FWIW: Bumping this old thread cuz, well, the topic title is closest…
Since I have an older system and haven’t touched my nVidia control panel for many driver updates, I thought, why not. Maybe it can help someone else with an older rig.
TLDR; following these steps (note: I only applied the nVidia CP changes, all else has been in place for some time) made things smoother for my test case and conditions below. The reduction in ‘stutter’ (comes into play at low altitude, esp when looking left/right) makes it, well, just feel ‘better’. FPS not noticeably higher but I wasn’t expecting much.
If I had to describe it I’d say the trees (at 500 knots and 150’) only ‘jumped’ a frame or two just prior to going out of view with my head turned to 3/9-o’clock. Before the jump/stutter was much more noticeable. Best I can come up with.
My System
i7 6700K @ 4.5Ghz, 32 MB
VR: Reverb G2
Memory (older DDR4 at like 2300?):
Mobo:
GPU:
Settings | nVidia Control Panel
Followed the advise from this recent video. He has a 3080 but I thought I’d try it anyway.
Note I didn’t watch the entire thing, just the first 1/2 where the settings are…set.
SteamVR
For DCS
NOTE: I bump this up/down to ‘taste’. At 50% it’s still better than my old Odyssey Plus (better lenses) and with all the other settings here the AA isn’t too bad. I can bump it to 75-80 and the AA isn’t noticeable much at all, but it does run slower.
Settings | DCS
Mods
Shader mod
Flat shadows removal mod: Works for 2.7 as it’s just a simple lua mod. This allows you to have shadows in the cockpit and everywhere else (adds so much ‘depth’ to the scene IMO) while reducing the object shadow draw distance. Seems to help but it is still a hit over no shadows anywhere.
Mission
- Syria Map
- On the ramp at DAN (Incirlik, Turkey)
- Viper (tends to run a tad bit slower than the Hornet for me; maybe they’ll optimize it now that they’re spending more resources here?)
- Wx: OVC-2
- 3 Tankers and a small CV battle group out there; dozen static targets scattered about.
FPS never dropped below 42, mostly 43-45 on the ramp a DAN, which was always a hit on FPS for me. Again though, the entire flight (low-level and fast, cloud-surfing) was a smoother experience.
Didn’t appreciate how many hoops I have to go through until I spit it all out here 