Steel Jaw Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Looking for a new card, currently running a evga 660 with 2gb. Looking for a 4GB card. Does DCSW prefer either platform? Cheers, brother. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
Brisse Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 The old DCS used to favour Nvidia while AMD gave abysmal performance. The new version with the new engine has completely changed the playing field, and both now work on equal terms in DCS. Just be aware that there's currently a bug affecting the AMD 300 series, but on the other hand there's a thread where people have been reporting stuttering on the Nevada map and the majority of those seemed to be Nvidia users. I'm sure all of that will eventually be fixed as 2.0 comes out of beta and graphics drivers improve. Personally I use a R9 290X with excellent results at 2440x1440 resolution and mostly maxed out settings. Even over Las Vegas on the Nevada map it runs perfectly smooth. It does sometimes drop under 60fps but thanks to freesync it's not really that noticeable in my case.
BlueRaven Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I personally have nVidia (GTX770) but I think either will do. If you take my suggestion, I would not invest too much now, as in 2016 many new improvements will come out in the GPU market so you could get something significantly better for your money... at the moment I'd stick on a used card. Hope this helps, have a nice Christmas! Nulla Dies Sine Linea
wormeaten Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Even I personaly prefer more Nvidia over AMD last 8 years I'm using AMD/ATI cards. Simply Nvidia is not that much better how much it cost. Right now R9 290x is best buy option. Most performance per $. It is not fresh model, but will be god for another 3 or 4 years. It is cheaper than GTX 970 and significant better performance in benchmarks. If you don't need to think about money than go to GTX 980 ti or R9 Fury x.
dburne Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I really like my EVGA GTX 970 FTW 4gb card, it performs very well for me in both 1.5 and 2.0 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
Brisse Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Right now R9 290x is best buy option. Most performance per $. It is not fresh model, but will be god for another 3 or 4 years. Truth is that there are no fresh models on the market right now. The 390X is nothing but a re-branded 290X with more vram and slightly higher clock-speed (no more than an over-clocked 290X). Manufacturers have been stuck with the current models a long time because the manufacturing process that was supposed to replace 28nm failed. It looks like we are finally getting a new manufacturing process at 16nm in 2016 so things are really going to start happening soon.
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 20, 2015 ED Team Posted December 20, 2015 Started playing DCS with ATI changed to NVIDIA and never looked back. It was a shame really I was a ATI fanboi, the best bang for your buck thing, but once I had changed to NVIDIA things became a lot better for me. Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
Steel Jaw Posted December 20, 2015 Author Posted December 20, 2015 once I had changed to NVIDIA things became a lot better for me. How so brother? "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
hansangb Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Also, keep in mind that for a long time, Oculus (wave of the future, like it or not) didn't work with ATI. Count me in the Nvidia camp. hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 21, 2015 ED Team Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) How so brother? Performance, bare in mind this was when DCS was dx9 My crossfire ATI setup got no where near the performance of NVIDIA, and in the end I gave up. Things have changed I hope for ATI with DCS, now dx11 is being used, but the performance I get with the GTX 980 is outstanding. Edited December 23, 2015 by BIGNEWY Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
remon Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Looking for a new card, currently running a evga 660 with 2gb. Looking for a 4GB card. Does DCSW prefer either platform? Cheers, brother. If you can, wait for the next generation of cards.
spaceraver Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I use a R9 209X card too. I see full load ingame on the GPU in 1.5. Abysmal in 1.2. I still need to tweak a bit of options but the card is solid as a rock on water. Anything with a Rotary Wing is fun and challenging. Use SRS radio. Saitek X55 Modding System Specs Mixed Metals: i7 4790K@4.6, 32GB Kingston HyperX ram@2400Mhz, Gigabyte GA-Z97MX Gaming 5, ASUS Vega 64, 3xSamsung SSD drives, FSP Aurum 1000W PSU, Custom watercooling with EK blocks, Vive, Virpil MT 50, X55 throttle.
simo1000rr Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I used to have ATI . I changed Green and now i have 2 GTX 970 . A word of advice never buy ATI . I know i will never go back .
