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#4356892 - 05/11/17 11:48 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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#4356901 - 05/12/17 12:40 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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WEll I ran Riva Tuner and checked against the ingame couner.. Now Rivatuner said I was using 4000VRam and the ingame counter said I was using 7000Vram?? I am wondering which is more accurate..
Either way if it is showing a high number and I did not run that real heavy vram usage mission but it would still be at least 8GB Vram..

Maybe a New video card a 1080Ti will be needed.. I think I am going to save and get a new video card first.. I will try and use Rivatuner in that misiion just to double check.. Ram Usage was about 5000MB..

I will have to try and sell some stuff on ebay to get the funds but I will report back IF I get the video card..


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#4356904 - 05/12/17 12:46 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Well, as has been mentioned, the program will use what resources it has. Just because a game uses up 8GB vRAM does not mean it won't work on a system with 4GB vRAM. It still would work, but you'll probably have to lower some settings.


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#4356912 - 05/12/17 02:35 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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What resolution are you playing at? I doubt DCS uses more than 5-6GB VRAM at 1440P. Just a few months back I was running the game fine at 1080 with 4GB VRAM on my GTX 970. I'm now at 1440P and running a GTX 1070. Few games will hit a VRAM limit at 1440P. Essentially zero. There are some exceptions, mainly crazy texture mods for games like FO/Skyrim.

#4356923 - 05/12/17 04:22 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Well this is just my 2cents or how you USA people say.


But for me best things in dcs so far:

SSD , this get rid off stutters etc.. i have second install in fast HDD and there are always some stutters here and there. So get SSD, same things noticed in BMS , SSD drives are quite well used in simulators.

8>16gb of ram, even less stutters in BMS and dcs , but SSD makes more diffrence. Still i would get least 16gb today.

Gpu vram, well, i use Oculus rift CV1 and my 970 4GB runs fast out of vram , supersampling and Antialising needs mem. So i ordered RX 580 pulse 8Gb card , yes radeon for now. Just because it was for my budget. Time will tell if its worse choice than NVIDIA 1060 smile


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#4357396 - 05/15/17 05:18 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: Flogger23m]  
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Originally Posted by Flogger23m
What resolution are you playing at? I doubt DCS uses more than 5-6GB VRAM at 1440P. Just a few months back I was running the game fine at 1080 with 4GB VRAM on my GTX 970. I'm now at 1440P and running a GTX 1070. Few games will hit a VRAM limit at 1440P. Essentially zero. There are some exceptions, mainly crazy texture mods for games like FO/Skyrim.



My Resolution is 2048x768 120Hz.. I am thinking a 1070 Will be fine for my needs.. I looked at the 1080Ti looks overkill for my needs..


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#4357498 - 05/15/17 05:07 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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There's no such thing as 'overkill' in graphics cards!.......you're always one step away from the next upgrade yep


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#4357541 - 05/15/17 10:50 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Originally Posted by The Nephilim
My Resolution is 2048x768 120Hz.. I am thinking a 1070 Will be fine for my needs.. I looked at the 1080Ti looks overkill for my needs..

Your "needs" would depend on the simulation you're running... biggrin


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#4357573 - 05/16/17 02:10 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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I'm thinking of upgrading from GeForce GTX760 to MSI 1070 Sea Hawk for DCS, BMS - would the sea hawk be worth it?

Already have Samsung 1TB SSD, 840 EVO and Kingston 16GB (2x8GB), PC3-15000 (1866MHz) DDR3.

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#4357620 - 05/16/17 11:09 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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I'm assuming single monitor 1080p resolution? If so, going from a 760 to 1070 will be quite a nice upgrade... personally not sure about the effect in DCS but definitely see an improvement in other games.


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#4357669 - 05/16/17 03:10 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Went from GTX780 to 1070 myself, just two weeks ago (and cranked my i5 up from 4.2 to 4.4 GHz) Even though it's only modestly clocked Palit JetStream model, playing at 1200p I got quite a bit of a boost in 1.5.6, though with its obsolete terrain rendering engine, not utilizing the card properly, it could've been better. This version of DCS, however, is going down the drain soon (hopefully), and is not really a good benchmark, so I'm not bothered by it.

2.0.5 with Nevada, ha, that's where the new card shines! So it will on the new maps it seems. I don't know what the specs of your planned SeaHawk are, but as long as your CPU is not a bottleneck, going from 760 you will certainly see a great performance improvement.

#4357678 - 05/16/17 03:59 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Hi guys,

Yep 1080p

My specs are:

Intel Core i7 4790K (Base:4.00GHz, Turbo:4.40GHz / 6MB / LGA1150 / Quad Core / Fully Unlocked)

GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 MB, Z97, 4x DDR3, 3x PCIE3.0 x16, 8x SATAIII, 6x USB3.0, 1x SATA Express, 2x M.2,VGA, DVI, HDMI, ATX, Killer E2201,SLI/Xfire

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX760 Overclocked (Base:1085MHz,Boost:1150MHz), 4096MB (6008MHz) GDDR5, PCI-E 3.0, Dual DVI, HDMI, Displayport

Kingston 16GB (2x8GB), PC3-15000 (1866MHz) DDR3, HyperX Fury Black, 10-11-10, 1.5V, Dual Channel Kit

Samsung 1TB SSD, 840 EVO Series, SATA III, 7mm, Read up to 540MB/s, Write up to 520MB/s

AOC G2770PQU 27inch Gaming Monitor

Think I'll get the Seahawk 1070 it's a good price now (1/2 of what it started):
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK X (Base:1607MHz,Boost:1797MHz), 8GB GDDR5 (8108Mhz), PCI-E 3.0, DVI, HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Liquid Cooled By Corsair Hydro Series Liquid Cooler

RE DCS
Only use Caucasus, I'm not really interested in NTTR as I'm more interested in theatres that simulate actual combat zones rather than training areas. If NTTR was $10 I might get it... As for Normandy and WW2 not really interested either because I'm more interested in in flying modern aircraft, for my WW2 fix I go to IL-2 CLOD. Hopefully they will come out with a new interesting modern theatre one day...


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#4357695 - 05/16/17 05:15 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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No problem with CPU then. Well, when Caucasus gets a 2.5 revamp, your new card will be a beast in it. But even in its current form, the map will run noticeably better, and with a good price for the card, I'm sure you can't go wrong with this purchase.

P.S. - you will like how 1070 performs in CloD as well (just don't crank up the rendered buildings number to "unlimited", because it will murder your PC no matter what you have in it biggrin ).

#4357702 - 05/16/17 06:17 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Long story short, the new card will be awesome. The fact that DCS may not be able to use all of that awesomeness or use it properly (yet) is not the card's fault biggrin


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#4357721 - 05/16/17 08:32 PM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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DCS has long had a big fat memory leak problem, and the ram used keeps increasing the longer you play, until it will CTD. So yes, more RAM will help with stability, but no performance IMO.

#4358164 - 05/19/17 05:38 AM Re: another 16GB RAM will it help? [Re: The Nephilim]  
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Well I rediscovered ReadyBoost and I am using it on my SSD drive the macx capacity of ReadyBoost.. Not sure if it is helping but better then spening another 150USD on Ram..

I am also considering a new video card but that will be on hold for another month or two need to get Floors put in a couple more rooms in the House..


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