What to upgrade for ArmA2 OA?

[Flogger23m 2]

Going to be upgrading my PC soon. It struggles with ArmA 2 OA, and at the moment I only have enough for a CPU or video card upgrade, and maybe RAM.

I have the following specs:

GTX 260 Superclocked (not 216)

AMD 9950BE

4GB PC2 6400

Vista/Win7 64 bit

Earthwatts 500

Considering these specs, what should I upgrade first? CPU or video card? The CPU upgrade will be an AMD 955 most likely or another AM2+/3 socket CPU as I am not going to buy a new motherboard.

I noticed the game also occasionally needs a few seconds to load the textures, especially in urban areas. I am guessing 2GB more RAM can help here?

Outside of ArmA 2, I am looking to upgrade for Lock On Flaming Cliffs 2, Crysis 2, and likely IL-2 Cliffs of Dover.

[sakura_chan 9]

I say go for the CPU, i have a much worse system than that and I don't have any texture pop-ups. I have a cheap gt220 and 3gb ram. CPU is what makes the difference as far as I can tell from my years with the ofp/arma series. I don't know what your end goal is (maybe 60 fps?) but AO shouldn't be struggling with that video card.

[maddogx 13]

Agreed. The video card is sufficient; upgrade the CPU.

[Leon86 13]

indeed, there's a sticky thread for this btw.

[-)rStrangelove 0]

Full 3D performance mode: varies - worst case TDP 182-200W for GTX 260 Core 216

AMD Phenom II X4 955 (4 Core Load) 236 Watts

With a 500W PSU you're a bit on the weak side. GTX260 reviews say 550W is a minimum.

[Zipper5 74]

Please use the already-existing sticky'd thread above.

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