Beyond recommended requirements - Terrible Performance

[gihzmo 10]

According to http://www.arma3.com/buy/ the recommended system specs for this game are:

OS Windows Vista SP2

Windows 7 SP1 (Apple OS not supported)

PROCESSOR Intel Core i5-2300

AMD Phenom II X4 940

GRAPHICS Nvidia GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon HD 7750

GPU MEMORY 1 GB

DirectX® 11

RAM 4 GB

How am I supposed to take this, I would assume this means I should be able to run the game on max settings at a very playable frame rate, am I wrong about that? My system exceeds those specs by a good bit, and the game runs terribly on Altis and sometimes even on Stratis. My system specs are as follows:

OS Windows 7 SP1

AMD Phenom II X4 965BE 3.4Ghz

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB

8GB RAM

So according to the information provided by Bohemia on the page that is selling the game, I should have absolutely no problem running this game, and I should in fact run it exceptionally well. So my point in all this is I feel like either there is something horribly wrong with the game, the interaction with certain hardware or Bohemia GROSSLY understated the recommended specs for the game. I ticks me off when companies advertise a "recommended" system specs, but that spec does not run the game well. I am hoping this is not the case because it will do nothing but cause problems with people new to the series who see that they should be able to play the game, but cannot. I love the Arma series, and I have put an enormous amount of time into the game. Would it be possible to get some information from the devs about this? Maybe some timeline on fixing the issue, or if it is working as intended, some updated system specs.

[maddogx 13]

I would assume this means I should be able to run the game on max settings at a very playable frame rate, am I wrong about that?

Yes, you are mistaken. "Recommended specs" does not imply that you can max out the settings.

I recommend tweaking the settings to find a good balance between quality and performance. For any actual performance troubles troubles, look here.