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

[GOLGO_13 10]

Hey guys!

I finally got an EVGA GTX 570 with 2.5GB VRAM, but I'm not sure about which PSU would be enough for a future SLI.

My specs:

CPU: I5 2500K (@ 3.7 Turbo)

Mobo: Asus P8P67-M PRO

RAM: 2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600.

I used this PSU calculator to have an idea of how much power is required: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine.

Minimum PSU Wattage: 720 W

Recommended PSU Wattage: 770W

Is this PSU calculator any good, or should I use other way to find out how much power is necessary?

Thanks!

[bangtail 0]

You might well get away with 750w, but IMHO you want at least ~100w headroom, so you are looking at 850w (or higher).

Edited December 5, 2011 by BangTail

[BasileyOne 10]

basically right.

but note, that Arma2 is ONLY[aside CAD/CAE stuff] project/product, that [seriously]benefited from 2Gb or more on-board video memory on you GPU card.

[bangtail 0]

basically right.

but note, that Arma2 is ONLY[aside CAD/CAE stuff] project/product, that [seriously]benefited from 2Gb or more on-board video memory on you GPU card.

Just stop talking already, I see you spouting nonsense in multiple threads.

There are plenty of games that will push over 2GBs of VRAM these days.

Edited December 5, 2011 by BangTail

[BasileyOne 10]

Just stop talking already, I see you spouting nonsense in multiple threads.

There are plenty of games that will push over 2GBs of VRAM these days.

what wrong w/you? bad day?

hm, hardly can call them "many" aside Arma2 ? can you enumerate yours ?

personally im noticed only Crysis1 with extreme quality modification and AvP in DX11 mode.

but Arma2 beat them ALL.

[bangtail 0]

No, I'm tired of you spreading misinformation.

Edited December 5, 2011 by BangTail

[Leon86 13]

what wrong w/you? bad day?

hm, hardly can call them "many" aside Arma2 ? can you enumerate yours ?

personally im noticed only Crysis1 with extreme quality modification and AvP in DX11 mode.

but Arma2 beat them ALL.

Try bf3, that thing eats vram, also because there's probably a browser+windows aero running in the background.

In many games there's no benefit but if you run out it's very annoying.

[grillob3 11]

Hey BangTail do you have arma 2 in both rigs? Does the i7 3930K perform better in arma 2?

Thanks.

[bangtail 0]

About the same tbh.

[grillob3 11]

I thought intel would bring something new and powerful! :(

[bangtail 0]

It is, just not for gaming because developers, for the most part, don't utilize the available horsepower.

You have to remember that most games don't even make use of 4 cores properly at this point (there are some exceptions such as Frostbite 2). This is changing but SB-E is a workstation platform and is not aimed at gamers.

[sw1 10]

Alienware M11X R3
i5 2467M
1GB GT540M
8GB 1333MHZ RAM

Vanilla Arma 2 (Arrowhead NOT installed)

Averages about 30fps on high settings @ 1366 x 768

With a minimum of 18fps in the most demanding moments

Playable.

Just thought I'd post this information regarding my laptop in case anyone is interested in buying an Armatop.

[grillob3 11]

So if i wanna upgrade should i get a LGA 1155 or LGA 2011? 2011 have 6 cores and performs about the same as 1155 for games? And will be able to upgrade to IB-E? Its manly for games.

I read somewhere that arma 3 will support 6 cores!

[PuFu 4591]

So if i wanna upgrade should i get a LGA 1155 or LGA 2011? 2011 have 6 cores and performs about the same as 1155 for games? And will be able to upgrade to IB-E? Its manly for games.

For games, get the 1155 i5 or i7. There is no true gains from LGA 2011 CPUs for games, especially BIS

I read somewhere that arma 3 will support 6 cores!

Doubtful, and there is no official word on the matter either way.

Besides, before BIS takes the step to support 6 true cores , they need to be able to take advantage of the virtual cores = threads available in most of today's CPUs (intel anyways).

That said, at this very moment, besides Frostbyte, there is no other game engine out there that supports hyperthreading.

I can tell you now, that there is hardly any difference between my i7 2600k(4c/8t) and i7 970(6c/12t) (both clocked at same speed, same OS and plenty of ram to spare) regarding A2.

[humvee28 10]

I´m still on my old 775 System :

http://www.sysprofile.de/id115788

ArmA runs pretty well on that. But to be honest : i have no clue on what Platform i should change next time. It should be Intel for shure, but the Market is so f**** fast now, that it is really difficult to find the right Parts for myself. :D

[grillob3 11]

so my i7 920 oc to 4.3 is good enough for the next 2 years?

[special_air_service 10]

so my i7 920 oc to 4.3 is good enough for the next 2 years?

yeah, it would be sufficient for at least 2 years ahead :)

[sw1 10]

so my i7 920 oc to 4.3 is good enough for the next 2 years?

Perfectly capable CPU, you've just got to hope it will survive two years with that healthy 4.3GHZ overclock :D

[humvee28 10]

Overclocking doesn´t matter much. Voltages and Temperatures are more important. ;)

http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/320834.pdf (Page 22,73)

[GreenGiant 1]

Thanks everyone, it looks like I'll be bulding some sort of diorama for Christamas instead as it costs less and still has some strategic, tactical, and a lot of fun factor in it. Wish me luck! Don't worry though once I graduate boot camp I'll be building myself a snazzy gaming PC and buy ARMA 3, see you on the field in ~10 months boys. :bounce3:

[metalcraze 290]

Can anyone who moved from Core2Quad/Phenom II X4 to i5 2500k/i7 2600k tell me if and how much more their life became better?

[maddogx 13]

Can anyone who moved from Core2Quad/Phenom II X4 to i5 2500k/i7 2600k tell me if and how much more their life became better?

I went from a Q6600 to an i7 2600k and my life became better by exactly this much:

->|____________________________________________|<-

True story. ;)

In all seriousness though, there was a definite and noticable improvement, but it's rather hard to quantify. I know I was able to increase several settings in Arma2 (most noticably view distance and object detail) while still seeing better framerates.

[AL_ 10]

It would be great, if arma had some kind of built-in benchmark. I didn't notice any difference when moving from 4,2G core i3-530 to 3,8G i5-750 (and I hoped there will be noticeable increase in fps, as many people say that arma is very cpu-power hungry). My system could be bottlenecked by gtx260 however..but still..-.-

[special_air_service 10]

It would be great, if arma had some kind of built-in benchmark. I didn't notice any difference when moving from 4,2G core i3-530 to 3,8G i5-750 (and I hoped there will be noticeable increase in fps, as many people say that arma is very cpu-power hungry). My system could be bottlenecked by gtx260 however..but still..-.-

there are 2 benchmark in ArmA II :)

[AL_ 10]

there are 2 benchmark in ArmA II :)

damn, where? Are you saying that I missed anything in my favourite game? :)