingame FPS meter to prevent disk swaps (the game is rather unpredictable when it starts in terms of FPS) 8. Pressed the combination of keys to engage FRAPS 9. Waited till the 80th second and turned the whole thing down

Well, I deleted all of the units from the mission and ran a couple of tests again with both of the cards. The results are as follows: Geforce 560 Ti 448 Avg: 78.600 - Min: 72 - Max: 85 Geforce GTX 760 Avg: 80.583 - Min: 75 - Max: 87 With almost all settings ramped up to the max the difference increases somewhat: Geforce 560 Ti 448 Avg: 58.800 - Min: 51 - Max: 63 Geforce GTX 760 Avg: 65.350 - Min: 59 - Max: 72 Still kinda short of the expected 35%... whartsell That's the whole point - according to numerous reviews 8320 (or 8350) demonstrate an increase in FPS with different video cards in a variety of games... other than DCSW, which is puzzling (that's why i ran the 3DMark tests). P.S. I have attached both missions just in case Test GPU.miz Test GPU Simple.miz

Thanks, I'll try that and post the results :-)

I have purchased a Geforce 760 videocard to replace my trusted Geforce 560 Ti 448 cores. Of course, I did not expect a major improvement, however different Internet reviews and comparisons promised something around a 35% FPS increase. I have created a mission over Tbilisi with a lot of moving ground and air units and plotted a course for the Su-25T over it. I allowed the plane to fly without any interference and measured the FPS using FRAPS for 60 seconds. I have all textures quality set to high, no antialiasing or anisotropic filtering, no shadows, no mirrors, blur is on and HDR is set at warm colors. My 8320 CPU is overclocked at 4200 Mhz (at this frequency it is completely stable and there is no need to increase voltage) and my screen resolution is 1920x1080. The results are suprising: Geforce 560 Ti 448 Avg: 28.867 - Min: 21 - Max: 41 Geforce 760 Avg: 29.417 - Min: 21 - Max: 42 Just in case i wasn't doing something right I returned the CPU to its nominal frequency of 3.5 Ghz and ran 3DMark Vantage on both cards: Geforce 560 Ti 448 - 19447 Geforce 760 - 23845 The difference for the 3DMark graphics score alone was even bigger (without 3DMark measuring CPU effectiveness): Geforce 560 Ti 448 - 19418.1 (59.1 FPS for the first test and 54.6 FPS for the second) Geforce 760 - 25803.8 (75.5 FPS for the first test and 75.7 FPS for the second) So if 3DMark shows a 33% FPS increase when upgrading from a Geforce 560 Ti 448 to Geforce 760 how can it be, that DCSW does not show virtually any increase in FPS? Is it because of the CPU not being powerful enough to utilize the power of the mainstream Geforce 760, or is it because DCSW uses the CPU to such an extent, that there is not enough left to fully load the video card? I'll be glad for any input clarifying the situation.

Isn't there an option for vehicle shake when moving? It could have become unchecked after 1.2.5 install...

Видимо без ЯО это несовременно и как то мелкомасштабно :-)))

Это известный баг, над ним работают. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1820595&postcount=2

А разве для того чтобы летать в FC3 не нужно иметь Локон? Если да, то вот вам и разница в цене... :-)

Ok, will these new models have campaigns bundled with them?

Weren't the FC3 flight models supposed to be semi-advanced, as opposed to AFM?

I would agree with pacotito - the stock cooler is not efficient and way too loud. Thermalright True Spirit 140 is very quiet and can handle overclocking quite well, unless going to the extreme :-) Keep in mind that it is 170 mm in height and might not fit every computer case. As to being cost effective - I have yet to see a game which needs more than 4 Gb of RAM installed, so it is quite possible to go with only 1 4Gb module and purchase another one when needed. And there is absolutely no need for any fancy brand - original Samsung or Hynix will do just fine. The difference because of timings will be negligible. It won't be much of an economy though...

I was under the impression, that using a video card, which is one step higher than your current one, results in a bigger bang for the buck, than getting the same card in SLI... I mean moving from a Geforce 660 to a Geforce 670, or a 670 to 680 standalone card is more efficient, instead of purchasing a second 660 or 670... I'm not sure if it is true for DCS, though...