Dama Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Hey there, just a quick question, as in the title: would a RTX 3090 be overkill for running DCS (non-VR) in 1440p? Or asked the other way round, would a 3080 suffice? Doing mostly DCS and some P3D, not much else gaming-wise. Your input would be greatly appreciated :) Kind Regards, Raffael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Absolutely yes. Specs: Win10, i5-13600KF, 32GB DDR4 RAM 3200XMP, 1 TB M2 NVMe SSD, KFA2 RTX3090, VR G2 Headset, Warthog Throttle+Saitek Pedals+MSFFB2 Joystick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Many who run a 1080ti @ 1440p say they are quite happy with it, including me. So a bit more won't harm but you definitely would be way over the top with a 3090. Anyway, check what the AMD cards can deliver, reviews should be around soon. They seem to be faster in rasterization and have more VRAM, both is good for DCS. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfheart Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Yes. Complete overkill. It's even overkill at 4K. I run 5120x1440p which is a little less pixel heavy than 4K and I got very little performance uplift by going from a 2080ti to a 3090. Most of my other games have seen significant performance increase over my old GPU. In AI heavy missions, I get 0... yes... 0 extra frames in DCS. DCS world is completely CPU bottlenecked when you get to a certain point. Thankfully, I didn't buy the 3090 for DCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dama Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Thanks a lot for all your input, much appreciated :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manashttu Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Here is a thread of my experience of 1080ti to 3080 on triple 1440p monitors (which is 20%+ more pixels than 4k). In short, the cpu will remain a bottleneck at times in DCS---but the 3080 enables the use of higher levels of antialiasing. On a single 1440p monitor, the 1080ti can handle DCS with antialiasing, too. https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/english/reality/pc-hardware-and-related-software/291266-rtx-3080-experience-so-far-2d-triples-user Intel 8700K, delidded at 5.1 ghz, Asrock z370 Extreme4, 32gb DDR4 3200, MSI Ventus RTX 3080, triple 1440p Dell s2716dg screens, VKB Gunfighter Mk.I, Virpil M50-CM2 throttle, MFG Crosswind pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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