DCS Stable 1.5.3 drop FPS VS 1.5.1...

[Skulleader]

Hello,

 

I'm not sure but with v1.5.2 (Sable) my FPS was always upper 60 FPS but with v1.5.3 (Stable) I have the sensation to loose more FPS than v1.5.3 and you ?

A great thanks for your feedback, Skull.

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

And... the colidable trees are not even in yet....

[=DECOY=]

already a thread on its guys

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=158302

[droopy114]

Hello,

 

I'm not sure but with v1.5.2 (Sable) my FPS was always upper 60 FPS but with v1.5.3 (Stable) I have the sensation to loose more FPS than v1.5.3 and you ?

A great thanks for your feedback, Skull.

 

Open your low/medium/high/ultra/extreme.lua with Notepad and you will understand your FPS drop. For eg., high is more demanding now than ultra in the previous version. This Is certainly for matching the current view settng in V2.0.

[Kuky]

Lower your visibility setting. The terrain config files have been adjusted recently. You should probably use Medium setting (you will still have nice visibility in game)

[Skulleader]

Hello guys,

 

Thanks for your explanations, for the moment I've changed Ultra ---> High ---> Medium.

As I can't upgrade my computer Medium a good choice, thanks again. Skull

[Shez]

Lower your visibility setting. The terrain config files have been adjusted recently. You should probably use Medium setting (you will still have nice visibility in game)

 

Why is this information not relayed in the patch notes? It will obviously effect many users. Very frustrating.

[droopy114]

Why is this information not relayed in the patch notes? It will obviously effect many users. Very frustrating.

 

Agree, they should have mentioned this.

[Skulleader]

Agree, they should have mentioned this.

Agree too because it's an very importante information for us.

 

EDIT,

Please can you tell me if this new LUA file change just "VISIB RANGE" or other values from this menu ?

 

Edited February 21, 2016 by Skulleader

[Enduro14]

I suspect it's part of the testing as to see if anybody notices. I think we past the test. I will comment that the 1.5.3 high setting is much better looking than the old ultra setting. So like kuky has said drop your visibility range setting you are not losing visual fidelity.

 

For post above I agree be nice if we got a more robust change log so we can give better to the point feedback in regards to changes. Oh and you have 16xmsaa....

Edited February 21, 2016 by Enduro14

[Skulleader]

For post above I agree be nice if we got a more robust change log so we can give better to the point feedback in regards to changes. Oh and you have 16xmsaa....

MSAA 16X do you think that it's too much for my PC ?

ASUS Maximus VI Formula C2

Intel Core i7-4770K (3.5 GHz)

G.Skill Trident X Series 32 Go (4x 8 Go) DDR3 2400 MHz CL10

Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250 Go

1 VelociRaptor 600 Go 2.5" SATA 6GB/s

2 Caviar Black 1 To SATA 6GB/s 3.5"

Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium

Corsair Professional Serie Gold AX1200

Corsair Hydro Serie H80 - Windows 8.1 64 bits

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced

ASUS 27" LCD VG278H 3D

Thanks in advance, Skull.

[firmek]

Regardless of the specific GPU anti-aliasing (FSAA, MSAA) is one of the if not the biggest resource hog and reducing it's value is usually the first place to go for gaining performance improvement.

Its an over-simplification but to give you an idea why this is the case, the anti-aliasing renders every frame at much higher resolution before down-sampling it to native, displayed one.

Try to lower your settings to 8x or 4x. You'll probably not notice much of reduction in the video quality but your FPS should get a significant boost.

[droopy114]

Regardless of the specific GPU anti-aliasing (FSAA, MSAA) is one of the if not the biggest resource hog and reducing it's value is usually the first place to go for gaining performance improvement.

Its an over-simplification but to give you an idea why this is the case, the anti-aliasing renders every frame at much higher resolution before down-sampling it to native, displayed one.

Try to lower your settings to 8x or 4x. You'll probably not notice much of reduction in the video quality but your FPS should get a significant boost.

