I solved the low FPS problem. (SSD/HDD problem)

[mightyb 1]

I ran arma 3 alpha and beta on 2 different machines. Phenom 695 BE + GTX 670 and i7 3770k + 6990. In both cases single player was running perfectly maxed out while I could not get more than 15 fps in multiplayer.

I tried different servers, busy and empty, big and small. I tried various launch parameters. I tried all possible graphics settings. I tried cfg tweaks. Nothing worked. Even though people with worse machines are playing without any problems.

Today I had enough and decided to try one last thing. I uninstalled arma 3 from my regular HDD and re-installed it on my primary SSD. I fired up multyplayer and I could not believe my eyes. I was playing at 30 FPS maxed out. I went to work and decided to try the same solution. I uninstalled arma 3 from my secondary HDD and put it on my slightly faster primary HDD. Same result! I gained 20 fps.

I really have no idea why this worked. Arma 2 and all other games run fine on my secondary SSD/HDD maxed out, arma 3 on the other hand did not like it. Maybe it was just a fresh re-install that did it.

If you have a great PC that should run multiplayer without any problems but it does not, try re-installing it to your primary or the quickest drive. Report back with your findings. I apologize if this does not solve your problem.

[Buzzz 10]

Isn't it simply due to reinstalling it clean ?

[Gera_CCT 12]

We need a good benchmark tool to really compare those situations, may be a Placebo effect. SSD Helps a Lot, but not in FPS, only in loading and fix some of the pop up issues.

[NicotinKickballovich 1]

Nah an SSD should definitely help. Some stuttering caused by a HDD is pretty much the same as FPS lag, with an SSD it shouldn't happen anymore and definitely makes things smoother.

[Liamv4696 10]

Yeh I think an SSD does help, I can run it relatively maxed out with my system @ about 25-30fps on average, up to 40 if i lower the draw distances a bit. And I only have an i7 2600k and 1 GTX 570. Not exactly a top of the line system.

[k3lt 3]

It doesn't help, we had people (including me) testing the game on Ramdisk, which is much faster than any SSD.

No fps (or any general performance) improvements, just better loading times.

[nikiforos 450]

Exactly I have seen a lot of people with topnotch systems , including SSD:s , with problems.

SSD is just a pain killer not the solution. The solution lies behind coding and game optimization.

Edited June 29, 2013 by Nikiforos

[grahamneumann 10]

Let me present my scenario.

I try to play for example Left4Dead 2 at maxed out settings, without AA of course. And what I see is that my GPU is doing well, there are no FPS drop outs due to my geforce card, but HDD is working all the time and I have some FPS lags. ANd now I am completely confused. You say that SSD has no influence on FPS, but from what I see is that if I replaced my HDD with SSD there should be some difference. Either I should buy more RAM (now I have 4GB) or replace my 7200HDD with SSD.

Whats your opinion???

[bullhorn 18]

Is RAMDisk noticeably faster load than SSD?

I am on SSD now and I had an SSD die on me in the past. It has a limited amount of write-cycles - I heard that ArmA3 writes A LOT of stuff all the time, even when nothing really happens. I fear it might shorten my SSD's lifespan.

[purepassion 22]

Hello grahamneumann,

as per the forum rules, please do not dig up threads older than four months.

Thank you!

Edited April 26, 2014 by PurePassion