Celestiale Posted March 22, 2024 Posted March 22, 2024 Hey folks, I recently got back into DCS after a lenghty break and noticed that with my current rig the performance is quite bad. Already have most of my settings down (even flat shadows) and did pretty much every optimization guide I could find, but on the more taxing aircraft (like the Apache) it is still sometimes a slideshow in 1440p, so I play in 1080 on my 33 inch screen now, which is not so great. My rig: Processor: i7 8700k Mainboard: AsRock Z370 Pro 4 RAM: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz Gaming (the fastest RAM that works on my mainboard) Graphicscard: RTX3070ti As you see, my processor is quite old (6 years), so I figured the processor is holding my performance back, especially since I have a lot of stuff running in the background in addition (Discord, SRS, TrackIR, Simshaker). But when I checked the performance log, I could see that my processor was barely going above 50%-60% load, while the RAM was mostly at 90% (though never maxed out) and the graphics card was constantly hitting max. So using this kind of information, a simple graphics card upgrade should already give me plenty of added performance, while I can keep my old CPU. Or am I missing something? Can the CPU somehow hold back my graphics card while not being at full load itself? Some help would be much appreciated, really want to enjoy DCS in better quality
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