DCS 1.5+ Checks DX11 Graphics Card is Compatible

[fearlessfrog]

Hi,

 

Product suggestion. For 1.5 and 2.0 (anything with EDGE) a quick DXCAPs call is made when DCS is starting up to check that the users graphics card has the required capabilities, i.e. shader version DX level and even VRAM.

 

If any of these checks fail then a simple dialog would appear that would let the user know that their hardware isn't going to fly and why ('you require a DX11 compatible card'). :pilotfly:

 

A bunch of us volunteer our time over at the DCS Steam forums to help new people enjoy DCS, and since 1.5 has released then the issue has come up quite a bit, so this tiny feature 'bootstrap' would help.

 

Cheers!

FF

[BIGNEWY]

Super idea, I like it! for many reasons :)

[fearlessfrog]

I should add, the people getting caught the most are the ones that gets upgraded by Steam from 1.2 to 1.5 automatically. They had it working and then it stops because their GPU isn't up to it. We show them how to go back to 1.2, but obviously it's confusing, and not just a case of people just ignoring the minimum specs required (although they do that too :)

[Sierra99]

Along the same lines...is a check made to determine what processor is present? I ran a server using a Core 2 Duo E8400 until 1.5 was released at which point DCS stopped working. I now know the DX11 card is definately an issue but that can be fixed in 5 minutes. If the processor is simply a no go too...that would be good information as well.