Flashpoint Community Hardware Specs.

[mattxr 9]

hm i choose txt based easyer for me

[Colossus 2]

New specs again:

-Abit AI7 Motherboard

-Pentium 4 @ 2,8GHz (478 socket)

-1024 MB DDR-SDRAM (2 x 200MHz Freq.)

-XFX GeForce 7800 GS XT 256MB (AGP, Core: 440MHz, Effective: 1300MHz)

-2x 40Gb HD*

-6 MBit/5 Mbit Cable connection (in/out)

*Adding a new 300GB Western Digital Caviar SATA 8MB 7200RPM after I formatted my PC

[Mr_Tea 0]

What more info could BIS need than i posted on page 10 ?

All info that i could give about my system is written down there.

[PriMo_ 0]

Finally a new machine waiting to be put together:

AMD Opteron 165 (hopefully OC to 2.6Ghz=FX-60)

7800GT 256MB

2048MB RAM

nothing more is needed to be added.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I just ordered 2048MB OCZ RAM and I realy realy hope it makes a difference. I need that extra mem to run Fraps-recording at the same time!

[blake_ 0]

Better buy a record system,which costs ~50$.It would be cheaper than buying so much RAM memory;)

[RN Escobar 0]

err no matter what u overclock an opteron too it won't be no FX-60 as the FX-60 is dual core.

opterons aren't

my spec

AMD 64 4000+

asus a8n-sli deluxe NF4

7800gtx

2 gig OCZ pc4400 VX

2x200GB sata II

X-FI

asetek watercooling

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Better buy a record system,which costs ~50$.It would be cheaper than buying so much RAM memory;)

I just noticed that the new RAM doesnt realy make a great difference. What record system do you mean? Could you give me a link?

[jmb49 0]

Hi everyone here...

I'm new on this newsgroup and I read all of this topic and others. I also tried several search into the forum.

My question is about OFP perfs and recent heavy PC configs. What about building a today PC only to play with OFP ?... I know it's a little bit curious, but I'd like to inveqstigate that way...

I remember that the game is currently many years old, and won't take any sort of advantage of the newer features in newer cards, simply because those features weren't around at the time. OK. I know... But anyway, what could realy be expected ?...

At last, nothing seems to be have done further about a "config collector" as this thread was created for... Or I didn't find any results.

My ask is realy concrete question. I don't want to build the best PC of the world (in fact, this run is a crazy one , but the best OFP PC. This is not the same !

What obtain those who get SLI configs with sometimes 2x256 Mo video RAM or even 2x512 (and now 4x512 Mo dual-SLI !! ? What about 512 Mo in one only VGA card like 7900 GTX ?...

I know that proc & RAM are also some very important OFP devices. What about those who got 4 Go RAM ?... And expensive dual-core AMD or Intel ?...

I read :

<< A: Use lower terrain detail settings (like "Normal"), especially when using increased viewing distance. Terrain detail level "High" requires a lot of memory and CPU resources, and it was included mostly in anticipation of hardware that will be available several years from now.>>

and :

<<OFP is not like other games which you can play on the highest level of detail right away if you have a fairly new computer. BIS added a posibility for the players to increase the terrain detail and view distance to a level which was totally insane and unplayable at that time but future computers might be able to run it.

If BIS had done it the way other developers works we would have been stuck with perhaps 1500m view distance and normal terrain detail being the maximum settings. Instead the players can enjoy their new computers by increasing the detail a little more and get a nicer game visually.

Your computer is still lightyears away from what's required to run the game on the highest detail.>>

I agree. But now, some players use some very huge configs...

My ask is "concrete", I mean that I'd like to increase a lot quality, terrain detail, viewing distance, loading time (360°) and of course FPS.

In an other way, some devices have been tagged as not realy good with OFP. Is there a (black) list somewhere ? I heard a lot about some sound cards...

Other thing : screen resolution. Todays screens are big. 20, 22 even 30 inches ! What is the right choice ?... I paid attention to :

OPERATION FLASHPOINT » GENERAL » Resolution

and I don't realy understand the last post from Placebo : "how does it remotely matter in any way what resolution other people use ?". Yes, it does matter ! This has impact on number of pixels to be calculated, or may be I'm wrong ?...

