Hardware and settings for ArmA

[locherbread 0]

well my system is now as follows..

Cpu = Athlon 4200 64x2

GFX = Inno3d 8800GTS 320 mb

Memory = 2.5gig Kingston PC3200

Sound = Audigy 2 ZS

Monitor = Fujitsu/seimens 22" widescreen

Visibility 3500

Reso 1024x768

Terrain detail = High

Objects Detail = High

Shading = Normal

Postprocess = Low

Antistropic Filtering = Normal

Shadow Detail = Normal

Antialiasing = Low

Blood = High

that gets me a steady 35-45 FPS in all areas

Pretty disappointed at the reso I need to choice, to have the game run decently & look good visually - maybe I have something wrong with my system that I need to play this way, but games like GRAW2 (which I beta test) I can crank everything to max & it plays & looks beautiful...

[mr_centipede 31]

this is mine

Cpu = Intel p4 3.0ghz

GFX = Saphire ati X1600 256mb AGP

Memory = 1gig Kingston PC3200

Sound = SB XFI xtreme music

VD 1200m

Reso 1024x768

Terrain detail = very low (cant have grass, or i'll lag when view scope, prone)

Objects Detail = v High

Shading = v High

Postprocess = v High

Antistropic Filtering = v High

Shadow Detail = v High

Antialiasing = disabled (also FPS killer)

Blood = High

Texture Detail = Normal, Low when entering cities, because i will have texture artifacts (smashed gfx)

i love the grass, but i find a compromise to disable it and still play with pretty gfx. AA seems does nothing for me, except in forest, i will lag so much even i set AA to low. so i just disable it. still wondering why i cant set texture detail higher than normal. maybe because of my RAM or Gfx memory

[Zarkan 0]

i have:

AMD athlon 2500 barton (overlock)

1 giga rama

N7600GS

Resolution:1152x864x32

Visibility:1010

Terrain detail:Normal

Objects detail:Normal

Texture detail:Low

Shaiding detail:Normal

Postprocess effects:Low

Anisotropic filtering:Disabled

Shadow detail:Normal

Antialiasing:Disabled

blood:High

In huge towns i have 15 fps boot in open place to 25 fps"if i have

luck"

[R3MF 0]

1920x1200 16:10

All performance settings maxed except AA which is on normal.

Armamark score = 1330.53

Game = always playable - i guess over 20 FPS average.

System -

C2D 6600

2x 1GB PC6400

XFX 7950GT

Gigabyte 965P DS4 motherboard

[c_hathcock 0]

Hi all, Im thinking of getting this game but I want to know If itll be worth it with the rig I have at the moment.

Specs:

Intel Core Duo E6400, full 64Bit support Dual Core. (2 x 2.13Ghz)

Graphics Card  Nvidia Geforce 256Mb 7600GT

Memory  2 GB Corsair DDR2 RAM

Motherboard  ASUS P5VD2-MX  

Hard Drive(s)  1 X Western Digital 320 GB SATA II  

DVDRW  1 X LG 16XDVDRW dual layer

PSU  550 Watt Switching PSU

Sound Card  Onboard 6 Channel Surround Sound

Windows XP

Anyone in the know let me know asap please, will I be able to run the game with the graphics looking pretty good, Dont want to bother if they are going to look poor

Thanks!

Dan

[bobriot 0]

Hi

I'm playing (actually I'm totally addicted to) ArmA on an apple imac using bootcamp, my current spec is...

1.83 ghz core duo

1 gig ram

ATI X1800 Mobile 128MB VRAM

WinXP all updated and that

I am hoping that Apple will bring out a quad core imac 24" which I think would pack the following...

2 x 2.32 ghz core 2 duo

2 gig RAM

NVIDIA 7800 256 mb VRAM

how much more fps do you all think I could get for my £1800? I have to have a mac as I love OSX but I also love ArmA as I did OFP before it. I could keep the current mac and get a gaming notebook?#

Any thoughts

[bobriot 0]

Sorry my question was a bit crap, a better way of asking is if anyone is using an intel imac 24" or macpro at the moment what config do you have and what fps are you getting?

thanks

BR

[Nebula 0]

Well... I've seen this question before here and there but I haven't seen a good enough answer.

I really need to be able to play Armed Assault on a laptop.

Please don't reply with why, or the obvious answers that desktops deliver more puch for the cash: I know. I am on the road all the time and I just NEED this game.

