Cedaway Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Don't know if this has been already discussed but let's go: Is DCS World compatible with Windows 8? Normaly it should be. Does anyone ever tried? (with consumer preview) And secondary, do you find changes, improvements in FPS, stability,... ? DCS Wish: Turbulences affecting surrounding aircraft... [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - Intel Core i5 6600K - 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133 - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming - 8 Go - 2 x SSD Crucial MX300 - 750 Go RAID0 - Screens: HP OMEN 32'' 2560x1440 + Oculus Rift CV1 - Win 10 - 64bits - TM WARTHOG #889 - Saitek Pro Rudder.
Panthro Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 My experience is that if Windows8 was involved it would not help FPS at all. although this excludes DCS world. Still windows8 is the new WindowsME and (so far) about as useless. Stick with Windows7 x64 because if it aint broke........ [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic86362_2.gif[/sIGPIC]
Outlaw24 Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 My experience is that if Windows8 was involved it would not help FPS at all. although this excludes DCS world. Still windows8 is the new WindowsME and (so far) about as useless. Stick with Windows7 x64 because if it aint broke........ I totally agree with this statement, it might now be Windows Me but Windows Vista for sure. I will be sticking with Window 7 X64 for a while. Spoiler: MSI Z790 Carbon WIFI, i9 14900KF, 64GB DDR4, MSI RTX 4090, Thrustmaster Warthog Throttle, VKB Gunfighter Ultimate MCG Pro w/200mm Extension, Winwing Orion Rudder Pedals W/damper, UTC MK II Pro, Virpil TCS Plus Collective, Dell AW3418DW Gsync monitor, 970 Pro M2 2TB (for DCS), Playseat Air Force Seat, KW-980 Jetseat, Vaicom Pro, 3X TM Cougar with Lilliput 8" screens. Tek Creations panels and controllers.
Cholerix Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Windows 8 was designed for tablets, smartphones and PC with touchscreens. From what I've heard it is a massive step backwards for Desktop users. I would say that Windows 7 x64 will be the only viable OS in the forseeable future.
Togg Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 it is a massive step backwards for Desktop users.I would say 16 years in the past, precisely. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://github.com/Togg-streamdeck/dcs
louisv Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 I had a nightmare once that I was trapped in kindergarden...AAARGH ! MSI Z170A Titanium Edition mobo + 6700K CPU 32 GB G.Skill TridentZ memory 3200 MHz Sandisk Extreme Pro 256 GB SSD Samsung 950 Pro 512 GB M.2 SSD (3 GB/s) for DCS and +. HP ZR24W Monitor, EVGA GTX 1080ti FE Thrustmaster Warthog, MFG CrossWind rudder... and Oculus Rift CV1.
Tango Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 On that note, anyone try with linux and WINE? No, because of the stupid licensing. Best regards, Tango.
Slap_Chop Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 If mainstream games ran on Linux I'd have absolutely no reason to use any version of windows. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy and I've had both. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Daniel M Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 IMHO(and far from an expert) I'm not quite sure why game developers don't use opengl more? That (and i'm sure there's a little more to it) and you can distribute to linux, pc, mac...no?
Weltensegler Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 bc OpenGL is old and limited and doesn't have that much potential. I think that goes hand in hand with the graphics cards development that adjusted accordingly so game engines do too. You can't sell a game when you need a 4000 bucks quadro card to play it :) 4790K@4,6Ghz | EVGA Z97 Classified | 32GB @ 2400Mhz | Titan X hydro copper| SSD 850 PRO ____________________________________ Moments in DCS: --> https://www.youtube.com/user/weltensegLA --> WELD's cockpit: --> http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=92274
EtherealN Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Old and dated? Latest OpenGL specification is not even a year old, and you can make very pretty games with it. (Rage, X-Plane etcetera.) It's also very nice for companies that want portable code - Austin at X-Plane commented for example that they didn't need to do all that much to port X-Plane to iOS, precisely because they are using OpenGL. On the flip side, porting a DX-based graphics engine to another platform that does not have a DirectX-implementation is a big issue. I'm not a graphics programmer, so I can't comment on which one is better than the other. In my opinion, that's largely an academic question anyhow - ED is invested into DX and switching to OpenGL would require a lot of work just to get back to where it is today with it's DX-based engine. [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
Bullitt Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 In all fairness it is by no means the same version that will be shipped but I've been using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview as my primary OS now for a while. This includes all my gaming including DCS and everything runs just as well as in my Windows 7 install. If there was a performance drop it's been so small as to not be noticeable, plus drivers will only improve from here and ect...
Cedaway Posted June 9, 2012 Author Posted June 9, 2012 Regarding OpenGL capabilities, do you really find this API's retarded? I don't think so... EDIT: Thanks Bullitt for your feedback. DCS Wish: Turbulences affecting surrounding aircraft... [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - Intel Core i5 6600K - 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133 - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming - 8 Go - 2 x SSD Crucial MX300 - 750 Go RAID0 - Screens: HP OMEN 32'' 2560x1440 + Oculus Rift CV1 - Win 10 - 64bits - TM WARTHOG #889 - Saitek Pro Rudder.
whitehot Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Windows 8 was designed for tablets, smartphones and PC with touchscreens. From what I've heard it is a massive step backwards for Desktop users. I would say that Windows 7 x64 will be the only viable OS in the forseeable future. in fact I read somewhere that a conventional desktop mouse/keyboard configuration will be retained - ppl will have the option to deactivate the touchy thing and get something like seven, maybe with some added candy. Anyway, I'm in serious doubt fps would improve.. the inverse is imho much more likely. As a pc gamer I cannot help to add that consoles are stagnating evolution of pc games. Dx11 have been out for a while, and only a handful titles exploit their potential, which would give us better quality and better performances. Why? We all know that: as consoles hardware wont' support something like dx11 devs stick to dx9 and.. ok, i'm going ot, but I'm rly lookin forward to nevada and dx11.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Intel i7 6700K @ 4.2, MSI M5 Z170A Gaming, NZXT X61 Kraken liquid cooler, PNY Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition, 16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000 Mhz C15, samsung 840 evo SSD, CoolerMaster 1000W Gold rated PSU, NZXT Noctis 450 cabinet, Samsung S240SW 24' 1920x1200 LED panel, X-52 Pro Flight stick. W10 Pro x64 1809, NO antivirus EVER
rattler Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 I have to admit after windows7x64, windows8 is nothing but a big mistake. How can you do so well finally and then take two steps backwards. I jumped over Vysta and I will now jump over windows8, in the hope windows 9 works and exceeds windows7x64. Big disappointment. Rattler
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