Stg. Krapgaim 0 Posted February 27, 2007 My gay specs. Athlon64 3200+ not overclocked 2x512 ram system 80gig drive (7200rpm) nvidia 7600gs 256ram not overclocked Settings in Arma: Object details: normal Texture details: low Landscape details: low Postprocessing: low Viewdistance: 1200m AA: off AniFiltering: off Shadows: low resolution: 1440 x 900. outcome ok. frames never get above 30 using fraps average around 20fps in forest and city areas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuffiX 0 Posted February 27, 2007 MB: ASUS P5W DH Deluxe CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300 1,8 @ 2,8 GHz (400*7) 1.35V MEM: Croshair 2x512 DDR2 800 PC6400 4-4-4-12 (400*2) 2.0V VID: ASUS GF 7950GT 550/1400@600/1600 HDD: 320Gb HITACHI 16 Mb cache PSU: Chieftec 500W APFC CASE: Chieftec LBX-03B-B-SL All options on maximum, resolution 1280x1024, view distance 3000. When set view distance over 6000 i feel that my RAM is not enougth. Frame rate 35-40. In forest 13-17. In Vista 15-25 (maby because of V-Sync and bad drivers). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twistking 204 Posted February 27, 2007 Hello, i could need some advice concerning upgrading my Pc. I run ArmA on the following system: 3,2 Ghz Athlon (socket 939) 2048Mb Ram (2*1024 "MDT Platinum") Geforce 6800GT 256mb (Agp) It runs... well "ok" on 1152*768 with medium settings and low view distance. I want to upgrade my Pc for a better ArmA gaming-experience and wondering, in what piece of hardware to invest - Graphic Card or Cpu - or both? Thanx in advance twistking aka fabio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maximus_G 0 Posted February 28, 2007 3,2 Ghz Athlon (socket 939) I guess that's not GHz, but "rating", i.e. "3200". Quote[/b] ]in what piece of hardware to invest - Graphic Card or Cpu - or both? You definitely could have higher graphics settings with a more modern higher-level video card like X1950 pro. And you could overclock your CPU or buy a new one, so you would have better FPS online and offline with many dynamic objects on map. But if you've got enough money, think of moving to AM2 or Conroe, or at least 939+PCI-E (could save your CPU for now). It would not limit you in upgrading your video further. Higher-level AGP video cards are likely to disappear soon. So my opinion - there's an option to change your video+mobo first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opticalsnare 12 Posted February 28, 2007 Hey guys im gonna be getting a new computer parts tomorrow. Heres what im ordering: Mobo: Abit AB9 Pro Mobo Memory: OCZ PC2-6400 Dual Channel 4GB GFX: GE-Force 8800 GTS 640mb Im gonna keep my existing CPU which is a P4 3.6Ghz.. What kinda performance do you think i will be getting in all very high settings at 1650x1080 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smellyjelly 0 Posted March 1, 2007 How much more optimized is the retail game (specifically Sprocket) than the demo? The line between Armed Assault looking good and looking bad is thin, and I just barely make it over. My fps is in the 20's most of the time. It's not noticeable, but will the retail version at least bring me up to the 30's? And is BIS continuing to try and optimize the engine, or has that been done and forgotten? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Sarkey 0 Posted March 1, 2007 Depending on your computer configuration you should be able to get at least 30fps in 1.05. But, this game is not the kinda that runs at 100 fps. Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radnik 18 Posted March 1, 2007 Hey guys im gonna be getting a new computer parts tomorrow. Heres what im ordering: Mobo: Abit AB9 Pro Mobo Memory: OCZ PC2-6400 Dual Channel 4GB GFX: GE-Force 8800 GTS 640mb Im gonna keep my existing CPU which is a P4 3.6Ghz.. What kinda performance do you think i will be getting in all very high settings at 1650x1080 c`mon what these questions are for?! Is there better GPU?. - No Is there PC with 4GB memory (servers doesn`t count)?. - No Is your CPU top speed CPU?. - Yes ...woow look at me I have Ultra-Sega-Mega-Drive PC It makes me puke. Grow up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-TwK-Danny 0 Posted March 1, 2007 Hey guys im gonna be getting a new computer parts tomorrow. Heres what im ordering: Mobo: Abit AB9 Pro Mobo Memory: OCZ PC2-6400 Dual Channel 4GB GFX: GE-Force 8800 GTS 640mb Im gonna keep my existing CPU which is a P4 3.6Ghz.. What kinda performance do you think i will be getting in all very high settings at 1650x1080 c`mon what these questions