Suitable view distance???

[KrazyBee 8]

Hello,what is the ideal view distance and object distance for most of you guys in arma 3???.i just want to know you all opinions and try to match it with my preference.im more of a foot soldier so what do u think is good settings for that.

[Belbo 462]

That highly depends on your system specs. :)

I use to play with 2000m objectVD and 4-5000m VD, but I'm running the game on a GTX760 with 2Gb VRam, 8Gb Ram, i5-4430 @3,0GHz and on all settings on ultra except for object detail, terrain detail and texture detail (those only on very high).

In missions with many objects I lower ObjVD down to 1600m, that's definitely far enough, for missions in dense areas (like towns), I even reduce it to 800m.

In most cases 1200 m ObjVD is certainly enough for infantry, with a general VD of 2000 (so you get to enjoy the view sometimes ;)).

Edited May 15, 2014 by Pergor

[KrazyBee 8]

cool,my specs are 15 4670k(4.3 ghz),evga 760 superclocked,8gm ram(1833).lol funny i have everything maxed out beides object and terrain to very high lol.ill give ur settings a try and see how much fps im gonna get with vd and ovd.

[WolfeUK 1]

depends on system and game style, if im on my own in a map i can max out everything (normally campain is maxed), the more i add AI the more i have to reduce the distance

i have an I7-3.4, GTX770, 12gb ram

[KrazyBee 8]

yeah true that.thanks again guys

[Hud Dorph 22]

My settings are 3000m vd and 1500 on objects - im only on mp - higher settings than that will affect my fps hard.

[CyclonicTuna 87]

I usually play at 6k, but without anti aliasing. With anti aliasing on I'd probably manage 3 or 4k.

[RushHour 11]

3.5k

3.5k

GTX 580 SLI (1,5gb)

i7 950 stock (which reminds me i should probably OC that little f*cker today)

6gb ram

Graphics set on ultra (makes no difference anyways funnily enough)

And no blur or any of that useless stuff.

[KrazyBee 8]

how much fps u get rushhour??

[the_demongod 31]

when I fly (so most of the time I play arma) I set it pretty high. On Altis, 7-8000 view, 5-6000 ObjVD. On stratis I can put view to 12000 and ObjVD to 9000. I don't play on the highest settings though, with all AA and PP off.

[St. Jimmy 272]

Depends on the role but as an infantry I use 1000m-1600m object view distance and enough view distance so there won't be "fog" where the objects pop up. Flying I use way more view distance and bit more object distance and if I need to shoot I use way more object distance also.

[RushHour 11]

how much fps u get rushhour??

It depends but a little over 30 or so.

[Fushko 59]

6k view distance, 1.6k object distance

you can pretty much play at 12k without a big FPS impact as long as your GPU is decent enough, the trick is to not raise object distance with it. I can put the view distance at 12k and the performance is still good as long as I keep the object distance at 1.6k. Now I have the VD at 6k just because the hitches get a little more frequent at 12k, but nothing game breaking.

Btw my GPU is a Palit GTX 750 Ti, playing on ultra at 900p. CPU is i7 2600 running at stock clock, but I don't think the CPU matters at all when it comes to rendering stuff.

[Crielaard 435]

12000/12000 works fine on my new rig.

[13islucky 10]

I used to be able to play 12000/3200 on my laptop a few days ago, but now something has happened and it won't detect my GPU (a modest GT 650M), so I'm running 3000/1000 on integrated graphics :(

[idhronphant 10]

usually 1500 - 2000