Can your PC run BS with no related issues?

Can your PC run BS with no related issues? see poll above

Can we have a list of PC rigs which can actually play BS with no PC related isuues?

There seems to be a lot of problems even on top end rigs.

Please note I am just curious and want to get the best out of this fantastic sim.

My setup is as follows

DCS BS English DVD

XP PRO 32 sp3

dx 9c

250 GIG RAPTOR

ATI 4870

INTEL 8500 3 GIG CORE 2 DUO

700 WATT PSU

4 GIG CORSAIR 1066 (3.33 GIG for xp 32)

P5Q DELUXE mobo

Nothing is overclocked and all is running at low temps. Freeze occurs usually after 10 mins and requires a full reboot

I have tried various ATI drivers and settings, but always get a freeeze in MP or SIM mode.

Minimal system requirements:

OS: Windows XP, Vista; CPU: 2 GHz; RAM: 1 GB; Graphics: 256 MB ATI or nVidia, DirectX 9 compatible; Sound card; 4 GB of free space on HDD; Copy protected, requires internet activation.

Recommended system requirements:

OS: Windows Vista for launching in fullscreen mode; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850+, AMD Phenom 9850+; RAM: 2+ GB; Graphics: 512+ MB ATI HD 2900+ or nVidia 8800+; Sound card; 4+ GB of free space on HDD; Copy protected, requires internet activation; Joystick.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=1322&scr=shop&lang=en

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What would be a related issue? It runs fine on my rig btw.

Edit:

C2D E6600@2,7GHz

3 gig Kingston hyperx DDR2 800 @ ~900MHz

power color HD4850 512mb

Asus P5b deluxe

I voted no but only in Multiplayer SIngle Player runs fine.

What would be a related issue? It runs fine on my rig btw.

In my case, screen freeze and the need for hard reboot. What is your rig set up? thanks

Runs fine for me. The loading times are a bit long. Also I've noticed while in game the hard drive cranks away at a fixed period. Almost like a 1Hz pulsing sort of sound. Even if I'm just sitting on the runway doing nothing. But I don't think I'd say I have any issues running the game.

Pentium D 2.8GHz

4GB RAM

eVGA GeForce 9800 w/512MB RAM

10k rpm Raptor HDD

Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer

Windows XP SP2

I haven't yet tried multiplayer. Still in basic training for the aircraft :)

No issues on my rig at all. Runs smooth as silk and no freeze ups.

Intel Core i7 920 - OC'd @ 3.00 Ghz (stock cooler)

Gigabyte X58 UDX3-SLI Mobo

6 GB of OCZ Gold RAM (@ 1600 Mhz)

700 Watt GamerXstream OCZ PSU

BFG Geforce 280 OC, 1 GB Ram (Stock clock)

SB Audigy 2 ZS

Segate SATA 2 500 GB hard drive (Main)

Segate SATA 2 300 GB hard drive (Secondary)

Asus DVD-RW

Antec P180 case

CPU Temp - 40 C under full load - 34 idle

Windows 7 X64 RC1

CH-Products Fighter Stick, Pro Throttle & Pro Peddals

Track-IR 4

runs fine on my Alienware Area-51 7500

Specifically:

Alienware P2 Chassis - Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIceT 3.0 Video Cooling

Space Black

Alienware P2 Chassis Lighting - Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting

Alienware P2 Chassis Cooling - Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling

Alienware P2 Chassis Dampening - Alienware® Acoustic Dampening

Power Supply - Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

Graphics Processor - Desktops - Dual Graphics Processors

Dual 768MB NVIDIA® GeForceT 8800 GTX - SLI Enabled

Video Optimiser - AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer

CPU - Area 51 7500 - Intel® CoreT 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz 8MB Cache 1333MHz FSB

RAM - Area 51 7500 - 4GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 1024MB

Motherboard - Intel 7500 - Alienware® Approved NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard

OS - Desktops - Genuine Windows VistaT Ultimate 64

OS Enchancements - Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner

HDD - Extreme Performance (RAID 0)