are for?! Is there better GPU?. - No Is there PC with 4GB memory (servers doesn`t count)?. - No Is your CPU top speed CPU?. - Yes ...woow look at me I have Ultra-Sega-Mega-Drive PC It makes me puke. Grow up. No, you are wrong. My friend has a AMD FX62, a dualcore that is much faster than what that P4@3.6 will ever be. He also has the 8800GTX, wich indeed is faster than the 8800GTS. He still have problems running the game in higher settings - even though both me and him have found half-decent settings to play on. So there is no need to puke or grow up - that is an valid question and to answer him in a proper way; Opticalsnare: The game should work at 1280X1024, most settings at high/veryhigh. But be very careful when changing Shadows, Shaders and AntiAliasing as these three settings together drags down performance in forrests by ALOT and gives unplayable amounts of mounse lag when you use "zoom". Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoLoco 0 Posted March 2, 2007 Hi there! Im running Arma 1.05 on Vista x64 now, and having some real issues here  .. Before i bought this gfx card, i was told i could put all games on max graphics. heh I have a nvidia 570 8800 gtx card with x64 drivers installed. When i put graphic on max i get graphics that would ashame a Commodore 64..  Whats wrong, is it Vista, or 64 bits. or simply lousy config of the 3d settings?? Been waiting looong time for this game, and even upgraded my PC for it. Now i sit here and look at this ridicilous graphic and dont know what to do... Cant even turn it back on default settings anymore. still 'Commodore64' graphics showing... Like omg, pls help!! Ill be in ever debt if someone can explain whats wrong  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob the Insane 0 Posted March 2, 2007 Hi there! Im running Arma 1.05 on Vista x64 now, and having some real issues here  .. Before i bought this gfx card, i was told i could put all games on max graphics. heh I have a nvidia 570 8800 gtx card with x64 drivers installed. When i put graphic on max i get graphics that would ashame a Commodore 64..  Whats wrong, is it Vista, or 64 bits. or simply lousy config of the 3d settings?? Been waiting looong time for this game, and even upgraded my PC for it. Now i sit here and look at this ridicilous graphic and dont know what to do... Cant even turn it back on default settings anymore. still 'Commodore64' graphics showing... Like omg, pls help!! Ill be in ever debt if someone can explain whats wrong  I have Vista 32 also with a 8800GTX (BFG)... I have the 1.05 update and the 100.65 nvidia drivers and I see what you see, max out the settings and you get all sorts of wierdness... I chose the default Very High (which appears to set most things to simply High) view distance of 3015 and my screen resolution to 1900x1080 and all appears to work much better... I am going to experiment tonight with maxed out graphics settings and a small view distances and see how that goes... But I am seeing much the same so it is either vista or possibly the vista drivers... (I know it did not say Vista on the box so I am not really complaining)... I might also tyr running it in XP compatability modes too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rikus 0 Posted March 4, 2007 - Asus P4P800 - P4 2.600@2.730 HT FSB 800 - 2x512 DDR 400 Dual Channel - Asus 6800GT@ULTRA 256 DDR3 - Seagate 120 gygas Serial Ata Windows XP Profesional + SP2 Drivers 93.71 WHQL All settings to low, 15 fps online, not much better offline. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonko the sane 2 Posted March 4, 2007 after 34 years (well not really, say 24) of crappy pc's im slowly buying this for ArmA (lets not forget IL2, SHIII (minus starforce) and MTWII) CPU: Intel Duo E6600 2X 1GB Kingston DDR2 800 Mhz HyperX PSU: LC-Power Arkangel 850W 2X Seagate 320 GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA II 1X XFX GeForce 8800 GTX XXX Extreme Edition 19" BenQ FP93GX (1280 x 1024) 2ms Mobo: MSI P975X Platinum Powerup edition Creative Soundblaster XFI Xtreme Gamer FPS NZXT Zero box (lots of low rpm fans) it will run XP SP2 until DX10 is out, and Vista stops being absolute crap im sure to overclock it slightly as the intel duo can reach ridiculous speeds now... will my dick grow bigger? no will i pull more chicks? no will i have an extremely expensive pc which ill have to pay over months, and cut down on lots of comodities? yes will i have a noisy pc? yes, headphones will be handy, either that or some extra silent fans...or...i could sell my prized hamster and buy a zalman liquid cooling kit will it play Arma? dunno, im buying the game this week, but it better run it like a dream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OIK 0 Posted March 4, 2007 Lol Bonko i really hope you can run the game like a dream or else . