Lagging in game

[Qwero 0]

I am getting lag, eventhough I am using the recommed settings. How to fix this?

I am using:

MSI P6N Platinum (NVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI)

2x 1 gb 667 G.E.I.L. Ram

8800 GTS ( 320 MB)

Intel Duo Core E6600, 4mb Cache

Syncmaster 205BW

This overruns the recommed specification I think, how come I get lag then?

On default settings, I run at 9-25 Fps, with buildings around 15. Normally = 20. When I zoom in it drop to < 9 Fps

After a couple of minutes playing ~5min, it drops to 5-9 Fps

This is all in Default settings

[Dudester 0]

Might help if you list your ingame video settings.

[Qwero 0]

This is what I have now, running it on Normal. I think u guys all shoudl agree that the game should run a bit smoother with my system specs

[Cormega 0]

From what I understand, ArmA doesn't recognize, Duo Core, nor SLI configs...aside from that, try to take the view distance down to a wee bit under 100 (950) or whatever, this seems to give me a slight gain in FPS.

[Marines 0]

I am getting lag, eventhough I am using the recommed settings. How to fix this?

I am using:

MSI P6N Platinum (NVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI)

2x 1 gb 667 G.E.I.L. Ram

8800 GTS ( 320 MB)

Intel Duo Core E6600, 4mb Cache

Syncmaster 205BW

This overruns the recommed specification I think, how come I get lag then?

On default settings, I run at 9-25 Fps, with buildings around 15. Normally = 20. When I zoom in it drop to < 9 Fps

After a couple of minutes playing ~5min, it drops to 5-9 Fps

This is all in Default settings

I had the exact same problem on my highend system with a X1900 XTX with 512 VRAM. I had to downgrade my GPU (7900 GS OC) to increase overall preformance. Also, there are hardware preformance issues with the 8800 series concerning ArmA, and many other games.

[Qwero 0]

now its running good again :S its pretty strange, aslong as there aren't too many trees around, or zooming in with a sniper its running good

[bob1787 0]

yeah ive been having these problems for a while, it seems to be LOD problems with shadows and textures at times. its not so much ArmA having problems with 8800s as much as 8800 drivers having problems with ArmA. im current using NVIDIA beta drivers (165.01) which i had to install "properly" by removing the display adapters from device manager, booting into safe mode, using driver cleaner and then installing them. its working OK and im not having trouble with bushes anymore but i do still suffer from LOD problems when loading/creating shadows and loading textures. changing your view distance will help a little but not by as much as it should, ive disabled shadows until some "working" drivers are released

EDIT: you will probably notice as well when you stay scoped for a long time; that when you unscope the environment around you will be "untextured" and "playdoified"

[Heatseeker 0]

Thats nuts, that system should be giving you way better performance and quality.

I went testing a whole bunch of diferent settings to find out what hits performance the most. I wasnt unhappy with performance but sometimes zooming with the sights or fast changing scenes (looking around) made a small noticeable, temporary fps drop.

I tested everything.. antialiasing, texture resolution, shadows.

Threw everything all the way up and then scaled down one by one.

The guilty setting is the shadding detail if set above low because of the trees and bushes.

Post processing and shadding are the only settings i have at low .

[malik22 0]

I have the following setup

Core duo 4300@3ghz

Asus P5N E sli

2gb corsair 6400

8800gts 640mb

I can play the game maxed out at 1024 768 except view distance is default using 158.16 I think we need to wait for the game to be released in the states and for a new patch and im sure nvidia will have a fix soon after.

[Qwero 0]

hmm sometimes it goes good, today it wasnt going good on default standings :S even is i put those things u mentioned off, disabled.

Even my taskbar is doing strange, when I exit an full screen application it freezes the 0.1 sec after I close it, and I can't do anything with my taskbar after that :S

My pc is going insane -.-

[dwringer 45]

tell me about it, i think 8800 drivers and arma have to be the two buggiest pieces of software out recently

;p

that said, I think if it weren't for the 8800 drivers, arma might not seem so buggy after all, it's just overloading the feeble capabilities of these drivers...

[Heatseeker 0]

tell me about it, i think 8800 drivers and arma have to be the two buggiest pieces of software out recently

;p

that said, I think if it weren't for the 8800 drivers, arma might not seem so buggy after all, it's just overloading the feeble capabilities of these drivers...

Well i really have to disagree there, i have no problems with latest official 158.19 drivers and Arma patched to 1.5beta and no complaints other than the shadder effects making the vegetation kill my fps.

