Video showing all grafic settings in action and roughly measured performance

[Limaro]

Hi,
I’ve started a new video series where I show the effects of most graphics settings in DCS World — both visually and in terms of performance.

In this first test, I made six different setups on the Syria map — daytime at 08:00 with scattered clouds.
This video shows the first scenario: an AI-controlled F-15 heading toward Beirut at 30,000 feet.

At the end of the video, you’ll see images from the other five screenshots, which I plan to turn into videos next.

Feel free to share your feedback — let me know if you find this useful. Also, check the video description for details, and don’t hesitate to send me your suggestions.

Cheers
 

 

[HansPeter1981]

Great work, looking forward to the low level flat angle scenery you hinted at the end of your video. The impact of different settings will be much more meaningful. 

[Limaro]

Am 4.11.2025 um 06:10 schrieb HansPeter1981:

Great work, looking forward to the low level flat angle scenery you hinted at the end of your video. The impact of different settings will be much more meaningful. 

Hey, thanks for you feedback, I really appreciate .

The Session02.Image01 is now published. For that session I move from option to option slowly and pointing out the differences. 

[Art-J]

Must've been quite a bit of time to do all these. Thanks very much for the effort 

I've hit a performace "unplayability" wall with Corsair and Marianas WWII on my aging hardware. Will take a look at your test results to see if I can try to improve things a bit without sacrificing too much eyecandy.

[HansPeter1981]

On 11/8/2025 at 6:12 AM, Limaro said:

Hey, thanks for you feedback, I really appreciate .

The Session02.Image01 is now published. For that session I move from option to option slowly and pointing out the differences. 

Realy great job, love the zoom in to show the visual impact in detail. Also must have been a lot of work especially since some options require a restart. Huge respect for all the work.

Should you ever find the motivation to do another one, try a heavily forested area in a long mountain valley, low angled sun which should give you long shadows,try to be in a hover so you get downwash and all the grass and clutter to populate.

[Limaro]

vor 9 Stunden schrieb HansPeter1981:

Realy great job, love the zoom in to show the visual impact in detail. Also must have been a lot of work especially since some options require a restart. Huge respect for all the work.

Should you ever find the motivation to do another one, try a heavily forested area in a long mountain valley, low angled sun which should give you long shadows,try to be in a hover so you get downwash and all the grass and clutter to populate.

Currently I am still processing the second session, next one is getting published today  (Here you can see all the upcoming images of that session)

Thanks for you input! I was thinking of a similar setup, the last time I flew over germany. The low hovering is a nice idea, I will definively do that! What direction of the sun did you think of (relativ to observer)?

The next map I thought about using marianas, no vally but many trees (maybe WWII edition). There are so many factors I'd like to include, I dont know where to continue 

[HansPeter1981]

Maybe 45° from behind, looking straight forward you should see your own shadow + everything else i.e trees, grass, buildings casting shadows.

Aslo having a module with targetingpod or shvkal being turned on + mirrors in the field of view will show you the effect of "ckockpit resolution"...