frostybits 0 Posted April 13, 2007 Hi ppl Long time lurker Registered today just so i could share my successfull performance tips from many setting changes. Firstly My specs are as follows Core2 e6600 asus p5b-e 8800 gtx (drivers beta 101.41) 4 gig of ram ddr800 vista home prem 64 bit I can not get this game stable on 105 or 105+ so am happy to play through on 104. I say happy because the demo before it and the 105 patch have instant memory performance issues, my experiance in 104 is zero memory issues with not a single crash. I have to turn my in game settings lower than I would like, but I expect this as bis and Ms are still getting their head around the new platform....it sill looks very nice. Audio Hardware:  audio  on eax :  off Video view distance: 1200 default 1280x1024 32bit Terrain: normal objects: normal texture: normal shading: normal Post effects: low Anisotropic: low Shadows: low anti A : low Blood: high Once venturing into the Campaign however the bigger built up areas gave me slow down, I got some significant boost by setting my (nvidia control panel) /Manage 3d settings / configuration to the below. Anisotropic filtering: App controlled Anti A gamma cor: off Anti A mode : app controlled Anti A setting:app controlled Anti A trans :off Con texture clamp:Use Hardware Error rep: off Ext limit :off force mips: trilinear Multi disple gpu accel: single dis pro Texture filt anisotropic: off texture filt neg lod: allow texture filt: quality Texture filt tirlinear op: on Tread op: off triple buffering: off Vertical syn: force on Now the two things to really and I mean significantly inprove performance around buildings was ...triple buffering :off  ....vertical sync: force on Just my 2 cents for those struggling with vista and 8800 cards. Hope others have a smoother experience too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirex 0 Posted April 13, 2007 hmmm, pretty sure you'll find forcing vert sync off will help, not on. oddness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frostybits 0 Posted April 13, 2007 I agree You would think it would would'nt you. But I guess you would think a computer like mine and many others would blast this game as well . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricM 0 Posted April 13, 2007 There must be something seriously wrong with Vista currently (and 8800 drivers...). What frame rate do you have on average ? If you have 60+ fair enough, because I get around 20/25 with 6600GT and 4 years old athlon 2000+ with same settings as yours except @1024*768... And Vsync off helped alot for me, as well as card settings on Performance (not quality). Maube this should be in Troubleshooting though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frostybits 0 Posted April 13, 2007 Eric I cant make myself go down to performance from quality, its a stubborn issue I have with wanting a smooth experience and pretty scenery. As for should this have been posted in trouble shooting I really just ment it as a general shout out, but as ppl reply with their issues maybe your right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirex 0 Posted April 13, 2007 lol, get someone else to do it when your not looking, you wont notice the diffrence but the frame rate will be higher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-UK 0 Posted April 13, 2007 Umm you can't force off Vsync in Vista... it stays on even if you force it off, its required for the Vista GUI... (or has Nvidia got around this?) it can be turned off in a game, so long as theres an ingame setting to disable it (not present in ArmA) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieAngel 0 Posted April 13, 2007 vista is a ressource hog really, i would avoid it for now if you can Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Tea 0 Posted April 13, 2007 vista is a ressource hog really, i would avoid it for now if you can It is not. It is emulating all, or nearly all DX9 features, it has DX10. It`s a wonder that the DX9 games work that good as they do under Vista. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
