Max Graphics Settings

[Mike Busutil]

Is there somewhere I can find the settings for MAX Graphics Settings? Or is this just as simple as setting my options to "High"?

 

Thanks for any info :thumbup:

[Mike Busutil]

I just got a new system and would like to see if it can keep up at MAX settings.... Anyone have any thoughts on this setup?

 

Specs:

 

Base Unit: Dell Mobile Precision M6700

Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3920XM(Extreme 2.9GHz.

Memory: 32.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz SDRAM, 4 DIMM.

Keyboard: Internal Backlit English Keyboard.

Video Card: NVIDIA Quadro K5000M with 4GB GDDR5.

Hard Drive: 512GB 2.5" (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive.

Display: 17.3" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080) 3D Vision Pro.

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit.

Operating System: Windows 7

Edited December 23, 2013 by Mike Busutil

[joey45]

I have no idea if there is a hidden tweak in the lua files...

[Cookie]

Anyone have any thoughts on this setup?

I have never heard of that video card, the rest of your system should be fine though. Check out my system specs (behind the spoiler in my sig), it is somewhat similar to yours and I run absolutely everything at max (except for the engines´s heat blur, which I personally don´t like) and pretty much never go below 40 frames even with a lot of stuff going on around me. Under normal conditions 100+ frames is quite normal, so your system should be running the sim just fine as well.

[NineLine]

Its a workstation video card, suited more for CAD applications and such... not sure how well it will do with computer sims and games.

[lrdangel]

Go to the link below, I linked the page where PeterP talks about his solution and I believe has a sample file to download that I am using.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=71639&page=10

 

Otherwise start from page 1 and read through the threads for more information but PeterP refers to DCS World. This modification does help increase max visibility without losing too many frames.

 

Hope this helps!

 

~ LA

[Mike Busutil]

I was told this video card would have ZERO problems running this sim. But I would like to be the last word on that... At $2400 for a video card It shouldn't have a problem!

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-k5000.html#pdpContent=1

Edited September 5, 2012 by Mike Busutil

[Cookie]

2400 bucks? Holy cow.... :shocking: That´s more than I paid for my entire system...

[joey45]

I was told this video card would have ZERO problems running this sim...

 

Who by?? :lol:

 

That's a dedicated workstation GFX* card and a bit overkill for a gaming rig.

 

*Those GFX cards are mainly used by people who work in programs like 3DS Max/ Cinema 4D and probably video editing software aswel.

Dramatically improves geometry performance across a broad range of CAD, DCC and medical applications, enabling you to work interactively with models and scenes that are an order of magnitude more complex than ever before.

 

Unless you are a 3D artist then great. But a Nvidia 680 / AMD 7979** would of been better.

 

**no idea what the AMDs one are..

Edited September 5, 2012 by joey45

[Mike Busutil]

Yeah I don't know about any of that. :D

 

I just told Dell I want the top of the line labtop maxed out to run my sims without any FPS issues.

 

They were happy to take my money. :joystick:

 

 

Oh, I do kick ass at Adobe After effects....

Edited September 5, 2012 by Mike Busutil

[joey45]

If you didn't need or want it you could complain and get some money back.

[Mike Busutil]

If it's as awesome as they make it out to be I'll be pretty happy with it.

 

I am looking forward to the DCS Mig 21 so I know full throttle with that beast will put a little strain on the FPS, I want to be prepared so I went all out with this PC :thumbup:

[Geert Hooghe]

I have never heard of that video card, the rest of your system should be fine though. Check out my system specs (behind the spoiler in my sig), it is somewhat similar to yours and I run absolutely everything at max (except for the engines´s heat blur, which I personally don´t like) and pretty much never go below 40 frames even with a lot of stuff going on around me. Under normal conditions 100+ frames is quite normal, so your system should be running the sim just fine as well.

 

Question : is there a way to actually see the framerate when in game ?

 

Thnx

[winchesterdelta1]

Yeah I don't know about any of that. :D

 

I just told Dell I want the top of the line labtop maxed out to run my sims without any FPS issues.

 

They were happy to take my money. :joystick:

 

 

Oh, I do kick ass at Adobe After effects....

 

That’s the reason i left Dell... My co-workers there did this to all customers just to get a additional bonus. I'm refusing to sell people computers/hardware they totally don’t need for the type of work/games they do on it.

Never ever tell a computer company like Dell that you want a top of the line PC and you have enough money. They will scr*w you over big time.

If people calling me they ask for a honest opinion because they can’t know everything about computers. And i will never ever miss use that just to make some stupid bonus.

[Mike Busutil]

Sooooo Are you saying with the specs I have on that computer I got "Screwed over big time"?

 

I just need it to smoothly play DCS....

 

I did pay alot for this system ($5,472.03 ) but I have had many computers in the past that was "Just enough" or not good enough for my sims and they sucked, so this time I wanted to get more computer than I needed.

 

If it turns out this setup has a hard time with DCS which I doubt, I know I will have fun playing Farmville at max settings with it! :D

[HiJack]

Question : is there a way to actually see the framerate when in game ?

 

Thnx

Yes. RCTRL + PAUSE

 

Shows more statistics when pressing the key sequence once more.

 

(HJ)

[lokitexas]

Sooooo Are you saying with the specs I have on that computer I got "Screwed over big time"?

 

I just need it to smoothly play DCS....

 

I did pay alot for this system ($5,472.03 ) but I have had many computers in the past that was "Just enough" or not good enough for my sims and they sucked, so this time I wanted to get more computer than I needed.

 

If it turns out this setup has a hard time with DCS which I doubt, I know I will have fun playing Farmville at max settings with it! :D

 

The fact that someone sold you a workstation GPU, for gaming, is very suspect in my book. Even if you went top of the line in GPU with say a 690GTX, you would have saved over $1000 dollars. Thats a new joystick, monitors, trackir, and headphones, etc. etc.

 

If you do a little research, you can see that a beast of a gaming PC can be built for sub $1500.

 

It sounds like the guy who sold it to you either doesnt know about a gaming PC, and just looked up the most pricy "Graphics Card", or knew he could get away with it.

 

So to sum up, unless you are doing intense CAD work or other productivity on a large scale, yes, you got screwed.

[KLR Rico]

Yeah, unless you have workstation requirements, you won't gain anything from a workstation gfx card. They're virtually identical to their gaming counterparts, but they are manufactured from the best components in a production run to provide the most stability possible, along with carefully developed drivers (also to ensure stability).

 

I'm gaming on an old workstation and one of the first things I did was sell the nvidia quadro to buy a standard gaming card.

[Aries]

A little on performance of this Quadro K5000M card:

 

http://web.eurocom.com/ec/ec_GetReleaseB(142)

 

On this up link it says this:

 

"NVIDIA Quadro K5000M Benchmarks in EUROCOM Panther 3.0:

3DMark11 (1280x1024): P4329

3DMark Vantage (1280x1024): P20139

Unigine Heaven 2.1 FPS (1920x1080): 45.8

Unigine Heaven 2.1 Score (1920x1080): 1154

CineBench 11.5 OpenGL Test (fps): 70.2"

 

And on this one:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-K5000M.76905.0.html

 

it says:

 

Performance

 

"The performance should be above at the level of the older Quadro 5010M and more or less similar to a GTX 680M (gaming)."

 

And here is a pic of a 3DMark Vantage Performance Preset score comparison:

 

So if we consider the P score, it's like close to a GTX 570, maybe a little stronger...

...make the conclusion youselves... :smartass:

[Geert Hooghe]

Yes. RCTRL + PAUSE

 

Shows more statistics when pressing the key sequence once more.

 

(HJ)

 

:thumbup:

[fzfq3m]

The fact that someone sold you a workstation GPU, for gaming, is very suspect in my book. Even if you went top of the line in GPU with say a 690GTX, you would have saved over $1000 dollars. Thats a new joystick, monitors, trackir, and headphones, etc. etc.

 

If you do a little research, you can see that a beast of a gaming PC can be built for sub $1500.

 

It sounds like the guy who sold it to you either doesnt know about a gaming PC, and just looked up the most pricy "Graphics Card", or knew he could get away with it.

 

So to sum up, unless you are doing intense CAD work or other productivity on a large scale, yes, you got screwed.

 

+1

For about the same price he could have bought an Alienware M18x with Dual Geforce GTX680M and enjoy it with games that are SLI enabled... or if the laptop is just for DCS then save money by buying it with only one GTX680M and spend the rest in something else.

 

AFAIK both the Quadro K5000M and the Geforce GTX680M are based on Kepler's GK104 chip so they are almost the same card, but the former is more expensive becuase they have a special support service and a driver optimized for stability and performance in 3D CAD (as previously stated by other forum's users)

 

Anyway, if you cann't return it then enjoy it...

[Mike Busutil]

Soooooooooooo If a graphics card like the K5000M is a High end card optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC, OpenGL performance.

 

Why would running a flight sim be a problem? Or are you just saying it is a good graphics card but I just paid too much for it and it's over kill?

[PeterP]

Running a flight Sim is no problem. Yo will be fine.

 

 

But look at it like this:

You went to a car-seller to buy a car that can transport a little more. - so a pick-up would be ideal.

But he sold you a truck for 30tons.

[Aries]

Soooooooooooo If a graphics card like the K5000M is a High end card optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC, OpenGL performance.

 

Why would running a flight sim be a problem? Or are you just saying it is a good graphics card but I just paid too much for it and it's over kill?

 

It's not overkill... by the scores...

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/4269814

 

Take it back if you can and insert a GTX 680M if you can, enjoy the 2000$ or less that remain... :smilewink:

Edited September 6, 2012 by Aries

[fzfq3m]

Soooooooooooo If a graphics card like the K5000M is a High end card optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC, OpenGL performance.

 

Why would running a flight sim be a problem? Or are you just saying it is a good graphics card but I just paid too much for it and it's over kill?

 

It's not like you will have problems running games on the Quadro, what we are trying to say is that they sold you a GFX that is optimized for a different thing than gaming and is about twice expensive... Quadro's are more stable and have better support... yes... but they are not certified for gaming

 

As a "simple" example: Let's suppose that the latest and greatest <put your favorite game tittle here> suffers from a performance drop (or FPS drop) due to an issue in the geforce driver with the Geforce GTX680M... there will be geforce users complaining about it and Nvidia will have solve the problem asap because the Geforce is their "gaming product". In other hand if the same issue is suffered with the Quadro's driver well, Nvidia can just reply to the issue something like: Quadro's are not meant to be used for gaming and we will not be adding gaming optimizations to Quadro's drivers

 

Anyway, take what I stated before with a bit grain of salt. I have no relationship with Nvidia or Dell and I'm not computer guru... but I'm quite sure they sold a laptop that is not for gaming...

regards