500GB (2 x 250GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 2 x 16MB Cache

HDD2 - 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 16MB Cache

Optical One - Single Drive Configuration

20X Dual-Layer DVD±RW w/ LightScribe

Enthusiast 1 - Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Enthusiast 3 - Creative Sound Blaster® X-FiT XtremeGamer High Definition 7.1 Audio

Keyboard - Logitech G15

Mouse - Logitech MX1000

Removable Storage - Alienware® 28-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer

Removable Storage - 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive

Game Controllers - Saitek X52 Pro Flight Control System; TrackIR 5

Can your PC run BS with no related issues? see poll above

 

Can we have a list of PC rigs which can actually play BS with no PC related isuues?

 

There seems to be a lot of problems even on top end rigs.

 

Please note I am just curious and want to get the best out of this fantastic sim.

 

 

My setup is as follows

 

XP PRO 32 sp3

dx 9c

250 GIG RAPTOR

ATI 4870

INTEL 8500 3 GIG CORE 2 DUO

700 WATT PSU

4 GIG CORSAIR 1066 (3.33 GIG for xp 32)

P5Q DELUXE mobo

 

Nothing is overclocked and all is running at low temps. Freeze occurs usually after 10 mins and requires a full reboot

 

I have tried various ATI drivers and settings, but always get a freeeze in MP or SIM mode.

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=1322&scr=shop&lang=en

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No, and yes. No show-stoppers though

Core i7 920 @ 2.67

6.00GB DDR3 Ram (clocked down because of nvidia white-screen errors)

Vista Ultimate X64

Asus P6T Delux Motherboard

500 GB WD HDD 7200 rpm

English Download copy

Issues:

Geforce GTX 260 (i get the weird light band on the ground)

Onboard sound --Asus SoundMAX(i get sound bugs--cant hear cannon sometimes.. loud engines)

Cougar

Sietek rudders

TIR4

mine runs fine

Ati 3870 (8.12) drivers

AMD 6400+ dual core

4 gig Ram

Creative Audigy 4

Win XP service pack 3

Asus M3A78 MB

700 watt PSU

(Home Built):thumbup:

Issues:

Geforce GTX 260 (i get the weird light band on the ground)

Onboard sound --Asus SoundMAX(i get sound bugs--cant hear cannon sometimes.. loud engines)

 

Cougar

Sietek rudders

TIR4

I have a problem with the sound every once in awhile to fix I hop external to in cockpit will usually fix it Creative Audigy 4 sound card here

There seems to be a lot of problems even on top end rigs.

And what data do you base this statement on if I may ask? The general consensus seems to be that Black Shark is one of the most bug free games that has been released lately. Sure there are some issues, like with any other software product, and it's unfortunate for the people who have them, but the team is working on fixing them. The best thing you can do if you have problems is to write a detailed bug report.

Running fine here:

Intel C2D E6850 3.0 GHz- Gigabyte P35C-DS3R - Palit HD4870 Sonic Dual Ed. 1GB (8.12 drivers) - 4x1GB A-Data Vitesta Extreme 800Mhz - WD Caviar SE16 640GB - 2x Seagate 160GB - BeQuiet Straight Power 550W - Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS - Logitech G11 - Saitek X52 - TrackIR4 + TrackClip - Vista Home Premium SP1 32Bit - WinXP Home SP3 32Bit

Single player - runs perfectly, always.

Multiplayer - starts getting choppy after extended periods (30 min+ in mission), crashes on exit sometimes (does not require a hard reset, the process merely needs to be shut down).

So, is that a yes or a no? No, I guess...but only for multiplayer, which somehow seems more demanding than single player, regardless of the number of units involved.

My PC is a little old though:

Core 2D E6850 @ 3.3 GHz

GTS 8800, stock clocks

2 GB DDR2 (good quality, forgotten brand though)

A motherboard, a mouse that needs cleaning underneath, a Cougar with some dust on one edge etc etc etc

P.S. The light band thing, and sound volume thing are part and parcel of BS - they are not PC related.

