Optimizing DCS performance

[Airway]

The problem is, they changed the specs while everybody kept their systems. The ones with fast systems were lucky and were not affected and the ones with medium and slower computers were doomed.

 

If I had known that in advance, and had the option to choose whether to buy the new version with highter specs or not, I had not bought it. This way I could still run DCS and all the modules I had bought till then still smoothly and prepare to buy a new faster system in the future while leaving out newer modules till then.

 

But the way they went now, affected all my DCS modules and I only have the option to buy a new system now.

Wait, no I don't have that option as I can't print money.

 

I wish they had informed the community more transparently about this in advance.

[Jeesus]

The problem is, they changed the specs while everybody kept their systems. The ones with fast systems were lucky and were not affected and the ones with medium and slower computers were doomed.

 

If I had known that in advance, and had the option to choose whether to buy the new version with highter specs or not, I had not bought it. This way I could still run DCS and all the modules I had bought till then still smoothly and prepare to buy a new faster system in the future while leaving out newer modules till then.

 

But the way they went now, affected all my DCS modules and I only have the option to buy a new system now.

Wait, no I don't have that option as I can't print money.

 

I wish they had informed the community more transparently about this in advance.

 

Well, my friend, DCS is the beast that can knock every system to it's knees regardless of it's specs and power, my rig is to be considered as a pretty decent one (specs below). And what I have in the multiplayer: sometimes 16 fps without any hardware bottlenecking.

 

The engine itself cannot manage to output the proper stuff.

 

E.g. I think that in multiplayer the client loads every single players viewing distance lod. And that is why you have massive lag even if you are 10kms out watching towards the airport. Let' s say there are 6 aircrafts there every one of them see each other so every model is fully with full poly +the airport structures + physics + textures etc. You cannot even see them but DCS still draw the models and calculate as well... voila the whole stuff is overloaded and DX9 is not too good to manage all that it slows down like hell.

 

Disclaimer: the above mentioned example is just an assumption based on observation and logic I have no factual evidence so might be completely wrong.

Edited October 12, 2013 by Jeesus

[Airway]

Well, there's rumours about a new game engine for DCS.

 

Any hope they will consider existent performance issues in the development of the new engine?

 

And what's the deal with Windows 8 which is already dead? I won't upgrade from my good working Windows 7. Not even when I upgrade my computers hardware.

[Blaze]

Well, there's rumours about a new game engine for DCS.

 

Rumors? Where have you been? Read this thread. :)

[Wolf Rider]

Well, there's rumours about a new game engine for DCS.

 

Any hope they will consider existent performance issues in the development of the new engine?

 

And what's the deal with Windows 8 which is already dead? I won't upgrade from my good working Windows 7. Not even when I upgrade my computers hardware.

 

Gotta do for Windows 8 as Windows 9 will more than likely stem from there? The still to come Windows will force hardware upgrades, and if that doesn't work, 7 will eventually become outdated like XP now almost is (and '98/ ME/ Vista is)

[Airway]

Rumors? Where have you been? Read this thread. :)

 

Was zum Henker? (wtf) :huh:

 

:blink::surprise:

 

Well, mostly I've been into the cockpits, fighting the enemy. ;)

But how that had been hidden beneath the Prism stuff, I don't know.

 

Thanks for pointing me onto it! Doesn't make me more optimistic though. Maybe waiting with upgrading the computer, until EDGE is released.

[henrique.r.filetti]

Hey guys

 

Same problem over here:

 

Ive got:

 

i5 2.30 GHz

4 Gb RAM

Nvidia GT520M

Windows 7, 64bits

 

 

Game settings all on minimum...

 

Can I allocate more memory or something like that?

If possible, how can I undo this?

 

 

My goal is to play, dont care much for visuals

 

tks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well as a lot of other users, I experience a strong perfrformance drop since version 1.2.6 of DCS, although nothing changed on my computer system (specs in sig).

 

Even after reducing a lot of options in the DCS settings, there's still a lot of stuttering, fps drop, caching, micro freezes and so on.

 

I read several other threads, wich were not helpful at all.

 

I'm now down to following settings:

 

 

Texture: High

Scenery: High

Traffic: Off

Water: Low

Visib Range: Medium

Heat Blur: Off

Shadows: Low

Resolution: 1920x1080

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Monitors: 1

Res. of Cockpit Displays: 512

MSAA: Off

HDR: Off

Clutter/Bushes: 0

Trees Visibility: 4741m

Preload Radius: 37380m

Disable Aero Interface: Yes

Tree Shadows: Off

Vsync: On

Fullscreen: On

Cockpit Shadows: Off

TSSAA: Off

Mini HUD: Off

Mirrors: Off

Birds: 0

 

As system I am using:

Windows 7 Pro, 64bit

Quadcore AMD Phenom II 955 4x3,2 Ghz CPU

4 GB RAM

Nvidia GeFore GTX 460 SE with 327.23 driver

Nothing useless running in the background.

 

As I said, this system worked well with DCS pre 1.2.6 with most settings higher than now!

 

So I have my hope you guys have some useful hints for me, how to optimize my DCS, so that it runs smoother.

 

 

I have bought and installed all available DCS modules, so I spent some money. Would be nice if I could use it again.

Not using mods in any way.

 

Thanks in advance for any hint,

 

Airway

[SkateZilla]

Buy More Ram, 6GB is the Minimum now.

[diveplane]

Well as a lot of other users, I experience a strong perfrformance drop since version 1.2.6 of DCS, although nothing changed on my computer system (specs in sig).

 

Even after reducing a lot of options in the DCS settings, there's still a lot of stuttering, fps drop, caching, micro freezes and so on.

 

I read several other threads, wich were not helpful at all.

 

I'm now down to following settings:

 

 

Texture: High

Scenery: High

Traffic: Off

Water: Low

Visib Range: Medium

Heat Blur: Off

Shadows: Low

Resolution: 1920x1080

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Monitors: 1

Res. of Cockpit Displays: 512

MSAA: Off

HDR: Off

Clutter/Bushes: 0

Trees Visibility: 4741m

Preload Radius: 37380m

Disable Aero Interface: Yes

Tree Shadows: Off

Vsync: On

Fullscreen: On

Cockpit Shadows: Off

TSSAA: Off

Mini HUD: Off

Mirrors: Off

Birds: 0

 

As system I am using:

Windows 7 Pro, 64bit

Quadcore AMD Phenom II 955 4x3,2 Ghz CPU

4 GB RAM

Nvidia GeFore GTX 460 SE with 327.23 driver

Nothing useless running in the background.

 

As I said, this system worked well with DCS pre 1.2.6 with most settings higher than now!

 

So I have my hope you guys have some useful hints for me, how to optimize my DCS, so that it runs smoother.

 

 

I have bought and installed all available DCS modules, so I spent some money. Would be nice if I could use it again.

Not using mods in any way.

 

Thanks in advance for any hint,

 

Airway

 

your missing out on some nice mods out there.

[diveplane]

Gotta do for Windows 8 as Windows 9 will more than likely stem from there? The still to come Windows will force hardware upgrades, and if that doesn't work, 7 will eventually become outdated like XP now almost is (and '98/ ME/ Vista is)

 

xp lasted a good 10 years , think win 7 will be around for a while yet.