mirrors = FPS killers?

are mirrors the biggest FPS killer feature of them all, or are there more demanding features in DCS world (FC3 in particular) ?

SB11

Hi, one thing is sure, it will not improve your framerate. I disable it since I find it disturbing and I don't use it in the A10. IIRC it costs me something like 2 or 3 FPS average.

mirrors = FPS killers?? well My friend

Do you want to talk about FPS killers? Let's talk about the CBU hahaha thats is a FPS killer

problem that ED could not solve

mirrors = FPS killers?? well My friend

Do you want to talk about FPS killers? Let's talk about the CBU hahaha thats is a FPS killer

problem that ED could not solve

And all this time I thought it was just my PC not being good enough for all the explosions. Glad to know it's not just me.

btw, if anyone is interested, installing an SSD and running DCS from it has greatly reduced my fps lag more than any other part I have installed. I couldn't fly this game on any settings other than low or I would lag. Now I'm maxed out and smooth with the exception of the CBU 87

In all fairness, the CBU is a rather hardware-hungry weapon by nature. Regardless of how much you optimize it theres going to be hundreds of bomblets that suddenly spawn and have to be calculated individually. And I dont see that getting better until DCS decides to use some more CPU cores.

And all this time I thought it was just my PC not being good enough for all the explosions. Glad to know it's not just me.

 

btw, if anyone is interested, installing an SSD and running DCS from it has greatly reduced my fps lag more than any other part I have installed. I couldn't fly this game on any settings other than low or I would lag. Now I'm maxed out and smooth with the exception of the CBU 87

i am roning the dcs on ssd and still the fps is Far far away from to be good.

In my tests I lose TEN fps with mirrors on :(

yes. Mirrors are worst graphics option for causing FPS loss. It is a shame as they are actually needed in the Ka-50 in MP.

And all this time I thought it was just my PC not being good enough for all the explosions. Glad to know it's not just me.

 

btw, if anyone is interested, installing an SSD and running DCS from it has greatly reduced my fps lag more than any other part I have installed. I couldn't fly this game on any settings other than low or I would lag. Now I'm maxed out and smooth with the exception of the CBU 87

I did lots of research on if SSD's give a performance boost, and they shouldn't. They only reduce loading time. It has nothing to do with performance AFAIK

i am roning the dcs on ssd and still the fps is Far far away from to be good.

So, you are not going to get any fps gains from an SSD.

The game is reasonably smooth for me.

Windows 7

i7-3770K

8 GB ram

Geforce GTX-570

In my tests I lose TEN fps with mirrors on :(

What graphics card do you use?

are mirrors more CPU or GPU dependent?

SB11

I did lots of research on if SSD's give a performance boost, and they shouldn't. They only reduce loading time. It has nothing to do with performance AFAIK

Both yes and no: SSDs will not improve average framerates, but it will improve loading; so when the simulator loads effects for a weapon or assets for a unit that spawns, the SSD will greatly reduce or eliminate a momentary stutter that might otherwise occur.

The less RAM you have, the greater the chances that the SSD will help you there.

are mirrors more CPU or GPU dependent?

 

SB11

Both.

Mirrors are an additional viewport, meaning that the 3D scene has to be rendered again (just like with TGP etcetera). This is work that happens in both CPU and GPU. Which one is hardest hit depends on how much performance headroom you have in either.

What graphics card do you use?

660Ti

Mirrors in my system kills me from 44 frames to 22 buaaaa, wtf...

sitting in a parking spot mirrors take me from ~110FPS to ~70 mark.