What is your framerate with FC3, compared to other DCS sim's?

[Cyn0sure]

I'm thinking about getting Flaming Cliffs 3, but I hesitate because of the poor framerates that I've been getting with Black Shark 2.

 

My CPU is an AMD Phenom II 2.8 GHz, with six cores. I have 8 GB of RAM. My graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti, with 2 GB of VRAM. I'm running Win 7 (64 bit).

 

With Black Shark 2, I get a speedy framerate of 50-70 fps (frames per second) when I'm just flying around, be it over mountains, plains, or cities. But when I get into combat, my framerate takes a huge hit. Most of the time, in combat, my framerate drops to 20-30 fps, but sometimes, it drops to as low as 10-15 fps. This is especially the case when I'm using the Shark's laser/video targetting system in the heat of battle. This makes the sim almost unplayable, for me. I've tried lowering my video settings in DCS from high to medium, and even to low, but that doesn't help much. I figure the bottleneck with my system is being caused by my CPU, not by my graphics card. I realize that DCS is not optimized for use on a multi-core CPU, and that a "high-fidelity" sim like BS2 requires an awful lot of CPU computations.

 

What I'm wondering is, will I experience the same problem with Flaming Cliffs 3? I don't expect FC3 to be any more optimized for a multi-core CPU than BS2 is, but I'm wondering if FC3 is less CPU intensive because it's less "realistic" and thus requres less computations than BS2?

Edited September 13, 2014 by Cyn0sure

[pj]

I have my frame rate capped at 60 and get 40-60 most of the time with all modules

[Beagle One]

The Performance you have with DCS:World (Su-25T) is exactly what you can espect with FC3.

[Cyn0sure]

I have my frame rate capped at 60 and get 40-60 most of the time with all modules

 

Looking at your system specs compared to mine, I'm guessing it's mostly your i5 4.2 GHz CPU (a dual-core, right?) that affords you that framerate.

 

The Performance you have with DCS:World (Su-25T) is exactly what you can espect with FC3.

 

Hrm. I guess that makes sense, because the free Su-25T module in DCS World is actually from FC3, right? That's disappointing, since I get about the same framerates with Su-25T as I get with KA-50.

 

Well, FC3 is presently on flash sale for a mere $12, so I'll go ahead and purchase it, even though my system's performance with it will be less than ideal. (Which is a shame, being that my system runs most other games at blazing speed.) For sure, I wouldn't pay full price for FC3, and I probably won't be buying any more of the "high-fidelity" DCS modules.

Edited September 13, 2014 by Cyn0sure

[Exorcet]

You should expect better performance with EDGE in a few months.

[Godzila]

You will have better fps. Shkval on KA50 or Su25T is very FPS demanding. If you want to fly fighter planes higher in the sky you will get better FPS, but flying A10A your FPS will drop when viewing ground units throuh monitor like SU25T.

 

Try creating a mission with several AI planes attacking eachother and monitor from safe distance with su25T without turning on Shkval monitor. It should give you an idea about FPS.

[Scing]

Also, the biggest hurdles to FPS at times can be your HDD, as well as in some instances, certain graphical settings like shadows can also cause a dramatic slow-down in performance.