Cowboy10uk Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Hi guys, I'm after some advice, I am currently using a I5 3570, 8 gb ram and a GTX 680 4gb, running a res of 5670 x 1080 on 3 monitors, and Helios running on a 4th touchscreen monitor. DCS is running at 30fps on medium settings, however I am getting quite a few stutters. Which is rather annoying. I have a opportunity to pick up another GTX 680 4GB for £250, if I grabbed this to SLI it with my current 680, would I see any difference in performance. All I'm after is to get rid of the stutters and increase the graphics to high, if this is possible. I'm also planning to add another 8gb ddr3 ram, to bring the memory up to 16gb. I have heard Wags state the Dcs doesn't make use of SLI setups, but then again, there are many posts here that state, it does make a difference so I'm not too sure what to do. Any advice would be great fully received. Cowboy10uk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
Hansolo Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Hi Cowboy, I know it is not really what you are asking but was wondering if you are running latest version of DCS world? Not more than 3-4 weeks ago my ASUS GTX680 4GB couldn't get more than 30 FPS, just like it was the upper limit. Now after 1.2.5 I can gain 30-40 FPS near the ground and 40-60FPS in the air. If already running 1.2.5 please disregard above :music_whistling: Cheers Hans 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album
Hermesf Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Can you overclock your CPU with the motherboard you have? If you could get the CPU to run above 4 GHz, I think the 680 (which is really just two GPUs already SLI'd), you will get rid of the stutter. Frank Hermes Rampage Extreme IV - i7-3960X OC4.25 - 2 x GTX 670 2GB - 3 x Benq 27" - Acer 23" Touchscreen
IIIAVIII Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 680 (which is really just two GPUs already SLI'd) 680 is a single gpu
IIIAVIII Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 if I grabbed this to SLI it with my current 680, would I see any difference in performance. http://www.forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=98388
Cowboy10uk Posted August 12, 2013 Author Posted August 12, 2013 Hi Cowboy, I know it is not really what you are asking but was wondering if you are running latest version of DCS world? Not more than 3-4 weeks ago my ASUS GTX680 4GB couldn't get more than 30 FPS, just like it was the upper limit. Now after 1.2.5 I can gain 30-40 FPS near the ground and 40-60FPS in the air. If already running 1.2.5 please disregard above :music_whistling: Cheers Hans Can you overclock your CPU with the motherboard you have? If you could get the CPU to run above 4 GHz, I think the 680 (which is really just two GPUs already SLI'd), you will get rid of the stutter. Hi guys, thanks for the answers, in response to our questions, yes I'm already running 1.2.5 and my CPU is already Overclocked to 4.5ghz. I've spent last night messing around with settings, and i have seemed to have reduced the stutters signifantly, still get them, but not as obvious as they were. Going no try some other settings today though and see if they make anymore difference. Cowboy10uk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
ThePutzer Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) 2nd GTX 680,,SLI worth it? Hey Cowboy,, I have2 Asus GTX 680's.. I am in process of trying to learn how the SoftTH works. When I get mine set up, I can give you I better idea if it's worth spendin the $.. for 2nd card.. My 3 top monitors are all Asus 27" but 1 is a diff model, all same resolution and refresh rate, Nvidia surround will work for the 3,, but when you add 4th auxiliary monitor, surround disables itself!@@!..all 3 have to be identical Models!!(same timing,phase,polarity,as well as refresh rate and resolution). So Do I buy another monitor to get all 3 to match?? OR can I set up proper orientation in Windows, and use those same settings,as posted by GregP , for the SoftTH software??? 4 monitor T set up. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=101614 To answer your Q further,, when using Nvidia surround technology and SLI in a 3monitor set up you will see significant gains,, now adding the 4th in some cases will disable sli and then the multi threading gpu capabilities in game engine become main factor..3+ hrs troubleshooting and visiting with Nvidia tech.. So sharing load between two separate gpu's will give some performance boost.. But if you get SLI to work assigned to the top 3monitors tied 2gether in Nvidia surround then significant gains should be seen. That's the theory anyway.. I'll let you know results.. ThePutzer Edited September 11, 2013 by ThePutzer clarify
Recommended Posts