Im not talking about Rahmadi or the desert here .

[Qwero 0]

So all I have to do now, is to wait if ArmA comes with a new patch, or Nvidia with new drivers   kinda annoying :P

Btw, does anybody know how to fix the tilebar of windows? Everytime I quit a game, it saves the bar as if the game still is running, and I can't do anything with it anymore.

What did I do wrong?

Internet explorer is crashing all the time too.

[Heatseeker 0]

I think some of you are having general PC problems not associated with Arma or nvidia .

[Qwero 0]

Hmm I think i partly fixed it, redownloaded US drivers (instead of Europian ) but I still think it should run a bit smoother, but atleast its working propperly

[nth1739 0]

Quero,

It sounds like you are having some Windows OS issues. You should definitely correct those before you scrutinize your ArmA performance too much. It could turn out that Windows was the culprit all along. Focus on getting your system running smoothly and crash free, then work on optimizing ArmA.

I wish I could tell you how to fix your windows problems but it could be a million things causing your errors. When in doubt....back up....format.....re-install. Wish there was an easier way but this is what solves windows crash problem 90% of the time.

[shaggynick 0]

Qwero I was having some of the same issues when I was running the game in SLI mode using my 6800 GT's (you can force the game to run in SLI mode). The shadows are the big killer and post processing effects. I finally went out and bought a 8800 GTX OC. I downloaded the newest drivers from Nvidia both for the card and for my motherboard. It seems to be running smooth now so my problems probably had to do with the video card not able to render what I wanted it to. I would also get a ton of lag online playing coop with a friend on his server.

I have all my settings on high except shadows and a few others. I'm getting about from the 30's to 50's on FPS. I know it still isn't the performance I had hoped but considering everything the game is rendering and I play at 1280 X1024 resolution it works for me. To bad I had to spend $600 on a video card to get the performance I was looking for. I'm looking at getting another card and forcing the game to run in SLI mode to see what performance boost I get out of it.

I'll keep you posted on what I find out. I'm also going to put my old video cards in to another computer for testing purposes.

2.4 GHZ AMD 939 4800 X2

2 gigs ram

8800 GTX OC 768 MB

Asus A8N SLI

[Qwero 0]

Well problems started when I updated my motherboard drivers -.-

But I'll see I think i'll grab my old motherboard cd and reinstal the 1.0 drivers

[skokkinos 0]

Don't focus on the 8800 drivers. I don't believe that this is the actual problem even though the drivers are indeed in an early state of development.

I'm having the same issues on my Acer 9815 laptop. Intel Core2Duo T7200 (2 GHz), nVidia 7600 GS/256 mb vram, 2 GB ddr2 Ram. I notice fps loss (milliseconds of freezing) every 5-10 meters running around or looking fast in different directions. I also have problems with my USB devices. Whenever I enter the map, gear or options the game freezes for 3-5 secs and then I regain control of my mouse. The same thing happens whenever I get out of these modes (map, gear, etc.). The only workaround I found to fix the USB related problems was while ingame to unplug and then replug my USB keyboard!..

I have came to the conclusion that ArmA needs a full revision and update. I believe that the BIS programers did not take into consideration Core 2 Duo CPUs, USB peripherals conflicts, CPU thread distribution and the way textures are loading into ram.

Don't lose your time plugging and unplugging video cards. Even though you may fix a problem you still have to deal with the rest.. I gave up trying to fix all of these by myself.

And I strongly believe that these are actually bags and not hardware/driver issues because I have managed to run a lot of highly demanding applications and games (like Flight Simulator X) without any of these problems. Just the normal limits of my hardware which were already expected.

[dirtylarrygb 0]

tell me about it, i think 8800 drivers and arma have to be the two buggiest pieces of software out recently

;p

that said, I think if it weren't for the 8800 drivers, arma might not seem so buggy after all, it's just overloading the feeble capabilities of these drivers...

Well i really have to disagree there, i have no problems with latest official 158.19 drivers and Arma patched to 1.5beta and no complaints other than the shadder effects making the vegetation kill my fps.

Im not talking about Rahmadi or the desert here .

ARMA 1.05 beta + Nvidia drivers 102 or better, perfect ARMA maxed at high res 40+ STABLE FPS.

BUT

I'm running a AMD 64 4000 SINGLE CORE....

I also set shaders to normal since the 105 beta

[Qwero 0]

Well I noticed my entire PC is doing strange, it is getting laggier and laggier every start up, programms dont shut down properly. So Ill install vista ultimate soon. then I dont have to worry about DX10 games later this year :P