Kevin8ryan Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hey guys, I am going to upgrade my peripherals and I decided to get VR. My PC is comparably weak and will therefore have trouble running the G2 at native resolution but since I am also going to upgrade my PC in the next couple of years, I was thinking about getting the G2 anyway instead of having to upgrade the HMD as well. My question now is can I achieve similar performance to the Rift S with the G2 running at lower resolutions? My specs are: i5 10600k@4.80GHz GTX 1070ti (8GB VRAM) 16GB 2667 MHz M.2 SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casteldredge Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hello there, I've got a G2 and I ran it for a short time on a 1080, which is somewhat comparable to a 1070ti, and I was not too disappointed in the performance I was getting. That said, you can just scale down the resolution that you are running the headset at if you need more performance. I didn't feel like I needed to do that when I was running it on my 1080. I've got a 3080 now and to be honest I did not notice a massive performance jump. DCS is mostly held back by CPU performance and RAM from what I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 In my opinion, Stick with the Rift S for the time beeing. Intel I9 10900k @5.1GHz | MSI MEG Z490 Unify | Corsair Vengeance 64GB - 3600MHz | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 VPC T-50 Base /w Viper & Hornet Grip | VPC Rotor TCS Pro w/ Hawk-60 Grip | TM TPR LG C2 42" | Reverb G2 | TIR 5 | PointCtrl | OpenKneeboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On a 1070ti, you will have to significantly compromise your settings in order to tun dcs acceptably ... SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 My understanding is that the two things that make a difference at the moment given DCS runs primarily on a single core are the CPU Speed and the amount of VRAM on the Graphics card. an i3 overclocked to 5.0 will have better performance than an i9 at 3.7. The VRAM I believe is more about pagetime which effects the ability to get 90FPS rather than 45FPS. From other threads though I agree the minimum card to really enjoy DCS is a 2080super/3060ti but you really want a 3080 to really enjoy it. Hornet, Super Carrier, Warthog & (II), Mustang, Spitfire, Albatross, Sabre, Combined Arms, FC3, Nevada, Gulf, Normandy, Syria AH-6J i9 10900K @ 5.0GHz, Gigabyte Z490 Vision G, Cooler Master ML120L, Gigabyte RTX3080 OC Gaming 10Gb, 64GB RAM, Reverb G2 @ 2480x2428, TM Warthog, Saitek pedals & throttle, DIY collective, TrackIR4, Cougar MFDs, vx3276-2k Combat Wombat's Airfield & Enroute Maps and Planning Tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 55 minutes ago, shu77 said: but you really want a 3080 to really enjoy it. I got a 3080 and I dont really enjoy the performance . So your milage may vary. Intel I9 10900k @5.1GHz | MSI MEG Z490 Unify | Corsair Vengeance 64GB - 3600MHz | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 VPC T-50 Base /w Viper & Hornet Grip | VPC Rotor TCS Pro w/ Hawk-60 Grip | TM TPR LG C2 42" | Reverb G2 | TIR 5 | PointCtrl | OpenKneeboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignition22 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 DCS doesn't scale well. A way better gfx card only gives a little better experience. I have run a Rift S and a G2 on my 1070 and the G2 was far far better then the Rift S. Even if you turned the G2 res down to match the Rift S the screens are better in other aspects as well. Eventually I upgraded my 1070 to an amd 6800 but only got a minor improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 23 hours ago, Gruman said: I got a 3080 and I dont really enjoy the performance . So your milage may vary. We have pretty much the same system, what clock speed are you running the CPU? That made all the difference for me. Hornet, Super Carrier, Warthog & (II), Mustang, Spitfire, Albatross, Sabre, Combined Arms, FC3, Nevada, Gulf, Normandy, Syria AH-6J i9 10900K @ 5.0GHz, Gigabyte Z490 Vision G, Cooler Master ML120L, Gigabyte RTX3080 OC Gaming 10Gb, 64GB RAM, Reverb G2 @ 2480x2428, TM Warthog, Saitek pedals & throttle, DIY collective, TrackIR4, Cougar MFDs, vx3276-2k Combat Wombat's Airfield & Enroute Maps and Planning Tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruman Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Still running stock. The stock normally stays between 4.8 and 5.1. So you telling me that at fixed 5.0GHz you have s buttersmooth experience? No sudden dropped frames? Last I used the G2 was in January. Might have to give this a try this weekend. Intel I9 10900k @5.1GHz | MSI MEG Z490 Unify | Corsair Vengeance 64GB - 3600MHz | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 VPC T-50 Base /w Viper & Hornet Grip | VPC Rotor TCS Pro w/ Hawk-60 Grip | TM TPR LG C2 42" | Reverb G2 | TIR 5 | PointCtrl | OpenKneeboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_legio Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I leaved the rift S for a G2. It's another world, I have a 3070 btw. But I read several person that can use a G2 with a 1070 or 1080, with some compromise but is doable. Rift S is old, maybe you can take a Quest 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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