 

Yes, MSAA can be a ressource hog but not that much, at least for me with a GTX 970. Honestly, the difference between 8x and 16x is minus in term of performance, but look way better with 16x...also it depend on the width screen, 16x don't look the same on a 24'', 27'', or a 32'' at 1080p. I have two screen at home, a 1080p 32'', and a 4k 40''. 4k/40'' is stunning, 1080p/32'': i would say MSAA 16x is not sufficient, it feel choppy, but that's my opinion. For Skulleader, you can overclock this I7, it's a very capable processor and you will notice the difference immediatly.

[KEULE]

Lower your visibility setting. The terrain config files have been adjusted recently. You should probably use Medium setting (you will still have nice visibility in game)

 

Not sure if this is the ultimate solution. On Nevada map I have seetings at hight with absolutely smooth gameplay. 1.5.3 goes down to 26 fps at ground. Are you sure that there is no potential from ED in terms of map optimisation?

Is 1.5.3 now more demanding than 2.0?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Kuky]

Not sure if this is the ultimate solution. On Nevada map I have seetings at hight with absolutely smooth gameplay. 1.5.3 goes down to 26 fps at ground. Are you sure that there is no potential from ED in terms of map optimisation?

Is 1.5.3 now more demanding than 2.0?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Thats because Nevada map uses different config files which weren't changed.

[Kuky]

By the way the change of these config files was in the log, but change was not explained in detail.

[Skulleader]

For Skulleader, you can overclock this I7, it's a very capable processor and you will notice the difference immediatly.

 

Please can you tell me the element that I must overclock ?

17 is what ?

Thanks again, Skull

[droopy114]

Please can you tell me the element that I must overclock ?

17 is what ?

Thanks again, Skull

 

I7 is your processor, Intel Core i7. You can do this through the BIOS, by (in the beginning) just check if your turbo and turbo boost is enabled, IIRC, you can reach 3,9 or 4Ghz with this feature enabled. If you want more, you can set your CPU ratio,etc.... too long to be described here (et ça serait plus facile en français:) ) , there are plenty of overclocking tuto around the web.That's what I did, and I don't regret it.

[firmek]

17 is what ?

Its i7 - your CPU. Overclocking it may increase performance but at the same time its quite capable processor and overclocking hardware is always connected with a risk of damaging it.

Maybe the confusion comes from the assumption that changing the visibility setting (VISIB RANGE) to lower value for instance from HIGH to MEDIUM will decrease the quality of visuals.

As explained the 1.5.3 update had changed the visibility configuration values so that they are much higher than before it. You may check the configuration files buy yourself (the settings from 1.5.2 are attached in other thread). For example MEDIUM setting in latest version is in reality higher then HIGH and in some settings even higher than ULTRA in 1.5.2. The same 1.5.3 HIGH > 1.5.2 ULTRA/EXTREME and so on.

The solution is just to change the visibility setting to the point that will bring the performance level prior to the update and enjoy the sim . The quality of graphics will not be degraded and may be actually better.

Edited February 21, 2016 by firmek
Fixed typos

[Skulleader]

Hi,

In fact my CPU is already OC at 3.5 GHz...

Thanks again, Skull

[droopy114]

Hi,

In fact my CPU is already OC at 3.5 GHz...

Thanks again, Skull

 

3.5Ghz is your stock speed:

 

http://ark.intel.com/fr/products/75123/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

 

See if your "turbo boost" is enabled in the BIOS.

[Shez]

By the way the change of these config files was in the log, but change was not explained in detail.

 

Is there a log other than what's put in the 1.5 Changelog post? I don't remember seeing a log when I download updates. maybe I missed it.

 

There is nothing about this at the below link.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=147601&page=2

[Skulleader]

3.5Ghz is your stock speed:

Yes you have right, now I'm really stupid...

Thanks, Skull..

[Bucic]

Hello,

 

I'm not sure but with v1.5.2 (Sable) my FPS was always upper 60 FPS but with v1.5.3 (Stable) I have the sensation to loose more FPS than v1.5.3 and you ?

A great thanks for your feedback, Skull.

It may be due to average FPS remaining pretty much the same with frame times degradation underneath.

Heavy stuttering related to trees - ED Forums http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2710314#post2710314

[SkateZilla]

Visibility Settings Changed from 1.5.2 to 1.5.3

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2685487#post2685487