Just finished putting together my new comp

[Rexxenexx 0]

ArmA is insane on it. It has CTD a couple time already but honestly I expected it to be worse. One thing I experienced -and fully expected- is the amount of RAM Vista64 uses. It's ridiculous. Having Media Player, and FTP app DLing, uTorrent DLing, ArmA, TrackIR and other device stuff running netted 1780MB+ of RAM being used.

I built the new computer specifically for 3DSMAX 2008, After Effects, and Painter. My budget was $2000 and I ended up spending about $1700. I honestly think I made a big miscalculation on how much RAM I REALLY need! I had the budget for more RAM! If you guys are building a Vista64 comp INVEST in as much RAM as you can buy. It's not like Vista is wasting it, ITS USING IT PROPERLY! Everything is snappy and smooth! Anyone else have the same experience?

[echo1 0]

Vista 64 seems to like crashing alot, or so I hear. Do you have an old copy of XP lying around?

[Rexxenexx 0]

Vista hasn't crashed once on me. I think most peoples crashes are because they either don't know how to setup the BIOS, don't download the proper Drivers, or they install over XP. I blame people in general because I have the exact opposite experience from what I've read for months - since Vista launched. Or maybe M$ fixed those issues? It took @-30 min to install Vista and right after I did a windows update which all the files were 900+MB most of which were critical updates.

My experience is awesome so far. I don't listen to the news but I do take legit high-end gamer sites for their word and what I've heard is true. Make sure your stuff is compatible with each other based on the MOBO on up then make sure everything has Vista64 drivers and apps. I did my homework and it paid off, I only wish I got 2X2GB sticks instead of 2X1GB sticks. I'll order two more and fill it up since it's about $40 with rebate.

[kavoven 4]

I only have Vista 32 bit but running it with 3072 mb Ram and I can have WoW and CS running parallel with absolut no problems... Under XP and with 2048 mb ram I even had problems with WoW+rnd programms like Winamp...

[echo1 0]

If you search Vista 64bit on this forum, you'll find links to dozens of people having various problems with it and ArmA. Just because it works with some programs doesnt mean that it will work with all of them.

Personally my experience with Vista wasnt impressive - all it did was hog up resources and change around the layout in some really random and arbitrary ways, and yet it didnt have any serious benefit over XP to justify this.

[december 0]

Never a ctd here with Vista 32bit, 2GB ram. With the same hardware I get an average 5fps drop from XP to Vista.

[Rexxenexx 0]

If you search Vista 64bit on this forum, you'll find links to dozens of people having various problems with it and ArmA. Just because it works with some programs doesnt mean that it will work with all of them.

Personally my experience with Vista wasnt impressive - all it did was hog up resources and change around the layout in some really random and arbitrary ways, and yet it didnt have any serious benefit over XP to justify this.

OK you made your point.

So far today I installed BF2, BF2142, and GRAW. All are working perfect (+30fps/no lag) w/ cranked settings.

For ArmA I settled with:

Res=1680X1030

Vis=5000

Ter Detail=low

Obj Detail= Normal

Tex Detail= Very High

Shading Detail= Very High

Post=Low

Aniso=Normal

Shadow Detail=Normal

AA=Disabled

Blood=High

This gives me good performance, stability, and visual quality in MP. Hasn't CTD yet but I expect it to sometime. It still lags when trying to either swap textures or LOD's but as long as you are on your feet and not flying around you don't notice it.

[Sevan 0]

I haven't had any major vista crashes at all. I can't say more or less then under xp. I did have alot of CTD issues when playing ArmA early on, but maxmem and driver updates have completely fixed that. I also haven't had any RAM issues either. In fact a few times, I have had OPF and ArmA open at the same time. But when I'm playing a game, I make sure to turn off all non-essential programs. I don't know why you would have media player open while also have ArmA playing.

[Rexxenexx 0]

I don't know why you would have media player open while also have ArmA playing.

I wasn't really thinking about it. I just was going through motions testing things out. I just copied all my music over and clicked "play all" on the top of the Music folder window. I continued to do other stuff including testing out ArmA. I've since played ArmA from a fresh restart and theirs no difference.

I don't think performance is an issue anymore with the new comp. Now it's on BIS to really fix ArmA's memory leak...

[Placebo 12]

I don't see what this has to do with ArmA general? Seems to be about your new PC not ArmA? In which case the pinned PC thread in OT is where you should continue