Usual Issues with arma 2 ( help )

[oniveko 1]

Hello there thanks for reading my post and possibly helping me ! well i have been playing for quite a while ( arma 2 co ) and i cant seem to get good fps

ive tried any tweaks and what not but none help i still get the usual 15-20 fps max on MP

here are my specs

CPU:Amd 965 be @3.6ghz

GPU:evga gtx 570 sc edition ( i have sli but i dont use because to much issues with arma 2 )

Motherboard:MSI 870 g45

Cooling: water cooled

PSU: corsair 1200w

HD: 320gb 7200rpm drive

i honestly appreciate you guys taking the time to go over my post! .

any ideas :confused:

also i have all the drivers up to date

Edited April 9, 2012 by oniveko
forgot something

[stk2008 14]

Ummm we need to know what your graphic settings are to.

Check usual suspects to like anti virus programs running in back ground etc etc.

How much memory do you have to you have seemed to have missed that out

[oniveko 1]

Ummm we need to know what your graphic settings are to.

Check usual suspects to like anti virus programs running in back ground etc etc.

How much memory do you have to you have seemed to have missed that out

totally forgot about the RAM: well i have Corsair vengeance 8gb ddr3 1600

and all programs are shut but teamspeak and evga precision nothing else runs i make sure of that.

(btw thanks for taking the time to help me out i really appreciate it )

[stk2008 14]

you still forgot your graphic settings you use :P

TBH you have a good system there way better than mine.

Have you all ways have poor performance or have you just got the game?.

Are you using the latest patch 1.60?

[oniveko 1]

crap lol! darn i forgot i usually play on medium settings and tweak things down to make it almost low and still low fps idk why

always had the low fps issue

yes im running the latest patch

(even on ultra, and high low fps..... )

Edited April 9, 2012 by oniveko

[vuckotadic 10]

CPU:Amd 965 be @3.6ghz

This.

[oniveko 1]

This.

what about it ?

thanks in for taking a look at my post!

[[frl]myke 14]

This.

Erm...well, i have the same CPU and i'm fine with FPS.

@Oniveko

please write down in detail your ingame Video settings.

[oniveko 1]

Myke;2132394']Erm...well' date=' i have the same CPU and i'm fine with FPS.

@Oniveko

please write down in detail your ingame Video settings.[/quote']

http://i42.tinypic.com/2d75xed.png > 100 KB

Edited April 10, 2012 by Max Power

[stk2008 14]

drop the veiw distance to say 3000

[oniveko 1]

drop the veiw distance to say 3000

even on medium settings which i think its 2000 viewdistance i still get low fps for some reason =(

thanks

[[frl]myke 14]

drop the veiw distance to say 3000

Hmm..i don't think that this will solve it since usually in MP the viewdistance is given by server/mission settings.

Some things to try (although no guarantee for cure):

- set Video Memory to "default"

- set AA and AF to off or lowest possible

- after that, raise the 3D resolution by one notch, maybe even 2.

- set Objects detail to normal

- disable postprocess effects

- lower HDR quality to lowest

once there, check your FPS. You may now raise some ov the previously reduced settings one by one, notch by notch and find the best balance between FPS and quality.

Sorry, best advice i can give so far.

[stk2008 14]

TBH there is some thine else going on here.

Every thing in your system is better than mine yet your getting poor FPS.

It can only be a few things

Defrag HD

Failing component/s eg GPU,CPU,PSU?

Buggered windows install or some other peice of software

Over heating GPU or CPU whats the temps BTW of both under full load

[vuckotadic 10]

what about it ?

Phenom II is bottlenecking your GTX 570, thats why you have low fps.

Download MSI Afterburner and check your GPU usage, if it's not 100% then you are CPU limitted.

[stk2008 14]

easy test though not 100% accurate.

Turn up every thing that reqiures just GPU eg

AA

Texture detail

Res

HDR

Turn down Veiw distance as thats CPU

if the FPS stays the same no matter how high you go or dont change by a lot then you know its your CPU for sure.

[[frl]myke 14]

Phenom II is bottlenecking your GTX 570, thats why you have low fps.

Download MSI Afterburner and check your GPU usage, if it's not 100% then you are CPU limitted.

Stop spreading BS. Even if the PhenomII does bottlenecking the GTX570, it shouldn't be as low as OP stated, at least double of the FPS he actually has.

[vuckotadic 10]

Myke;2132707']Stop spreading BS. Even if the PhenomII does bottlenecking the GTX570' date=' it shouldn't be as low as OP stated, at least double of the FPS he actually has.[/quote']

Spreading BS? I have Phenom II and GTX 570 and i know what im talking about.

Im waiting for Ivy Bridge...

[max power 21]

Try reducing your Post Process settings.

and also watch your image sizes. We have a 100 KB limit.

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[mosh 0]

This.

You are wrong. Try again.

Spreading BS? I have Phenom II and GTX 570 and i know what im talking about...

No you don't, runs great for me.

[vuckotadic 10]

No you don't, runs great for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4D97qowVg&feature=plcp&context=C484fae6VDvjVQa1PpcFOK8C5DREqIR0T-GOU_0rErSOMHL9uymJA%3D

Watch my video to see how PII bottlenecks GTX 570 in Just Cause 2, in A2 its even worse.

[[frl]myke 14]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4D97qowVg&feature=plcp&context=C484fae6VDvjVQa1PpcFOK8C5DREqIR0T-GOU_0rErSOMHL9uymJA%3D

Watch my video to see how PII bottlenecks GTX 570 in Just Cause 2, in A2 its even worse.

Then you're doing something wrong. I'm running PhenomII X4 965 @ stock speed with a HD5870/1G and usually have 30+ FPS in MP with high settings and 3500+m viewdistance.

[vuckotadic 10]

Myke;2132765']Then you're doing something wrong. I'm running PhenomII X4 965 @ stock speed with a HD5870/1G and usually have 30+ FPS in MP with high settings and 3500+m viewdistance.

HD5870 and GTX 570 are not same.

AMD and NVIDIA two different things.

[[frl]myke 14]

HD5870 and GTX 570 are not same.

AMD and NVIDIA two different things.

You don't say? Point is, i have same CPU and weaker GPU but getting higher FPS than you do. So....

[no use for a name 0]

Turn AtoC=7 to 0 (zero) in your Arma2oa.cfg

It's usually one of the first solutions to bring up, but I guess everyone was busy having a pissing match over what hardware should do this and that lol

edit: Also I just remembered you might change GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000 to something lower like 1 just to see if it makes any difference

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arma2.cfg

Edited April 11, 2012 by No Use For A Name

[domokun 515]

Although most of the best tips have already been offered by others, you'll find them here in a single post along with a few more.

Let us you how you get on.