GPU or CPU?

[Harlikwin]

But tbh, I'd now buy AMD.

 

Why? DCS doesn't multicore much.

[etherbattx]

Why? DCS doesn't multicore much.

 

 

but dude, it’s great for “sticking to the man”. blaze your own trail.

[BitMaster]

Why? DCS doesn't multicore much.

 

Good question.

 

A: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-disable-hyper-threading-spectre-attack,39333.html

 

 

B: I think AMD is fast enough for my needs

[Harlikwin]

Good question.

 

A: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-disable-hyper-threading-spectre-attack,39333.html

 

 

B: I think AMD is fast enough for my needs

 

Good thing my my 9700k doesn't HT :music_whistling:

[etherbattx]

GPU or CPU?

 

Good thing my my 9700k doesn't HT

 

annoying for sure, but it’s doubtful your wife would install bad software on your machine.

 

(i’m assuming you wouldn’t do it yourself)

[silentbob11]

Well my i7 9700K has shipped so it will be here in a couple of days I hope.

For now I am going to UG only CPU+MOBO+RAM and stay with my old GTX970 - see how it goes. I am planning on replacing it with a 2070 eventually but that will have to wait until October...:no_sad:

 

SB11

[ricktoberfest]

Well my i7 9700K has shipped so it will be here in a couple of days I hope.

 

For now I am going to UG only CPU+MOBO+RAM and stay with my old GTX970 - see how it goes. I am planning on replacing it with a 2070 eventually but that will have to wait until October...:no_sad:

 

 

 

SB11

 

 

 

Let us know the difference. I’m very curious how much difference it will make with the old gpu still.

 

 

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I3570K @ 4.5Ghz, 16Gb DDR3 @ 2400, Vega64 @1080p

[Gruman]

Well my i7 9700K has shipped so it will be here in a couple of days I hope.

For now I am going to UG only CPU+MOBO+RAM and stay with my old GTX970 - see how it goes. I am planning on replacing it with a 2070 eventually but that will have to wait until October...:no_sad:

 

SB11

 

Did you go for 16 or 32GB of RAM? 3000MHz?

[silentbob11]

16GB @3200 Ghz for now. Dya think I need more firepower?

[NineLine]

Well my i7 9700K has shipped so it will be here in a couple of days I hope.

For now I am going to UG only CPU+MOBO+RAM and stay with my old GTX970 - see how it goes. I am planning on replacing it with a 2070 eventually but that will have to wait until October...:no_sad:

 

SB11

 

I think you should still see a good performance jump.

[Gruman]

16GB @3200 Ghz for now. Dya think I need more firepower?

 

Your RAM are fine. I like 32GB because it simply compensates for not efficient memory management by the developers. I guess you have two 8GB modules installed and still have to empty slots, correct?

[silentbob11]

Your RAM are fine. I like 32GB because it simply compensates for not efficient memory management by the developers. I guess you have two 8GB modules installed and still have to empty slots, correct?

 

I will, :music_whistling: still have to wait for all my parts to arrive...:pilotfly:

 

SB11

[Demon_]

Funny. I remember on some previous threads that some of you told us that the performance gain between specific generations and most of the other generation was... small. Do you compare these CPU at the same frequency? You all know that the Sandy bridge is good. At least delid it before to spend $$$.

I think Intel has understand (9700K) that physical cores are better than virtual cores for gaming. And generate less heat for the overclocker.

[etherbattx]

posts and opinions go back and forth and not everyone uses the same options or configuration.

 

it’s tricky to know what to believe.

[BitMaster]

Realities do differ ;)

 

 

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[silentbob11]

Low FPS over cities

 

GPU or CPU related?

 

SB11

[BitMaster]

As eatherbattx says, in addition to a wild mix of settings, conditions and other measurable things comes ones own perception and validation.

 

Whereas one could well find a common understanding of fluent or stutter, things like

Enough LoD or maybe less , more pixels or better VR... etc. That is harder to agree on

But unfortunately hw requirements depend on most of those as well.

