Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications.

[lapa 1]

I sincerely hope my PC can run it. I just upgraded it. When Arma I came, I upgraded my computer to meet Arma's recommended system requirements, but the game was still basically unplayable. I hope things are different this time.

My rig:

Quad 9550

2GB DDR2 800 MHz

GeForce GTX 285 OC

Win XP

[mant3z 1]

how the hell do you manage with your comp to play in high @ 1920.

I can barrely play in 1680 on high with my comp (with decent FPS during big battle I mean)

And I do have 7 too

I've got better graphic card with switch button for hardware O/C which is enabled all the time :)

@3.2GHz on each core, as far I know there is no support for quad cores in ArmA1, so my processor is better then yours.

Also I've got one of the best mobos for X2 64

This should make difference.

Did you update your drivers for ATI, there are beta drivers for W7.

[BEEJ24 10]

AMD Phenom 9600 quad

8GB DDR2 (4 x 2GB all paired)

BFG 8800GTX OC

Vista x64 home premium

[rafo23 10]

Intel Quad Q6600 - 2.4GHz

8800 Ultra

4GB RAM

Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Shall this be enough?

By the way, does A2 support those double GPU's? I'm considering getting a GTX295 or whatever its called.

[Steakslim 1]

A2 I believe should support SLI configurations. As for cards with dual gpu's, that's entirely up to the card's drivers, not A2, so yes it should run fine off of a gtx295 pending if it has good driver support from nvidia, which I imagine they've got their act together with their dual gpu cards after all this time.

As for your 8800ultra. While it's an older card now, it's still one hell of a cards, so I say you should be okay with it till you decide to upgrade, if you choose to.

Edit: Oh and that Q6600 should be fine, it better, since I have the same processor lol.

[echo1 0]

;1287052']AMD Quad 9500

GF 8800GT

3Gb ram

Vista 32

Please say i can play..I cant afford an upgrade in a near future...

I'd say it would be good enough for ArmA II. Certainly meets recommended specs.

[SnR 1]

8400 3.6ghz

4gb ram

4870 1GB

All im interested in is that this Time ATI cards have the same color scheme

no more Pale faces:rolleyes:

[mant3z 1]

I'll try to help you with my weak English :rolleyes:

I've make summary of all informations about hardware requirements.

Sooo... if You have:

Dual core processor 3.0GHz or quad core processor 2.66GHz with good graphic card like this below:

GTX 295 | HD 4870 X2

GTX 280, GTX 285 | HD 4850 X2

9800 GX2, GTX 260, GTX 275 | HD 4870, HD 4890

8800 GTX, 8800 Ultra, 9800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, GTS 250 | HD 3870 X2, HD 4850

You can sleep well, and don't upgrade your hardware before release!

Just read this article:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-graphics,2296.html

After game release, check if it is OK for you... if not, read Tom's Hardware article again and draw conclusions... you will save the money, time, nerves and your nervelessness :D

[boomar. 10]

I'll try to help you with my weak English :rolleyes:

I've make summary of all informations about hardware requirements.

Sooo... if You have:

Dual core processor 3.0GHz or quad core processor 2.66GHz with good graphic card like this below:

GTX 295 | HD 4870 X2

GTX 280, GTX 285 | HD 4850 X2

9800 GX2, GTX 260, GTX 275 | HD 4870, HD 4890

8800 GTX, 8800 Ultra, 9800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, GTS 250 | HD 3870 X2, HD 4850

You can sleep well, and don't upgrade your hardware before release!

Just read this article:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-graphics,2296.html

After game release, check if it is OK for you... if not, read Tom's Hardware article again and draw conclusions... you will save the money, time, nerves and your nervelessness :D

You forgot the 8800GT and 9800GT, both better than 8800GTX n stuff.

[mant3z 1]

You forgot the 8800GT and 9800GT, both better than 8800GTX n stuff.

Sorry but you are wrong.

Check the hierarchy section.

[boomar. 10]

Sorry but you are wrong.

Check the hierarchy section.

Yeah just been looking into this, but yeah i dont like tooms website.

Been looking at there benchmarks and stuff.