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d3dsh33p 0 Posted March 4, 2007 hah dual core has only slowed down arma youll need to set it to only use cpu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xmongx 0 Posted March 5, 2007 From what ive seen you'll have tha same LOD and foileage problems as everyone else. Plus fogging problems from the 8800. Itll be sweet for other games though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wobble 1 Posted March 5, 2007 im getting very bizarre results.. no matter what I set anything to fraps shows me at 30FPS.. 800x600 with everything on low gives me the same FPS as 1024x768 with everything on high.. the ONLY thing I get any change from is post processing.. which drops my FPS by 10.. regardless of other settings or anything else it always drops me to 20.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcbean 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Hello there. I am going to upgrade my PC this month, but I am not sure will arma runs well on it. new hw specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) M/b ASUS P5B, P965 GeForce 7600GT, 256MB 1GB (2x512MB),DDR800 (maybe 2 Gbs) 250 GB, SATA-II I know it's not highend pc, but it's all i can buy at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 6 0 Posted March 5, 2007 i advise a better video card. my sepcs: Intel p4, 3,0 Ghz 1,5 G ddr 400 (1x1G + 1x512mb) X1950 pro 512 mb AGP DDR3 Power supply 550watts board Guru abit ai7 HDD 250G sata II 16mb (working as sata I) ARMA settings: terrain detail: Very Low Anistropic Filtering: Low Object detail: Low Shadow detail: High (to see the shadow in 1st person view) Texture detail: Normal Antialising: Normal Shading detail: Normal Blood: Low Protprocess effects: Low Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeinBloed 0 Posted March 5, 2007 im getting very bizarre results.. Â no matter what I set anything to fraps shows me at 30FPS.. Â 800x600 with everything on low gives me the same FPS as 1024x768 with everything on high.. the ONLY thing I get any change from is post processing.. which drops my FPS by 10.. Â regardless of other settings or anything else it always drops me to 20.. Try to switch off VSync in you driver settings. With VSync On and 60 Hz refreshrate you get only 60 HZ or 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc. from 60 Hz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falken 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Processor: C2D 6600 @2.4ghz Ram: 2gb 5400 graphics: ASUS EN8800GTX 768mb HDD: 160gb SATAII PSU: 520w terrain detail: High Anistropic Filtering: High Object detail: High Shadow detail: High Texture detail: High Antialising: V. High Shading detail: High Blood: High Protprocess effects: Low (It's ugly as sin! FPS is as much as 120 out in the open to 30 in Corazol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrZig 0 Posted March 5, 2007 CPU: AMD 64 3200+ Stock Ram: 1 gig DDR400 Stock Video Card: X1950 Pro 256mb Stock ViewDist: 1200 Terrain: Very Low (damn grass) Objects: Low Texture: Low Shading: Very High PostProcess: Low Anistropic: High Shadow: High Antialising: High Very playable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisuk27 0 Posted March 5, 2007 Should my system be able to run ArmA ok>? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smash! 0 Posted March 6, 2007 Intel 6600 Dual core @3Ghz ASUS P5N32E-SLI NForce 650i chipset Corsair 2 x 1Gb @ 1066Mhz BFG 8800 GTX 768MB Apple 30" playing @ 2560x1600 ArmA settings on normal distance view approx 2000 KM. plays fairly ok, not bad. framerate is going down in forrests or heavy battles but still very playable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc sonar 0 Posted March 6, 2007 amd 3800+ x2 @ 2900mhz gigabyte ga-k8nsc-939 nforce 3 gf 7800gs+ 512MB 4x samsung 512MB @400 mhz hammerfall dsp 8in-8out audio hardware (i have some performance probs with internal soundcard in game) terrain detail: Normal Anistropic Filtering: Normal Object detail: High Shadow detail: High Texture detail: High Antialising: V. High Shading detail: Normal Blood: low Postprocess: low view distance is 2500 Game is playable. since 1.05 i´m ready for forrest battles now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