AceKng1 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I have an AMD R9 390 and I am getting excellent frame rates playing with high settings on 5760x1080 resolution. It has been fantastic for me in 1.5 and 2.0.
Devrim Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I would say nVidia, but today I took a look on AMD products. Some models are same price as nVidia but more specs. So, I'm confused. Example; Same price; NVidia has 4 GB, AMD has 8. Plus AMD's clock speed is slightly higher. And some others... That caused me to review my choice. Intel i7-14700@5.6GHz | MSI RTX4080 SuperSuprimX | Corsair V. 64GB@6400MHz. | Samsung 1TB 990 PRO SSD (Win10Homex64) Samsung G5 32" + Samsung 18" + 2x8"TFT Displays | TM Warthog Stick w/AVA Base | VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle | TM MFD Cougars | Logitech G13, G230, G510, PZ55 & Farming Sim Panel | TIR5 & M.Quest3 VR >>MY MODS<< | Discord: Devrim#1068
uboats Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I prefer nvidia, it's a long story based on poor experience of amd/ati on Linux. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn |
dburne Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I used to be ATI and AMD until a few years ago, then I made the switch back to Intel and Nvidia, this was around the time of the Core 2 Duo, and have pretty much stuck with them the last several years. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
Lange_666 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 My last 3 PC's all had/have nVidia but the one before that i had an ATI installed (X800X if i remember correctly) and i found that it had much better colours and a lot better anti-aliasing then the nVidia i put in the next PC. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
Sporg Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 My last 3 PC's all had/have nVidia but the one before that i had an ATI installed (X800X if i remember correctly) and i found that it had much better colours and a lot better anti-aliasing then the nVidia i put in the next PC. Agree with this. I felt the same when changing from ATI to nVidia, and I see it confirmed when I compare my current nVidia card to my friends' AMD card when playing DCS. I never had problems with ATI and my friend does not with his AMD. My biggest gripe has been AMD cards' excessive power consumption through the later years, compared to nVidia. System specs: Gigabyte Aorus Master, i7 9700K@std, GTX 1080TI OC, 32 GB 3000 MHz RAM, NVMe M.2 SSD, Oculus Quest VR (2x1600x1440) Warthog HOTAS w/150mm extension, Slaw pedals, Gametrix Jetseat, TrackIR for monitor use
hannibal Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 If you can, wait for the next generation of cards. thats going to be a grueling wait.. pascal gen of video cards in H1 2016... so thats like a summer time frame, at the premium price.. maybe till next holiday for the new cards to be in the 600$ instead of the 1000$ premium price.. i dont think i can handle this wait, so i will go for the best card at the time of oculus release. (looks like 980 ti at the moment) find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
remon Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 thats going to be a grueling wait.. pascal gen of video cards in H1 2016... so thats like a summer time frame, at the premium price.. maybe till next holiday for the new cards to be in the 600$ instead of the 1000$ premium price.. i dont think i can handle this wait, so i will go for the best card at the time of oculus release. (looks like 980 ti at the moment) Buying the card for VR is an even bigger reason to wait, especially if you're willing to pay for a 980ti. There have been indications by Oculus that AMD handles it better. Things might have changed, but still...
Steel Jaw Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 On a budget and the asus 960 gtx is 50 bucks less than the asus r9 380, so my wallet has decided. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
Brisse Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Those 50 bucks would give you about 15% more performance. Is it worth it or not? That's entirely up to you. :)
Lt_Maverick Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Yeah you're trading a 2013 accord in on a 2015 accord and paying higher payments. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down."- General Chuck Yeager, USAF, describing his first confrontation with a Me262. JayRac3r/Lt_Mav YouTube Channel
Steel Jaw Posted December 24, 2015 Author Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Those 50 bucks would give you about 15% more performance. Is it worth it or not? That's entirely up to you. :) Spent the day reviewing comparisons between the 960 and r9 380. They seem to break about even. How confident are you about that 15 %? I understand the R9 has higher memory bandwidth butndoes this translate into better performance? Can the the 960 with its 128 mem bandwidth make full use of 4GB vram? Edited December 24, 2015 by Mower "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
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