Settings for Pimax5k+ and 1080TI

[Sunshadow]

Hi,

 

I just got my Pimax and trying to find the best settings. There are many different tutorials, but I'm not sure where to begin.

 

What are the most important settings for clarity of cockpit panels? PD in DCS, render quality in Pitool or Steam Supersampling?

 

Update:

I found out that Steam Supersampling has the biggest impact on clarity. With normal FOV, PITool 1.0, Steam SS 90% and DCS PD 1.1 I get acceptable results of about 35FPS.

Edited March 24, 2019 by Sunshadow

[hansangb]

Hi,

 

I just got my Pimax and trying to find the best settings. There are many different tutorials, but I'm not sure where to begin.

 

What are the most important settings for clarity of cockpit panels? PD in DCS, render quality in Pitool or Steam Supersampling?

 

Update:

I found out that Steam Supersampling has the biggest impact on clarity. With normal FOV, PITool 1.0, Steam SS 90% and DCS PD 1.1 I get acceptable results of about 35FPS.

 

Which plane, which instant mission? It matters when you're talking about FPS.

[moespeeds]

What are you doing about MSAA? Without it I get shimmering lines all over the place.

 

Also, I'm assuming you are running on "Normal" FOV?

 

I've also got a 1080ti, i7 7700, 32 G ram. I got my 5k yesterday, I'll keep you posted here on what I come up with.

[gianlu320]

I got my pimax few weeks ago.

I find that msaa cuts fps in half.

It's true without it there is a lot of shimmering.

Let's hope in some optimization from ED

[moespeeds]

What are you guys using to measure FPS in DCS?

 

I tried a Steam App that I paid for (forgot the name, FPS maybe?) and it just kept crashing so I ditched it.

[dburne]

What are you guys using to measure FPS in DCS?

 

I tried a Steam App that I paid for (forgot the name, FPS maybe?) and it just kept crashing so I ditched it.

 

I use the in game fps counter. Have assigned to a button and toggle it on and off.

[Harlikwin]

I got my pimax few weeks ago.

I find that msaa cuts fps in half.

It's true without it there is a lot of shimmering.

Let's hope in some optimization from ED

 

That sounds about right.

[Vannipo]

Hi,

... I get acceptable results of about 35FPS.

35fps are acceptable for U?

[Gladman]

I run 4X MSAA. Not that you need 4X but without MSAA its a mess. I am however running a 2080TI.

[slipstream21]

Not sure if an upgrade from 1080 to a 2080ti is worth it for DCS?

[Buckeye]

My recommended setting is: start saving money for a 2080Ti ASAP.

 

Edit: also start praying for some DCS improvements to reduce CPU load.

[slipstream21]

My recommended setting is: start saving money for a 2080Ti ASAP.

 

Edit: also start praying for some DCS improvements to reduce CPU load.

 

I’ve taken your advice and just ordered a ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX 2080 TI-O11G-GAMING

[moespeeds]

I'm not opposed to buying a 2080ti but it only seems to be a small improvement over the 1080ti in DCS. I'd rather just shelf this thing or sell it if the tech isn't there to properly run it. I can wait.

[Gladman]

Not sure if an upgrade from 1080 to a 2080ti is worth it for DCS?

 

Oh yeah it is. I came from a founders edition 1080 to the 2080Ti and DAAAAAAAAAM.

[A Hamburgler]

Oh yeah it is. I came from a founders edition 1080 to the 2080Ti and DAAAAAAAAAM.

Ya the 1080 to the 2080ti is a very good improvement but going from the 1080ti to a 2080ti is not worth the money. All the benchmarks from a 1080ti to a 2080ti saw mostly just a couple FPS gain. Again not worth 1100-1300 dollars for 5-10 FPS but hey if you got the money why not. Im hoping that the prices will fall soon or they release 20 series cards without RTX for a cheaper price or who knows in another year they may have the 3080ti.

Edited March 29, 2019 by A Hamburgler

[Gladman]

Yeah, Id imagine your right on FPS. I did notice the image was sharper in VR but thats probably due to the higher settings the 2080Ti allowed. MSAAx4 is huge.

 

I always skip one gen. Bought the 1080, didn't buy the 1080TI, then of course they changed the pattern and released the 2080Ti day 1. Probably won't get next years model.

[slipstream21]

I tried MSAAx4 on my 1080 and it’s a bit of a stutter fest, but looks so much sharper. Can’t wait now.

[frenzon]

No-one has mentioned it yet, but one of the biggest changes you can make is to install the VR Shaders Mod. It's a massive pain to install and keep updated (you have to wipe your shaders and reinstall the mod each update), but it lead to a huge performance increase for my 5K+/2080Ti/9900K - it took it from noticeably jerky to incredibly smooth at 1.5PD/72hz.

[A Hamburgler]

No-one has mentioned it yet, but one of the biggest changes you can make is to install the VR Shaders Mod. It's a massive pain to install and keep updated (you have to wipe your shaders and reinstall the mod each update), but it lead to a huge performance increase for my 5K+/2080Ti/9900K - it took it from noticeably jerky to incredibly smooth at 1.5PD/72hz.

Of course i dont play without it.

[Gladman]

No-one has mentioned it yet, but one of the biggest changes you can make is to install the VR Shaders Mod. It's a massive pain to install and keep updated (you have to wipe your shaders and reinstall the mod each update), but it lead to a huge performance increase for my 5K+/2080Ti/9900K - it took it from noticeably jerky to incredibly smooth at 1.5PD/72hz.

 

Last time I installed it there were artifacts around the edges of my rift. Beyond annoying. Is that fixed in the latest version?

[metzger]

It brakes integrity check iirc, so SP only

 

Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk

[A Hamburgler]

It brakes integrity check iirc, so SP only

 

Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk

I use the IC compliant one which works in multiplayer and i get the same performance gain as the normal version.

[2blob2]

Do you have a link to the ic compliant one? Thanks.

[A Hamburgler]

Do you have a link to the ic compliant one? Thanks.

Just go to the shader mod thread and search multiplayer or ic compliant and you will find it.

[2blob2]

Thanks. And apologies, didn’t mean to be super lazy my brain just completely forgot about the search function - had been manually trawling the thread trying to find it.