CaptKornDog Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Hello all, I purchased the A-10C way back at its initial release about 9 years ago. Unfortunately, I hung it up after about a month or two since I didn't have any head-tracking and only use an X52. Well I still don't have any head-tracking and only use an X52 with an Xbox controller, but figured I'd give the "new and evolved" DCS a try with the A-10C module again. And see if I can fumble through it with X52, Xbox controller, and keyboard, maybe with mouse look. Anyway, to my main question: I'm running an i7 7700k @ 4.8, 1080 Ti, 16 GB RAM, with a 144 Hz G-SYNC panel. With most settings medium-high, I can run 120+ FPS smooth for about 3 seconds. Then my FPS will drop to about 20-30 just momentarily, and recover. This oscillation causes a stutter (long frames, really) that gets completely in the way of flying. Even on the main menu, FPS appears to be solid at 50...but the same drop to about 20 appears every approximate 3 seconds. I've tried settings to the lowest possible, uninstalling anti-virus (just for troubleshooting), turning hyperthreading off, stopping every process I can think of, deleting fxo and shaders folders, and messing with processor affinity/priority. V-SYNC & G-SYNC on and off as well. It seems a few have experienced this, without a smoking gun per se. Does anyone have any recent thoughts or may be able to help? Thank you. PS I did see some murmurings about an Intruder in DCS World someday. Boy, that would be so perfect. Edited March 9, 2020 by CaptKornDog CaptKornDog
norbot Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Maybe you should take a look at your pagefile. See post #65 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=206173&page=7
Aluminum Donkey Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Your system looks great, but you're just getting back into DCS at Version 2.5.6, a new version with stuttering and framerate problems. Lots of people are griping about it including yours truly :) 2.5.5 ran really well. Not so much this new version which is really stuttery. Lighting and reflections are supposed to be improved, but best of luck getting smooth motion on any kind of hardware--even when you're running at the FPS limit and your CPU and graphics card have plenty of overhead. Anyway, that's what's going on in DCS these days :) AD Edit: I can confirm that, for me anyway, a lot (most) of the stuttering goes away when the new lighting option (SSLR) is turned off. Framerates also improve. Edited March 9, 2020 by Aluminum Donkey Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
CaptKornDog Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 Maybe you should take a look at your pagefile. See post #65 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=206173&page=7 It's currently set to system managed. That post suggests: The answer is, there is no pagefile fiddling that will save you... So I should just leave it that way, or? CaptKornDog
norbot Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) It's currently set to system managed. That post suggests: So I should just leave it that way, or? In my opinion, yes. I have deactivated SSLR, too. Edited March 10, 2020 by norbot
CaptKornDog Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 In my opinion, yes. I have deactivated SSLR, too. Same, I've tried all low/off settings and still see this FPS drop/stutter in game and in the front menu. CaptKornDog
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