In DCS world you have a magic slider for MAX FPS a way to set the maximum FPS your game will try to ask from your CPU and GPU. By default its set to 180 which is way too high for most PCs and in most cases your VR virtual reality helmet or monitor can only do 60, 90 or maybe 120fps. Well why are you forcing your game to push its performance above what it can do and as a result causing it to stutter. This applies weather you are in virtual reality or on a monitor.
The wonderful developers at eagle dynamics have given you the max fps setting so you can cap your fps, its similar to VSYNC but for some folks the VSYNC may not be perfect. DCS is NOT counterstrike or valorant getting 60fps or 300 fps makes no difference when flying around in my opinion so why are you making your video card work so much harder.
And if your video card is not a 4090 why are you asking it to try to give you 180fps, tell it you want 60 and get a more stable and reliable experience!
00:00 intro
00:33 you are overloading your GPU & CPU
01:10 DCS is not a first person shooter
01:35 how games work overivew
02:11 default setting 180FPS!
02:59 easy enable VSYNC
04:00 matching Hz to FPS
04:30 use the MAX FPS slider
05:50 changing settings in DCS
06:20 GPU is OVERHEATING
07:15 how lower FPS save your PC
07:50 No you dont NEED 240FPS in DCS!
09:00 matching your 99% fps to MAX
10:15 MSAA and Shadows
10:45 GPU is cool & stable
11:15 Reshade smashes your GPU
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Cheers man I will try this out…….I am only running an older ryzen5 ,32gb ram, and a 1080ti 11gb strix with a 31"curved monitor 144hz, will fiddle with fps max settings!!
Good video
when new flanker video? 😁
Very wise advice. My monitor is rated for 60 Hz, so… 60 Hz settings in DCS for me.
Thank you thank you thank you. A very happy vr user. Thank you
Wow! Will definitely check this out. Thanks man!
>>Even In vr on my g2 90fps is amazing but I can fly and avoid puking at 45-60 fps and I will crank. Up graphics instead so, more graphics and if I'm at 45-50fps I'm more than ok.
I only play VR (Quest3), and I always thought that monitor refresh rate didn't matter on VR. Also, I though v-sync shouldn't be used while playing on VR
Great video ❤🫡i will add my settings
Gone fixed 120fps at 4k with a 4090 and 5800X3D. Capable of much more, but get screen tearing.
that was useful
Nice work!
If you are in VR and are getting stutters go to the controls page and disable "Hot Plug"
Great video my friend. Need to do some flyin soon
You should rather focus on adjusting your hardware then adjusting that much the game it self. I have 180fps all over and my gpu'a power consumption never exceeds 200W. Hint: undervolt your GPU.
This was pretty useful. Thanks!
How does this compare to setting the max frame rate in the Nvidia control panel?
What fps limit would you recommend for my 72hz QP refresh rate? Tnx