DCS Maybe?

[Red October1984]

So I been thinkin' lately... :hmm2:

I popped on over to the DCS Website to look at the sysreqs of DCS World since it is free...

I've got a bad GPU, but some RAM....and if needed...some RAM Upgrade slots.

Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4028MB RAM
Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Display Memory: 1695 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1631 MB
Native Mode: 1366 x 768

IL-2 1946's reqs are less demanding...but I'm wondering if what I have above isn't good enough could I just get some RAM and upgrade a bit?

[Dowly]

I doubt you can get any decent FPS off of DCS with that GPU, the minimum is
listed as 512MB, yours is 64MB IIRC.

And no, more RAM wouldn't help.

[Red October1984]

I doubt you can get any decent FPS off of DCS with that GPU, the minimum is
listed as 512MB, yours is 64MB IIRC.

And no, more RAM wouldn't help.

That's what I was thinking...It was worth asking about though. DCS looks like a wonderful game. I was told somewhere that upgrading my RAM would help my GPU. I can run games that need 256 mb GPU like Battlefield Vietnam...

...and I can run the first ArmA on lower detail.

[Arclight]

DCS is a wee bit demanding really.

[Red October1984]

DCS is a wee bit demanding really.

Well....if I ever get that gaming rig.... :D

DCS will be the first game I get.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Well....if I ever get that gaming rig.... :D

DCS will be the first game I get.

Game? :o

A game would forgive your errors, respawn you and a few seconds later you'd be on your way.

[Oberon]

Game? :o

A game would forgive your errors, respawn you and a few seconds later you'd be on your way.

A game would not require ten minutes to start the damn thing up, or about six hours to learn the controls to start the damn thing up. :03:

[CCIP]

Yeah, the short answer for now is "don't bother". Especially since it's a massive download and would take you forever, and not even run at all.

DCS is very demanding, several times more so than IL-2. I wouldn't trust the minimum or even the recommended requirements on that thing.

[Red October1984]

Thanks once again guys for telling me what I expected. :03:

My laptop is a POS when it comes to gaming. :shifty:

I will play DCS one of these days and when I do it'll be glorious.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Maybe get a smaller car and a bigger PC. :hmmm:

You don't need a 'Stang. You want, you would like, but you don't need.

[Red October1984]

Maybe get a smaller car and a bigger PC. :hmmm:

You don't need a 'Stang. You want, you would like, but you don't need.

I don't need a new PC. I want...I would like....but don't need.

I love IL-2 1946....I love 2005 or 1970 'Stangs.

What i'd really like is to save $2500 and buy the FN FS2000 I saw at the sporting goods store the other day. That was one of the coolest things I've ever held. :03:

[Skybird]

Since you play IL-2 "only", one reminder of what it means to jump from that to DCS.
IL-2 is a game, and you are done after reading 5 minutes at best, not counting to set
up your keyboard commands. DCS, every title of theirs, apparently, means in-depth study
sims - and you need to treat them like that if you want to get the best out of them.
That means: you will need to spend hours with reading.

http://i.imgur.com/btcMo50.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

I have folders like that for DCS. Maybe not quite as thick though. The folders, not me. :D

The wife hates that they take up so much room.

[Skybird]

I have folders like that for DCS.
Maybe, but those ^ are mine. :arrgh!: Keep your hands off my books...!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Maybe it'd help if I read them once in a while. :hmmm:

I haven't played A-10C since some patch a while ago (before P-51), and I haven't played DCS full stop since just after I got P-51 (and some fantastic skins).

That is too long ago. :cry:

[Oberon]

I'm a bit more technologically advanced:

http://www.booknook.biz/images/uploads/Kindle_e-ink.jpg

Which reminds me, I need to put the Shark start-up and wep systems checklist on to the kindle. :yep:

[Skybird]

Oberon,

would you mind to set up some pics of the display with manual pages displayed from DCS or other sims, some Din A4 pdf, and such? I would like to see that first-hand myself. I am considering a solid ebook reader myself since quite some time, for the mere purpose of displaying PDFs on it (no e-book buys planned, I prefer to actually own what I pay for), but I have skipped the idea time and again due to the small displays, or in case of tablets, the prices. (I also hate that batteries still cannot be exchanged once their lifetime has run out, so that I need to buy a new device).

[Oberon]

Oberon,

would you mind to set up some pics of the display with manual pages displayed from DCS or other sims, some Din A4 pdf, and such? I would like to see that first-hand myself. I am considering a solid ebook reader myself since quite some time, for the mere purpose of displaying PDFs on it (no e-book buys planned, I prefer to actually own what I pay for), but I have skipped the idea time and again due to the small displays, or in case of tablets, the prices. (I also hate that batteries still cannot be exchanged once their lifetime has run out, so that I need to buy a new device).

I usually just use checklists rather than proper pictures, I just tried to send a copy of the Black Shark pdf across but it exceeded the 25meg limit on my hotmail account. Pictures are small, yes, but you can increase the size by zooming in, but then you have to scroll. So it can be a bit clunky and in that respect you're probably better off using the folder. But for a simple start-up checklist it's handy to have.
The kindle is actually my mothers, although it's in my name on Amazon, and for me it was handy to get for the book 'Chieftains' by Bob Forrest-Webb which, in used paperback form, you're lucky to get for less than 20 quid but on the kindle is just over three.

[Skybird]

Thanks. Zooming and then panning around a PDF site, that is what keeps me away. And what I did not know is that you need to feed a Kindle via your emailbox - another argument against it (at least when wanting a reader for my purposes). I do not regret to not have payed money for something so far. It's just that I am willing to do if the price is right and the item meets my demands.

[Red October1984]

I had heard that DCS was nothing to sneeze at but what are those? Three inch binders? :o

[Herr-Berbunch]

You'll have to ask again in metric. (8ish cm)

[Skybird]

I had heard that DCS was nothing to sneeze at but what are those? Three inch binders? :o

Din A4, that is roughly the same like US letter format.

And yes, the matter included is essential, imo. It'S not just a super-complex description of how to install the game.

The manual for Falcon, various FSX modules also are like that. PMDG stuff goes beyond that. Sometimes by several factors. Operation manuals and/or transcipted tutorials for the various vehicles in SBP again fill 5 folders over here, though I printed them smaller to make them Din A5 (half the size of A4). But the DCS and PMDG manuals are the most comprehensive and complex I know of.

[Skybird]

If you want to make your mouth watering, you can check the manuals yourself, they are free downloads:

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/documentation/

[Red October1984]

Sounds like a good hobby to take up in the summertime. :hmmm:

Last summer I flew a whole lot with FS9 and IL-2 but I see now that DCS is like taking a class and doing it for real. :cool: :rock: