full screen and use of 2nd monitor

[maks]

dear all,

 

im in need of advice on following :

 

1) when i use 1 screen 1920*1080  , i can Lalt + Enter and then i go into Full screen mode and can hold my ideal 60fps all the time

    (Full Screen option in the menu selected)

 

2) when i use 2 screen 3840*1080 , mfd cougar on 2screen .......if i put in Lalt + Enter .....i get my global cockpit view and the 2 mfd on 1 screen , which is logical but , in this mode i can keep also 60fps on the cockpit view , if i then do Lalt + Enter again , i get the cockpit on the 1st screen but cant keep up the perfect 60fps , the fps fluctuates to 55 and 60, causing stutter

 

so my question .....is there a poss to get constant 60fps when using these 2 screens ? (the 2nd small 16inch monitor is an usb one also 1920*1080)

 

i have tried by using the option Full Screen in the options menu but that doesnot help ....

 

any info would be great - have a nice dcs flight - brgds maks

 

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by maks

[SnapRoll]

Hi maks

 

While I can’t give you definite a solution, at least I can give you some hope.

I sat in the exact same boat like you when I attached my 3x 1024x768 MFD screens to my 4k system.

 

At first there was the realization that full-screen mode will not work any longer and that performance was terrible. Through testing some different settings, I am now at a stage where I have better performance than ever before, even with my three additional screens. Also FPS difference between full-screen mode and full-screen borderless is marginal.

The main thing for me was changing the vsync option from in-game to the NIVIA control panel one.

But generally speaking, you have to tune your system and find the settings that work best for you. Unfortunately, every system is a bit different and while some settings work for one guy, the do not work for another.

 

Here are my general recommendations that work for me:

DCS Settings:

• Vsync: uncheck

• Terrain Object Shadows: Flat

• MSAA: Off

• SSAA: Off

• SSLR: Off

• SSAO: Off

PC settings:

• Processor power management --> Minimum processor state: 100%

• Graphics settings --> Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling: On

• Game Mode: Off

• Game Bar: Off

• Enable MSI interrupt mode for grafics card

NVIDIA settings:

• Monitor Technology: G-SYNC Compatible (use this if your monitor is FreeSync or G-Sync compatible)

• If G-SYNC Compatible then --> Set up G-SYNC!

• Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance

• Texture filtering – Negative LOD bias: Clamp

• Texture filtering – Quality: Hight performance

• Vertiacl sync: On

• Antialiasing – FXAA: On (I use this option instead of any in-game AA, it is very efficient)

 

You have to fiddle around with all these settings and maybe others to find what works for you.

 

Cheers,

SnapRoll

[apolloace]

On 5/22/2021 at 12:48 PM, maks said:

dear all,

 

im in need of advice on following :

 

1) when i use 1 screen 1920*1080  , i can Lalt + Enter and then i go into Full screen mode and can hold my ideal 60fps all the time

    (Full Screen option in the menu selected)

 

2) when i use 2 screen 3840*1080 , mfd cougar on 2screen .......if i put in Lalt + Enter .....i get my global cockpit view and the 2 mfd on 1 screen , which is logical but , in this mode i can keep also 60fps on the cockpit view , if i then do Lalt + Enter again , i get the cockpit on the 1st screen but cant keep up the perfect 60fps , the fps fluctuates to 55 and 60, causing stutter

 

so my question .....is there a poss to get constant 60fps when using these 2 screens ? (the 2nd small 16inch monitor is an usb one also 1920*1080)

 

i have tried by using the option Full Screen in the options menu but that doesnot help ....

 

any info would be great - have a nice dcs flight - brgds maks

 

 

 

How did you achieve the MFDs on the second monitor. Can you share your monitor setup lua file. Thanks.