Comfirmation that I need to a new graphic cards.

HI guy,

Just had a look at the specificiation for the DLC for the F/A - 18c Hornet.

Just need to find out whether my Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 graphics card will allow me to fly the Hornett. At this stage funding resources prevent me from upgrading my graphics card and I would love to fly the Hornet, in DCS World.

Trevor

Minimum system requirements (LOW graphics settings): OS 64-bit Windows 7/8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Intel Core i3 at 2.8 GHz or AMD FX; RAM: 8 GB (16 GB for heavy missions); Free hard disk space: 60 GB; Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD R9 280X or better; requires internet activation.

Hi Trevor,

You would be able to run the F-18 possibly, it will not be very enjoyable sorry. The frame rate will be very low and can be frustrating. I normally recommend the GTX 1060 with (6GB) for DCS and gaming in general @ 1080P.

1070 or more @ 1440P

1080 / 1080it @ 4K and VR

It's also always good to have DCS on an SSD.

There is always a balance between eye candy and performance. Even on good top end PC's and 4K or VR.

This hobby can be a little expensive right:), once setup to a good level, it's only a matter of upgrading here and there. I slowly buildup my system over a few years and still on the Kaby Lake chip and possibly upgrade that next year, waiting to see how DCS performs a bit more down the road.

How does your system run now with DCS 2.5 Trevor?

Up until recently I was running DCS and Hornet on an iMac via Bootcamp. The Mac had a NVidia 6800 notebook GPU, this is about as bad as it can get specwise, but even so I quite happily played on low settings.

Now I have a new rig with i7/1080Ti it's a different story with the eye candy...:D

A very simple test you can do:

1. Make sure that you have latest DCS 2.5 version installed.

2. Fly a couple of scenarios with A-10C.

If it is running smooth, you are all set for the Hornet. Performance impact might be a bit higher with the Hornet, but if you get good frames in the A-10C you should be okay. Very important is that you test it in DCS 2.5 since a lot has happened to the graphics engine and performance in general.

A GTX 1070 coupled with a 7700K @ 5.2GHz will yield 105 FPS approx for 1080P resolution.

Turn off shadows in the F/A-18 if your system struggles. It has a problem with shadows right now. Hopefully, it will get fixed.

I just upgraded from a 660ti a few weeks ago and the only reason I did it is because my water pump failed and fried it.

Your 760 will run the hornet fine @ 1080p

You'll be fine at 1080p medium settings. I run an overclocked Radeon 7950 at 1080p with most settings on high. My card is comparable to a gtx 760 when not overclocked.

I'm on 2 GTX 680s still. No complaints here, w/ 1080p and medium-high settings all around. More than flyable.

I do plan to upgrade before the end of the year, though. I'm past due, I used to upgrade every 3 years or so, but that was when this stuff was a lot cheaper :lol:

IMHO you desparately need a new card... I'm running a 970 and it's just running DCS smooth with low/med texture settings which really is unbearable. As soon as I crank them up to have crispy cockpits, the stutters galore starts to roll. I'd even settle with a separate cockpit textures setting that I could max out at the same time. But without, having like 1-2s long freezes every now and then, this sim is practically unsimmable. Seeing those minimum requirements reminds me of Microsoft telling us that 512MB would be enough to run Windows Vista - you just didn't want to run that on any less than 2GB, but then it was all fine... my advice would be to get a 6GB 1060 at least

Im running on an R9 200 just fine.

Look at it this way, if you buy the Hornet and it stutters by a new card.

Or buy a new card and buy the Hornet.

The only difference is you may not need a new card for now! You are going to buy the Hornet anyway, its calling you...

Here's a thought, It's free F-18 weekend, download it and try it!