G'Day all,
I am about to upgrade from my GTX970 to a 1070 and take the plunge into VR with an Oculus Rift Touch rig.
In preparation I have done some benchmarking of my current setup.
You can see that here:
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/3901801
which shows the 970 still doing a reasonable job sitting pretty much smack bang in the mean/median range of the results.
I also ran the VRMark and again got a pleasing result considering this is a 4 year old machine
https://www.3dmark.com/vrpor/230471
Next I will be installing the EVGA GTX1070FTW and rerunning the benchmarks but before I do that I want to ask for some advice on prepping my system for best performance.
This is Windows 10 and pretty much built for E
from the start and I must say even though Ive had a break from the game it has always played smoothly at Ultra level graphics.
I am aware of the differences to expect with VR and am well versed on the kinds of limitations and aspects of the experience which can lead to disappointment - hence my jumping on a quality GPU upgrade that did not cost the earth - it is a second hand card that presents as new (no dust or handling marks, original box and receipts and all the caps/plugs for the rear and pci etc). even if the VR "isn't for me" then I will have a card that ups me to similar performance to the 980ti that I couldn't afford back at the start.
The machine is:
and the OS boots of the SSD and I keep the game on a second reasonably fast and large HDD.
I have Corsair water cooling and a number of fans but nothing fancy. The PSU is Corsair RM750 so I should have plenty of power overhead and the case is roomy for cooling/airflow.
One of the problems of housekeeping I want to solve is the amount of mess that I;ve gotten into with my E Game Files.
I have this kind of thing going:
Now I know the current game has found its way into:
and, having played with EDProfiler I know my game options are under my profile.
The game dist is no doubt inside the Frontier Developments or Frontier_Developments folders and is currently running fine.
So, What is the very best way to clean up this system state?
Can I move the current EDLaunch up to the E: root after renaming EDLaunch ___EDLaunch (since there are already two of these with leading '_' from previous issues with the game not updating/validating etc)
and then delete all the other *EDLaunch directories?
OR should I bite the bullet and do a complete system rebuild and install clean?
This is something I am prepared to do if it is not a false economy...
I suspect though that that would provide marginal benefits if any, with a new GPU and switching into the VR experience there will be little to compare to from this state to the next from the perspective of the actual in game visuals.
I really then just want to do a proper system housekeeping and get all the additional packs and modules I use in order (*like voice attack and the HOTAS etc) and make sure I have only one instance of the game installed.)
Any other tips for prepping my system for max fun while "im in there" would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance to other commanders with much gaming experience outside mine!
Best
Will
I am about to upgrade from my GTX970 to a 1070 and take the plunge into VR with an Oculus Rift Touch rig.
In preparation I have done some benchmarking of my current setup.
You can see that here:
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/3901801
which shows the 970 still doing a reasonable job sitting pretty much smack bang in the mean/median range of the results.
I also ran the VRMark and again got a pleasing result considering this is a 4 year old machine
https://www.3dmark.com/vrpor/230471
Next I will be installing the EVGA GTX1070FTW and rerunning the benchmarks but before I do that I want to ask for some advice on prepping my system for best performance.
This is Windows 10 and pretty much built for E
from the start and I must say even though Ive had a break from the game it has always played smoothly at Ultra level graphics.I am aware of the differences to expect with VR and am well versed on the kinds of limitations and aspects of the experience which can lead to disappointment - hence my jumping on a quality GPU upgrade that did not cost the earth - it is a second hand card that presents as new (no dust or handling marks, original box and receipts and all the caps/plugs for the rear and pci etc). even if the VR "isn't for me" then I will have a card that ups me to similar performance to the 980ti that I couldn't afford back at the start.
The machine is:
Code:
[B]GPU[/B]
[URL="http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+970/review"]NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970[/URL]
VendorGiga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
# of cards 1
SLI / CrossFire Off
Memory 4,096 MB
Core clock 1,178 MHz
Memory bus clock 1,753 MHz
Driver version24.21.13.9811
Driver status Approved [B]
Processor[/B]
[URL="http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu/Intel+Core+i7-4790K+Processor/review"]Intel Core i7-4790K Processor[/URL]
Reported stock core clock 4,000 MHz
Maximum turbo core clock 4,395 MHz
Physical / logical processors 1 / 8
# of cores 4
Package LGA1150
Manufacturing process 22 nm
TDP 88 W
[B]General[/B]
Operating system 64-bit Windows 10 (10.0.17134)
Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VII RANGER
Memory 8,192 MB
Module 18,192 MB Kingston DDR3 @ 1,598 MHz
Hard drive model 250 GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GBand the OS boots of the SSD and I keep the game on a second reasonably fast and large HDD.
I have Corsair water cooling and a number of fans but nothing fancy. The PSU is Corsair RM750 so I should have plenty of power overhead and the case is roomy for cooling/airflow.