Runs fine on all systems listed below and 2 OS's on each. I guess i should be allowed to vote at least 5 times......maybe 10, if we are counting the number of installs per OS.

System 1

Asus P5Q-PRO

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33Ghz (OC 4.02GHz)

8GB (4X2GB) Mushkin DDR2-1066 memory

EVGA Nvidia GTX-275 896Mb

EVGA 9500GT 512MB PCI-E

28" Viewsonic 2835wm

2 X 22"Samsung 226BW

CM Stacker ATX / BTX Full Tower Case

CORSAIR HX-1000 80+ certified PSU

Ultra Chilltek TEC Cooler

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0)(WinXP_Pro Sp3)

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0) (Vistax64 SP1)

2x 500GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (XP/Vista BackUp images)

Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality

Creative Inspire 7.1 Speaker System

Lite-On SHM 165H6S DVD-RW

OS:Dual boot: WinXP_Pro Sp3 & Vista 32 Ultimate Sp1

DirectX 9.0c

Thrustmaster Cougar (Uber2 NXT Mod)

Simped vario Pro Rudders w/F-16 Toe brake addon.

Tactile Feedback System 2.0

17" Touchscreen & Touchbuddy Software

TrackIR4 Pro

Logitech G-15 Gamers Keyboard

Logitech G-9 Laser Mouse

Logitech G-25 FF Racing Wheel

System 2

Asus P5Q-Pro

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.0Ghz (OC 3.8GHz)

8GB (4X2GB) Mushkin DDR2-1066 memory

EVGA Nvidia GTX-260 (core 216)

OCZ 1000EXS 1000watt PSU

Ultra Chilltek TEC Cooler

CM Stacker ATX / BTX Full Tower

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0)(WinXP_Pro Sp3)

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0) (Vistax64 SP1)

2x 500GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (XP/Vista BackUp images)

Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality

Creative 7.1 Speaker System

Lite-On SHM 165H6S DVD-RW

OS:Dual boot: WinXP_Pro Sp3 & Vista 32 business Sp1

DirectX 9.0c

TrackIR 4 Pro

Thrustmaster Cougar (FSSB Mod)

Thrustmaster RCS Rudder Pedals (Hall Sensor Mod)

Logitech G-5 Laser Mouse

Logitech DFP FF Racing Wheel

System 3

Asus P5Q-Pro

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.13GHz (OC 3.8Ghz)

4GB (2X2GB) Mushkin DDR2-1066 memory

MSI Nvidia GTX-260 (core 216)

Antec 900 Case

OCZ EX800 800Watt PSU

Thermaltake Bigwater SE Water Cooling kit

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0)(WinXP_Pro Sp3)

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0) (Vistax64 Ultimate SP1)

2x 500GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (XP/Vista BackUp images)

Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme

Creative 4.1 Speaker System

Plextor PX-716A DVD/RW DL Drive

Lite-On SHM 165H6S DVD-RW

OS:Dual boot: WinXP_Pro Sp3 & Vista 32 business Sp1

DirectX 9.0c

TrackIR 4 Pro

Thrustmaster Cougar (UBERII Mod)

Thrustmaster RCS Rudder Pedals

Logitech Momo (black) FF Racing Wheel

System 4

Asus Maximus Formula Main board (Bios Rev 1207)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.13Ghz (OC 3.8GHz)

4GB (2X2GB) Mushkin DDR2-1066 memory

EVGA Nvidia 8800GTS 640MB

OCZ EX800 800Watt PSU

Antec 900 Tower Case

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0)(WinXP_Pro Sp3)

2x 320GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (Raid 0) (Vistax86 SP1)

2x 500GB Seagate SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer (XP/Vista BackUp images)

Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality

Creative 7.1 Speaker System

Lite-On SHM 165H6S DVD-RW

OS:Dual boot: WinXP_Pro Sp3 & Vista 32 business Sp1

DirectX 9.0c

TrackIR 4 Pro

Thrustmaster Cougar

Thrustmaster RCS Rudder Pedals (Hall Sensor Mod)

