Fishbed64

Another one from Marianas

Hi Everybody i just bought ARC A750 just for fun and testing, i will give you feedback on how it run DCS and other sims...there is first sample from me DCS video on YT

Your CPU i5 3350p should handle DX11 DCS world 1.5,the problem is your GPU,you just need to buy better one...Main think is stick with Nvidia GPU(they are better overall in flight sims)if you are on low budget you should check cards like GTX950 or GTX960...or used GTX760,GTX770(on Ebay etc.)Those cards will run DCS very well,but definitely dont buy anything cheaper(like GTX750ti etc)

Well,the answer is easy,the basic rule for good performance in any current flight sim is avoid anything with AMD sticker on it.AMD FX CPUs have horrible gaming performance(due to the module architecture and shared FPU) if you need brute force performance like in flight sims.The same thing is with AMD GPUs they run normal games very well like Nvidia GPUs ,but for flight sims Nvidia is much better choice because of much better drivers and support especially in flight sims.What you need is Intel + Nvidia combo,best budget choice for flight sims is i5 4590+ cheap B85 mobo +Nvidia GTX960.

there is basically no difference in visual quality on AMD vs Nvidia,i rather have slightly worse textures rather than low fps on AMD card...thats my point of view...Nvidia is just much better option right now...

Sorry but i dont think DCS 2.0 help AMD much ,Nvidia will be better again,DCS is not only one game where AMD fall down in performance,AMD works fine only in AAA games(like BF4 or call of duty)Nvidia works fine everywhere...

I have chance to try AMD r9 290 for few days so i run some test i DCS against my GTX960 which i use right now ,it seems like AMD drivers still not work at all in DCS i run benchmark with FRAPS in A10 c introduction training mission here is what i foud (my PC core i5 3570 OC@ 4ghz,8gb ram,SSD) GTX960 min46 avg80 max103 ,AMD r9 290 min28 avg55 max76 as you can see highend r9 290 is much worse than Nvidia mainstream GTX960,so if you want buy new GPU and you mainly play DCS,forget about AMD.