Why won't ArmA run well?

[Fatbob 0]

Recently i bought ArmA, and I thought it would run like every other game on my PC.  I've got a Dell Precision 360 with a 2.8GhZ P4, 2.5gb of RAM, and an old GeForce FX5700 128mb.  I can run BF2 and Far Cry on pretty good settings @ 30fps.  Unfortunatly, ArmA will not run over 10fps with everything on very very low.  Is this because of my video card?  If so, could someone reccomend an AGP 4x/8x card that will run this game on medium-high?

Heres my ArmA Mark Scores:

@800x600, very low, visibility 500

1-11.3158

2-6.09756

3-7.53985

4-4.54494

5-9.10844

Overall Score-772.132

[rstratton 0]

an old GeForce FX5700 128mb. will not run over 10fps with everything on very very low. Is this because of my video card? If so, could someone reccomend an AGP 4x/8x card that will run this game on medium-high?

agp+ fx5700 im suprised ur arma will even start. sorry bob but there not much u can do without some updated hardware

[BraTTy 0]

You can run BF2 at good settings? I find that hard to believe.

We have a AGP pc w/ 7600gs 512mb and need to keep the settings low for fluid play w/BF2

I have said in the past that Arma is actually a lil smoother and can handle better than low settings.

Hard to recommend a decent video card for aging AGP system.The 7600gs was the last AGP card I will buy (I actually had a x1950gt before that but it died within 2 weeks)

I think x1950 is about the fastest you can go for AGP

I paid 130$ and I choose the GT as it will run with minimal powersupply whereas the x1950pro needs greater power supply but the pro is quite a bit faster

Is Ati hd 3850 AGP out? that maybe a good buy not sure of its performance

I paid about 70$ for the 7600gs 512mb AGP and its ok.Still wont run Arma at mid settings like you are asking

I am surprised your 5700 runs Arma at all.

For 330$ shipped I just bought my wife a :

AMD 4600+ X2 cpu,pci-e MB,Case,2 gigs Ram and a 8600gts and she is happy

This topic will get moved to offtopic

edit: I pm'd links

[mosh 0]

Quote[/b] ]I am surprised your 5700 runs Arma at all

Same here...

Newegg has a 7600 GT 512 MB AGP for about $100... although I will not speculate on what kind of results you'll get. My old cpu (AMD 3800, 2 GB DDR 400, 7600 GT 256 MB) had a PCIe 7600 and ran fine on normal settings.

I know it sucks to have to upgrade your whole system. Whatever you choose to do though, good luck.

Mosh

[Fatbob 0]

Quote[/b] ]For 330$ shipped I just bought my wife a :

AMD 4600+ X2 cpu,pci-e MB,Case,2 gigs Ram and a 8600gts

Could i have links to the parts on newegg?

[max power 21]

Any card with less than 512 megs of video ram should not even be considered to play ArmA.

[OKO 0]

my 8800GTS 320 OC doesn't agree with you