Logitech DFP FF Racing Wheel

System 5 (Laptop)

ASI HL90S+ Intel PM45 Series

Intel® Core 2 P8400 2.26Ghz

1066/800Mhz FSB - Supports 45nm Penryn and 65nm Merom

4GB DDR2800

15.4” WSXGA+ TFT Display (1680x1050)

Nvidia NV 9600GM with 512MB VRAM

8 X DVD Combo Drive or 2X DVD±R/RW

WD 320GB 9.5mm SATA HDD (Dual Boot WinXP SP3 & Vista Ultimate 64 SP1)

4 in 1 card reader support (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO)

One PCI Expressx1 Card Slot for Express Card 34 / 54 devices

Support 802.11b/g/n available

1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external display

3x USB 2.0

2 x Audio jacks: Head phone or Mic-in

1 x RJ-11 for modem 56K bps V.92 Fax Modem

1 x RJ-45 for LAN 10/100/ 1000 Base T PCI LAN on board (RJ-45)

Finger Print Reader

Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Camera

1 x 1394 B Type jack

1 x S-Video and composite TV output

Blue Tooth

9 Cell battery

Out

Runs just fine on my system:

Main Core:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache

Memory: 4GB G Skillz DDR2-1066

Mainboard: EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 FTW mainboard

Chipset: nforce 750i

Video 1: MSI NX8800GTS 640MB OC edition

Video 2: not installed

OS: Win XP 32 (No Vista, waiting for Win 7 as it's Vista debugged to a point)

Storage:

HDD1: 500GB Seagate SATA

HDD2: 250GB Seagate SATA

DVD: External Sony 16X DVD/RW

Case/Cooling/PSU:

Case: Coolermaster Centurion 590

Fans: Blue LED 120mm front fan, 120mm rear fan, two Antec 120mm tri-cool fans in top of case

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro

PSU: Antec True Power 3.0 550W

Video:

Monitor: Three Acer X203H 20" widescreen LCD's

GXM: Matrox Triplehead2 Go Digital Edition

Peripherals:

Sound: onboard

Headphones: Turtle Beach Earforce HPA 5.1 surround headphones

Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse

Mouse: Logitech MX518a Gaming Mouse

Joystick: Saitek X52 Flight System

USB Hub: Dynex powered USB 2.0 four port hub

Flight Switches: Modular flight switch panels with interchangable labels from sim to sim

And what data do you base this statement on if I may ask? The general consensus seems to be that Black Shark is one of the most bug free games that has been released lately. Sure there are some issues, like with any other software product, and it's unfortunate for the people who have them, but the team is working on fixing them. The best thing you can do if you have problems is to write a detailed bug report.

 

Running fine here:

 

Intel C2D E6850 3.0 GHz- Gigabyte P35C-DS3R - Palit HD4870 Sonic Dual Ed. 1GB (8.12 drivers) - 4x1GB A-Data Vitesta Extreme 800Mhz - WD Caviar SE16 640GB - 2x Seagate 160GB - BeQuiet Straight Power 550W - Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS - Logitech G11 - Saitek X52 - TrackIR4:PRO + TrackClip - Vista Home Premium SP1 32Bit - WinXP Home SP3 32Bit

Many thanks, hopefully the data posted here on this thread will help in conjunction with ...........

Minimal system requirements:

OS: Windows XP, Vista; CPU: 2 GHz; RAM: 1 GB; Graphics: 256 MB ATI or nVidia, DirectX 9 compatible; Sound card; 4 GB of free space on HDD; Copy protected, requires internet activation.

and

Recommended system requirements: (medium end PC rig)

OS: Windows Vista for launching in fullscreen mode; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850+, AMD Phenom 9850+; RAM: 2+ GB; Graphics: 512+ MB ATI HD 2900+ or nVidia 8800+; Sound card; 4+ GB of free space on HDD; Copy protected, requires internet activation; Joystick.

Q6600

3GB RAM

8800GT

Creative XFi

TIR4

Vista 64

Running @ (3-1phantom)*1280x1024 window mode.

