Audiopulse 1 Posted March 25, 2013 Sorry, I completely missed your post for some reason...Both your video card and CPU don't look too good, if you have the possibility try and fetch an Alpha Lite and use it as a benchmark... You could probably manage to play on Low settings and low resolution, but I really don't know if it would be fluent enough or not... Yay! Thats a good idea! Would you have any idea on where to look for one? Seeing as asking for one on this forum is prohibited... ;P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ubascouser 0 Posted March 25, 2013 Heres some information and settings: Windows 7 64 bit I5 2500 3.3ghz GTX580 1.5GB latest drivers 8GB DDR3 Raptor 300 and 120 GB hardrives 10000RPM Thermaltake level 10 gt i start my test from the sign in the town with fraps for 60 seconds and finsh towards the radio tower following the line in the road. by putting oject detail to standard i averaged a gain of 10 fps. 2013-03-24 19:15:23 - arma3 Frames: 3761 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 62.683 - Min: 54 - Max: 77 WITH HIGH OBJECT DETAIL 2013-03-24 19:20:53 - arma3 Frames: 3755 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 62.583 - Min: 53 - Max: 76 WITH HIGH OBJECT DETAIL 2013-03-25 15:50:27 - arma3 Frames: 3697 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 61.617 - Min: 53 - Max: 79 WITH HIGH OBJECT DETAIL 2013-03-25 15:54:54 - arma3 Frames: 4487 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 74.783 - Min: 64 - Max: 97 WITH STANDARD 2013-03-25 15:57:27 - arma3 Frames: 4519 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 75.317 - Min: 64 - Max: 96 WITH STANDARD 2013-03-25 16:06:23 - arma3 Frames: 4348 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 72.467 - Min: 62 - Max: 90 WITH STANDARD 2013-03-25 16:08:31 - arma3 Frames: 4487 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 74.783 - Min: 62 - Max: 92 WITH STANDARD images above show settings and start point i used. If you guys done the same settings and posted specs and fps data we could compare i no its not intense but it is in the town and easy to do. sorry not sure how to add my images so heres the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/94398048@N06/8590748678/in/photostream/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David_Uzumaki 1 Posted March 25, 2013 This is my specs: 8 gb Corsair vengeance LCD Flatron w2243T 1920x1080 http://oi47.tinypic.com/346at1k.jpg (297 kB) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.Andersson(SWE) 4 Posted March 26, 2013 So after some revision of my upcoming PC this is what i have. Box: Cooler Master Elite K350 Power: FSP 650-80EGN 650W 80+ Gold MotherBoard: MSI 970A-G46 SLI Processor: AMD FX-6200 X6 3,8 GHz Black Edition Memory: Corsair 4GB (2x2048MB) CL9 1600Mhz VENGEANCE LP...TWO SETS = 8GB HDD: 500GB WD Caviar blue + 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm SATA 6Gbit/s Graphixs: Gigabyte Radeon HD7870 2048MB OC GPU FREQ: 1100mhz MEM FREQ: 4800MHZ Buzz: 256bit Screen: BenQ 24'' GW2450HM VA LED Op Syst: Win 8 64bit BlueRay burner: LG BH16NS40 BDRW Svart, SATA, OEM Multi burner: BlR+DVD+CD Cooling and Controls (Mouse+Keyboard) incl in price TOTALPRICE: 1586$ 9995 SEK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted March 26, 2013 why not a 6300? the 6300 has a decent advantage with the HT/NB, like the 4300 beats the 4100 and the 8350 beats the 8150. where I live the 6300 costs the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyBee 8 Posted March 26, 2013 yeah leon is right.6300 is very good cpu too,i used 6300,8350 and 3570k..6300 was very easy to oc,i oced it to 4.5ghz but not so much luck with 8350..but if u got few more cash laying around just go with 3570k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerStenzel 1 Posted March 26, 2013 So I just ordered everything for what I hope will be an awesome Arma pc. AMD 8350FX 8gb Corsair vengance 1600mhz memory OCZ vertex 4 256 gb ssd Sapphire Radeon Vapor-x 7970Ghz edition Does anyone have and specs for how the ghz edition 7970 is doing with this game? If the GTX680 is better I still have time to switch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ubascouser 0 Posted March 26, 2013 been doing some research on the 7970 and it runs better in most games than the 680 plus its 100 pound cheaper than the 4gb 680, im not sure about arma 3 though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ulas90 1 Posted March 26, 2013 hello, i want to buy arma 3 and i wanto be sure that i can run it atleast on medium. my rig is; ASUS ENGTX560 DC (256Bit)1GB DDR5 8 GB DDR3 1600MHz (2X4GB) VENGEANCE CORSAIR INTEL CORE I5 3450 3.10GHz 6MB (VGA)1155p 1 TB WD 7200 SATA3 64 MB CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX ASUS P8H77-M LE H77 DDR3 SATA3+USB3+GLAN+HDMI 16X WIN 7 thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin 1 Posted March 26, 2013 MY SPECS: Sapphire 7870 OC 1100MHz x 1300MHz AMD FX 8350 4GHz So would my pc handle ARMA 3? Could i play it on ultra, very high, high etc... Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) @ ulas It'll run well compared to the average machine. Will not run as well as other games though. If you want to be really sure you can try to find a free alpha invite, unfortunately asking for one is now forbidden, I guess people were selling them http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147430-Looking-for-Arma-3-Free-Alpha-invites-Look-here!/page5 you can probably still get your hands on one on the forum of a local arma/other tactical shooter community @ rasputin, yeah, it'll run, but not as well as other games, if you run 1080p you can run most of the gpu heavy stuff on ultra, but currently no machine gets reasonable fps on very high viewdistances with lots going on, on pretty much any rig you'll be best off setting those cpu heavy settings as low as you can tolerate :) Edited March 26, 2013 by Leon86 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisb 196 Posted March 26, 2013 I have an 'Alpha lite' looking for a home, if you want it just pm me. Will need your steam name etc..:) Free of course.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyBee 8 Posted March 27, 2013 I had fx 8350 and 7950 not 7970 and I can tell u that don't get ur hopes up for more fps cuz it's still alpha and even it was optimized u won't get better better performance cuz of 8 core.i tried 6300,8350 and now 3570k and wat I notice is that 3570k performs way better than amds 6&8 core.i got everything ultra and vd 3718 and od 1000.so in ur gfx department u are good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alquemist 10 Posted March 27, 2013 I want to max this game out at 60+ FPS with out a doubt, here is what I am aiming for: Could this build pull it off? I will Be over clocking both CPU and GPU http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=22672066 Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Mother Board: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX I GPU: x2 Sli EVGA 04G-P4-2690-KR GeForce GTX 690 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro series H50 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Monitor: BenQ XL2420T Black-Red 24" 5ms (2ms GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight Height & Pivot Adjustable 120Hz 3D-Ready LCD Monitor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyBee 8 Posted March 27, 2013 with that amount of money on a pc,u better get 60+ fps but at the same time its arma we are talking about.arma makes grown men cry when they realise that their beast rig cant achieve the performance that they wanted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.Andersson(SWE) 4 Posted March 27, 2013 Well the 6300 is "abit" cheaper than 6200...soo sure.. What im after is to be able to play with playable settings and with "decent" fps.. 30+ is enough for me.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) I want to max this game out at 60+ FPS with out a doubt isn't gonna happen with any rig. I'd say a good rig for arma3 is an i5-3570K with a big overclock and a fast single gpu like a gtx670 or something. If you want to have slightly better performance you can spend over twice the money on a 3930K and one or 2 titans, but the performance gains will be limited, due to a3 not being able to take full advantage of lots of cpu cores. there's some benefit in the extra cache and memory bandwith, not going to make a huge difference however. If you're not running 2560x1440 or something I wouldn't even bother with dualgpu. Edited March 27, 2013 by Leon86 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_wolf 1 Posted March 27, 2013 You guys are worried you can't play this game with an i7? Please... I run it with a Core 2 Duo at 3.3ghz, 3GB Ram and a humble 550ti. On a 1920x1080 resolution! Frame lag loves me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangtail 0 Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) I want to max this game out at 60+ FPS with out a doubt, here is what I am aiming for: Could this build pull it off? I will Be over clocking both CPU and GPU http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=22672066 Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Mother Board: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX I GPU: x2 Sli EVGA 04G-P4-2690-KR GeForce GTX 690 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro series H50 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Monitor: BenQ XL2420T Black-Red 24" 5ms (2ms GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight Height & Pivot Adjustable 