ArmA 3 System Requirements

[papanowel 120]

The best for you is to wait for the community alpha, then it will be better to know what kind of config is needed.

Edited September 8, 2012 by Papanowel

[vynom 1]

Gamescom PCs were high end machines : i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 (4 GB VRAM), 8 GB RAM

Damn... I have pretty much the same system and the performance of the Gamescom preview was...hmm... not so good...

Hopefully they gonna improve the performance. :pray:

[finguide 1]

What do you think about 3D vision with high settings in HD in A3? Will it need NASA computer to run with decent FPS?

[Covert_Death 11]

really?! i thought the GC previews was beautiful compared to anything on arma2 especially

[vynom 1]

I had not enough time to do everything. (Only Vehicle and Infantry Showcase.)

The infantry showcase was stuttering, nothing really bad, but i expected a better performance.

It looked so nice and fluent on youtube, so im a bit disappointed.

And it looked like they had no AA activated, but im not sure, couldnt take a look at the graphic settings.

For me, ArmA 2 vanilla runs fine on my system with everything on high and 5k viewdistance. (tested in benchmark and some warfare missions)

[lolipoyi 10]

Will A3 benefit better of 6-cores as A2 or should we expect the same kind of performance? I´d assume 4-cores would do the trick if the AI is singled threaded but I could be wrong. Saving for a new pc codename "A3 MkI" ( :pc: ) and already gathering some intel. Thanks in advance

[oldbear 390]

No need for 6 cores, a nice i5 with 4 cores will do the thing. No need for an Xtrem version, a plain 2500k can do quite well.

If you have too much money go to a GTX 670, if not, an AMD 7850 will do fine. In fact the most important thing is to get a decent DX11 compatible GPU.

Don't forget the minimum 4 Go Ram, and a SSD to ensure quick access disk. Remember to bring in Seven.

[davemabb1984 10]

@nicklomas overclockers are good for finance

[EasyCzT 1]

Hope I can run it with Phenom X4 955BE 3.2Ghz and single GTX560 (non Ti) i have small monitor so 1280x720 or 1366x768 ? :)

I heard that trailers were recorded with GTX560

[Maio 293]

Hope I can run it with Phenom X4 955BE 3.2Ghz and single GTX560 (non Ti) i have small monitor so 1280x720 or 1366x768 ? :)

I heard that trailers were recorded with GTX560

Yes you can run, you meet the system requirements. How fast... nobody knows.

[Majorben19 1]

Will I be able to play Arma III on medium to high @ 1080p?

3rd generation Intel Core i7 - 3610qm

Nvidia GT650M 2GB GDDR3 overclocked to GTX660m equivalent

4gb of RAM

750GB HDD 5,200 RPM

[oldbear 390]

I will say ... probably, there is nevertheless a flaw in this config.. the HD ! BIS games are having the bad habit of needing frequent and numerous HD access, so a SSD will be better than a Hard Drive.

[Majorben19 1]

I will say ... probably, there is nevertheless a flaw in this config.. the HD ! BIS games are having the bad habit of needing frequent and numerous HD access, so a SSD will be better than a Hard Drive.

I wish I had an SSD, but my budget for this laptop was $900 so that was the best I could do

[RogueRebel 1]

Will one AMD 7970 run this game okay ?

[Covert_Death 11]

as far as what you can get now yes, that card should do fine! i have a 670 and have no doubt it will handle arma3... just don't go in expecting to throw "ultra" settings at it, no computer for the next few years will be able to handle that if its anything like arma2. you have a great card there lol not sure why your even asking

[RogueRebel 1]

as far as what you can get now yes, that card should do fine! i have a 670 and have no doubt it will handle arma3... just don't go in expecting to throw "ultra" settings at it, no computer for the next few years will be able to handle that if its anything like arma2. you have a great card there lol not sure why your even asking

Because I hear Arma 3 has phys x implemented.

[PuFu 4600]

Because I hear Arma 3 has phys x implemented.

that will most likely run on CPU...

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

It most likely will, but Nvidia may give some bells and whistles in the form of additional particles on Nvidia GPUs.

[PuFu 4600]

It most likely will, but Nvidia may give some bells and whistles in the form of additional particles on Nvidia GPUs.

supposition^^

for now what has been confirmed is that all physix computation will be on the cpu. there has been no information regarding vfx enhancements like particles etc.

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

supposition^^

for now what has been confirmed is that all physix computation will be on the cpu. there has been no information regarding vfx enhancements like particles etc.

Knowing Nvidia, there's going to be volumetric interactive smoke particles from frag grenades, bullet hits, explosions, smoke grenades and helo rotor blades. There's already some nice footage of Comanche displacing its missile smoke trails downwards. (J*0*)J

[PuFu 4600]

Knowing Nvidia, there's going to be volumetric interactive smoke particles from frag grenades, bullet hits, explosions, smoke grenades and helo rotor blades. There's already some nice footage of Comanche displacing its missile smoke trails downwards. (J*0*)J

knowing your post history i doubt you know all that much. You should do some reading here:

and the difference between http://developer.nvidia.com/content/apex and physX: http://supportcenteronline.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=1949

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

There's precedent in the form of other games and there's evidence for the case in the current one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX#PhysX_in_video_games

Video games with optional support for hardware accelerated PhysX, often with additional effects such as tearable cloth, dynamic smoke or simulated particle debris.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited September 10, 2012 by Iroquois Pliskin

[dethklok7 1]

im building this pc for mainly for arma 3 and few other future games and what some feed back

im got this from tigerdirect.com

hard drive: Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s

motherboard:MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, SLI/CrossFireX Ready

RAM:Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11B 8GB Memory Module Kit - DDR3, 4GB x 2, 2133MHz, CL11, DIMM, XMP Ready

processer: AMD FD8150FRGUBOX FX-8150 Processor - Eight Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 8MB L2 Cache, 3.60GHz (4.20GHz Max Turbo), Socket AM3+, 125W, Fan, Unlocked, Retail

optical drive: Lite-On iHES112-04 12X Internal Blu-Ray/DVDRW Combo Drive - BD ROM/DVDRW, Software not Included, Black (OEM)

CASE: Apevia X-TRP-BL X-Trooper Mid Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, Baby AT, 4x 5.25" Ext, 1x 3.5" Ext, 6x 3.5" Int, 1x 200mm Blue LED, 1x 120mm Blue LED, 3x 120mm Fans, Window, 4x USB 2.0 Ports, 1x eSATA

grafix card: EVGA 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560 Superclocked Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked

power supply:Apevia ATX-WA750W Warlock 750-Watt ATX Power Supply - SLI and Crossfire Ready, 135mm Fan, Clear Sides

thanks for any help and please feel free to make any suggestions.

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

Swap GTX 560 for the current generation GTX 660 Ti, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=003818194

Only difference between brands would be the cooling solution and factory/default overclock - Google a review for each brand, if you're conscious of such things.

[NeMeSiS 11]

There's precedent in the form of other games and there's evidence for the case in the current one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX#PhysX_in_video_games

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah but, since when is nVidia developing parts of other peoples games? Allowing more particles with HW accelerated PhysX would be up to BI, nVidia arent going to magic up some particles in random games.