BaronVonVaderham Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 Just curious, does it matter if dcs is installed on the same drive as the OS or on a separate drive? I understood some games benefit from using a separate drive whereas some games run faster o. The same drive as the OS.
BitMaster Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 Best practice is to separate OS and main apps, be it a game or CAD. Take at least a 1TB drive for DCS, 512GB or 1TB for OS, NVMe prefered. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus XG27ACG QHD 180Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X
Art-J Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 Used to have DCS on a separate SSD drive years ago, but after running out of space I've got it now on the system one, 'cause it's the only one big enough. I'll probably switch to a more "PC-hygienic" solution suggested by BM above in the future, during the next overall PC upgrade. With that being said, referring to the original question, I've noticed no noticeable difference in performance whatsoever. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
No1sonuk Posted May 13, 2023 Posted May 13, 2023 The biggest benefit is from putting it on an SSD. I have 2 SSDs in my computer and DCS goes on a separate one from the OS, mainly because it's bigger.
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