parxuk Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 All, After 4 years of not using my gaming rig I am just getting back into playing DCS. I posted a thread last week and people kindly replied stating that my CPU was still OK (ish), so I would like to upgrade my GPU (Nvidia 560TI). I would love to go for a 1060 6GB, but cannot justify the elevated price at the moment, so was thinking of spending circa £200 on a 2nd hand card. Would this be sensible, and what could I get that would give me a reasonable upgrade for the money? Thanks in advance Intel i7 8700K @ 5Ghz, Aorus Z370 Gaming5, 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3000MHz, Nvidia 3080Ti FE, Samsung 970 NVME, Samsung 512GB EVO SSD x 2, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Rudder Pedals, HP Reverb G2, Windows 11 x64, DCS Modules = FC3, A10c Warthog, F14 Tomcat, F18 Hornet, F16 Viper, Persian Gulf, Syria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Pedro= Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Get the 1070 at least! Have smooth gameplay for many years :) Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toutenglisse Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 If you use a 1080p60hz screen a 1060 6Gb would be the perfect spot regarding price/perf ratio. If a second hand 1060 is still too expensive, a 970 4gb still has very decent performances in 1080p. (I still have mine that with DCS NTTR gave stable 60 fps with pretty high settings) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I use a gtx970 bought second hand 6 months ago, and DCS 1.5 and 2.2 works very well with it at 1920x1080 resolution ... I fully recommend this card unless you want to go to VR soon. And dont forget to increase your RAM to 16 GB. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aluminum Donkey Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 All, After 4 years of not using my gaming rig I am just getting back into playing DCS. I posted a thread last week and people kindly replied stating that my CPU was still OK (ish), so I would like to upgrade my GPU (Nvidia 560TI). I would love to go for a 1060 6GB, but cannot justify the elevated price at the moment, so was thinking of spending circa £200 on a 2nd hand card. Would this be sensible, and what could I get that would give me a reasonable upgrade for the money? Thanks in advance Parxuk, I agree with Pedro, for DCS you'd want a GTX 1070 minimum. The 1060 6GB just isn't up to it. I'd hang onto your cash and wait until the Bitcoin mining craze fizzles down a bit and look for a really good card. DCS just doesn't like 2nd-rate cards, and you'll still have to pay a small fortune for a 1060 that will just underperform. Personally I'd love a 1080 Ti, it really is *the* card for DCS World, but I'd love a new Ferrari and my own personal Learjet, too :) AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Windforce 8GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 For £200 you may get a used 980 or 980Ti, those are quite ok for DCS if you stay below 4k. I have used a 980GTX non-Ti before I got the 1080Ti. The difference is over densely populated areas like Vegas Strip, there, I can see a boost from 50ish to 80ish fps. Elsewhere on that map, the 980 was plenty, now it's plain overkill @ 1440p. The story is a totally different one once you fly VR, then, a 1080Ti is a drop of water on a hot stone, we wished there was a 4080Ti with 64GB HBM4 memory...and then 2 of those ! Kidding aside, for VR you need all that you can get, and more. If you find a good 980 or 980Ti for max 200 it might be an option but dont go higher in price. BTW, imho 16GB RAM total is a must, with 8GB you will encounter all sorts of errors with certain missions and for sure online. 8GB will allow you to fly small missions only, take on a bigger one and it will crash, or stutter, etc..:huh: Overclock, well, you are all set and good to go:thumbup: 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...
parxuk Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Thanks for the replies, as suggested I may look at upgrading the RAM before the GFX card and maybe by then the 1060s will have come back down in price to a more sensible level? Regards Intel i7 8700K @ 5Ghz, Aorus Z370 Gaming5, 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3000MHz, Nvidia 3080Ti FE, Samsung 970 NVME, Samsung 512GB EVO SSD x 2, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Rudder Pedals, HP Reverb G2, Windows 11 x64, DCS Modules = FC3, A10c Warthog, F14 Tomcat, F18 Hornet, F16 Viper, Persian Gulf, Syria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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