alexiao73 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, I'm to update my old rig for the incoming dcs world 2.0. After reading many posts and looked at configs of many of you, this is what I'm getting to: i5 4670k (performance of 4770k does not worth extra money) 2x4Gb (8Gb should be more than enough, isn't it?), better ddr3 1600 pc3-12800 cl9 or 2133 pc3-17000 cl11? Better g-skill ripjawsx or corsair vengeance? Hdd SSD Samsung 840 Evo 250Gb M/B: better Asrock Z97 extreme 4 or MSI Z97 gaming 5? Or any other cheaper solution with same performance in dcs? Video card: i will keep my GTX 460 untill world 2.0 is out, then i will decide if take 1 GTX 970 or 1 GTX 760 or 2 GTX 760 in SLI, depending on how such cards will perform the new engine. Which CPU cooler do you suggest? Maybe light OC.. What do you think? Please advice!! Alessandro Edited January 17, 2015 by alexiao73 System: i5 10600k @4.80Ghz - MSI Z490 Tomahawk- MSI GTX 1080ti 11Gb, 32 Gb Ram Corsair Vengaence PC-ddr4 3200 MHz - LG 32” 1440p - Saitek X52 + CH Pro Pedals - TrackIR 5 - Win10 Pro-64bit :smilewink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
King_Hrothgar Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 What do you mean by a light overclock? Maybe a vanilla I5 4690 would be a cheaper option. You can also use the stock fan in that case, no fancy cooling system required if you skip the overclocking. My basic I5 4690 has been very satisfactory in DCS and everything else.
Cibit Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Your components are the same as a rig I just built for my son. The exception is I replaced his GTX295 with a GTX970. Last night I played some CA with him, His framerates where between 80 and 100 FPS spamming F11. When I do that with my rig. See Sig. I get between 20 and 30 FPS. The biggest factor I see is the GPU and the 4GB of VRAM. So if I was you I would seriously think about including the 970 immediately and then you eliminate weakness in your rig:thumbup: Oh and his i5 is running at 3.4Ghz with stock cooler i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB
alexiao73 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Posted January 17, 2015 What do you mean by a light overclock? Maybe a vanilla I5 4690 would be a cheaper option. You can also use the stock fan in that case, no fancy cooling system required if you skip the overclocking. My basic I5 4690 has been very satisfactory in DCS and everything else. You are right! actually price of boxed 4690k is equal or even lower than 4670k (don't know why...). So i'm getting that model and (by now) save money of cooler :smilewink: What about RAM modules and type? System: i5 10600k @4.80Ghz - MSI Z490 Tomahawk- MSI GTX 1080ti 11Gb, 32 Gb Ram Corsair Vengaence PC-ddr4 3200 MHz - LG 32” 1440p - Saitek X52 + CH Pro Pedals - TrackIR 5 - Win10 Pro-64bit :smilewink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
alexiao73 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Posted January 17, 2015 Your components are the same as a rig I just built for my son. The exception is I replaced his GTX295 with a GTX970. Last night I played some CA with him, His framerates where between 80 and 100 FPS spamming F11. When I do that with my rig. See Sig. I get between 20 and 30 FPS. The biggest factor I see is the GPU and the 4GB of VRAM. So if I was you I would seriously think about including the 970 immediately and then you eliminate weakness in your rig:thumbup: Oh and his i5 is running at 3.4Ghz with stock cooler Thank you!:thumbup: Glad to hear it.. :book: System: i5 10600k @4.80Ghz - MSI Z490 Tomahawk- MSI GTX 1080ti 11Gb, 32 Gb Ram Corsair Vengaence PC-ddr4 3200 MHz - LG 32” 1440p - Saitek X52 + CH Pro Pedals - TrackIR 5 - Win10 Pro-64bit :smilewink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Abburo Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Regarding GPU: with these 970 available on market you should not look back to any SLI option. Your options starts only from 1x970 to higher... Later edit: forgot to mention that a 770GTX needs around 240Watts while 970GTX somewhere around 140W. Along with general performances, the power consumption should be next criteria (less heat dissipated, smaller and of course cheaper power supply, etc) Edited January 17, 2015 by Abburo Romanian Community for DCS World HW Specs: AMD 7900X, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090, HOTAS Virpil, MFG, CLS-E, custom
