jazhoe 10 Posted July 3, 2009 Intel ® Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHZ 2.34 GHZ RAM: 4GB 32-bit operating system Windows Vista Nvidia G-Force 9800 GT Samsung SyncMaster P2250 monitor think it's 22/24 inch How should this run it? Just got it for my 21st birthday. If you have a 2 quad 2.33 ghz and 2.34 does that mean your computer is 4.67ghz? Where does my graphic card lie with all the others? Anything else you need to know? ta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waffen 0 Posted July 3, 2009 Hi guys Low budget here, due to other prioryties, don't ask XD current specs: CPU 3.00GHz LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 630 RAM 2GB Kingston DDR2 4200 VID 8600GT 512MB ECS GeForce GDDR2 WINXP SP3 Believe it or not that is my main 'game' PC I can run ARMA at maximum detail, all Very High @ 3000m view distance with 40-32 FPS going down to 22-25 FPS in heavy Forested areas, I'm talking only about arma as other games run superb, (cod4, cod5, il2-1946, farcry2) I can upgrade to: Coreâ„¢2 Duo E8400(C0) 3.0G (6MB,1333,Socket 775) 4GB RAM ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250, 512MB DDR3 WINXPSP3 Would I be able to run ArmA2 at, let's say, 30FPS? regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 3, 2009 ^^ This is totally seperate, calm down. This is just people comparing what settings they can get their systems running at, and at what framerate. It is nothing to do with "will my system run this". Think of it as a thread dedicated to car fans. They are not saying: "Will this engine make my car go faster?" They are saying: "With this engine I can go this fast in my car, how fast is yours?" Totally different imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo1 0 Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Intel ® Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHZ 2.34 GHZRAM: 4GB 32-bit operating system Windows Vista Nvidia G-Force 9800 GT Samsung SyncMaster P2250 monitor think it's 22/24 inch How should this run it? Just got it for my 21st birthday. If you have a 2 quad 2.33 ghz and 2.34 does that mean your computer is 4.67ghz? Where does my graphic card lie with all the others? Anything else you need to know? ta It will run it fine. Happy Birthday by the way, it's mine too today :D @waffen:It should run reasonably well. I have a slower PC and it runs fine. That said, some people have much fancier PCs and they dont run as well... Edited July 3, 2009 by echo1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bono_lv 10 Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) I was experimenting with different settings to find the best looks with acceptable performance and found something weird. Let's start with my system specification: Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 3 GB RAM 1066MHz ATI HD4870x2 Rest is not so important... My monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200, but playing at that resolution gives quite bad performance if some settings are turned to "high" or more. It's playable, but my eyes hurts after 30 minutes of gameplay. So i tried to set smaller resolution. At first i set 1680x1050. (In ATI ccc panel i set that image scales to center of monitor, so i get smaller screen, but at least resolution is correct.) Perfomance got better. It was trully playable on all settings on normal, only Post process was disabled (it fixes mouse lag for me.) and object detail to very high. After that i tried something different. I set resolution to 1600x1200 and aspect ratio to oldschool 4:3. Guess what... I got very good performance increase. Now i set all settings to very high (Post process disabled) and i have better performance than all to normal on 1680x1050 resolution. I don't see logic here... 1600x1200=1920000 pixels 1680x1050=1764000 pixels Difference is 156000 pixels... So how resolution with more pixels gives better performance than resolution with less pixels? And with better settings... My guess is that Arma 2 engine is based on Operation Flashpoint engine. At that time widescreen was not so common and game's engine natively supports 4:3 aspect ratio resolutions. Resolutions with aspect ratio 16:9 or 16:10, I think, was added later with some weird implementation. Just my guess... What do you think about it? Try yourself and please tell about your results. Just curious is that "bug" only on my system or not. :) P.S. I didn't check actual FPS increase, but I can see the performance improvement for sure. Edited July 3, 2009 by Bono_LV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted July 3, 2009 This is just people comparing what settings they can get their systems running at, and at what framerate. Which is also what the pinned thread is for...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ubascouser 0 Posted July 3, 2009 thx for the reply booga couldnt find anything though.I just wondering how all these people with I7 920s are getting over 5000 in arma mark and i can only manage 3000 could it be my HDD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rista 0 Posted July 3, 2009 Doesn't happen in my game. My monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024 and since my machine is not powerful enough for constant 30fps i run the game at 1280x800 16:10 aspect ratio with black bars top and bottom and it drastically improves the FPS for me. Maybe not the best comparison as you're running higher resolutions but the principle is the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nowyoudie 0 Posted July 4, 2009 Just upgrade my pc all installed and working fine i uprgaded my mobo ram and cpu to a core i7 920 just ran arma mark and didnt see much improvement from my dual core athlon 6000+ i got just over 3000 where my athlon would get around 2400 anyone no what could be wrong i would excpect it to be higher than this. You should probably try overclocking the i7 chip you have if you have proper cooling. That's where it shines at 3+ Ghz. ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra Pilot 10 Posted July 4, 2009 If I had a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850 what specs could I run AmeA2 on? High? Medium-high? And what view distance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbiggles 10 Posted July 4, 2009 Just did the test and have confirmed my suspicion and that is crossfire makes no difference in this game.... Did the Arma2 bench with stated settings and got: 2736 with crossfire enabled 2732 with crossfire disabled CPU - I7 920 RAM - 6GB generic HDD - Velociraptor x2 in raid 0 GPU - 4850x2 OS - Vista 64 bit RES - 1680x1050 I am now depressed, I paid several hundred dollars for an extra graphics card that is now as useful as a house brick....Specifically for this game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
