Well as a lot of other users, I experience a strong perfrformance drop since version 1.2.6 of DCS, although nothing changed on my computer system (specs in sig).
Even after reducing a lot of options in the DCS settings, there's still a lot of stuttering, fps drop, caching, micro freezes and so on.
I read several other threads, wich were not helpful at all.
I'm now down to following settings:
Texture: High
Scenery: High
Traffic: Off
Water: Low
Visib Range: Medium
Heat Blur: Off
Shadows: Low
Resolution: 1920x1080
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Monitors: 1
Res. of Cockpit Displays: 512
MSAA: Off
HDR: Off
Clutter/Bushes: 0
Trees Visibility: 4741m
Preload Radius: 37380m
Disable Aero Interface: Yes
Tree Shadows: Off
Vsync: On
Fullscreen: On
Cockpit Shadows: Off
TSSAA: Off
Mini HUD: Off
Mirrors: Off
Birds: 0
As system I am using:
Windows 7 Pro, 64bit
Quadcore AMD Phenom II 955 4x3,2 Ghz CPU
4 GB RAM
Nvidia GeFore GTX 460 SE with 327.23 driver
Nothing useless running in the background.
As I said, this system worked well with DCS pre 1.2.6 with most settings higher than now!
So I have my hope you guys have some useful hints for me, how to optimize my DCS, so that it runs smoother.
I have bought and installed all available DCS modules, so I spent some money. Would be nice if I could use it again.
Not using mods in any way.
Thanks in advance for any hint,
Airway