32 GB (follow-up) - Memory consumption with different maps

[NoName73]

Hello,

this is kind of a follow-up to a comparison I did with my old system to evaluate a possible memory expansion (more details in the old thread). Maybe its helpful to anyone.

Management summary
New system is i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4-3200, 1070Ti (8 GB)@1746 MHz, 980 Pro (OS Win10 Pro-2H21), 970 Evo (DCS 2.7.9.18080), 24" 1920*1200@60 Hz.
Old system was i7-4771, 32 GB DDR3-1600, 1070 Ti, 860 Evo (OS Win7 Pro), 840 Evo (DCS).
Former values (DCS 2.5.6) more or less confirmed in terms of relative memory usage. FPS now basically at a stable 60 (capped, see details), even at tree-top level.
New clouds + lighting = WOW!

New system, old settings (base memory 4.5 GB)

Map	VRAM (rel.)	Memory (GB)	FPS	Disk usage (GB)
Nevada	60	13	40 to 60	34,3
Syria	89	22	60	60,6
Persian Gulf	69	16	60	33,4
Caucasus	68	13,5	60	16,3
The Channel	75	16	60	21,7
Normandy	58	12	60	15,6
Marianas	75	13,5	45 to 55	13,8

New system, balanced settings

Map	VRAM (rel.)	Memory (GB)	FPS
Nevada	80	13,5	45 to 55
Syria	98	23	60
Persian Gulf	85	16,5	55 to 60
Caucasus	78	14	60
The Channel	94	16,5	55 to 60
Normandy	98	14,5	60
Marianas	93	13,5	45 to 50

Aditional observations

- After being left behind with 2.5.6 on Win 7 and only having seen the new clouds on YT its really jaw-dropping experiencing them for the first time in game. Well done.
- Following the suggestion by The Air Warfare Group ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCg1JU-ULI ) I capped FPS to 60. Personally, I think its more pleasing and gives a more fluid feeling of motion in my case. The internal FPS-counter would even go up to 80 FPS if un-capped. But the image seems to be more blurred.
- Balanced settings inspired by the side-by-side comparison provided by Commander Steinsch ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-M_05Kxp8 ). Thanks a lot.
- Memory consumption with F18 oder F16 is a bit higher. FPS mostly identical.
- There seems to be an anomaly when nearing Las Vegas on the Nevada map. FPS drop down to 40 in some situations.
- Vsync still not really an option. SSAA out of the question.
- These newer CPUs do get warmer than the older generations, but with more dynamic.

Settings

        old // balanced
Textures     high
Terrain        low // high
Water         medium
Vis. range     high // ultra
Shadows        medium, flat
MSAA        2x
SSAA         off
SSLR         off // on
SSAO        off // on

More details
NVIDIA Driver 497.29, Asus GPU Tweak II 2.3.8.0 (using OC Profile)

Components
ASUS Prime Z590-A
Intel i7-11700K
Corsair Vengeance 32 GB DDR4-3200 CL16 (2 * 16 GB)
ASUS 1070 Ti-A8G Cerberus
Samsung 980 Pro-1 TB
Samsung 970 Evo Plus-2 TB
Alpenföhn Brocken 3
bequiet Dark Power 12-1000 W
Fractal Design Define 7 XL
additional drives (SSD, HDD, optical)
RME AIO