HDR mod.

No problems. Guesstimated 20+fps

I have a problem with the sound every once in awhile to fix I hop external to in cockpit will usually fix it Creative Audigy 4 sound card here

Yeah, unless switching to external view once you hear the external sound in the cockpit.

Geforce GTX 260 (i get the weird light band on the ground)

TIR4

Here's the fix. It isn't recommended for whatever reason but I noticed no side effects so far. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=611617&postcount=51

DCS BS English DVD

Everything runs great with my sig-rig. I experience some slow down in really active missions (60 units +) but that's natural.

I voted No.

"Issues" is a spanning description though and while the game in general is well playable on my rig, there are several problems related to graphics, sounds and crashes, that cannot be denied.

It's difficult to tell, though, if the engine not being ready to support modern features (soundengine...) or stop using old ones (distant shader flicker) that are no longer supported or if it really is an incompatibility between hardware-configs and the game itself.

And if it is hardware-configs, there's always the human factor as you can never tell what was set up wrong in the BIOS or driver-settings, harddrive config and CPU/RAM combination.

So, this question is rather subjective and I doubt it's useful to generate a general guideline for rigs and hardware playing BS well or not other than in terms of performance, maybe.

I voted No.

 

"Issues" is a spanning description though and while the game in general is well playable on my rig, there are several problems related to graphics, sounds and crashes, that cannot be denied.

 

It's difficult to tell, though, if the engine not being ready to support modern features (soundengine...) or stop using old ones (distant shader flicker) that are no longer supported or if it really is an incompatibility between hardware-configs and the game itself.

 

And if it is hardware-configs, there's always the human factor as you can never tell what was set up wrong in the BIOS or driver-settings, harddrive config and CPU/RAM combination.

 

So, this question is rather subjective and I doubt it's useful to generate a general guideline for rigs and hardware playing BS well or not other than in terms of performance, maybe.

I tend to agree, although my rig runs every piece of software I throw at it ok. I think the engine may have older features though (LOMAC legacy features) rather than newer ones

Runs like a dream on my MacBook Pro at 1440x900 (albeit there are jaggies but that's down to the vid card). Minimum 20 fps with scenes/textures at high and only using a single core, can't get DCSMax to work properly and Win 7 won't seem to let me manually set DCS.exe's affinity.

Bootcamp Win 7

DCS BS CD

2.2 Intel dual core

4gb RAM

320gb WD Scorpio HDD

128mb Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT

I run BS with only 1 issue and that is only when hosting a sever. And it only happens on rair ocations. when clicking to desktop some times when going back to the game it does not display back on the screan and is still running fine.

Other than that yes my rig runs BS with no issues.

OS is XP home 32 bit

Perfectly fine on my PC wise, there are some game issues, but not due to hardware or OS (although I wish Xfire would support ingame for dcs in vista...)

Rig:

OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1

CPU: Core 2 Quad q6600

GPU: BFG Nvidia GTX 280 OCX

RAM: 4 gigs 800mhz OCZ SLI on 2 sticks

MOBO: XFX nforce 680i lt SLI

1000 watt power supply

onboard realtek hd audio sound

500 gig hdd

160 gig hdd

120 gig hdd

Thermaltake VA8000B case with 25cm side fan

Input:

Joystick: sidewinder precision pro

TrackIR 4 pro

Razer Lachechis

Microsoft keyboard

Runs perfect here, 25 min fps and no crashes.

My specs are:

Intel E6300@2.8ghz

4GB ram

Samsung 7200rpm 1TB HD

Nvidia 9800GTX

Win 7

No issues here:

Intel E6750 @ 3.2 GhZ

4GB

Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

Windows 7 RC

Saitek X-52 Pro

Cat, I have almost the same trouble..just somethimes.. but i'm on userside not host...other then tht runs pretty damn good..

intel dc 2 duo 2.13

p5n-sli mb

xp 32-sp3

2 gig ddr2

2 512 mg gt8500's

cougar hotas,trac IR 4 pro and ch rudders