The_Nephilim

maybe the Varjo Aero. but it is all relative. Pimax 8kX are pretty good as well but Pimax has new ones comming soon. but need a HIGH End PC.

Well it would be best to get a new headset. the Odyssey was a good headset at the time but to kind of defeat Screen door effect the smoothed the image and what you see is what that makes it look like. not the most clear but SDE Was remeoved a bit.. What games do you play besides DCS? your system may need an upgrade along with the headset.. I use a 10700K CPU OC to 5ghz and a 1070 and I need to run the Reverb G2 at 35% resolution.. it still looks better then the odyssey + that I had. Even if I got a new GPU it would help with DCS only a little bit I guess.. just dont have the money to splurge right now.. heck I would probally be happy with a 2080ti..

Who is your ISP and what makes you think you can not portforward. A Public IP is fine. does your ISP Block Port Forwarding?

Hey guys, I was gonna make up a big write up of all the settings and what they do and how much cycles each took up. but since I am in the middle of a move I will just start with the VRam observations. Sorry no screenshots but I did see clearly what was going on with the first two settings in the options menu. Textures and Terrain Textures. Now I set all my settings to their lowest setting and ran the T-51 Take of from Batumi Hot start as a base line. With Textures on LOW, my FPS I was getting was 42FPS and the VRam usage was 4.0GB. I then tried the Medium Texture setting and I was getting 41-42 FPS and vRam usage was 4.5GB. now I set it on High and was getting 40-41 FPS and Vram usage jumped to 5.8. OK now lets see what it does with another module so I tried what I think is the worst module as far as performance hog that I have was the Apache. So again VRam usage as follows: LOW Textures 4.9GB...... Medium 5.7GB and High setting a wopping 8GB Vram usage.. OK now there is quite the variance on each module and from what I was gathering it was module and Setting dependent. And the other thing with the settings is on LOW any writing on the panels in the T51 were blurry and I could not read them. the gauges looked fine just the print on the HUD was blurry. So I tried Medium and the print was readable and I could easily make out what it said that whilst on a Low setting was blurry and I was still in a good space with my VRam usage @4.5GB. Now at the high setting it might have been a tad more clearer but barely noticable except for the fact it used alot more vRam for little to no gain in either performance or looks.. So I would say if you have a GPU with ONLY 8GB you need to be a little stingy with this setting as to not go over in VRam which was at the High setting 5.8GB but remeber all the other settings were Zeroed out and on their lowest setting. so I could easily use up the remaining 2 or so GB or Vram with some other settings that were vRam dependent like Terrain Textures.. And in the Apache I easily maxed out my vRam and things got to stutter real quick.. so my observation is if you have a 8GB Vram GPU keep this setting on Medium.. Now I was messing with the Terrian Textures which has a setting of Low and High. Whilst I tried to see the differenece it was ever so slight in the maps I tested Syria and Caucasus. Now with this setting I noticed a slight bump to the Vram usage like .2 points. on Low I got 3.4GB and on High it was 3.6GB. So if you want to save a little Vram and there is not much of a difference from what I saw leave it on low.. I stopped there but I would imagine if I tried the apache again in Syria it probally would have been much higher so it needs further testing for usage and difference in settings. I got my VRam usage from Open XR Tool kit the latest version which had this setting amongst other new settings.. What we can conclude with DCS as I am sure someone else has probally had this observation it takes a little bit of patience and testing to determine the total usage of Vram and such. I know if I put that setting on High and go into a MP server like 80's cold war server that Vram with the Textures on High hit 8.4GB Easily and that was with all my other settings where I had them at. Now the good thing about the settings is if you dont know what piece of hardware it will effect hold the mouse cursor over said setting and a ballon notification shows up and gives a little bit more info about each setting.. Nowing that and experience in Options menu setting from experience you casn find a happy medium or just cut to the bleeding edge of available hardware usage and such. So if you are just buying a new vid card perhaps 24GB and 16GB Vram users need not be too concerned about setting everything on High you will need to do some testing especially if you are in VR and have 8GB Vram on your GPU or even less. but 6GB VRTam would proablly be minimum.. I dont have much more to add and I hope this was a bit informative and helpfull. If you have any question Please feel free to tell me your concerns or questions..

well if it is CPU bound does that mean it is all the CPU Fault? IF you got that CPU the Ryzen, it may help with the cpu bound issue and push the vid card a bit better.. I have the same CPU 10700K @5GHZ and still get the CPU bound in clean missions.. but I only have a 1070GTX.. to what degree of FPS you will gain I am unsure. I seen some threads for benchmarks and such maybe some had the combo you seek to get your answer there.. Are you using VR? if so which one and your graphics settings do you fly with? Online Offline?

yes that windows is mainly for the developers I think, and I have never seen much on it here or even talked about so who knows.. As for the new Frametime window if you put your mouse cursor in the window a legend of sorts show up and you can see what the different color lines represent.. If you have VR the readout in OpenXR Toolkit has a VRam readout as well as the Frametimes and such..

well I did a fast and dirty test and then DDU the old drivers and installed the ones reccomended here and got a 2FPS boost..