Last topic : what about RAM ? I sometimes monitor OFP with task manager and I never saw OFP taking more than ~200 Mb of RAM. Is this figure right ? What else to know ?... What can do 4 Gb of RAM with this kind of allocation ?...

The summary of my ask :

What real perfs with what up to date system ?

Perfs :

- terrain detail

- view distance

- FPS (average or specific std mission situation)

- resolution

- mods (ECP, GXDLL, FFUR...)

System :

- proc, name, speed

- RAM, quantity, type

- graphic card

Hope it's the right place for the right ask, cause I also prepare for ArmA !...

J-Marc (from France, nearby Angers)

[DBR_ONIX 0]

This thread is kinda going off topic, but in reply to your question, there is no real set recommended hardware for OFP now..

Basicly, the higher the spec, the higher you can put the settings.. It's not like "todays" games that'll get better and better, up till a certain point (That we can reach today), and the graphics will not get any better..

I've played OFP on 4 or 5 computers, varing hugely in spec (from Old ~900MHz, 128mb ram with 32mb graphics card, to 2.8GHz P4, 1GB ram and 128MB graphics cards, and all computers randomly upgraded, like a better graphics card, more ram etc)

Everytime I got a newer computer, or more memory, or a better graphics card, I could shove the settings slightly higher..

I can't really recommend any specific spec to make OFP run great.. Any PC you can buy today will run OFP great, but the more you spend, the better it'll run..

Although, I'd not recommend getting any more than 2GB of ram, nothing uses it.. Only graphics/video/music editing software (By which I mean the high-end software) will even remotely use this.. With SLI, again, nothing really uses it, what I recommend is an SLI compatible motherboard, but get 1 graphics card for it, giving you the chance to shove another in when games acctualy require ( ) two graphics cards..

Anyway, back on topic : I miight shove together a web form thing to start grouping together the stats (into a database), not sure the best way to do it though.. Maybe a drop-down of as much moderatly recent hardware, and an "Other" box, where you can add non-avaliable hardware to (Which will then be added to the list).. I don't just want to have a bunch of emtpy boxes, as people describe stuff differently, and it'd be hard to make stats out of (unless it's done manualy.. Noo..)

Hmm

- Ben

[mp_phonix 0]

I see everybody post specs, so heres my go:

1.0 GHZ cpu

256 RAM ddr

G-Force MX 4000

gamr work flawlessly in small/medium missions [lags in mission with alot of units]

[Zemskii 0]

These are mine:

AMD64 4000+

2x512ddr500 Mushkin

A8N-SLI

Raptor 36gb boot disk

2x7900GTX 512

1TB storage ^^

I always have the feeling these topics are to pimp ur pc :/ (which i'm doing in the case ^^)

[action man 0]

These are mine:

AMD64 4000+

2x512ddr500 Mushkin

A8N-SLI

Raptor 36gb boot disk

2x7900GTX 512

1TB storage ^^

I always have the feeling these topics are to pimp ur pc :/ (which i'm doing in the case ^^)

You cetainly are! I hope the chaps from bis have taken into account that "normal" people have got normal rig's And that they have made the new armed assault game so as it can work on normal rig's. I used to like to think my machine could cut it with the rest. Spec= P4@3giggs, 1gigg ram,radion 9800xt(128meg ram)

[jmb49 0]

Hi all !

I now precise my question ! My precedent post was too long and not realy clever or explicit. Simply it's :

What about building a realy strong and power today PC to run OFP ?

Is there any kind of hardware to get a better use ? Something to know about pieces to avoid ? Last point : what real concrete perf do you get (resolution, FPS, distance view & detail) ?

I now should precise you that I'm a kind sceptic about perfs I observe with some PCs... I mean that I expected better than that I get.

Is it the right place to discuss about that ?

Thank's.

[GalComT 509]

Well i realy hope armed assault wont make avergage Computer explode, du to what the pictures say thus far the specs wont be that low though.

