I don't take the best screenies, but I just wanted to show that you don't need a super computer to run DCS 2.5. I'm enjoying the hell out of this since moving everything over to an SSD. I have a 4 year old ASUZ. A 2 GB 860M Video Card and 8 GB of RAMM. I did increase the amount of virtual RAMM. Looks terrific, runs great, and I'm killing 109's with that Spitfire Mk9. I picked up the Spit, the Normandy map and the WW2 assets with my 50 dollar Steam gift card during this last sale. I had bought them before and returned them, but thought I'd give it another chance upon seeing how well DCS is running on the new drive. I'm glad I did. Keeping them this time! I even repurchased the P-51 for 19.99 so that I could fly it over Normandy. The Spitfire is an AWESOME model. It really is.
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#4428352 - 06/30/1805:21 PMRe: DCS Normandy On A 4 Year Old Laptop
[Re: Pooch]
And a couple of shots of that beautiful F-86. A favorite.
"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace." Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia
#4428359 - 06/30/1806:09 PMRe: DCS Normandy On A 4 Year Old Laptop
[Re: Pooch]
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I'll be your Huckleberry
Bud, I wish I could. I was actually only expecting a small improvement. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised. First off, it starts so fast it took me by surprise. I used to wait so long for the game to open up that I could start dozing off. It was absolutely rediculous. When I moved it to the SSD, I watched that progress bar sail across so fast that I said, "Daaamn!" I'm running it at 1920X1080 and it's realy running well. Admittedly, I'm not running it on high, but I'm running it on a 4 year old laptop. According to a lot of people it shouldn't be running like this. Move it over to the SSD and see what happens. I'd like to know if you have the same results.
"From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace." Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia