aiwaplay 10 Posted February 5, 2012 Hey guys mainly I want to know if increasing RAM will give better performance on my system. If not what do you recommend upgrading. I get 60 fps most of the time and if theres no units on the map its 80 to 90. But when I have atleast 40 units in one place at one time it goes down to about 30 fps sometimes 20 depending if I have effects mods on. I play with everything on high to very high with textures on normal. Specs: NVIDIA geforce 260 gtx 2 gb RAM AMD dual core processer Win 7 32x I need to know cause I could possibly be able to upgrade my system soon and I want arma to run flawless and be well off for arma 3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robster 11 Posted February 6, 2012 ArmA2 won't use more than 2GB RAM since it is a 32 bits app , no matter even if you are using a 64 bits OS, which is good anyway, if you're planning to use 4GB+ RAM ... I am running ArmA2 on AMD 6 cores + 12 GB RAM 1600 Mhz + NV 460GTX 1GB ... I made this one just to play ArmA2 without suffering... In my experience, more than 2 GB RAM can improve performance, as well as a GPU with a lot of VRAM... but when IA comes ingame the most important thing will be Ghz from CPU... and then the number of cores won't make it faster rather than stable or smoother... Usually my machine uses mainly one core for ArmA2, while TS and other related apps are attended separately... I gained extra FPS desactivating V-sync and setting AToC=0 ... it looks even faster now... as my monitor is CRT 60Hz i can tell any difference up to 60 FPS... but I haven't tried to increase video resolution... yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=seany=- 5 Posted February 6, 2012 I think that an upgrade to a 64bit OS and 4 gb would definitely be a good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted February 6, 2012 If you upgrade the wisest upgrade would be a fast quadcore cpu + mobo + ram. If there's a lot of units it's probably the cpu holding you back, not the ram. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeuroFunker 11 Posted February 6, 2012 4gb RAM would be perfect for 32bit OS and 3gb switch, but for x64 OS 6GB RAM. I dunno what are u guying talking about the game not using more then 2gb ram, but my ram usage is usually is up to 6gb while playing arma 2. Check with newest processor explorer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aiwaplay 10 Posted February 8, 2012 If you upgrade the wisest upgrade would be a fast quadcore cpu + mobo + ram. If there's a lot of units it's probably the cpu holding you back, not the ram. So pretty much a processer change and more ram should do it? cause thats a bit expensive and i want to make sure all my money goes to something that works for sure. On a tight budget. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalcraze 290 Posted February 8, 2012 4gb RAM would be perfect for 32bit OS and 3gb switch, but for x64 OS 6GB RAM. I dunno what are u guying talking about the game not using more then 2gb ram, but my ram usage is usually is up to 6gb while playing arma 2. Check with newest processor explorer. Applications tend to "waste" more RAM under x64 bit OS ArmA2 itself doesn't use more than 2 GBs In fact it doesn't even use more than 1.5 GBs even with a dozen of mods. Having 6 GBs of RAM in 64 bit OS is the same as having 4 GBs in a 32 bit one (well if it did allow you to use all 4 just for RAM) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 8, 2012 Questions related to hardware improvements belong here: Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
