New PC Build VR Performance Question

[1Wolf]

I'm looking to build a new machine for DCS as my current machine is going on 6 years old at this point (Though I did upgrade it to a GTX 1080TI a few months ago).

 

 

I play DCS with VR (Oculus Rift) exclusively, so like many, I'm struggling to get all the performance I can to get the best VR frame rates and visuals that I can.

 

 

I'd like to get some opinions as to what, if any, performance improvements I might expect when moving from my current machine to my planned build. The opinions of those who use VR and might have been on a machine with stats similar to mine, and who have built a new machine or upgraded to a build similar to what I'm planning would be especially helpful.

 

 

My CURRENT machine is:

Intel i7 3770K @ 4.5 Ghz

32 Gigs Memory

EVGA GTX 1080 TI SC2

512 GB Crucial SSD

 

 

The machine I'm looking to build is:

Intel i7 8700K @ 5.1 or 5.2 Ghz

64 Gigs Memory

EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3 Hybrid

Samsung 960 Pro M.2 NVME 1TB

 

 

My CURRENT machine, running in VR with the Oculus Rift in DCS 1.5 (I haven't played around with DCS 2.x much), usually gets around 45 FPS in the air on average. On the ground taxiing around, it could drop to the 20's or 30's. In the air if there is a lot of activity on the ground...like doing CAS missions in the A-10C in the middle of a big battle...it could drop to the teens. At that point, for that kind of mission, I usually need to drop my detail settings a bit.

 

 

The detail settings I usually use are:

PD of 1.8

Textures, Terrain Textures, Vis range, Heat Blur set to high

Civ Traffic, Water, Shadows set to Low

Depth of Field, Lens effects Off

Terrain Object Shadows Off

HDR On

MSAA 4x

Anisotropic Filtering 8x

Middle-to-Low Clutter/Grass and Trees settings

 

 

As mentioned above, my current machine is getting a bit old and I'm wondering if the CPU is holding back the GPU power and I'm just trying to determine whether I'm going to see decent increases building the new machine, or whether they are likely to be very modest.

 

 

Also, as an FYI, I'm aware of the whole intel thing going on (at least, what is known and been discussed on the internet so far). I'm holding off on building anything until there are more benchmarks, more info, etc. I'm not going to get all bent out of shape and change my plans until more of this plays out.

 

 

Thanks for the help and opinions :)

[BitMaster]

DONT BUY NOW !

 

read the news, u may wanna consider an AMD after reading the news.

 

I sell u my 8700k, tuned n polished....

 

 

and 64gb in a z370...good luck !!!! they are not too ram friendly atm, better go for a more conservative ram setup

[lemoen]

I agree. Your current machine is plenty. Try 2.2 if you're not sure but I'm guessing it'll run a lot better than 1.5.8. 1.5.x runs horribly, esp if the mission has a bunch of AI.

[dburne]

If I were upgrading now ( my rig is 4 yrs old), what you are looking at is likely what I would be shooting for. ( sorry I just am not that concerned on the Intel thing).

 

I would say you certainly would see some gains, especially with that higher PD setting you are using along with MSAA x4.

 

Just be aware no machine currently will give you a constant 90 fps in DCS.

[Buckeye]

64GB of RAM is excessive, even your current 32 GB of RAM is mostly excessive for DCS usage....unless you plan on 5+ hour sessions and springing memory leaks.

 

 

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[Cibit]

Loose MSAA and see the results :)

[mr_mojo97]

And wait till 2.5 comes out at the end of the month. It should be more optimised than it is at the mo and should have some more fps (I hope). And you could put your IP down to 1.5 - I can’t really see that much difference between 1.5 and 2 anyways and you do get more frames in there