fedecape 10 Posted January 29, 2011 Hi! My name is Federico and.. i'm from Argentina.. just bought my game at BestBuy this afternoon. i was wondering if i have to do something special to install it on Windows 7 x64 or just.. install it regards! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWAT_BigBear 0 Posted January 29, 2011 I prefer to right click and choose "run as administrator" with Vista/W7. It will save you a headache or 2. I do this for everything I may install. If you have already installed, just go to the properties of the icon, and you may set the administrator permissions in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeceived 392 Posted January 29, 2011 I wonder how (at actually state) the experiences of the players are with both bit systems regarding Arma 2 performance: Can one say that Arma 2 runs better with Windows 64-bit because it uses more RAM than the the 32-bit system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posta 10 Posted January 29, 2011 I wonder how (at actually state) the experiences of the players are with both bit systems regarding Arma 2 performance: Can one say that Arma 2 runs better with Windows 64-bit because it uses more RAM than the the 32-bit system? In theory it (64bit) should be faster IF the game was coded for it. I just wonder why Windows XP 32bit is still the fastest gaming platform out there. Would be fun to do some serious benchmarks comparing different OS and gaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laqueesha 474 Posted January 29, 2011 Can one say that Arma 2 runs better with Windows 64-bit because it uses more RAM than the the 32-bit system? ArmA 2 is a 32-bit application, so it should make little difference, if at all, if played on a 64-bit processor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted January 29, 2011 Well I experienced a significant Performance Boost when moving from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Win7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeceived 392 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Yes, I know that Arma 2 is a 32-bit application, but my question was rather about the system's RAM usage, not the bit property of the application itself. Right now my Windows 7 32-bit uses 3,25 GB of my 4 GB of memory. I am planning to update my rig to 8 GB. But still Win 7 32-bit would not use them all. So my question is if Arma 2 would run better because the 64-bit system uses more RAM than the 32-bit one. Does anyone have any experiences about that? In theory it should work much better or not? Well I experienced a significant Performance Boost when moving from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Win7 Ok - do you think it is related to the memory usage I am talking about? And if not - what do you think makes this boost happen? Thanks for your answers! Edited January 29, 2011 by Undeceived Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RozekPoland 591 Posted January 29, 2011 @Tonci87 You moved from VISTA to WIN7 so that might be the reason of performance boost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripsaw5165 10 Posted January 30, 2011 fedecape, just put the DVD in the drive and the setup screen po-up for the install will run. My notebook runs Windows 7 64 bit and Arma 2 Combined Operations installed properly with no special methods necessary. Install Arma 2 DVD first, then the Operation Arrowhead DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fedecape 10 Posted January 30, 2011 accidentally i bought only the Operation Arrowhead for 29.99 when the Combined Operation was 29.99 too -.- I can't change it, it's a shame. anyway, for multiplayer playing it's the same, isn't it? Combined operations is just for playing the story from the begin. please correct me if i'm wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristian 47 Posted January 30, 2011 combined operation brings all the original content of ArmA2 into OA basically. USMC, Russia, civillians, islands, missions... You be missin' out bro! ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted January 30, 2011 @Tonci87You moved from VISTA to WIN7, that's the reason of performance boost. Vista's a shit, everyone knows it. Yes you are right (Vista was preinstalled on that PC, as soon as Win 7 came out I installed the professional edition)^^ But I really think it was the RAM usage too. A 32 bit System can`t adress even 4 GB and the OS+other applications takes of a nice part of that. I think I had only 2-2,5 GB remaining for Arma2. @undecieved Do the Upgrade. If you have win 7 you should have the Install CD for both 32- and 64 bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeceived 392 Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Ok, I'll try it out. No, I didn't have the 64-bit DVD, had to order it ('cause I always want original discs :) ). A friend of mine also has a much better performance with Win 7 64-bit (after upgrading from 32-bit). Before his upgrade I had better performance (with 32-bit) because I also have better hardware than he has. But now with 64-bit he is the one with more FPS. :) Edited January 30, 2011 by Undeceived Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fedecape 10 Posted January 30, 2011 combined operation brings all the original content of ArmA2 into OA basically. USMC, Russia, civillians, islands, missions... You be missin' out bro! ;) I'm flying back to Buenos Aires this Tuesday.. I'm not poor but.. 30 U$S is a lot of money.. What do you think? Should i buy it? And let's think i bought, i intalled it and all is ok. The old serial number (the one who came with the OA) is now useless? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hiikeri 10 Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Arma2 is ~10-20% faster on W7(64) than Vista(64). Also OA is ~10-20% faster than orig. Arma2. Changing Vista/Arma2 > W7/OA is about 20-40% more fps. Arma2+OA uses max 2Gb from main memory? I think so. So 4Gb is enough, no extra speed 4Gb > 8Gb. I buyd SSD, gaming is much smoother now. Edited January 31, 2011 by Hiikeri Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massoud 10 Posted February 8, 2011 I'm flying back to Buenos Aires this Tuesday..I'm not poor but.. 30 U$S is a lot of money.. What do you think? Should i buy it? And let's think i bought, i intalled it and all is ok. The old serial number (the one who came with the OA) is now useless? i wrote last week on youtube a comment: "this is the best investment i ever did in a entertainment product" if you wanny enjoy the whole multiplayer part and the tousands mods from the community. yes. of course there are mods for OA standalone, and of course you can play online with OA standalone. but i think the most server/players are on combined operations. to have "combined operations" you need now arma 2 standalone. this and Operation Arrowhead together are "COMBINED operations". install: 1. arma 2 2. arma 2 OA 3. patch to 1.57 now you are on "combined operations" level. hey mate i wish you a good and smooth start into the world of arma :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Impulse 10 Posted February 8, 2011 Put XP 32/64 vs Win7 32/64 into discuss please. What Arma2 runs the best on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-)rStrangelove 0 Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) There's a big speed test thread around here somewhere and it was found WinXP 32bit was fastest. IMO - WinXP 32bit SP3 - GTX570 or GTX580 - 4 GB Ram - SSD would be perfect. Here, found the old threads: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=88388 http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=88629 They are from 2009 so the info might be outdated by now. Edited February 8, 2011 by ])rStrangelove Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Impulse 10 Posted February 9, 2011 Outdated, yeah that's right. I'm not sure WinXP would be as good as Win7 working with SSD. Not sure since guys in "Will my PC run this..." thread mentioned it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posta 10 Posted February 9, 2011 I get better Performance with XP 32bit than Windows 7 64bit. Smoother but NOT better FPS. Two different things. The FPS is about the same. I'm dualbooting so it's easy for me to switch back and fourth. No reinstalls what so ever. Some people say that W7 is faster. Other say that XP is faster. For me it's XP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripsaw5165 10 Posted February 9, 2011 Well, as an OS Win 7 64bit is vastly superior to XP. Dual boot would be optimal but otherwise I don't think I would stay with a buggy and obsolete OS like XP just because one simulation might run smoother on it than on Win 7 64bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posta 10 Posted February 9, 2011 Well, as an OS Win 7 64bit is vastly superior to XP. Dual boot would be optimal but otherwise I don't think I would stay with a buggy and obsolete OS like XP just because one simulation might run smoother on it than on Win 7 64bit. I find XP SP3 very stable and "snappy". No eyecandy makes it clean and fast. BUT, Windows 7 is prettier, and have a lot of nice features. And I need W7 64bit when producing music. 32bit is a big mess with lot of samples. :) If I was forced to choose only one OS. Windows 7 64bit is the absolute winner! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hiikeri 10 Posted February 9, 2011 W7 is absolutely winner, and powered with Intel i7 Sandy Bridge CPU = High FPS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
11aTony 0 Posted February 10, 2011 I have to say, I get better average FPS in OA benchmark on Windows 7 x64 then on XP x64. I dont think I tried on x32 systems. Vista x64 performed poorly though. Its quite some time ago but numbers were something like: Windows 7 -> 55-60 XP -> 45-50 Vista -> 40-45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
