Best Nvidia Drivers

[Luisflo]

I'm still having performance issues with stuttering after reinstalling DCS completely from scratch. I've started testing, starting the SIM with nothing plugged in, no HOTAS, no displays, no extra modules, no mods of any kind other than DCS. In other words, bare-metal DCS.
The version I currently have of the Nvidia drivers, with an Asus TUF RTX3080 OC, is 580.88.
When I start the FA-18 in this configuration, it runs smoothly and perfectly without stuttering. The moment I connect the WINWING MIP, the full HOTAS and nothing else, the moment I get into the runway with the plane and begin to climb, the stuttering starts, making it impossible to fly, let alone complete a mission. I'm reinstalling everything in slow motion, due to work, absences, family, etc.

Everything was working fine until the update in middle march. After that is a nightmare. 

After reading threads like this one: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/369884-choosing-the-right-nvidia-driver-is-the-latest-version-always-the-best/?_fromLogin=1
Could you give me your opinion on which are the best versions of the NVIDIA drivers for DCS? That thread is from earlier this year, and some changes may have occurred regarding the versions.

 

dcs.logdcs.log.old

Thank you very much.

Edited 18 hours ago by Luisflo

[diego999]

I'm using 572.42. No problems on my end and I won't update until the newer version offers some significant improvements.

[Czar66]

13 hours ago, Luisflo said:

The moment I connect the WINWING MIP, the full HOTAS and nothing else, the moment I get into the runway with the plane and begin to climb, the stuttering starts, making it impossible to fly, let alone complete a mission.

• Keep your control panel options default. Exceptions are: fps limiter.
• Turn up your pagefile to 30gb on a fast drive (SATA or NVME SSD). Your DCS log pointed at 9gb pagefile.
• Run DCS from the 'bin' folder. Your DCS log points at the .exe inside 'bin-mt' being run. That was for the times where Multi Threading was being tested optionally.
• You don't need to crank up the preload radius. You can give it a try on 60k to 80k range.

I find strange to be mandatory a large custom pagefile if you want to run DCS, but it has been the standard practice if encountering stutters on a good system like yours.

Edited 5 hours ago by Czar66

[will-]

"stuttering" can mean too many variables, would just try testing and hope u get whats causing this fixed.  i got stutters and the game felt unplayable w/ a i9 5090 ddr5.  randomly tried "unparking cores" and instantly all stuttering was gone. i believe this was only a intel issue, when this came about, im not sure.  i personally leave all pc settings stock, pagefile let windows manage it and just keep hardware firmware updated, bios etc.