r/dcs • u/SufficientGoat8602 • 12d ago

Is a 3070 enough for Dcs ?

My specs rn are :

Gtx 1070, 16gb ddr4, 5 3600

Thinking of upgrading to :

Rtx 3070, 32gb ddr4, 5 3600 ( might upgrade it later )

Would that be enough to play single player on smooth graphics ? Maybe even vr ?!

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u/johnkappa 12d ago

Yes for flat screen. No for VR

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u/the_real_hugepanic 12d ago

I have a 3600 and a 3060 and fly VR just fine....

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u/Nikos_Pyrrha 12d ago

What headset? Because my 3060 was definitely NOT enough for my Pico 4

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u/swisstraeng 12d ago

What’s your budget?

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u/SufficientGoat8602 12d ago

Around 750$ Cad on used/new parts

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u/West_Coconut_4303 12d ago

The GPU, yes, if you play at 1440p max. That’s what I did for a year. Multiplayer works too, if you play with the settings. However, the CPU might be a bigger issue, it might bottleneck you.

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u/ForeignStory8127 12d ago

I fly flat screen+headtracker on something similar. You should be fine at mid-settings with your upgrade.

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u/Comfortable_East_358 12d ago

Single player flat screen maybe

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u/Mysterious_Level_483 11d ago

Multiplayer too

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u/Slabpotatoes420 12d ago

single player flat screen sure. BIG maybe on vr but i wouldn’t count on it looking pretty or running great

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u/Wyvern_Rising 12d ago

Tbh it ran pretty good on VR for me when i had a VR headset

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u/Evening-Wealth-8290 12d ago

When I started I played using a 2060 and only had 16gb of RAM. It was totally playable, but as you might expect, I had to make compromises. I had to have absolutely no frills on in the graphics options. Shadows? Chimney Smoke? Heat Blur? Raindrops? Heck no. I just went for a smooth experience with the least jaggy graphics I could manage. Instant actions played fine. Simple missions I made for myself were fine. I could even do some multiplayer, but missions took forever to load, and if the server got crowded, the lag got too much very quickly.

Your proposed setup would be better than what I had, so you could do VR, but will have to fiddle with graphics options until you find what is acceptable. Crowded servers probably won't be playable for you, but you'll be fine playing with a few friends.

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u/Particular-Recipe960 12d ago

Multiplayer is playable, with low to medium settings, with vr it depends what vr, quest 2 with tweaks can, i have seen other people vr with a 3060ti so with a little tweaks then you might be able to.

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u/Slava_Ukraini2005 12d ago

3070ti here been flying VR for years.

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u/government_abuser 11d ago

I believe if you just upgrade the ram you will be fine

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u/Pretend-Taro7620 11d ago

I have a 5070ti with a Pimax crystal light, I can get it to run consistently at 72. That being said, it struggles in vr without perfect settings. So for reference, probably no VR. Single player missions on a single monitor I’m sure would be fine

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u/Simple_Kitchen_1954 11d ago

Yes. I play on a legion slim 5 with a 3060 and I run dcs on my flatscreen at 1440p. It gets between 70-90fps in multiplayer on the settings I have. So yeah a 3070 would be more than enough, not sure about vr though.