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Microsoft Force Feedback 2 + Saitek X45 (Throttle use only) + Saitek ProFlight Rudder pedals

That's exactly what I'm going to do. I will be getting the above combo and OC the CPU to 5GHz which should give some meaningfull increase in performance. While HD framerate even now is satisfactory I tried the 1060 with a VR headset and an 8600k but did not got a great boost ( maybe 30-50%) compared to the current Xeon setup so obviously the 1060 is the bottleneck here. Do you think is worth it getting the i5- 8600k instead of the i-3 8350k for DCS ? Essentially they are the same chip with the 8600 having two extra cores which can prove to be a a disadvantage in obtaining the maximum possible single thread speed with OC due to the higher thermal loading from the extra cores. Can anyone confirm that DCS has gone multithreaded or still limited to 2 cores only ? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Hi Guys, I'm thinking whether it's time to upgrade my 9 year old mobo\ cpu platform given the lackluster and unsatisfactory performance of new CPU's coming out both from Intel and AMD. So, I decided to max out all the settings both in DCS and in NVIDIA drivers and did this test in order to determine where is the bottleneck: I was pleasantly surprised that I'm getting such 'high' frame rates on such an old machine :-) Not sure if the developers implemented multi threading in the latest 2.5 upgrade but it seems it is now using all the cores with CPU usage sometimes going up to 100%. Or maybe the Vulcan API got implemented in the meantime !? Do you think it is time to buy a new Z370\i3-8350k or i5-8600k combo given that the current CPU and GPU are showing weird behavior and not being utilized 100% all the time even now ? One think is clear, 16GB RAM is needed since the page file gets 18GB large but due to a fast SSD I don't have any problems with that :-), However DDR2 modules are only available in 2GB so no chance to upgrade to 16GB even though the mobo ( Gigabyte EP-45 DS3) supports that. I'm still not convinced whether to spend money on a bad quality product such as the latest CPU offerings or wait for some next generation. That is not the problem but I would expect a new CPU to be at least twice as fast than my current Xeon E5450 @3,8 in all tasks. Any opinions would be appreciated.

R.I.P. :(

Apparently the problem is with the HeadTracker API which is used by DCS with FreeTrack by default. Only way to solve it is to use TrackIR API instead. In old versions of DCS (32-bit) this was done with TrackIRFixer, unfortunately it seems there is no 64-bit version :(

Just tried out the new VSR feature with the latest ATI drivers, it works great on my R9 270x:thumbup: Noticeably better picture quality with the same or even better framerate, in essence what we get is free of charge supersampling :-) However, there is one big problem: FreeTrack is not working for me anymore :-( Once I enter a game it seems to crash since the icon is not there then I return to the taskbar. I suspect this has something to do with the changed aspect ratio in the cockpit on the higher resolution. Has anyone noticed the same issue happening with FreeTrack or maybe also TrackIR and if there is a possible fix ?

Don't get me wrong for the following discussion, I have almost every module so far with the exception of the WW II planes. I know it sounds stupid but if the sales and profit were better than expected for these modules my assumption was that it would derail and delay the development efforts from more contemporary (and everyone will agree much more complicated :-)) modules like the DCS: F/A-18 and with time the whole sim would transform into a WW II era platform :cry: However, this fear proved to be unsupported by the current developments and now I even find the free TF-51 fun to fly. Looking forward and will definitely get the P-47 since it is my favorite machine of WW II :thumbup:] P.S. With time more and more limited WW II seem perfect for a fast furball in MP :-)

The first flight sim I came in contact with ... :-)

Regarding this topic, I can just say that what matters the most for DCS performance (aside the GPU) is single thread CPU performance. It doesn't matter how many cores you have it only matters how fast is each one of them. For example, I'm still running DCS on a vintage Core2Duo E8400 system overclocked @4-4,2GHz which at those speeds is actually comparable in single thread performance with contemporary middle class CPU's. This in combination with a decent GPU (R9 270x) gives me respectable framerates even of 1080p. I'm waiting for DCS 2.0 to see if it still support only a single core, in that case I will go for a OC'd Pentium E3248 which gives comparable single core performance even with i7 4670k at stock. Of course if you have extra money to spend (or also play other games) you can always go for an i7, but for now it is not a worthwhile investment :-) P.S. As for AMD I have only tried DCS at a friends of mine who has FX 6700 which gives much lower performance than E8400

Have been flying mp since Flanker 2.51, nice memories of the 56k modem sound and Roger Wilco :-)

I have a similar problem as well. The workaround is to open the Stream dialogue first then close either by clicking Ok or Apply before starting FreeTrack. If this does not work then is the camera driver (PS3 Eye here) and you will need to disable enable the camera under Device Manager in order to reset the driver. Hope this helps :-)

I have started playing DCS again after a longer break and while I must admit that although the new Su-27 FM is much more convincing there are a few quirks I doubt are like that in real life: - The plane can depart into an unrecoverable spin, apparently when the wing tanks are still not empty (above 5200kg fuel left). If it enters a pitch oscillation no matter what you do there is no chance to recover it (one thing I didn't had time to try is to enable Direct Control Mode). Have to say this only happened once while vertical maneuvering with some drones in the Georgian campaign. - Always enters an inverted spin when trying to do the tailslide maneuver. This does not appear to happen on airshows :-) - Enabling the autopilot and then disabling disrupts the trim around the pitch axis. However I'm using the MS FFB2 with the sensors taped over so I could release the handle while in autopilot so this might be a controller specific issue. Apart from this the new FM is really great especially at critical regimes and landing.

It would be my guess also. Just by upgrading to DirectX11 should probably resolve the crossfire issue. Another question is multithreading\parallelism since the sim now runs on only 1 core for the graphics and 1 for the sound. This really limits the potential of modern multicore systems. So far I have not made the decision to buy a new pc since upgrading will not bring huge single core performance increase and DCS is the only game I play :-) On the other side it must be admitted hands down that single core performance is really good for such a complex application.

Hi Everyone, I'm currently running a single Sapphire R9 270x 2GB and getting quite decent framerates almost everything maxed out. Just came across a good offer for another second hand Sapphire R9 270x (100eur) so I'm seriously considering to purchase it in light of the forthcoming DCS 2.0 release. While in other games the R9 270x combination in crossfire offers an unbeatable price/performance ratio as far as I'm informed the current engine of DCS does not support cards in crossfire :-(. I would really appreciate an advice ( or even better an insider tip from beta testers of DCS 2.0 :-)) whether this upgrade will be worthwhile. Thanks in advance, Ilija

RIP Jim, my condolences to all of his family and friends. No doubt the flight sim community has lost one of it's most enthusiastic members :-(