So...  What about this one:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2,33 GHz, 4 MB L2-cache, 667 MHz FSB)

2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)

160 GB SATA HD (5.400 rpm)

512 MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX

If not: Any suggestions ?

Thanks!!

[ziiip 1]

Well... I've seen this question before here and there but I haven't seen a good enough answer.

I really need to be able to play Armed Assault on a laptop.

Please don't reply with why, or the obvious answers that desktops deliver more puch for the cash: I know. I am on the road all the time and I just NEED this game.

So... What about this one:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2,33 GHz, 4 MB L2-cache, 667 MHz FSB)

2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)

160 GB SATA HD (5.400 rpm)

512 MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX

If not: Any suggestions ?

Thanks!!

I think it will run ArmA on mostly high settings with good performance.

Regarding the other guy's question: no, a 7600 GT is not good enough for it, sadly I experience that myself.

[c_hathcock 0]

Ok thanks for the reply, what card would you suggest?

[-Puma- 2]

Well... I've seen this question before here and there but I haven't seen a good enough answer.

I really need to be able to play Armed Assault on a laptop.

Please don't reply with why, or the obvious answers that desktops deliver more puch for the cash: I know. I am on the road all the time and I just NEED this game.

So... What about this one:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2,33 GHz, 4 MB L2-cache, 667 MHz FSB)

2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)

160 GB SATA HD (5.400 rpm)

512 MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX

If not: Any suggestions ?

Thanks!!

I think it will run ArmA on mostly high settings with good performance.

Regarding the other guy's question: no, a 7600 GT is not good enough for it, sadly I experience that myself.

well my specs:

3800+ @2600 mhz

2gb mixed ram

asus 7600gt

audigy 4 SE

MSI neo4-f

all normal

expect postprocessing low

shadows disabled

blood disabled

AA low

AF normal (ill switch those off later on)

1280x1024

15-60 FPS

and no, dont get 7600gt

I'd say wait DX10 cards, but if not 7900 series, or x1900 series would do fine.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Well, I finally finished my upgrade, except for a new sound card, but I will wait till Creative straightens itself out concerning Vista before I get one. Here she blows:

What it was:

Intel P4 HT 541 (standard: 3.4GHz) @ 3.9GHz

2GB Corsair Value Select DDR2 DC RAM (standard: 533MHz) @ 667MHz

ASUS P5AD2-E Deluxe

ASUS EN6800GTO @ God knows what.

Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS

Windows XP Pro

All stock cooled.

What it is now:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (standard: 2.4GHz) @ 3.6GHz.

2GB OCZ Titanium Alpha DDR2 DC RAM (standard: 1000MHz) @ 1200MHz - backed off from 4-4-4-15 to 5-5-5-15.

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe

ASUS EN8800GTX (standard: 576/900MHz) @ 630/1050MHz.

Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS (see above).

Windows Vista Ultimate.

ASUS Silent Square Pro used on CPU, otherwise still stock cooled.

I apologise, but I couldn't help but show off just this once.  

[USM-75R.Hspd -XO- 0]

Currently I run...

Intel P4 HT 3.0Ghz OC'd to 3.2Ghz

2GB Corsair

AGP X8 X800XL 256MB

I run 20 to 40 FPS overall on Normal settings 15 to 20 in city/forest.

I would not recommend the X1900 series of ATI to anyone really... to be honest with you ATI IMO is shit. I upgraded to the X1950PRO for about a month before deciding to take it back and go back to my X800XL, my X800 runs the same settings at the same FPS as the X1950 did. If you really want FPS and performance gain, I'd say its all in your RAM and your graphics card. Go with an Nvidia and PCI is the best bet.

My new PC is on its way. Its specs are...

*AMD 64bit 6000+ AM2 3.0Ghz

*ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP

* Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB SDRAM DDR2 800

* Asus EN8800GTX/HTDP/768M GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB PCI-Express

[Eldragon 0]

Just wanted to throw in my $0.02 worth.

I just upgraded to an ATI 1950 XT (not to be confused with a 1950PRO) and the game runs great. They are pretty reasonable at $180 now too.

I got all settings on Very High except Antialiasing on Low and Shadows on Normal with no visible slowdowns anywhere.

My Specs...

Athlon 64 X2 4200+

2GB Ram

ATI 1950XT

Windows XP x64

ArmA Version 1.06

P.S. With newer video cards their power consumption is quite high, and you will need a good power supply to get the full performance out of the card. Something worth checking out if you are not getting the performance you would expect.

