spn Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 What does everyone consider to be the best video cards to use for the DCS Series of sims?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 There really is no such thing as a "best" card. All depends on how much money you are prepared to spend. Personally I find that my card (560Ti, see signature) does the job quite well even when using windowed mode and two screens (though only game on one screen). There are a few questions as well though - for example, what resolutions are you expecting to run on? Multiple screens and if so, what configuration? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTommy Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The 'best' needs to be defined, best for shear performance or best for value & performance? Shear performance is gonna be the most expensive money can buy of either Nvidia or ATI. Not sure what that is presently. Personally i'm using a Nvidia GTX480 and it runs the games flawlessly at 3360x1050. i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusan56 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Recently replaced my old video ATI card with N560GTX-Ti 2GB, and I'm very happy to run BS2 on almost the highest settings (no blur and mirrors) constantly over 30 fps, usually close to 50 on 40" Samsung LED 1080 via HDMI. Card could be currently bought for 290 CAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spn Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Best all around card for a single screen user capable of using duel cards if needed. I am running Win 7, Intel Core 2 Quad, 8 g ram. I use Nvidia cards. I should also ask which Nvidia cards do not work well with A-10C and Blackshark2 Edited February 25, 2012 by spn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Personally I'd say nothing less than 560Ti. A non-Ti one will work quite fine as well, but the value proposition isn't good there, in my opinion. I'd probably also suggest not going more expensive than that either, since the rest of your hardware is underpowered and will become a bottleneck. Save some money from the graphics card fund towards better CPU/mobo etcetera. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togg Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 In any case, don't buy an ASUS Direct CU II 7950, there is a problem with the cooling system. http://www.behardware.com/news/12153/asus-hd-7950-directcu-ii-fault-report.html [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://github.com/Togg-streamdeck/dcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge55 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 My single GTX570 runs both A-10C and BS2 very well. But since the two sims are CPU intensive I also OC my CPU to get smooth flight. As the others have noted, it's more to do with the complete setup than just one component. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7 10700K OC 5.1GHZ / 500GB SSD & 1TB M:2 & 4TB HDD / MSI Gaming MB / GTX 1080 / 32GB RAM / Win 10 / TrackIR 4 Pro / CH Pedals / TM Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysim Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 my Asus Nvidia 560Ti (pre overclocked) does pretty much everything I ask it to. Good Middle of the road sort of card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJack Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm all in for a new rig in april with the new Intel CPU (when its released) and are aming for one of the higher ATI (AMD) cards, 7970 or like. Looks good now that Kuky also have posted the performances for his card. I will definetly listen to any good arguments for GPU choise here. (HJ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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