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

[echo1 0]

Well enough, but it's a pretty mediocre card to pair with such a fast CPU.

[killerwhale 1]

How well would this computer run ArmA 2?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229083R

This System rocks but the video card sucks :D

What do people think about my system

Windows XP MCE SP3

CPU Q9450 @2.66 GHz

2.00 GB of DDR3 RAM

Radeon HD 4890 1 GB

will I play everything @ High Settings?

lot of people say you'll have to add more RAM

but my motherboard doesnt support any more ram.

When I bought it, I didnt know about the RAM issue it had

Now what do you think?

[echo1 0]

Are you sure it can't support more than 2GB? Is it some kind of HTPC system? Unless it can only hold one stick of DDR3, it should be able to support 4GB at least.

[S7_Mega 10]

You should do ok killerwhale, but if you overclocked your cpu to 2.8GHz-3.0GHz you will run better.

[BaseJumper 10]

This System rocks but the video card sucks :D

What do people think about my system

Windows XP MCE SP3

CPU Q9450 @2.66 GHz

2.00 GB of DDR3 RAM

Radeon HD 4890 1 GB

will I play everything @ High Settings?

lot of people say you'll have to add more RAM

but my motherboard doesnt support any more ram.

When I bought it, I didnt know about the RAM issue it had

Now what do you think?

Replace your motherboard and get a new one that can support more ram.

Also add more RAM. :p

[CinnamonPun 10]

Well enough, but it's a pretty mediocre card to pair with such a fast CPU.

does well enough mean medium-high settings?

[imrik70 10]

im not sure if this is the right section but,

i do not know if my PC is good enough to play this game

system specs:

Processor:

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

Memory:

3070MB RAM

Hard Drive:

212 GB

Video Card:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Monitor:

Generic PnP Monitor

Sound Card:

NVIDIA® nForce Audio

thanks for any reply

[S7_Mega 10]

Wrong section, but your in very good shape as long as your hard drive isn't near capacity.

[imrik70 10]

what section should i put in

[echo1 0]

Yeah. Probably more towards medium though. And it depends on what resolution you run the game at. If you're running it at 1680x1050 or lower you should be able to get a pretty nice balance of performance and quality.

[echo1 0]

There's a "System specifications" stickied thread in General. Always search before you open a thread :)

[xclusiv8 10]

I guess ill tell everyone what kind of pc i have aswell.

Q6600 @ 3.2 Ghz

4Gb Ram @ 852mz

8800GTS 512 OCed Gpu Core @ 750mhz, Shaders @ 1870mhz, Memory @ 1984mhz

Oh yeah i forgot. I run my games in 1440x900 pixels

So what do you guys think??

[Razorman 10]

You'll be fine.

[echo1 0]

How does the 4870x2 play with ArmA 2 ? and is it worth getting over the 4890?

or how about even a GTX295?

What I want to do is to upgrade my PC just to play ArmA2 at high settings, would just like to know peoples opinions / knowledge.

How does this setup sound?

Intel quad core I7 - 950

Corsair 6 GB Kit (1600MHZ)

Soundblaster XFI Fatality Champion

Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME

No point in getting a 4870X2 over a 4890. And no point in getting a i7 950 over a i7 920.

[celery 8]

Seriously man, your computer has no hope.

[Noraf 0]

the onboard sound i'm not sure about, the cpu should do fine ( i got the 8400, and have no problems with arma2 ), your gfx card i have no idea about, but i'm using a 8800gt card, and it runs very nice ( with a 3,4km view distance )

[echo1 0]

Seriously man, your computer has no hope.

Whose computer are you referring to?

the onboard sound i'm not sure about

Good thing it doesn't have anything to do with the game's speed :)

[celery 8]

Whose computer are you referring to?

OP's. It's good that he made this thread, otherwise he might have bought A2 and found out that his PC is way too weak.

[raedor 8]

Merged thread into here.

[CinnamonPun 10]

ok, thanks a lot!

i'll try to get a better graphics card then

[GenghisKhan 10]

Will my system be able to run ARMA 2 fairly well at high-ish settings?

E6750 @ 3.3Ghz

4Gb DDR2 OCZ Blade 1066Mhz

EVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked (650/1400/1065)

Windows XP 32 bit

24inch Acer 1080p monitor

[=Spetsnaz= 0]

Will my system be able to run ARMA 2 fairly well at high-ish settings?

E6750 @ 3.3Ghz

4Gb DDR2 OCZ Blade 1066Mhz

EVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked (650/1400/1065)

Windows XP 32 bit

24inch Acer 1080p monitor

yep it should be fine probably medium-high in my guess

---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

I thought you meant to say that the demo had been released already.. Damn.

How did you make your RAM slower yet your CPU faster? Does the HT link slow RAM down? And what sort of RAM are you using?

i had to drop HT to x4 and set the mhz from 800 to 667, i have 4Gb Patroit DDR2 800 Mhz. XP 32bit only recognizes 3gb

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 PM ----------

I assume it's got something to do with the multipliers. CPU speed is measured FSB / 4 * CPU Multiplier, RAM is measured FSB / 4 * RAM multiplier. In my case the stock FSB was 1066 with a 9x CPU and 3x RAM multiplier, giving me 2.4GHz CPU and 800MHz RAM. When I overclocked my CPU I upped the FSB to 1600 and lowered the CPU multiplier to 8x, giving me 3.2 GHz. If I had left the RAM multiplier on 3x that would have clocked my RAM at 1200MHz, which is obviously way too much. So I lowered the RAM multi to 2x and everything was fine.

Not sure what the case is with Russianguy's clock speeds but I guess he's having trouble with the multipliers. :)

Russianguy, would you mind posting your FSB, CPU and RAM multipliers?

let me see..

I suppose CPU Multiplier is set at x15

CPU FSB is set at 220Mhz

so 15 x 220 = 3300 but only comes up at 2993

CPU volt set at 1.401

Ram not so sure about but the HT is set at x4 and 667Mhz speed. i don't know how to find the multiplier?

---------- Post added at 10:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 PM ----------

ive been playing Crysis lately and have been playing on all high settings very well at average 25-35 but reach max as 45 and low as 20, at a 1024x768 resoultion. Im just wondering if somehow also ArmA 2 runs at similar fps?

[echo1 0]

Correct me if Im wrong (probably should know this stuff, I've been an AMD user for about four years now) but I thought the HT multiplier was only for the CPU, and that RAM speed is affected by the FSB (or whatever they call it on AMD motherboards). Are you 100% sure that your RAM isn't running at 800MHz? (ie. getting CPU-z or the like and checking it)

[=Spetsnaz= 0]

k lets see

DRAM Frequency 366.0 Mhz ?

I also checked Clock Speeds

Core Speed: 3293.8Mhz

Multiplier x15

Bus Speed: 219.6 Mhz

HT Link: 878.4Mhz

does that help?

[echo1 0]

And sure enough... it's running at ~730MHz instead of 800. Unfortunately I don't have much experience in doing heavy overclocks with the Athlon 64s. Maybe someone else will. (or you could try a forum like Overclock.net)