Well I am not worrying about getting the highest settings. I look at it this way I am currently running a 1070 which ranks like 69th in GPUs the 2080ti ranks 13th speed wise out of all the cards.. I am imaging with the 2080ti I could at least increase the resolution. I am not worring about cranking the other settings that dont do much as far as the overall looks of the game increasing the resolution I use on the G2 is the utmost importance. I am looking to at least run in the 50%res mode or a little higher.. Right now I am @35% and it looks about the least I would want to set it too much lower and the mfd's are unreadable even in the apache. of course unless I zoom in and sometimes it is not possible to zoom and type.. So I was just hoping someone still used a 2080ti with the G2 and could tell me what kind of FPS they get or if they could test it @ 50% with the lowest settings in DCS.. I am pretty confident it will be a boost how much and would it be worth the 400USD I would have to spend.. I know get a better GPU but right now even spending 400 usd is gonna be a bit of a trick as I am in the middle of a move and money is super tight.. Maybe I should tough it out a little longer and see if I can nab a 3090 or even a 3080ti.. but money is tight and why spend twice the price for only minimal gains. I am just trying to guage where I will be as I know if I still only got 40-45fps in game with Open XR that would be fine as the minnimum I can stand is 35fps..

Hey Everybody, As per the title I am looking for find out how a 2080Ti fairs with DCS 2.8 and a Reverb G2 say @50% resolution in a complex mission with med to low settings.. I have a chance to get a good 2080Ti at a decent price and would like to know if the FPS would be there.. I am currently using a 1070GTX and yes I get the barre minimum in FPS like 30-45 most times.. so please enlightne me as I found no new FPS thread with this combo and 2,.8. I need to use 2.8 as the base as it is what I use and the old FPS I got where higher in 2.7 so those vids do me no good.. thank you

no runs fine.

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Do you use VR? If so which one and what rez and such do you use?

anyone want to contribute to my gofundmea4090? lol!!

well if you have a laptop or a secondary PC you can set up a local Teamspeak3 server and client and use that. the only other way would be with a 2 way radio or CB.

well you could if you can then give it a try who knows.

Hi Rel4y, I sent you a email for a cougar throttle hall sensor.. let me know if you have them avaialable.. Ill pay as soon as I here back from you in the email.. Thank you

Well not sure why you say they are overlypriced there is another called "Earthquake" which is equally as spendy. I have seen people take a big subwoofer driver and make a buttkicker of sorts with those parts.. Perhaps this would interest you it is called a B.O.S.S. and from what I read there it is very cool and works well. I have all the parts required besides the sheet of wood and was gonna build it a couple years ago but then Covid hit and I never got to build it. right now I am in the process of moving to a new house so maybe over there I will get to build it and see for myself.. but the reviews are very positive. https://www.avsforum.com/threads/the-hideaway-theater.2991522/ I would say that would be a thing to try with a Gaming rig.

well it is not needed but highly recommended, you can use the free version as there are 2 basically one was from F40 which is free and the other from Andre which is payware.. you do not need either but they add a bit more to the mix. Here is the free version of it for DCS: here is andres version it is a thread here on the forums as both are: The effects you get with no extra software are the low frequency's of the game5-100hz. the other software uses Telemetry from the game and adds a desired effect from the telemtry like when you lower gear, it uses the telemety from DCS and then makes a low frequency sound which is a bit stronger per say.. I think the software adds a bit more to the overall game with the Buttkicker, I especially like the sound in the Viggen engine and the Apache 64 rotor sounds..

Well they must have something wrong in their setup, as Buttkicker will work with most any game as long as it has a 5-80hz frequency in the chain. SimShaker adds effect from the telemtry from DCS so it is more accurate then just using low frequency signal ingame. but the Buttkicker will work with DCS without any special software but I would highly reccomend the payware software.. Buttkicker uses the low frequency signal to create its effect in games.. I also like the buttkicker effect when listening to mp3's on my pc..

I have used one for some years now and along with simshaker in DCS it is a really cool effect especially in a helicopter with the rotor blades. All I can say is I like it and works well for me. As to the guy whose Buttkicer is overheating you probally have the drive to high. But if you turn it down and you don't get the desired effect a fan will help. on myold setup I had two Buttkickers bolted to the seat with chicken fencing over with fans attatched incase it did get too hot worked like a charm. It was a USB Fan with 3 speeds.... the fan shroud was low tech but worked fine.. and with the low , med , high setting the buttkicker never got hot again even after a very lengthy session..

is this what you are talking about it is core features wishlist: https://forum.dcs.world/forum/207-dcs-core-wish-list/ Would that not include vr?? Not trying to be a stick in the mud but when he posted here I thought what was requested wqas already there but Guess not..

Yes I know this is VR. I thought there was a General Wishlist for DCS Guess I was wrong again lol!!

Well then they can put that request in the Wishlist this is the VR channel..

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well for now you all can use the Skatezilla utility which gives you the ability to launch in VR or not.. handy tool and a must have..