3gb GPU enough for DCS ?

[pallfy]

I noticed there are minor stutters when I make a little single player mission with a few tanks and soldiers on the Caucasus map.

 

i7-4790

16gb ram

3gb 1060

500gb SSD

 

Nothing is getting maxed out.

-CPU and RAM are underused.

-GPU is always around 90%

-GPU dedicated memory hovers around 2.8gb/3gb

-GPU shared memory is about 1.5gb/8gb

 

Maybe some small occasional stutters are just apart of the game.

Edited September 30, 2019 by pallfy

[Svsmokey]

I had quite good results using a 3gb 1060 at 1080p , with fairly high settings , singleplayer . I suspect that the cpu might be impacted by the tanks and soldiers , unless they are static objects . CPU load figures are not to be trusted , due to DCS' reliance on a single core , and windows swapping that core at a rate higher than our monitoring can sample .

If you are using TrackIr , you will want to lock 60 hz , and adjust settings to maintain it to prevent micro-stuttering .

[pallfy]

I tried low settings no stutters.

I did more testing and beleive preload raduis and visibility is the culprit.

Does this require a new gpu with more vram? IM on the fence, I can turn those down for recording most shots.

[Svsmokey]

As i understand it , preload radius is tied to system ram . Visibility range would impact both the cpu and gpu . When running 1080p , i upgraded to a 1070 prepping for VR . The differences i noted were that i could add 1.5x ssaa in addition to the previously used 2x msaa . This all but eliminated shimmering . The other thing i noticed was that the sensation of flight was better , due i think to improved frame times as opposed to frame rates , this with a locked 60 hz . I do not recall enabling or upping any other settings relative to the two gpus in 1080p .