Anyone here with i7 8700k, HTC Vive & Mig 21?

Mig 21 is pretty much unusable at this time in VR (vive). I'm running a Ryzen 1700 at 3.875ghz, GTX 1070 and the fps is too low for this aircraft particularly on dcs 1.5.

8700k brings a needed FPS boost but I'm wondering if it would make the mig 21 playable?

My guess is that even at 5ghz plus it wont....

As a rule of thumb, DCS runs very poorly on AMD systems. DCS only uses 3 cores of the processor, with the majority of load on a single core.

AMD's architecture tends to depend on large numbers of slower cores, whereas intel tends to use fewer, more powerful cores. As a result, you'll see much better performance in DCS on an Intel system, even if the total processor speed is slower than your AMD rig.

As a rule of thumb, DCS runs very poorly on AMD systems. DCS only uses 3 cores of the processor, with the majority of load on a single core.

 

AMD's architecture tends to depend on large numbers of slower cores, whereas intel tends to use fewer, more powerful cores. As a result, you'll see much better performance in DCS on an Intel system, even if the total processor speed is slower than your AMD rig.

Yar, primary use is 3d rendering but I do like my vr and i can't help wanting high gaming fps.

I love overclocking as well so would be aiming for beyond 5ghz.