 

We are getting far OT... as usual

 

 

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[silentbob11]

I am well aware of that,

but giving that my settings are:

all on high and tree an preload radius settings are about MAX (except grass and clutter at 500m and chimney smoke on 0)

aniso on 4x

MSAA on 4x

motion blur and SSAA are OFF

and res is 1024X1080

would you guess that dropping from 30 (Vsync on) to low 20's above cities is CPU or GPU related?

 

SB11

[madeiner]

I am well aware of that,

but giving that my settings are:

all on high and tree an preload radius settings are about MAX (except grass and clutter at 500m and chimney smoke on 0)

aniso on 4x

MSAA on 4x

motion blur and SSAA are OFF

and res is 1024X1080

would you guess that dropping from 30 (Vsync on) to low 20's above cities is CPU or GPU related?

 

SB11

 

Definately CPU/ram. Overclock your CPU if you can.

You should also lower your MSAA to 2x or off even, depending on if you play MP.

[mosqui]

Definately CPU/ram. Overclock your CPU if you can.

You should also lower your MSAA to 2x or off even, depending on if you play MP.

 

If he set msaa to off he have double fps

[silentbob11]

If he set msaa to off he have double fps

Wouldn’t that make my picture jaggy as hell?

SB11

[silentbob11]

first impressions

 

Well I promised I'll come back to you after the upgrade and here it is:

GPU still the same: GTX 970.

I upped my CPU - now i7 9700K~3.6 MHz, my RAM now 32GiG~3200MHz, my MOBO, and my SSD (much faster now)

 

and.... hardly any change.

FPS still the same - dipping to about 20 flying low in busy crowded areas. and the occasional flickering black screen.

 

so I guess that settles it - apparently CPU doesn't have much impact on performance in DCS. it's a pity I dumped about $1500 to find the answer...

[MegOhm_SD]

Well I promised I'll come back to you after the upgrade and here it is:

GPU still the same: GTX 970.

I upped my CPU - now i7 9700K~3.6 MHz, my RAM now 32GiG~3200MHz, my MOBO, and my SSD (much faster now)

 

and.... hardly any change.

FPS still the same - dipping to about 20 flying low in busy crowded areas. and the occasional flickering black screen.

 

so I guess that settles it - apparently CPU doesn't have much impact on performance in DCS. it's a pity I dumped about $1500 to find the answer...

 

Now the GPU...OC that K, find those good settings and your in good shape.

Edited June 13, 2019 by MegOhm_SD

[Strikeeagle345]

Well I promised I'll come back to you after the upgrade and here it is:

GPU still the same: GTX 970.

I upped my CPU - now i7 9700K~3.6 MHz, my RAM now 32GiG~3200MHz, my MOBO, and my SSD (much faster now)

 

and.... hardly any change.

FPS still the same - dipping to about 20 flying low in busy crowded areas. and the occasional flickering black screen.

 

so I guess that settles it - apparently CPU doesn't have much impact on performance in DCS. it's a pity I dumped about $1500 to find the answer...

 

you need to overclock the 9700K. leaving it at 3.6 will net you nothing. when I clocked mine up to 5ghz, is when i noticed the changed.

[Harlikwin]

Well I promised I'll come back to you after the upgrade and here it is:

GPU still the same: GTX 970.

I upped my CPU - now i7 9700K~3.6 MHz, my RAM now 32GiG~3200MHz, my MOBO, and my SSD (much faster now)

 

and.... hardly any change.

FPS still the same - dipping to about 20 flying low in busy crowded areas. and the occasional flickering black screen.

 

so I guess that settles it - apparently CPU doesn't have much impact on performance in DCS. it's a pity I dumped about $1500 to find the answer...

 

Well, the issue is that there are always 2 bottlenecks. the CPU and The GPU. If you have a crappy CPU and a good GPU, the CPU can't feed the GPU enough data and it stalls out. If you have a good CPU and crappy GPU (your case), the CPU can feed the GPU, but the GPU will choke on it so it becomes the limting factor. I think if you upgrade to even a lower end card like a 1070 you will see a decent improvement.