alexiao73 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Posted January 17, 2015 Regarding GPU: with these 970 available on market you should not look back to any SLI option. Your options starts only from 1x970 to higher... Later edit: forgot to mention that a 770GTX needs around 240Watts while 970GTX somewhere around 140W. Along with general performances, the power consumption should be next criteria (less heat dissipated, smaller and of course cheaper power supply, etc) Made the order! i5 4690k Asrock z97 extreme 4 Corsair 2x4Gb vengaence 1600 MHz CL9 Samsung SSD Evo 850 250Gb :pilotfly: Video card still to decide... System: i5 10600k @4.80Ghz - MSI Z490 Tomahawk- MSI GTX 1080ti 11Gb, 32 Gb Ram Corsair Vengaence PC-ddr4 3200 MHz - LG 32” 1440p - Saitek X52 + CH Pro Pedals - TrackIR 5 - Win10 Pro-64bit :smilewink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Ricoo1 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Next interesting card : GTX960Ti FX-9370 4.83 GHz, 16 GB Gskill Trident X 2400 MHz, Asus ROG Crosshair V formula-Z, GTX1080FE, Corsair TX650W PSU, Rift, XL2411T 3D 144 Hz, Windows 10 Pro
rcjonessnp175 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 My advice dontbuy nvidia right now until they figure out if the 900 series is defective or not. Lots of problems with them and no answer from nvidia. Their drivers are horrible right now and it's a bad time to be running the 900 series. They have major gpu usage problems resulting in horrible fps and lots of stuttering. I'm regretting buying the 980's , they need to release good drivers but it's been very quiet from nvidia...... I7 4770k @ 4.6, sli 980 evga oc edition, ssdx2, Sony 55 inch edid hack nvidia 3dvision. Volair sim pit, DK2 Oculus Rift.
TwilightZone Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 ......love my 980's.........no problems...great fps...very happy...:-) P-51, 190-D9, 109-K4, Spitfire MK IX, Normandy, and everything else:joystick: i7 4770K, 4.3ghz, 32gb ram, Windows-10 Pro, Z87 Exstreme4, Corsair 850w psu, Samsung Evo 1T SSD & 250 SSD, Titan-X 12gb OC, Asus ROG Swift 27"/1440p/144hz/1ms monitor, Trackir 5, TM Warthog & 10cm extension, Saitek TPM, MFG crosswind pedals
hannibal Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Hi guys, I'm to update my old rig for the incoming dcs world 2.0. After reading many posts and looked at configs of many of you, this is what I'm getting to: What do you think? Please advice!! Alessandro why dont you wait until DCS world 2.0 comes out? wait for official benchmarks to pop up before you throw money away find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
hannibal Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 My advice dontbuy nvidia right now until they figure out if the 900 series is defective or not. Lots of problems with them and no answer from nvidia. Their drivers are horrible right now and it's a bad time to be running the 900 series. They have major gpu usage problems resulting in horrible fps and lots of stuttering. I'm regretting buying the 980's , they need to release good drivers but it's been very quiet from nvidia...... no one says you have to run the latest graphics drivers. find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
Inrideo Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 The rig in my sig is getting replaced this week. At least most of it is anyway. Case: Corsair Graphite 230 CPU: FX 8350 Cooler: H75 Liquid cooler RAM: 8 Gig 1833 DDR3 That will mean a new motherboard as well. Video card and hard drives / SSD are just getting moved over. I imagine the existing mainboard's bottlenecks have been holding back the GT650 anyway, so I should see a performance improvement. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] T.Flight HOTAS | Custom DIY Cyclic and Collective | AMD FX8350 | 16GB RAM | 4TB HDD | 2x 128 GB SSD | NVidia 1080