They had the 8800GT and said they only got 55fps on high settings with hawx, aa and af on, at 1650 x 1050. Yet my system with an 8800GT gets 65-75 fps with same settings. Meh.

[mant3z 1]

Yeah just been looking into this, but yeah i dont like tooms website.

Been looking at there benchmarks and stuff.

They had the 8800GT and said they only got 55fps on high settings with hawx, aa and af on, at 1650 x 1050. Yet my system with an 8800GT gets 65-75 fps with same settings. Meh.

Everything can make difference.

Heat in your room, cooling system, kind of manufacturers, kind of operation system, driver and bios versions... etc.

I spend a lot of time on sites like Tom's Hardware (most in my language) and I think TH is very fair/honest to us.

Two times I've build my PC according to their articles and I'm and I've been always happy.

I didn't spend too much money and I can play ArmA1 (high details) in 1920 x 1200 resolution.

[ChaK_ 10]

I've got better graphic card with switch button for hardware O/C which is enabled all the time :)

@3.2GHz on each core, as far I know there is no support for quad cores in ArmA1, so my processor is better then yours.

Also I've got one of the best mobos for X2 64

This should make difference.

Did you update your drivers for ATI, there are beta drivers for W7.

yeah I took 9.4.

anyway just come arma 2, quad support:p

[echo1 0]

Yeah just been looking into this, but yeah i dont like tooms website.

Been looking at there benchmarks and stuff.

They had the 8800GT and said they only got 55fps on high settings with hawx, aa and af on, at 1650 x 1050. Yet my system with an 8800GT gets 65-75 fps with same settings. Meh.

I assume of course that you have the exact same system as Tom's Hardware's one?

[mant3z 1]

yeah I took 9.4.

anyway just come arma 2, quad support:p

9.5 are the newest.

64bit

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?driver=VideoCard/win7-64-suite

32bit

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?driver=VideoCard/win7-32-suite

Edited May 21, 2009 by mant3z

[ChaK_ 10]

great thanks :)

edit : downloaded and tested.

Might be a little fluider than 9.4, but I didn't have bench tools.

Edited May 21, 2009 by ChaK_

[Sunni 0]

my system specs,

AMD Dualcore 6400+ Black Edition

ATI EAX1900XTX 512 MB

ADATA 4GB 800 DDR2 Ram's

Soundblaster XI FI XTREME GAMER 5.1

[ChaK_ 10]

seeing this picture : http://www.armaholic.com/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-arma2_505_press_event_london_2_small.jpg

there are optimal hardware requirement. Do you think it means "all at max" rig?

[Bush 0]

seeing this picture : http://www.armaholic.com/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-arma2_505_press_event_london_2_small.jpg

there are optimal hardware requirement. Do you think it means "all at max" rig?

That’s the spec you need to play the game at decent settings, you need the same spec to play ArmA1 at decent settings. To play ArmA2 at very high settings you will need a much better PC than that in the optimal requirement.

[ChaK_ 10]

wasn't arma 2 supposed to be more optimised?

[NeMeSiS 11]

wasn't arma 2 supposed to be more optimised?

Yes, and what was gained with the optimization is used by the better graphics and stuff like microAI. :p

[ChaK_ 10]

damn my 4850 512mb won't be high enough for very high texture then

*cries a little*

[maddogx 13]

damn my 4850 512mb won't be high enough for very high texture then

*cries a little*

For high textures you'll probably want a card with 1024MB. Perhaps a Radeon HD4890 or an NVidia GTX280 for best performance.

[hugo2020 0]

Hi,

do you think this CPU makes hot different ingame ARMA 2?

Coreâ„¢2 Quad Prozessor Q9400 (2,66 GHz)

Coreâ„¢2 Duo Prozessor E8500 (3,16 GHz)

bye,

[Snake Man 407]

I tried to read this topic but after 5-6 pages of nonsense (to me, related to my question) I stopped.

I have problem that I cant afford to buy normal/good ArmA 2 computer, so I need to stick with something that barely runs it that I can start to mod it.

Its said that you need dual core CPU and GPU with Shader Model 3 with 256mb RAM.

What would be the bare minimum hardware (brand, model etc) with those specs today?