Continuous game crash

[ramzessii]

Good evening,

I'll be honest I have not simulated for years, but I used to. I admit, I have an ancient PC - Z68A-GD65 (G3) with Gen2 i5-2500K, 16Gb DDR3 RAM and 2x GTX 660 Ti.

This PC used to cope with the DCS nicely in the past. Recently I decided to update my DCS to the latest version and all I'm getting now is crashes. I'm not an expert and tbh all these log files mean very little to me. I just want someone to tell me either - mate, do you need a completely new PC (and if so, what do I need to simulate comfortably) or is it worth spending very little £ to "upgrade" the existing system to enable me to enjoy the sym I used to enjoy so much?

I've tried all sorts - upgrading on top of my old version, reinstalling Windows and attempting a fresh installation, I've tried to run it via STEAM. I've tried to set the Page file to 32-64Gb. I've reduced the quality settings to the best of my knowledge within the game and all to no avail. I've tried all sorts for a few days now but I think I'll give up thinking that the current version is too demanding for what my spec is.

 

I'd be thankful if someone could let me know if it still is possible to run 2.9 on my PC and if not, what should I be looking forward to investing?

 

Thank you.

dcs.log-20231228-154225.zip

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

2x GTX 660 Ti is very low end for DCS sadly, you are going to struggle with those cards. 

The crash you have is related to your gpu, you could try updating drivers, and ensuring your os is up to date also. But you may have more luck with a newer system.  

# -------------- 20231228-154225 --------------
DCS/2.9.1.48335 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19045)
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll
# C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 00007ffd12549c10 00:00000000
SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: 'G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin;', symOptions: 532, UserName: 'ramze'
OS-Version: 10.0.19045 () 0x300-0x1
0x0000000000129c10 (d3d11): CreateDirect3D11SurfaceFromDXGISurface + 0x10770
0x000000000002f551 (dx11backend): createRenderer + 0x160E1
0x000000000008128b (edterrainGraphics41): edtg41::TerrainRenderable::dumpRenderItem + 0x6BE4B
0x00000000000ed18c (edterrainGraphics41): createInstancerRenderable + 0x4C78C
0x000000000003457f (edCore): ed::this_thread::yield + 0x54F
0x0000000000024fd3 (edCore): ed::try_wait_all_pools + 0x33
0x00000000000fcdf1 (Visualizer): smSceneManager::DestroySceneManager + 0x2141
0x00000000008dd0e6 (DCS): SW + 0x41C436
0x00000000008b8132 (DCS): SW + 0x3F7482
0x00000000000938ea (edCore): Common::FSM::sendOutputSymbol_ + 0x2A
0x0000000000093242 (edCore): Common::FSM::enterToState_ + 0xC2
0x000000000009378b (edCore): Common::FSM::onSymbol_ + 0x1FB
0x00000000008daad5 (DCS): SW + 0x419E25
0x0000000000898374 (DCS): SW + 0x3D76C4
0x0000000000899abd (DCS): SW + 0x3D8E0D
0x00000000004a19c0 (DCS): (function-name not available) + 0x0
0x00000000027e3487 (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0x1396483
0x0000000000cdf04e (DCS): SW + 0x81E39E
0x0000000000017344 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14

 

[ramzessii]

Hi BIGNEWY,

As I mentioned - I have a very old system which used to be able to run DCS World nicely back in the day however, it is not the case anymore.

My GPU drivers are as up-to-date as they can be - freshly downloaded from NVIDIA and my OS (W10 64bit Home) is updated as far as it allowed me to. 

Thank you for your response and the analytics. I guess that upgrading to a more powerful GPU on this machine might be a total waste of time, considering the age of the hardware.

 

Would you kindly be able to point to a reasonable setup that would be capable of running the current DCS? I don't intend to use VR just yet.

Thank you.

[MAXsenna]

Hi BIGNEWY,
As I mentioned - I have a very old system which used to be able to run DCS World nicely back in the day however, it is not the case anymore.
My GPU drivers are as up-to-date as they can be - freshly downloaded from NVIDIA and my OS (W10 64bit Home) is updated as far as it allowed me to. 
Thank you for your response and the analytics. I guess that upgrading to a more powerful GPU on this machine might be a total waste of time, considering the age of the hardware.
 
Would you kindly be able to point to a reasonable setup that would be capable of running the current DCS? I don't intend to use VR just yet.
Thank you.

I had a Titan, that's a 700 series card IIRC, after 2.9 DCS would crash on mission start when compiling shaders, which makes no sense. Scored a second hand 2080Ti, and no issues since. So I'm afraid it's up to ED to find out why and fix why you're card is crashing, (they might not be able to), because "updated" drivers won't do you any good, as Nvidia won't make new ones, except for security updates. OR get a newer card.
Cheers!

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[ramzessii]

Thank you all for your help and advice.

I've since upgraded my system and purchased a second-hand 2080Ti. I've also upgraded my CPU, MB, RAM and SSDs. 

I'm thrilled to say that my DCS is now working!

 

[MAXsenna]

Thank you all for your help and advice.
I've since upgraded my system and purchased a second-hand 2080Ti. I've also upgraded my CPU, MB, RAM and SSDs. 
I'm thrilled to say that my DCS is now working!
 

High five! ED needs to update the prerequisites.
@BIGNEWY

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[NAM]

Always good to hear story with happy ending.

2080TI is a decent middle end GPU.

I am still amazed . With HP G2 VR, that it is running very smoothly without stuttering in my father computer civilian SIM MSFS.

Edited February 17 by NAM