DCS World 4K system opinions

[159th_Falcon]

Hi everyone,

 

Been looking to build a new system for a while now.

Problem is i got a bit out of touch whit the latest tech, is the below setup

sensible for playing DCS World at 4k and (near) constant 60 fps?

Don't mind if i can't run absolute max settings.

 

PS, also do some video editing/rendering on occasion nothing fancy.

(my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw35resCE5-RhS9Nign4uA/videos )

 

 

AMD Ryzen 7 2700, 3,2 GHz (4,1 GHz Turbo Boost) socket AM4 processor

 

GIGABYTE AORUS X470 Ultra Gaming, socket AM4 moederbord

 

Corsair 32 GB DDR4-2666 Kit werkgeheugen

 

Samsung 1 TB, 970 EVO SSD (For games/video editing)

 

Samsung 250 GB, 970 EVO SSD (for the system, windows, drivers, anti-virus, office etc)

 

Corsair RM850X, 850 Watt voeding

 

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING OC 8G grafische kaart

 

Microsoft Windows 10 software

 

 

For a total of 1860 euro including shipment.

[boscoh]

At 4K the graphics card is going to be the biggest factor.

 

In order of most performance judging by most reviews:

 

2080ti

2080

1080ti

2070

 

The 1080ti won't get you Ray Tracing when it is eventually supported in DCS. I would probably get a 2080, which is in the same price range as the 1080ti and offers slightly better or equal performance (depending on the game) and ray tracing support.

 

In my opinion, I wouldn't build a system of those specs and use a 2070 for gaming in 4K. Spend a little extra and get a much better card suited to 4K.

 

I'd also recommend upping your power supply to 1000W. The 2700x and any of the above mentioned graphics cards are very power hungry. Going to a 1000W power supply shouldn't cost much more. Look at EVGA Gold class power supplies as well. I recently picked one for much cheaper than the Corsair equivalent, and they are equally as reputable.

 

For what it's worth, I run a 2080Ti Founders Edition with an overclocked I5-6700K and push 4k @ 60FPS+ pretty much everywhere except low over the forests of Caucasus, where it drops to around 40 FPS. This is with every setting maxed.

[BitMaster]

I can hardly maintain 1440p at a fairly high LOD ( most is max, Visibility is extreme, only Shadows are Flat-Terrain )

 

That's with a 1080ti.

 

I am not sure if a 2080ti would run my LOD at 4k with enough fps.

 

I HIGHLY DOUBT IT, you got to scale some LOD down here and there. 20-30% more Ooomps is not gonna safe it from that.

[159th_Falcon]

Can you please remind me what LOD is again? Been away for to long.

(render distance of objects and buildings i believe?)

 

 

As for the video card, the 2080 is still around 200 euro's more expensive.

Guess i could drop the windows 10 and keep using my windows 8 license?

downside is that i can't run both systems at the same time then to copy over some stuff.

(unless i unplug the old one from the good old internet?)

 

 

BitMaster, i noticed you use an SSD as pagefile in your signature.

Curious what the benefits of this are?

 

 

Thank's for the help so far guys.

[BitMaster]

LOD = level of detail, aka all the nice stuff you can turn on, like MSAA and SSAA, Shadows, terrain Detail...all that stuff.

 

A 2080ti is sooo fast that it can tilt your 5+G_CPU if you dont go higher than 1440p, at maximum LOD.

 

Still, I doubt that it can run DCS everywhere and every module at 4k and >60fps

Edited November 25, 2018 by BitMaster

[Varis]

A 2nd SSD with regular SATA might make sense so you have room for a future m.2 upgrade. 256GB is a small disk in that price range.

 

You guys sound like I'm in for a world of hurt with a 4k monitor upgrade. Going with full HD I'm used to 70-120fps with what I consider almost max settings. No MSAA or crazy things like that :-p

Edited November 27, 2018 by Varis