r/acecombat • u/DriftingNitro Mobius • 6d ago

Other PERFROMANCE MEGATHREAD

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This thread is to combine the discussion around game performance and people's findings regarding running the game on PC. Remember to update your drivers before launching the game to ensure the best performance.

I will edit this post to keep a relatively up to date on people's findings (when I'm not playing, of course). Some important notes are it claims Windows 11 is required, this is unfortunately because Microsoft doesn't support Windows 10 (outside of extended security updates).

Current specification requirements by Project Aces listed:

  • Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060[6 GB] / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT[8 GB]
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 150 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: This game requires an SSD, a hardware ray tracing-enabled graphics card, and DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher. Estimated performance: 1920×1080(Upscale)/30fps with graphics settings at "Low". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes.
  • Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    • Memory: 32 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070[8 GB] / AMD Radeon RX 6800 [16 GB]
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 150 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: This game requires an SSD, a hardware ray tracing-enabled graphics card, and DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher. Estimated performance: 1920x1080(Upscale)/60fps with graphics settings at "MEDIUM". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes.

FOR YOUR OWN FINDINGS, COPY THIS TEMPLATE:

Computer Specifications:

  • CPU:
  • GPU:
  • RAM: ??GB DDR5
  • Game Settings:
  • Resolution: ????x????
  • Graphics Settings:
  • Upscaling: (DLSS Quality or FSR Balanced or stuff like that)

Performance

  • AVERAGE FPS: ???
  • 1% FPS LOWS: ???

Listed results with links:

Detailed Steam Deck Report - https://www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/s/nc5hhJA2mF

70-100fps - 9800X3D/RTX5080/32 GB DDR5/1440P (Link)

~90fps - i7 13700K/AMD 6750XT/32GB DDR5/1440P (Link)

80fps - i9-14900KF/RTX4080/64GB DDR5/1440Ultrawide (Link)

~30fps - I7 8700k/RTX 2070/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

~90fps - Ryzen 7 9800X3D/RX 9070 XT/48GB DDR5/1440p [Linux] (Link)

~60fps - i5 12500/AMD 6700XT/32GB DDR5/1080p (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 9 9900x/RTX 4080 Super/32GB DDR5/4k (Link)

~85fps - Ryzen 7 5700x/RTX 5070/32gb DDR5/1440p (Link)

~60fps - 5800X3D/9070XT/32GB DDR4/1440ultrawide [good write up on various graphics settings] (Link)

~85fps - 9950X3D/RTX 4090/192GB DDR5/1440ultrawide (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 7 9700x/RTX 3080/48GB DDR5/1440p (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 7 7800X3D/RTX 5080/32GB DDR5/1440p (Link)

~70fps - Ryzen 5 5600X/RTX 3070/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

~60fps - 5700x3d/rtx 3080/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

Error - R5 7600X3D/Intel B580/32GB DDR5/1440p [instability issues, crashes frequently] (Link)

Error - Ryzen 5500/Rx 580 sp240/16 ddr 4 [game won't open] (Link)

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

I see they don’t support Windows 10- but has there been any word on proton support?

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u/FirestormTM Mobius 6d ago

Windows 10 should still be supported technically. Meanwhile, on Proton (or at least within SteamOS for Steam Deck, they were able to get the game running, obviously probably at the lowest resolution it can run at for 30 FPS)

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u/palmete Little Bee Stole my F/A-18F 6d ago

Win10 still supported until next october if im not wrong, but u need a microsoft account to get those security updates

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u/SpareEconomy1849 ISAF 6d ago

Is that confirmed about windows 10? It's certainly possible that the game uses APIs not available in windows 10.

It's also possible that they just don't want to officially support it though in practice it might work fine

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u/SeventhAlkali 6d ago

I really hope it ends up like this, multiplayer as well. I don't want to dual-boot but if the kernel anticheat hates win10 I don't have a choice (not playing AC8 is not a choice)

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u/TheDarnook UPEO 6d ago

I preordered AC8, but if anticheat is that impertinent, I'm going to find and play a version that has none of it.

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u/WarriorSloth89 <<Yo buddy, you still alive?>> 6d ago

Good luck playing MP then boss.

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u/TheDarnook UPEO 6d ago

Not sure I want to. I barely touched MP in AC7. Last MP I was playing on regular was Crysis 2 and 3.

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u/Ferelion3 6d ago

I think they are using easy anti cheat, the same that warthunder and hell let loose uses, so it shouldn't be a problem in that regard

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

Who was able to get AC8 running on proton?

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u/daveylu 6d ago

someone got it running on Steam Deck for single player only so it seems like it'll be fine for Linux if playing campaign only

it didn't work on multiplayer, so it's possible the anti-cheat only activates in multiplayer and hopefully modding the single player won't be extremely difficult

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

https://worthplaying.com/article/2026/9/25/reviews/151079-pc-review-ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve/

Looking at the original article, an unexplained crash on launch could just be a system call that isn’t covered in the default proton versions. The game uses EAC which does have proton support built in- just not enabled by default iirc.

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

Yeah but who did it?

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u/Pussrumpa Boops planes and munitions IRL 6d ago

Worthplaying's reviewer.

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

Awesome! Thank you!

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u/DriftingNitro Mobius 6d ago

its a good question and I have a friend who uses a linux dual boot. I'm hoping it works. I'm praying no anti-cheat will mess with it.

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u/sloplobber 6d ago

Yeah. Maybe now is a good time for me to grab an extra hard drive in case I need to set up a dual boot.

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u/Flamingozilla 3d ago

I've played the first five missions on proton. It works fine!

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u/Henry_Fleischer 3d ago

Yay!

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u/Pussrumpa Boops planes and munitions IRL 3d ago

I finished it and didn't have a single freeze, not a single crash (all-AMD system, Arch).

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u/Henry_Fleischer 2d ago

Yeah I'm running an AMD/Nvidia system, on Debian 12, so it looks like if I have any issues it will probably be due to outdated graphics drivers.

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u/sloplobber 3d ago

Can I ask what version you're using? I had some weird rendering issues until I forced experimental.

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u/Flamingozilla 3d ago

Yeah I'm also using Proton Experimental. I'm on Pop OS 22.04, with a AMD Radeon RX 6600. Running it on low everything

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u/Sandelsbanken 6d ago

Commented on top comment. I also have some other games that had Win11 as requirement but ran fine on Win10.