Gpu hardware acceleration

[Silver_]

Today, is it better to have it activated or not? I've tried both ways and I don't really appreciate the difference in DCS, I've also tried too with variable synchronism and no changes. I ask this because they say that it is better to deactivate it but the posts where I have read it are very old.

The tests are with MT and in VR with an RTX 3090 24 Gb.null1.273 × 853

 

Edited August 3, 2023 by Silver_

[speed-of-heat]

if it is not causing any harm for you i would leave it as you have it set currently ... 

mine is switched on, it used to cause some grief but windows seems to have sorted is act out there

[zildac]

1 hour ago, speed-of-heat said:

if it is not causing any harm for you i would leave it as you have it set currently ... 

mine is switched on, it used to cause some grief but windows seems to have sorted is act out there

Agreed, I used to have it switched off. Have been running with it on for a couple of weeks and I see no obvious benefit nor degradation in performance as a result.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Apparently both HAGS and Game Mode have come a long way since their first inception. I have an AMD system so I don't have HAGS available, but for example Game Mode gives me an extra +/- 15% performance. Quite welcome in VR, I'd say
If you don't notice a difference between having HAGS on or off, I'd say leave it on? Other games that you play might benefit from it...

[Dogmanbird]

Hi Raven, is it not available because your gpu is an AMD? I wasn't aware this made a difference.

In VR, turning it on now makes a notable improvement for me which I mentioned here. However, it could be only AMD cpu users and / or WMR headset users, or maybe CPU's with the 3D cache seeing the large benefits

 

 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

On 8/10/2023 at 6:22 AM, Dogmanbird said:

is it not available because your gpu is an AMD?

Indeed. It only shows up in Windows if you have an nVidia graphics card.

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[Dogmanbird]

Oh, well thanks for sharing that. 

it does seem there is a fairly recent preview driver that supports it (23.5.1?) in May 2023, or has it since been removed again from the very latest drivers?

 

Edited August 12, 2023 by Dogmanbird

[jackd]

Where do you find that page, in my case windows 10 LTSC?

[speed-of-heat]

5 minutes ago, jackd said:

Where do you find that page, in my case windows 10 LTSC?

For HAGS on regular w10 settings > system > display > graphics > change default graphics settings... For LTSC no idea... It's not really designed for home users...

[HoBGoBLiNzx3]

I'm thinking it will make a bigger difference once they release Vulkan. If my limited understanding of HAGS and Vulkan are even remotely right. 

[jackd]

On 1/21/2024 at 9:50 AM, speed-of-heat said:

For HAGS on regular w10 settings > system > display > graphics > change default graphics settings... For LTSC no idea... It's not really designed for home users...

It's there alright:

ADDED i also found this: Does it benefit DCS?

Edited February 15, 2024 by jackd

[Aluminum Donkey]

On 2/3/2024 at 2:48 PM, jackd said:

ADDED i also found this: Does it benefit DCS?

 

 

Jackd,

I'm pretty sure the only thing Game Mode does is run everything else in the background at low framerates to minimize the CPU load. If you have a modern PC with, say, 8 or more CPU cores (or 6 really fast ones such as a Ryzen 5 7600X) then it probably makes no difference either in DCS or anything else.

You can try turning it on or off as you wish, I've done so but never really noticed any difference.

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[speed-of-heat]

2 hours ago, Aluminum Donkey said:

 

Jackd,

I'm pretty sure the only thing Game Mode does is run everything else in the background at low framerates to minimize the CPU load. If you have a modern PC with, say, 8 or more CPU cores (or 6 really fast ones such as a Ryzen 5 7600X) then it probably makes no difference either in DCS or anything else.

You can try turning it on or off as you wish, I've done so but never really noticed any difference.

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It also prevents driver updates and restart notifications, as well as trying to de-prioritise non-game processes...

[jackd]

Yep, i've been trying on or off ... seems no difference.