Flying Toaster Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 My laptop runs DCS 1.5 pretty well - good graphics settings, 60FPS, etc. However, I've heard that 2.5 is much more demanding, so I am wondering if I should stick with 1.5 and enjoy the campaigns I haven't finished, single player and so on, or upgrade to 2.5 Some stats from it: Processor: Intel® Core i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Available OS Memory: 8146MB RAM Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 980M Display Memory: 8126 MB Dedicated Memory: 4053 MB Shared Memory: 4072 MB Will that run 2.5 at reasonable settings (say medium graphics quality, 30 or so FPS)? In case it matters, the screen res is 1920x1080, no VR or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-J Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 The CPU is on the very low side, small amount of memory will hurt somewhat too. 980M will have some hard work to do as well, but if you aim at 30-ish fps only, you might get away with it I guess... The best thing you can do is to download the latest 2.5.2 Open Beta (as it's somewhat less memory-heavy than current release version), install it next to your 1.5 (you can have as many separate installs as you want) and do some combat flying around with one of free planes. You loose nothing except some disc space and time. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Toaster Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thanks, I'll probably stick with 1.5 for a while and finish my in-progress campaigns, then look at upgrade options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Your chip is not locked at that frequency, it goes up to 3.5GHz so it is not THAT bad for a laptop. What would concern me more is 8GB RAM, that will limit you to Single Player and small to medium missions in 2.5.x . You gotta try and see what works and what not. Some things will definitely not work but a big part will. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 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 PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Will that run 2.5 at reasonable settings (say medium graphics quality, 30 or so FPS)? In case it matters, the screen res is 1920x1080, no VR or anything like that. I'd expect it to run well over 30 fps at that resolution and medium details. You could add another 8 GB of RAM if possible. i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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