[xnodunitx 0]

I could be wrong but you don't necessarily need the absolute best video card to run Armed Assault in its highest detail, as it stands right now I have-

1gb DDR2 4200 ram

pentium D dual 3.2ghz

2x 80 gig hard drives <- not that it matters

ATI Radeon x1600pro

windows XP home edition 32bit

now I know Armed Assault is not dual core supported but I do know that before I had a 2.4ghz, and now it would be running 3.2ghz, before I had trouble with mostly city area's and large forests. Even the CTI in multiplayer moves down to the map fast and loads textures quickly, it hardly ever stops for a second.

Now I can run every single setting on Armed Assault maxed out including anti alaising in city and forest area's with playable FPS, and at 1600x1200 if I wanted. At first I was having trouble but after tweaking the drivers, downloading from a website and manual update, it seems to run perfectly.

So its not necessarily that you need the highest video card, or the best ram, but a processor seems to also add a large change, going from 2.4 to 3.2 has made a load of difference. As for the power supply I think its a..ah crud, 400wat or so, I can't remember for certain.

Not to mention motherboards can be very important too, I can't remember mine exactly but I'v been told that everything and anything in hardware can make a difference.

[Nebula 0]

Yep!!

I did it: I bought my new gaming laptop ..

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 (2,33 GHz, 4 MB L2-cache, 667 MHz FSB)

2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)

160 GB SATA HD (5.400 rpm)

512 MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX

I'll let you guys know what the performance is ...

If it is bad, I'm pretty much F*cked!!!!

Lets hope it works, I just neeeeeeed to play this game!!

[spetznaz14 0]

7950GTX on a laptop nice.. should run Arma nicely.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Uh huh - that's the best specs for a laptop I've seen for a while. Nicely done.

[xnodunitx 0]

Must have been one expensive desktop...oh and everyone probably knows this, but if you have trouble with your video card, you may want to go to the website and download the latest driver and second latest, I noticed I was having trouble with every game when I got my new upgrades.

However after uninstalling the drivers, going to the website and manual updating, it seems to work like a charm.

[Nebula 0]

Well, we'll see what happens when I get it.. Keep in mind that it is a 7950 GTX GO . . I'll let you guys know offcourse..

I just cant wait!!!!!

[CzingerX 0]

Here are my specs. I went out and buyed this about 5 years ago just for OFP. Now time for another for ARMA. I can play the tutorial and watch the armory action with ease.  Singleplayer and Multiplayer are basically unplayable. Luckily I ordered a new rig. With a AthlonX2 3800 and motherboard that supports PCI Express video cards that I can build on. Still have a few weeks till then.

P4 1.8

1024 pc2700RAM

ATI 9600XT 128mb (AGP)

[guyguy1 0]

Intel P4 1.79GHz

Nvidia GeForce2 Mx 400

1 GB RAM

27GB Hard Drive

I can't run arma on this.

Wait, does having a e6600 Core 2 Duo chip slow down gameplay because ArmA can only use 1 core?

Also, where do you chance the Maxmem option for ram usage?

[xnodunitx 0]

Possibly, since the game is not dual core compatible you would be running one core, which would be a single 1.76ghz, which would make alot of sense as to why you cannot run it.

Its not because of the dual cores themselves, I have a P4 3.2ghz dual core and it runs great, but thats because its a single 3.2ghz running it.

[JustEvil 0]

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2750 Mhz, Colled by ThermalTake BigTyphoon 4 in 1

Abit KN9

OCZ Technology 2x 512MB DDR2 800 @ 916 Mhz Platinium CL4 4-5-4-15

WD Caviar SE-16 WD2500KS

Galaxy GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256Bit 630/1756 Zalman Edition 1.2ns

Topower 420W P7 U12 EZ

All setting on Very Hight.

Ground Detail: Normal

PostProccesing: Low

Shadows: Disable

AA: Hight

FPS: 15-31 max. 42

[Macker 0]

Crap, I didn't realise this topic was for posting your setups etc etc...

I ordered my new computer today;

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 x 2.4GHz)

2 Gigs of Corsair Ram

250gig SATA II hard drive

NVidia 256Mb 8600GTS Graphics card

E-MU 1212m Soundcard (craps on all consumer cards like the x-fi range)

Any ideas on how this will handle ArmA? I'd like to know what i can expect from it.