Best Graphics settings?

[Veseroth]

Hi, Just getting back into DCS. I have upgraded my pc.. nothing crazy but better than it was and wondering what the best graphics settings will be based on my specs:

Ryzen 5 5600G

Geforce RTX 2060

32GB Ram

Monitor with 165hz 

M.2 NVME SSD

I went into a game on high settings with DLSS enabled on balanced and was getting 100+ fps in caucasus but experienced weird freezes every 5 seconds or so.. 

I turned off DLSS and enabled MSAA and my fps was between 65-85.

I fly the viper mainly and own Syria as well. 

Current graphic settings 

Thank you, as half the battle with DCS is getting it setup right. 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Veseroth

[SharpeXB]

I think if you’re getting 65-85 fps with DLSS Off I would leave that Off. It can create artifacts you might not like. Many people think DLAA for antialiasing looks pretty good. I would agree. You might want to try that instead of MSAA. Try Secondary Shadows On Anisotropic Filtering you could try 16x I don’t think that has much if any cost. If you’re running G-Sync you should probably have Vsync on as well. 

[wolfstriked]

I am also getting back into DCS and I noticed that DLSS was greyed out and to be honest I did not care as the game felt super fluid. I did eventually figure out to start the game in MT preview but I needed to just say I am shocked at the performance its having. Kudos ED you guys have really upped your game so much since I have been away its mind boggling. As a tribute to you and to complete my WW2 hangar I have purchased remainder of missing planes. Yeah Steam Christmas sale was also a reason so Merry Christmas :)

[BIGNEWY]

4 minutes ago, wolfstriked said:

I am also getting back into DCS and I noticed that DLSS was greyed out and to be honest I did not care as the game felt super fluid. I did eventually figure out to start the game in MT preview but I needed to just say I am shocked at the performance its having. Kudos ED you guys have really upped your game so much since I have been away its mind boggling. As a tribute to you and to complete my WW2 hangar I have purchased remainder of missing planes. Yeah Steam Christmas sale was also a reason so Merry Christmas

great to see you back and pleased to hear you have seen improvement. Thank you for supporting our work.

have a great new year

[Papa1]

I’ve been flying since the Falcon 3.0 days with a bit of a break but flying DCS for about the last 2 years a lot. The machine I first used was a hand me down from my son that was about 8 years old with a 1070 gpu and it worked ok. I upgrade pretty quick to a b 660 motherboard a 12400 cpu and a 3070 on a 1440p monitor and it worked much better but did have some stuttering and other issues at times. Just this XMas I picked up a 3090 for 500 dollars from a friend of my sons and upgraded to 64 gb ram and 4 k 60hz monitor with same motherboard and cpu and am just blown away by how it runs dcs. It’s absolutely beautiful. I read about problems some are having and feel bad for them and truly hope all can get it figured out. I wish I could give advice but not nearly knowledgeable enough to offer anything but I see many on here that are trying to help. That gpu and 4k monitor did it for me along with some of the settings I’ve been able to learn about on this forum. I know there are some issues but to me this sim is truly amazing.

[Platanus]

Average fps?

 

[Papa1]

I’m sorry I didn’t give much info there did I. When I first put the card in and got it going I still had my 1440 monitor hooked up. With settings turn up on high on everything in free flight 140 to 180 fps. I’ve just really found that with Trk ir anything other than 60 and I get micro stuttering when I turn my head. After I got the 4k 60hz monitor hooked up I set my fps to 60 in nvcp and can turn up all settings DCS and have no problem keeping it at 60. I have tried dlss and it looks good with a small a small amount of ghosting on external fly bye. My gpu runs at about 75 to 85 percent with those settings. DLAA looks a little better with the gpu hitting 85 to 100 percent at times but it looks amazing but also has ghosting on fly bye. I can’t even imagine what a 4090 can do. The dlss and dlaa settings do have a little motion blur when using tgp and fly bye but it to me is worth it for the AA that I’m not seeing anymore. I don’t know what fps I would get if I just let it run on 4k and not cap it at 60 because I haven’t tried it. It just looks amazing now.