VanjaB Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 A quick question for those very familiar with how the engine in DCS: World works. My PC: i5 3570K (clocked@stock speeds) AMD HD6870 1GBDDR5 16GB DDR3 Intel SSD etc. Right now my settings are "High" in the options @1080p, the native resolution for my monitor. With 2xFSAA. At certain points, parts of the map, my framerate can still get quite choppy although it is smooth for the most part. My question is this, what is the bottleneck in my system? Would I gain smoother gameplay by reducing graphics options or should I clock my CPU higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aginor Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 My guess: It is the graphics card. And unfortunately it might even be nothing wrong with it. But I heard some ATI users have problems with the FPS, even if they have a relatively new card. Maybe a compatibility issue. DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whartsell Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) CPU is most likely fine. Run process explorer from here and it will show you the load on the CPU and GPU and a bunch of other data. I suspect that you are limited by GPU speed as well as video memory. I run 1920x1840 and use most of the 2GB vram on my 6970. What you want to look for is when the stuttering starts/happening check the GPU % utilization as well as GPU memory utilization and CPU utilization. Also check out Radeon Pro for tuning your card. Its much better than CCC and you can even enable an overlay that will show %GPU and a bunch of other metrics while flying so you can check on your card "in game" Edited July 26, 2013 by whartsell Arduino,EOS and Helios Tutorial Static ATC menu mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's the GPU. DCS runs much better on nvidia. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nvidia GTX Titan Pascal - i7 6700K - 960 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD - 32GB DDR4 Corsair - Corsair PSU - Saitek x52 Pro - Custom FreeTrack IR Setup - iControl for DCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadwell Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 since your cpu is a K, overclocking it couldn't hurt, i would suggest getting a GTX770,680,or 780 very nice cards. your cpu is still pretty good, and a 6870 would not bottleneck it, the 780 might, but not at 1920x1080. My youtube channel Remember: the fun is in the fight, not the kill, so say NO! to the AIM-120. System specs:ROG Maximus XI Hero, Intel I9 9900K, 32GB 3200MHz ram, EVGA 1080ti FTW3, Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVME, 27" Samsung SA350 1080p, 27" BenQ GW2765HT 1440p, ASUS ROG PG278Q 1440p G-SYNC Controls: Saitekt rudder pedals,Virpil MongoosT50 throttle, warBRD base, CM2 stick, TrackIR 5+pro clip, WMR VR headset. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaruda Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 1GBDDR5 - this the problem. I had the same card and updated to a 680 with 2GB, which made a significant difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanjaB Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Yeah, the CPU seems powerful enough, I fiddled with the graphic settings and it looks like my card is slightly underpowered for this sim. Its still playable and very enjoyable in most situations though. Thanks for you help, next upgrade, gfx card.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whartsell Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 My bad in my post for sending you down the wrong path...i ment "...GPU speed as well as memory" and by memory specifically GPU VRAM Arduino,EOS and Helios Tutorial Static ATC menu mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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