120Hz 3D-Ready LCD Monitor The 690 is a really bad choice due to the 2GB of VRAM per GPU, avoid. Several games will push 2GB (A2 and A3 included) if you max the Eye Candy/AA etc (even at 1080P) and definitely at 1440P or above. The Titan is a great card (although pricey, but budget doesn't seem to be a huge factor for you) and where it really shines is minimum FPS - it beat the 690 by ~100% in some cases - and minimum FPS is just as important as max FPS afaiac. The 7970Ghz is another good choice as a single card solution (CrossFire in A2 was not an enjoyable experience with 7970s and I can't speak for A3 as I haven't bought any AMD hardware since). Edited March 27, 2013 by BangTail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakson 1 Posted March 28, 2013 Hey, here are my specs: Windows 7 1920x1200 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.84 GHz GTX 560 Ti Hawk 4 GB RAM What do you guys think? My mainboard is old so I can't use a better processor and eventually I'm going to upgrade both but I'm hoping not to have to do that for another few years because I mostly play retro nowadays. What settings could I use and at about what framerate? What could I use if I upgraded to an i5 or i7? I tried ArmA2 a while back and it ran well but I couldn't have a very high render distance which was pretty disappointing. I'd like to run the game at high settings but not necessarily the highest settings as long as the game looks OK but I really want x2 or x4 AA, at least some AA and I want a really good view distance so I don't suffer because of that. I'd love to be able to run a new game in 60 FPS just for once but I guess I'll settle for about 20-30-40 more realistically perhaps. I'm not sure what you need to increase your view distance though - is it graphics card, processor or just memory (in which case I'd have to get x64)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kjthek1ng 10 Posted March 28, 2013 OS: win7 CPU: Intel Quad 2 Core Q8300 @ 2,5GHz RAM: DDR3 8192 MBytes Motherboard: Acer EG43M BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A2 GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1024MBytes This is my specs, on a 3 year old rig. As far as I can see, it barely supports the minium requirements for Alpha. How much do you think the requirements will increase within full game launch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psilocybe 3 Posted March 29, 2013 Hey guys. My rig seems alright, but I want to squeeze more out of it. Im running: AMD Phenom II 965 Quad core Black Edition @3.4ghz 990FX Extreme 4 Motherboard Corsair 16gb Ram Asus HD7970 Cooler Master large box, no watercooling but a shit load of fans and room to add water cooling when I decide to embark down that road. 1200 watt PSU I have a feeling that it is my CPU that is holding me back, but I am not really all that savvy in the OC department, aside from opening my bios and using the predefined settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhathaway 1 Posted March 30, 2013 I am the victim of an unfortunate accident. Near the time of the A3 Alpha release, my computer shorted out, due to a leak in the water-cooling. Suffering from ARMA withdraw, I've been looking at getting a budget PC (a downgrade from my last PC) to get in on some A3 action. I found a nice little system; i5 3.3 Quad Core, 8 Gigz of Ram and a XFX Radeon 7750 HD (DDR3) @ 2gb VRAM. My concern, is that while researching the 7750, I've only found people using the DDR5 verson, running ARMA 3. Has anyone heard of negative or positive things about this cheap, budget card? I am planning on trying to increase graphics on a lower resolution. Will it be able to run ARMA 3 until I am able to buy a new NVIDIA GPU? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) ^^^ all of you 3 dont have very fast cpu's. theking doesnt have a fast gpu either, but if you do a testrun on low resolution you'll be able to see what it's like if you're purely cpu limited. The recommended cpu is 3570K, however, in 3 months there will be a new king of the hill, probably, when intel releases the haswell cpu's. So hold out if you can. Performance will increase with patches as well, but I wouldn't expect miracles. edit: hathaway got merged in, this post is for sneak, theking and rainf Edited March 30, 2013 by Leon86 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.Andersson(SWE) 4 Posted March 30, 2013 Maybe you can explain abit more about the "speed" you say these other props lack.. What do you mean they arent fast? What measurment do you use? And how is this displayed when the normal mortals look for a CPU... What should WE look for... I´m playing A2 on normal specs with a AMD phenom 9500 quad 2.2ghz, and i get som 25-30 fps... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
