F14 Graphical Performance

[R1Lawsy]

Hey,

 

I am wondering if we effectively have to render two cockpits - front and back, is the F14 going to make me buy another video card to get the frames i need?

 

Just curious as that's how it works in my mind ;)

 

Cheers

James

[Harpoon]

There definitely has to be optimization in that front, I'm guessing two different cpt models for the pilot and RIO.

[OnlyforDCS]

I assume if you can run the Viggen fine, you would have the same performance with the F14, but maybe Cobra or someone could clarify whether the requirements for the F14 will be steeper than they are for the Viggen.

[Robert31178]

Not sure how it would actually affect things, but if I recall this right the devs have said that the Tomcat will have some upgrades visually compared to even their Viggen.

[Buzzles]

Hey,

 

I am wondering if we effectively have to render two cockpits - front and back, is the F14 going to make me buy another video card to get the frames i need?

 

Just curious as that's how it works in my mind ;)

 

Cheers

James

 

Long and short of it is the game doesn't render polygons you cannot see.

 

So, no, you won't render both the entire front and back cockpit.

[Cobra847]

We aim to have the F-14 look significantly better than the Viggen; but I don't see that in any way impacting performance. It's more of a workflow improvement (and even more experience)

 

Most of the RIO pit will be hidden when you're in the pilot cockpit, and vice versa. This will help with the performance requirements of a dual pit cockpit.

 

VRAM usage will be higher though. To maintain the same fidelity across two cockpits (large ones at that) -- the total number of textures will unfortunately be higher. If this poses a performance issue down the line; we'll make sure to have options to pick texture resolution independently of the rest of the game.

[Robert31178]

Damn, these guys think of everything!!

[DoctorStrop]

Hey,

 

I am wondering if we effectively have to render two cockpits - front and back, is the F14 going to make me buy another video card to get the frames i need?

 

Just curious as that's how it works in my mind ;)

 

Cheers

James

 

If your mind works like mine, then you are looking for the slightest justification to buy a new card. If so then you definitely 100% need a new card, probably 1080 TI, and you need a new joystick, pedals, motion seat and VR. Your computer will explode if you don't.

[OnlyforDCS]

We aim to have the F-14 look significantly better than the Viggen; but I don't see that in any way impacting performance. It's more of a workflow improvement (and even more experience)

 

Most of the RIO pit will be hidden when you're in the pilot cockpit, and vice versa. This will help with the performance requirements of a dual pit cockpit.

 

VRAM usage will be higher though. To maintain the same fidelity across two cockpits (large ones at that) -- the total number of textures will unfortunately be higher. If this poses a performance issue down the line; we'll make sure to have options to pick texture resolution independently of the rest of the game.

 

Thanks for the clarification. :thumbup:

[Boris]

We aim to have the F-14 look significantly better than the Viggen

 

How is that even possible? :lol:

[Reflected]

The MIG21 runs quite well on my system, so I hope the F14 will too. Although I know it will be aven more complex....how does the Viggen's performance compare to the 21?

[Pocket Sized]

The MIG21 runs quite well on my system, so I hope the F14 will too. Although I know it will be aven more complex....how does the Viggen's performance compare to the 21?

 

Between the two, I get noticeably lower frames in the Viggen in MP. Honestly though, I have so much fun flying it that it never bothers me.

 

I'm running a 750ti and 16GB of RAM at medium texture quality.

[Goldsmack]

VRAM usage will be higher though

 

I know it's probably to early to speculate but what might be the minimum VRAM recommended for this bird? I unfortunately have the infamous GTX 970 with a whopping 3.5G VRAM :(. At my screen res current DCS mods never seems to max it out yet.

[Cobra847]

I know it's probably to early to speculate but what might be the minimum VRAM recommended for this bird? I unfortunately have the infamous GTX 970 with a whopping 3.5G VRAM :(. At my screen res current DCS mods never seems to max it out yet.

 

Probably around 150 mb more than the Viggen currently uses.

[Goldsmack]

Great! thanks Cobra. :thumbup:

[Dino Might]

I already have plans for a new machine once this beast comes out.

 

I'm guessing that my VKB gimbal, Slaw pedals, and the new rig will all come around the time the F-14 is actually released. I'm hoping for Christmas in July :)