Soviet Sandwich Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Hello all, I want to get into DCS and am wondering what kind of performance my somewhat dated PC will get. My specs are: GTX 780Ti 2GB i7 4770k 16GB RAM If anyone could tell me what kind of framerate I could expect at max settings that would be great. I fear that the GPU would be the bottleneck, and if you agree, do you think the CPU would still do ok? In this scenario if possible I want to just upgrade GPU and avoid having sort a whole new build.
boedha68 Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Hello all, I want to get into DCS and am wondering what kind of performance my somewhat dated PC will get. My specs are: GTX 780Ti 2GB i7 4770k 16GB RAM If anyone could tell me what kind of framerate I could expect at max settings that would be great. I fear that the GPU would be the bottleneck, and if you agree, do you think the CPU would still do ok? In this scenario if possible I want to just upgrade GPU and avoid having sort a whole new build. Set minimum settings and your good to go. If you can you can crank it up from there. :D Newest system: AMD 9800X3d, Kingsting 128 GBDDR5, MSI RTX 5090(ready for buying), Corsair 150 Pro, 3xSamsung 970 Pro, Logitech X-56 HOTAS, Pimax Crystal Light (Super is purchased) ASUS 1200 Watt. New system:I9-9900KS, Kingston 128 GB DDR4 3200Mhz, MSI RTX 4090, Corsair H150 Pro RGB, 2xSamsung 970 EVO 2Tb, 2xsamsung 970 EVO 1 TB, Scandisk m2 500 MB, 2 x Crucial 1 Tb, T16000M HOTAS, HP Reverb Professional 2, Corsair 750 Watt. Old system:I7-4770K(OC 4.5Ghz), Kingston 24 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz,MSI RTX 2080(OC 2070 Mhz), 2 * 500 GB SSD, 3,5 TB HDD, 55' Samsung 3d tv, Trackir 5, Logitech HD Cam, T16000M HOTAS. All DCS modules, maps and campaigns:pilotfly:
norbot Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) The framerate you're going to achieve is highly dependent on the resolution you want to use. In 1080p you will probably have acceptable systemspecs for medium details. If you think about VR forget it. :D The best thing to do, is download DCS World and test the free aircraft (P-51 or Su-25). That should give you an answer to your question, before spending more money on DCS or your system. Edited June 13, 2018 by norbot
Shadow KT Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 You can get medium to highish setting with those. I am running a GTX560Ti + 2xMSAA and 2xAA in the nVidia Control Panel. Your card is at least 200% better than mine and you have 2GBs of VRAM so :) 'Shadow' Everybody gotta be offended and take it personally now-a-days
ryak84 Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Hello all, I want to get into DCS and am wondering what kind of performance my somewhat dated PC will get. My specs are: GTX 780Ti 2GB i7 4770k 16GB RAM If anyone could tell me what kind of framerate I could expect at max settings that would be great. I fear that the GPU would be the bottleneck, and if you agree, do you think the CPU would still do ok? In this scenario if possible I want to just upgrade GPU and avoid having sort a whole new build. Your only problem is vram, this game eats vram for breakfast. The 780 ti is fine for high settings but the vram will limit its abilities vastly and maybe produce some stutters/frame drops. The rest of the system is fine, maybe you could get some OC on your haswell chip. (4.5 ghz isnt unusual) Just try a fast mission with lots of units with the free DCS World client in Su-25T. Edited June 13, 2018 by ryak84
Soviet Sandwich Posted June 14, 2018 Author Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Your only problem is vram, this game eats vram for breakfast. The 780 ti is fine for high settings but the vram will limit its abilities vastly and maybe produce some stutters/frame drops. The rest of the system is fine, maybe you could get some OC on your haswell chip. (4.5 ghz isnt unusual) Just try a fast mission with lots of units with the free DCS World client in Su-25T. Have you tried running the game in 1440p 144fps? I have a 1080p 60fps monitor currently but I'd like to upgrade to higher resolution and fps. I'm definitely gonna need to get a better GPU as I wanna hit max settings, what I'm wondering is if my CPU will bottleneck at those settings. (My clock is stable at 4.2ghz) Edited June 14, 2018 by Soviet Sandwich
