Ironsides 1 Posted September 13, 2012 I don't know if this is the correct place to put this but here goes! I just recently custom built a new PC and even more recently got turned onto all things Arma. I've been playing off and on for about 5 months (wondering where this game has been all my life) but I have yet to tame the beast that is optimal graphics settings. I have scoured endless forums and posts about the best settings trying some and afraid to try others with mixed results. Generally, on below avg settings I can get decent gameplay with no major hiccups and better results in OA than vanilla Arma2. However, my biggest problem is occasional zoom lag and I think lod issues. I tried to fix it first by striping my 2 500gb dives and then moving the entire thing over to my 60gb ssd. I generally do ok but I get tired of hiccups and lag around AI. I know there is a bottleneck somewhere but I can't seem to completely alleviate it. Any help would be much appreciated here are my specs. Motherboard: ASUS Croshair V Formula CPU: AMD 8150 3.6ghz ;No Oc RAM: 4x4gb = 16gb ddr3 Video RAM: ATI Radeon HD 6950 2gb Main HDD: Corsair 60gb ---------- Post added at 15:35 ---------- Previous post was at 15:32 ---------- Sorry I forgot my OS is Win7 x64 Prem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iroquois Pliskin 0 Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Choose a High preset, match 3D & interface resolutions, then disable AA, put AF to very high, turn off VSync in-game and in your GPU control menu, Video memory to default, Texture detail high, Shadows high, Terrain high, Objects high, HDR high/V. high. There's another important setting which controls ambient occlusion, I think it's activated via Post Processing @ normal - play with it either normal or low/off. Your CPU is the bottleneck here, if anything - a High setting across the board will stress your powerful graphics card more, thus balancing FPS. Shadows @ normal for example are rendered on the CPU only. Ideally, you'd want to be running the above settings at 1920x1080 resolution to unload that (relatively) weak processor of yours. ---------- Post added at 22:00 ---------- Previous post was at 21:47 ---------- However, my biggest problem is occasional zoom lag Zoom lag, especially on foliage: either VSync, AA or Post Processing (ambient occlusion) are turned on - either of these settings will ruin your day. I think lod issues. I tried to fix it first by striping my 2 500gb dives and then moving the entire thing over to my 60gb ssd. I generally do ok Were those HDDs 7200 RPM? LOD issues are because of wrong texture settings, leave Texture detail at High with Video memory @ "default". Edited September 13, 2012 by Iroquois Pliskin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 13, 2012 Some sticky threads of which you could simply have choosen one: - ArmA2 / OA (low) performance issues - Operation Arrowhead performance optimizations/comparisons - Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications. - ArmaHolic ArmA 2 Optimization Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