=Spetsnaz= 0 Posted July 4, 2009 If I had a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850 what specs could I run AmeA2 on?High? Medium-high? And what view distance? medium-very high depending on settings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cartier90 0 Posted July 4, 2009 biggles - I got an I7 - 4 gb and a GTS250 - runs great - you should have no issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexrey 10 Posted July 4, 2009 I was just wondering if anyone has done any tests to see which OS would give the best FPS in A2. Would be interesting to see the results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 4, 2009 Xp is fastest over vista and windows 7. There are a few cases of win 7 64bit out shining xp, but its rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richieb0y 0 Posted July 4, 2009 win xp and vista are a no go for me. i say win7 is the place to be right now in xp i got 22fps vista 26fps and in win7 build 7100 i got 40+ fps. this moring i installed win7 build 7264 and set up a raid0 and i wil instal arma2 in about 10mins and check what performace i get now whit the new win7 build and raid0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo1 0 Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) I don't know if the peformance of XP is sufficiently better than Windows 7 to outweigh the fact that Windows 7 is overall a more pleasant to use and more stable (at least in my experience) OS than XP. Plus you get things like support for DX10/11 etc. Either way, don't use Vista :p @Richieb0y: I've read that the beta/RC keys don't work on that build. So don't make it your main OS. Edited July 4, 2009 by echo1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richieb0y 0 Posted July 4, 2009 @Richieb0y: I've read that the beta/RC keys don't work on that build. So don't make it your main OS. lolz search the web there alot of ways to make it ur main OS:yay: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexrey 10 Posted July 4, 2009 win xp and vista are a no go for me.i say win7 is the place to be right now in xp i got 22fps vista 26fps and in win7 build 7100 i got 40+ fps. this moring i installed win7 build 7264 and set up a raid0 and i wil instal arma2 in about 10mins and check what performace i get now whit the new win7 build and raid0 Wow that's an impressive FPS increase!!! :eek: Is this playing with bots, or were you just testing in an empty server? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mosh 0 Posted July 4, 2009 I was just wondering if anyone has done any tests to see which OS would give the best FPS in A2. Would be interesting to see the results. 224 pages of results... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drkalinium 10 Posted July 4, 2009 Just did the test and have confirmed my suspicion and that is crossfire makes no difference in this game....Did the Arma2 bench with stated settings and got: 2736 with crossfire enabled 2732 with crossfire disabled CPU - I7 920 RAM - 6GB generic HDD - Velociraptor x2 in raid 0 GPU - 4850x2 OS - Vista 64 bit RES - 1680x1050 I am now depressed, I paid several hundred dollars for an extra graphics card that is now as useful as a house brick....Specifically for this game. wouldnt get too down about it the extra card willl be a big performance boost for games alowing you to max them out and arma 2 may get multi gpu support later i think crysis for ATI cards was the same until a couple of months after release so it might of been worthwhile for arma anyhow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbal Influence 10 Posted July 4, 2009 I like how people are saying "I'm running all high settings" and forgets to mention what resolution they play with... It has huge impact on performance.My system: Q9550 3GB ram 4870x2 I have 24 inch monitor with resolution 1920x1200 but if i want Arma to look good i'm forced to use 1680 resolution... :S Right so! Even better to put the system specs into the signature - don't forget the resolution ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richieb0y 0 Posted July 4, 2009 Wow that's an impressive FPS increase!!! :eek: Is this playing with bots, or were you just testing in an empty server? i was playing a mission in the edtior but still i only get low fps in campaing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
santafee 10 Posted July 4, 2009 Buying new hardware for this game is like buying a penthouse for ur cat/dog... I still try things to make the game run better and if u take ur time its worth it. Currently running a E8400 at stock 3.00Ghz,HD 4850 and 4 Gig Ram on XP. The game runs All on very high expect Motion blur(whats a nogo for me ) and AF which takes way too much performance.If i hear peoples with I7 and stuff got problems running the game smooth, u really should see that its absolut stupid to buy new hardware,up from a good Dual Core and a card like the 9800gtx or Hd4800 series just for this game;)Im pretty sure with the next patches(if BI make some good performance tweaks) i run that game nearly maxxed out like i do ALL newest games on my rig. So i say,DONT waste ur money for new hardware JUST for this game! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{S8G}Rub!c0n 10 Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) intel i7-920 2.66 ghz 8m lga 1 tb sata 2 3.0 gb 7200 rpm hd 6 gb ddr3 pc3 pc133 asetek 120mm watercooler 120mm case fan msi x58 platinum sli crossfire intel samsung 20x dvdrw 16xdvd/52x32x52 cdrw combo coolermaster 590 case ultra cyberpower 800w power supply vista home premium 64 bit and an ati 4870 pci-e 16x 1 gb ddr5 video card.. ....and i get lag sometimes!!!!!!! 8o Edited July 4, 2009 by {S8G}Rub!c0n blah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
