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I'm running a GTX 1080, and an Intel i5 4690k @4.5ghz with 16gb of ram, driving an Oculus Rift.

I normally get around 45fps, until I get a bunch of assets in the game.

I'm debating where I should focus my upgrade efforts. The CPU is a great performer in just about everything I throw at it, but I know I'm a few generations behind now. So I was thinking of either a new Ryzen or Intel build, but that's gonna be spendy, as I'll need a new mobo and ram as well.

 

On the GPU side, I was looking at either a used 1080ti, or a 2080.

 

Where should I focus my efforts, primarily for DCS?

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Do you have smooth play in 45 FPS? If you do, you dont need to upgrade anything IMO. I play with 60-70 FPS and game runs pretty well and smooth...in some heavy missions, FPS drops to 40-50, but even then my DCS is running well.

 

Almost every settings on "max".

 

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Do you have smooth play in 45 FPS? If you do, you dont need to upgrade anything IMO. I play with 60-70 FPS and game runs pretty well and smooth...in some heavy missions, FPS drops to 40-50, but even then my DCS is running well.

 

Almost every settings on "max".

 

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If you're getting that performance on a 1070, maybe I need to be looking at the CPU option. I'll drop down to the teens at even slightly congested air fields.

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Where should I focus my efforts, primarily for DCS?

 

Rather than guess, I suggest its better to monitor the system while running DCS, using a tool like MSI Afterburner, that can measure cpu and gpu utilization while you play dcs. Here is a good tutorial on how to set it up:

 

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My feeling is that your cpu is probably still good, as in dcs it is mostly the single core speed the deciding factor .. most newer cpus attain higher benchmark scores than yours only because the have more cores, something that it’s irrelevant for DCS

 

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Rather than guess, I suggest its better to monitor the system while running DCS, using a tool like MSI Afterburner, that can measure cpu and gpu utilization while you play dcs. Here is a good tutorial on how to set it up.

Afterburner/RTSS don't work in VR.

The best utility I've come across to monitor GPU/CPU usage in VR with an overlay is fpsVR. It's on Steam and is cheap!

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1080 and 4.5ghz is really only one step under the best combo for dcs vr.

I would hold off and see what the vr optimizations bring over the next few months

 

Maybe try for a slightly higher overclock on the CPU and overclock the gfx a bit if you haven't explored those routes

 

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DCS loves CPU speed vs. core count. Water cooling and overclocking the CPU would serve you well. I run a seriously overclocked 1080ti and am able to crank up the eye candy pretty high. Yet I still will drop to 45 FPS in areas of high graphical demand in DCS. If it can’t hold 90 it will go to 45. I thought there was going to be some sort of performance gain with 2.5 but that never seemed to happen.

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Do you have smooth play in 45 FPS? If you do, you dont need to upgrade anything IMO. I play with 60-70 FPS and game runs pretty well and smooth...in some heavy missions, FPS drops to 40-50, but even then my DCS is running well.

 

Almost every settings on "max".

 

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Wow! I can't get anywhere near that, and my system is a step or two above yours. I think you must have a magic box to get those numbers in VR!

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I play with 60-70 FPS and game runs pretty well and smooth...in some heavy missions, FPS drops to 40-50, but even then my DCS is running well. Almost every settings on "max".

 

i7 6820 HK, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 1070 8 GB, 480GB ADATA GAMMIX SSD.

 

 

Are you sure you have these numbers in VR?

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How much is your fps? And I dont use VR.

 

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Better upgrade to a 1080 ti, i think it brings you more fps then upgrade your cpu, i upgraded from i6600k 4,5 ghz to a 8700k 4,8 ghz and was disappointed, when i upgraded from the 1080 to the 1080 ti it brings me more fps.

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