desdinova Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 So, I was disappointed to find multiplayer basically unplayable with my current specs. I was excited to try Blue Flag only to find my FPS dropping to 4 and then my computer basically freezing for 5-15 seconds whenever an enemy aircraft came near. I gave up after being shot down a couple times with no way to defend myself. I replayed the multiplayer track while watching resmon.exe and found that my physical memory usage was shooting from 50% to 98% when an enemy F-15 came into guns range, and disk activity (mostly swap file but also just loading normal assets) was also killing my FPS, despite DCS being installed on an SSD. Here's my current specs: Intel i7 920 ASUS P6X58D-Premium 8GB DDR3-1600 GTX 650 Ti Boost SSDs What do I need to be able to play this in multiplayer? I already ordered 8 more gigs of memory, since DDR3 is dirt cheap. I'm not sure if my CPU or memory speed is part of the problem. I'm not currently overclocking but the chip and board are capable of it. I'm satisfied with my GPU performance, in single player I get about 60 fps with low(ish) settings.
BitMaster Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 You can oc that CPU ...BUT... you need good FAST RAM for it as it only oc's by FSB and that usually sooner or later demands a higher cklocked RAM to match the specs. Cancel your order and go for the fastest DDR3 you can buy...if u wanna keep the 920. All other/newer i7's oc by multiplier and NOT by FSB. Faster RAM is not needed there but a nice feature. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus XG27ACG QHD 180Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X
Malefic Rage Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Hello there. I think in your circumstances the CPU is the primary bottleneck. DCS requires high single-core performance and looking at benchmarks your old core i7 CPU provides barely half of the performance of a current core i5 6600. The problem with upgrading is that you need a new motherboard to handle the current socket 1150 or newer 1151 so you would have to pay for that as well. Another limiter is likely your GTX 650 Ti. Currently DCS works very well on either a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or an AMD Radeon 390 at reasonably high detail settings. Hope it helps.
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