One of the problems of housekeeping I want to solve is the amount of mess that I;ve gotten into with my E
Game Files.I have this kind of thing going:
Code:
C:\Users\Will>e:
E:\>dir
Volume in drive E is Freighter
Volume Serial Number is A887-1C16
Directory of E:\
15-Jan-17 11:55 AM <DIR> ASUS
29-Oct-16 10:00 AM <DIR> Aussiedroid's ED X-55 Rhino Config Complete v2.0
11-Jun-18 11:51 AM <DIR> Benchmarking
15-Jan-17 11:30 AM <DIR> CPUID
07-Jun-18 06:35 AM <DIR> Downloads
08-Jun-18 03:51 PM <DIR> Dropbox_moved
11-Jun-18 12:40 AM <DIR> Dxtory2.0
11-Jun-18 12:29 AM <DIR> ED Downloads
13-Dec-15 11:32 AM <DIR> ED Dxtory Caps
06-Jan-17 12:47 PM <DIR> EDEngineers_v02b
06-Jan-17 12:46 PM 2,516,974 EDEngineers_v02b.zip
30-Oct-16 11:54 AM <DIR> EDFX - ReShade
06-Jun-18 07:35 PM <DIR> EDLaunch
11-Oct-17 06:14 PM <DIR> Elite Dangerous Game
10-Dec-15 12:13 PM <DIR> EliteOCR
12-Dec-15 02:27 PM <DIR> FaceTrackNoIR
11-Dec-15 06:32 PM <DIR> FreeTrackIR
09-Dec-15 01:46 PM <DIR> Frontier Developments
06-Jun-18 07:45 PM <DIR> Frontier_Developments
15-Jan-17 11:43 AM <DIR> GPU-Z
17-Dec-15 09:27 AM <DIR> HCS VoicePacks-MIDNIGHT
01-Dec-06 10:37 PM 904,704 msdia80.dll
01-Aug-16 03:52 PM <DIR> MSDXSDK
09-Oct-16 01:45 PM <DIR> Nexus Mod Manager
11-Dec-15 05:55 PM <DIR> NVIDIA
29-Oct-16 12:47 PM <DIR> opentrack
01-Aug-16 03:29 PM <DIR> Phoenix 3.0
01-Aug-16 09:18 PM <DIR> PhoenixBuilder
01-Aug-16 09:08 PM <DIR> PhoenixRC
01-Aug-16 08:54 PM <DIR> PhoenixRC5Up
15-Jan-17 11:07 AM <DIR> RealBench_v2.44
22-Mar-17 12:17 PM <DIR> SpaceEngine
10-Oct-16 08:41 PM <DIR> SteamLibrary
09-Jan-17 03:10 PM <DIR> TCE
09-Jan-17 02:53 PM <DIR> TCEmkII
10-Dec-15 12:08 PM <DIR> TradeComputerExtension
13-Dec-15 04:20 PM <DIR> X-Plane
17-Nov-16 05:48 PM <DIR> _EDLaunch
10-Oct-17 08:27 PM <DIR> __EDLaunch
2 File(s) 3,421,678 bytes
37 Dir(s) 346,783,236,096 bytes free
E:\>Now I know the current game has found its way into:
Code:
E:\>cd EDLaunch
E:\EDLaunch>cd EDLaunch
E:\EDLaunch\EDLaunch>dir
Volume in drive E is Freighter
Volume Serial Number is A887-1C16
Directory of E:\EDLaunch\EDLaunch
07-Jun-18 08:45 PM <DIR> .
07-Jun-18 08:45 PM <DIR> ..
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 35,432 CBViewModel.dll
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 108,648 ClientSupport.dll
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 254,056 CrashReporter.exe
03-May-16 01:57 PM 184 CrashReporter.exe.config
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM <DIR> de
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 2,867,304 EDLaunch.exe
23-Jan-17 11:53 AM 949 EDLaunch.exe.config
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM <DIR> es
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 8,808 FilePackage.dll
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 36,968 FORCServerSupport.dll
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM <DIR> fr
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 12,904 FrontierSupport.dll
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 74,856 HardwareReporter.exe
03-May-16 01:58 PM 184 HardwareReporter.exe.config
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 71,272 LocalResources.dll
06-Jun-18 07:44 PM <DIR> logs
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 8,296 MachineIdentifier.exe
07-Dec-17 08:48 PM <DIR> Products
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM <DIR> pt-BR
06-Dec-17 08:49 PM <DIR> Redis
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM <DIR> ru
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM 8,352 unins000.dat
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM 727,656 unins000.exe
06-Jun-18 07:42 PM 11,853 unins000.msg
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 64,616 WatchDog.exe
18-Jan-18 11:46 AM 73,832 WatchDog64.exe
18 File(s) 4,366,170 bytes
10 Dir(s) 346,783,236,096 bytes free
E:\EDLaunch\EDLaunch>and, having played with EDProfiler I know my game options are under my profile.
The game dist is no doubt inside the Frontier Developments or Frontier_Developments folders and is currently running fine.
So, What is the very best way to clean up this system state?
Can I move the current EDLaunch up to the E: root after renaming EDLaunch ___EDLaunch (since there are already two of these with leading '_' from previous issues with the game not updating/validating etc)
and then delete all the other *EDLaunch directories?
OR should I bite the bullet and do a complete system rebuild and install clean?
This is something I am prepared to do if it is not a false economy...
I suspect though that that would provide marginal benefits if any, with a new GPU and switching into the VR experience there will be little to compare to from this state to the next from the perspective of the actual in game visuals.
I really then just want to do a proper system housekeeping and get all the additional packs and modules I use in order (*like voice attack and the HOTAS etc) and make sure I have only one instance of the game installed.)
Any other tips for prepping my system for max fun while "im in there" would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance to other commanders with much gaming experience outside mine!
Best
Will