rcjonessnp175 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) so do tell what drivers are you runing on the 980s? Heres a few of the problems, id read up before deciding what brand to buy. https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/804484/geforce-900-series/gtx-970-fps-issues-/ https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/803518/geforce-900-series/gtx-970-3-5gb-vram-issue/ https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/792706/geforce-900-series/nvidia-is-there-a-fix-coming-or-not-very-disappointed-new-customer-970-low-usage-/ https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/802242/geforce-900-series/300mhz-underclock-to-stop-voltage-throttle-/ https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/804294/geforce-900-series/still-no-answers-or-fixes-/ I have observed horrible gpu usage with sli 980 trying to run dcs and other games in dsr 4k. I fly dcs world in 3d and have noticed problems with all newer drivers, currently running 344.75. Newer drivers even jacked up the sli 770 i was running before the 980. So if you guys have a good recomendation on drivers that work well please share. Not everybody has the problems above but it is a legit problem for many others. http://forums.evga.com/900-Series-GPU-Usage-Dropout-Test-m2275993.aspx Well after some reading and investigating seems 344.11 might be best right now for most problems Edited January 17, 2015 by rcjonessnp175 I7 4770k @ 4.6, sli 980 evga oc edition, ssdx2, Sony 55 inch edid hack nvidia 3dvision. Volair sim pit, DK2 Oculus Rift.
Buckeye Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 new rig for Dcs world 2.0, please help! My advice dontbuy nvidia right now until they figure out if the 900 series is defective or not. Lots of problems with them and no answer from nvidia. Their drivers are horrible right now and it's a bad time to be running the 900 series. They have major gpu usage problems resulting in horrible fps and lots of stuttering. I'm regretting buying the 980's , they need to release good drivers but it's been very quiet from nvidia...... Interesting, no issues w my 970s. Smoking through Fire Stike Extreme and Heaven Ultra benchmarks and seeing great performance in games. Rig: SimLab P1X Chassis | Tianhang Base PRO + Tianhang F-16 Grip w/ OTTO Buttons | Custom Throttletek F/A-18C Throttle w/ Hall Sensors + OTTO switches and buttons | Slaw Device RX Viper Pedals w/ Damper Tactile: G-Belt | 2x BK LFE + 1x BK Concert | 2x TST-429 | 1x BST-300EX | 2x BST-1 | 6x 40W Exciters | 2x NX3000D | 2x EPQ304 PC/VR: Somnium VR1 Visionary | 4090 | 12700K
txmtb Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Interesting, no issues w my 970s. Smoking through Fire Stike Extreme and Heaven Ultra benchmarks and seeing great performance in games. Yep, haven't had any issues with mine, but have followed the thread on EVGA and it seems to be a legit problem for some. Win 10 64 Pro, MSI Z390 I7-9700K @5ghz Kraken Z63, 32Gb Corsair Dominator, MSI RTX-2070, 1TB NVME 2TB SSD's, TM Warthog, Pro Rudders, OpenTrack w/ IR Clip
TAW_Blaze Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 I'd suggest to just wait until EDGE has been out for some time. I'm also looking to replace my whole system around summer, hopefully by that time we'll have a few months experience with it.
alexiao73 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Posted January 18, 2015 Thank you guys for the advices!:thumbup: I will wait for EDGE/world 2.0 is out to check performance and then buy the new video card. Meanwhile i bought the asrock Z97 estreme 4 and an i5 4690k + the new SSD 250Gb 850 Evo that I guess should be handling well the new 2.0 sw. System: i5 10600k @4.80Ghz - MSI Z490 Tomahawk- MSI GTX 1080ti 11Gb, 32 Gb Ram Corsair Vengaence PC-ddr4 3200 MHz - LG 32” 1440p - Saitek X52 + CH Pro Pedals - TrackIR 5 - Win10 Pro-64bit :smilewink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Dav IRL Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 My 2 970's are beast. 4.8 I7, 1080, TMW&T, SSD, VKB MK.IV.
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