[GalComT 509]

heya

Athlon X2 dual core 4400+

1024 Ram

2x Gainward Geforce 6800GS (2x 512MB) SLI

[GalComT 509]

and a

Athlon 64 3800+

Geforce 5500 256mb

1024 Ram

[kernriver 4]

AMD 1700+@1,9 GHz

Radeon 9800SE (softmoded)

1GB RAM

nForce2 chipset

I hope i don't have to buy a new one, maybe only proc...

[echo1 0]

opterons aren't [dual core]

Some are, like the 165.

My hardware specs in my sig, though I intend to upgrade to 2GB Corsair XMS, and perhaps and Opteron 165 at a later date.

I voted for web form becuase I know my PCs hardware well (I built it after all) but Im sure some would prefer web application.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I am going to chase you with new hardware from this afternoon. onwards

MSI Nvidia 7900 GTX

Athlon X2 4200+

DFI SLI DR Expert

2048 MB OCZ Ram

coming to get ya!

[telejunky 0]

Hey buddies,

I hope ArmA will run at my system :

- P4 530 3,0 Ghz

- Intel Grantsdale i915p

- 1024 MB RAM

- X 600 Pro 256 MB

telejunky

[DOA 20]

DELL XPS

Dual Core 3.6 gig P4 Intel Processor

2 gig RAM

nVIDIA GeForce 6800

SB Audigy 2 ZS

Go ahead and make Armed Assault as hard on the resources as you want. We are going to be playing it for years and our PCs will grow into it.

Next one will be a nVIDIA quad SLi system with 2 - 4 Ghz dual core CPUs.

[max power 21]

Well, here are my system's specs. It runs amazingly well even with 4x temporal antialiasing and 6x anisotropic filtration enabled. It crashes and stalls somewhat frequently, though. I tried setting the core affinity to only one core at a time, but it doesn't really do anything. I've mainly been playing wgl mod, so maybe that's the culprit? Who knows. I'll have to do more testing.

- Chassis - Coolermaster RC830.

- Chassis cooling - One 120mm X 25mm intake fan, one 120mm X 25mm exhaust fan.

- CPU cooling - CoolIT Freezone.

- VGA cooling - CoolIT Ice Hawk beta 1.0.

- PSU - Enermax Liberty Modular 620W.

- Motherboard - ASUS A8R MVP w/R200 chipset.

- AMD 64 dual core 4400+ (oc to 2.5 ghz, which is slightly faster than a bone stock fx60).

- RAM - four 512MB DIMMs OCZ PC4200 Platinum EL.

- VGAs - two ATI 850XT Crossfire (oc to 639/639).

- Soundcard - Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs

- Magnetic drives - two 74GB SATA WD Raptors/RAID 0, 250GB SATA2 Seagate Barracuda.

- Optical drive - Plextor PX716SA 16 X 16 DVD+/-RW dual layer SATA.

The CoolIT technology is thermal electric/liquid cooling. Now, before anyone launches off on a tyrade about the innefficiency of Peltier devices, my GPU cores never reach above 44 degrees . Moreover, the cool cores (CPU and GPU) run more energy efficiently. The computer itself at max load, balls to the wall only uses 273W of DC power. That's about the same as a 1998 450MHz PentiumII with dual Voodoo2 graphics cards and no overclocking.

edit: wrong clock speeds.

edit: the problem was the overclocking of the gpus. The core was slightly too high. It runs rock solid stable at 618/642. Adjusting the core affinity didn't hurt either. Just thought I would let you know.

[mc sonar 0]

amd x2 3800@ 2700mhz

gf 6800 silent

2x 80 gb HD

2048 ram

19" flat screen

hammerfall DSP multiface soundcard from RME

ofp runs fine with 8x AA and 4x AF @1280x1024 -view distance 2500-3000

[Razor -RS- 0]

My system spec's:

AMD FX53 CPU (64 bit)

2 GB ram

2 - 70 GB SATA disk drives (mirrored)

ASUS Nvidia 6600 GT PCIE 128 MB video adapter

Creative Audigy 2 sound adapter'

Viewsonic E790 19" monitor