Marquis_of_Bankend Posted yesterday at 09:29 AM Posted yesterday at 09:29 AM I am waiting on my PCL being delivered and am researching setup information. Question I have is what does the DCS monitor resolution setting do as it has no effect (I don't think but stand to be corrected) on the headset. If it is only for the monitor surely setting it very low would reduce load on GPU? Thanks in advance.
Mr_sukebe Posted yesterday at 10:26 AM Posted yesterday at 10:26 AM It only affects the resolution of the monitor. My understanding is that reducing the resolution has such minimal benefits that it's not even recommended. 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
Panzerlang Posted yesterday at 11:34 AM Posted yesterday at 11:34 AM There is zero advantage to setting a low monitor resolution. 1
diego999 Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago 14 hours ago, Marquis_of_Bankend said: If it is only for the monitor surely setting it very low would reduce load on GPU? No, because the monitor just acts like a repeater of your VR headset. There's nothing extra being rendered. We've tested this. It makes no difference.
Qcumber Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago The only advantage to using a lower resolution is if you want to have a windowed mirror rather than full screen. I set mine to 1080 with a 1440 monitor. It has no effect on performance. 1 PC specs: 9800x3d - rtx5080 FE - 64GB RAM 6000MHz - 2Tb NVME - (for posts before March 2025: 5800x3d - rtx 4070) - VR headsets Quest Pro (Jan 2024-present; Pico 4 March 2023 - March 2024; Rift s June 2020- present). Maps Afghanistan – Channel – Cold War Germany - Kola - Normandy 2 – Persian Gulf - Sinai - Syria - South Atlantic. Modules BF-109 - FW-190 A8 - F4U - F4E - F5 - F14 - F16 - F86 - I16 - Mig 15 - Mig 21 - Mosquito - P47 - P51 - Spitfire.
Nodak Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago If you have a large monitor and it's close filling much of the forward view it's advantageous to set it small so as not to interfere with the inside tracking. Big bright sudden scenery changes from a moving flight simulation won't help you get steady tracking. 1
Marquis_of_Bankend Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago Thanks for the replies. 3 hours ago, Nodak said: If you have a large monitor and it's close filling much of the forward view it's advantageous to set it small so as not to interfere with the inside tracking. Big bright sudden scenery changes from a moving flight simulation won't help you get steady tracking. How exactly would I do that. My monitor native res is 3840x2160. What would I set in DCS to help with steady tracking.
Nodak Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago In your game settings set the resolution as small as possible. It'll open the game on desktop in a small window, all you need for VR.
Solution Marquis_of_Bankend Posted 3 hours ago Author Solution Posted 3 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Nodak said: In your game settings set the resolution as small as possible. It'll open the game on desktop in a small window, all you need for VR. Thanks again. PCL arriving later today. I'm exited and aprehensive at the same time. Hoping it's all good.
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