Art-J Posted June 14, 2018 Posted June 14, 2018 For what it's worth, my GTX1070 is good for 80-few (Normandy) up to 120-few (Nevada) fps in 1440p with slightly below high preset settings (no MSAA, though), on the ariport ramp, but with no other units around. 1080TI would be a better performer obviously, but still I don't think there is any hardware capable of staying above 144 fps in 1440p when there's lots of combat going on around, unless someone lowers the settings a lot. You'll have to choose either higher rez or higher fps, or high gfx quality, but not all three at the same time. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
BitMaster Posted June 15, 2018 Posted June 15, 2018 I second Art-J, there is no hardware available that will run DCS at very high framerates ( +100 average ) at 1440p and HIGH or MAX LOD. It just isn't the case. What you can get is either a 45-100 fps with a 1080ti and ALL-IN LOD, or lower the settings and enjoy 75-150fps..but expect lots of shimmer and overall, you will see the difference in quality. Somewhere in between you will have to find your personal sweetspot with fps and LOD / resolution. I personally have stopped chasing the high fps but enjoy the beauty of 2.5.x OB and SSAA 1.5x. I accept some 45ish lowest fps in rare scenes, still inda smooth, mostly it's 60ish and with some airframes and away from cities it goes 80-100x fps 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
Montrose Posted June 15, 2018 Posted June 15, 2018 Okay I am sure this has been asked but I am asking again. I run a ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 2K monitor and do mostly air to air dog fighting. I find it hard to spot targets out past 10 miles. The pilots I fly with are using 27 or smaller monitors at 1080p and can see out to 30ish or more. Does DCS have a recommended spec for monitors? Obviously the size of monitor will change the best resolution but I honestly don't know where to go from here. Money doesn't really matter but I don't want to throw it away for worse results. Anyone recommend a 27 to 24 inch widescreen resolution for best spotting of bandits :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
lemoen Posted June 15, 2018 Posted June 15, 2018 Okay I am sure this has been asked but I am asking again. I run a ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 2K monitor and do mostly air to air dog fighting. I find it hard to spot targets out past 10 miles. The pilots I fly with are using 27 or smaller monitors at 1080p and can see out to 30ish or more. Does DCS have a recommended spec for monitors? Obviously the size of monitor will change the best resolution but I honestly don't know where to go from here. Money doesn't really matter but I don't want to throw it away for worse results. Anyone recommend a 27 to 24 inch widescreen resolution for best spotting of bandits :) Far away things are rendered as single pixels. You have tiny pixels. Run it at 1080p or sit closer to the screen.
OnlyforDCS Posted June 15, 2018 Posted June 15, 2018 Okay I am sure this has been asked but I am asking again. I run a ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 2K monitor and do mostly air to air dog fighting. I find it hard to spot targets out past 10 miles. The pilots I fly with are using 27 or smaller monitors at 1080p and can see out to 30ish or more. Does DCS have a recommended spec for monitors? Obviously the size of monitor will change the best resolution but I honestly don't know where to go from here. Money doesn't really matter but I don't want to throw it away for worse results. Anyone recommend a 27 to 24 inch widescreen resolution for best spotting of bandits :) Get the biggest monitor that you can for the resolution youre gunning for. One other thing is the panel. Make sure its a high contrast panel. I know a lot of people will recommend to get a high refresh rate monitor, but those usually suffer with regards to image quality and contrast, and contrast is what you want when spotting those far away dots. 24 inches at 1080p or higher is too small. Likewise a 27" inch for 2K. If youre going for 1440p (2k) you need a 32 inch monitor at least, or you will need to drop your resolution to 1080p. Current specs: Windows 10 Home 64bit, i5-9600K @ 3.7 Ghz, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB Samsung EVO 860 M.2 SSD, GAINWARD RTX2060 6GB, Oculus Rift S, MS FFB2 Sidewinder + Warthog Throttle Quadrant, Saitek Pro rudder pedals.
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