DCS made me buy a new graphic card

[Kirai]

Well now I have my new GFX card and I have been testing 20 different configurations considering the overclock off my CPU and found one that is rather stable. The weird thing is that when I tested the same configuration before I changed my GFX card the CPU temp reached 77 degrees celsius before I turned off Prime95 test program, with my new GFX card I have a maxtemp off 69 degrees celsius and thats ok. How can the GFX help the CPU to get cooler? I have run Prime95 with Realtemp in blended mode for 2.5 hour. I whent into settings when I first started to use the program and choose to test both cores and the only thing is that my second core gets an fatal error after 18 min, the same error I got every time but much earlier, the first core goes on without any problems. Is it okay to use this configuration or is it in any way dangerous to my computer? I mean the temp on my CPU is all okay.

 

This is my configuration;

 

Vcore 1,435v

FSB 400x9

FSB volt 2.0v

 

This gives me 3600 Mhz

 

By the way. Tested DCS before changing the GFX card and after, at the same place and same mission and I could not see any change in the frame rate, thats rather dissapointing. I thought I could get some change anyway from having a 9600GT to a GTX 275 geforce :/

Edited August 11, 2009 by Kirai

[Kirai]

Ok now I have done everything in my power to get the maximum FPS in DCS.

 

1: Overcloked my CPU from 3 Ghz to 3.6 Ghz

2: Overclocked my new GFX card (GTX 275) as much as a could within safe limits

3: Installed windows 7 (had vista x64 before)

 

I have now gonne from 18 FPS to 38 FPS in one location where I jave been testing (over a town at low altitude). Averange FPS so far is about 55. I have everything on highest accept that I just have normal on water, 1910 x 1080.

 

It has been a struggle with many days of tweaking but now I'm satisfied :D

[CAT_101st]

congrats on the setup. enjoy the Sim now.

[Kirai]

congrats on the setup. enjoy the Sim now.

 

Thanks :)

[Bearitall]

Ok now I have done everything in my power to get the maximum FPS in DCS.

 

1: Overcloked my CPU from 3 Ghz to 3.6 Ghz

2: Overclocked my new GFX card (GTX 275) as much as a could within safe limits

3: Installed windows 7 (had vista x64 before)

 

I have now gonne from 18 FPS to 38 FPS in one location where I jave been testing (over a town at low altitude). Averange FPS so far is about 55. I have everything on highest accept that I just have normal on water, 1910 x 1080.

 

It has been a struggle with many days of tweaking but now I'm satisfied :D

 

LOL, did you know that Windows 7 is just another name for " Vista " Microsoft rename the update to " Vista " due to the bad rap " Vista " was getting..so when MS revamped " Vista " they also revamped the name too..

 

:pilotfly::joystick:

[Kirai]

LOL, did you know that Windows 7 is just another name for " Vista " Microsoft rename the update to " Vista " due to the bad rap " Vista " was getting..so when MS revamped " Vista " they also revamped the name too..

 

:pilotfly::joystick:

 

Hmm I don't follow you on this one. What you are saying is that windows 7 is the same operating system as vista? I find this hard to believe. Windows 7 does not look the same and it use memory much better and some other things.

 

Do you have any sources on your info?

 

If you mean that they took Vista and improved it and called it Windows 7, well that is the same as a new Windows in my opinion. Anyways I think it is an improvement to Vista.

[EtherealN]

Windows 7 is an incremental development on the Vista codebase, this is correct.

 

But let's remember that Vista is the result of an incremental development on the old Windows NT codebase. The systems have a lot in common, but there are also differences. This is nothing strange and nothing new for the Vista-W7 transition, except that the differences might be slightly smaller than before.

 

Saying that they're so similar that it's completely pointless to upgrade and those who do are being fooled... is silly. There are differences that can have radical impact on some systems while on other systems they'll have pretty much zero impact. Going all "LOL" in the face of someone because one doesn't understand how operating systems are improved over time with releases and editions is also silly. Just be nice and argue with facts. ;)

 

That aside...

 

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Kirai, awesome that you have gotten some good results. Happy flying. :)

Edited August 17, 2009 by EtherealN

[Kirai]

Windows 7 is an incremental development on the Vista codebase, this is correct.

 

But let's remember that Vista is the result of an incremental development on the old Windows NT codebase. The systems have a lot in common, but there are also differences. This is nothing strange and nothing new for the Vista-W7 transition, except that the differences might be slightly smaller than before.

 

Saying that they're so similar that it's completely pointless to upgrade and those who do are being fooled... is silly. There are differences that can have radical impact on some systems while on other systems they'll have pretty much zero impact. Going all "LOL" in the face of someone because one doesn't understand how operating systems are improved over time with releases and editions is also silly. Just be nice and argue with facts. ;)

 

That aside...

 

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Kirai, awesome that you have gotten some good results. Happy flying. :)

 

Yes and the impact on my system with windows 7 was notable indeed and thats the main thing for me :)

 

Thanks, I hope it will be stable cause DCS freezed for me yesterday at one point but it could just have been a hickup :)