koroush47 10 Posted June 5, 2009 Pretty hard to build without buying some hardware. Unless you're really really 1337 :P Is that suppose to be some kinda clever answer or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rowdied 44 Posted June 6, 2009 Resolution:1600x1050 Video memory:very high Turn down your resolution and video memory. Also try Kegety's fix here http://www.armaholic.com/ for no blur no bloom effect. It might increase your frames somewhat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m5holmez 10 Posted June 7, 2009 Please tell me what's your secret of optimizing the PC setup in a way that gives such a good performance on low end CPU like yours ? :DI'm really struggling here trying everything i know and best so far is normal details 1280 x 1024 running with average 10-20 fps. Empty game world run at 40-70 fps, but with AI in it really stutters. What system are you running? First of all have a read of this it really helped although i ran a higher fillrate http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=54369#54369 Then try this disable motion blur and bloom http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5851 Also if your running a single core CPU with at least 3.0ghz if its a good one try overclocking it will defintely help, just make sure you have suitable cooling and dont go overboard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Potatomasher 0 Posted June 7, 2009 What system are you running? First of all have a read of this it really helped although i ran a higher fillrate http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=54369#54369Then try this disable motion blur and bloom http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5851 Also if your running a single core CPU with at least 3.0ghz if its a good one try overclocking it will defintely help, just make sure you have suitable cooling and dont go overboard. My specs are in my sig. I wrote this to the other thread, but i think this is very important fact to notice by BIS so i put it here aswell. In forests or fields where there are no buildings near i got 20+ fps even with very high/high settings, but as soon as there is buildings near my fps drops to unplayable. 5-15 fps. Even when i put everything to low i got similar fps under 20 I have now tried everything from the day i bought Arma2 and now i'm pretty sure the game needs optimizing a lot. Otherwise low details should have impact on performance. Now it doesn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m5holmez 10 Posted June 7, 2009 My specs are in my sig.I wrote this to the other thread, but i think this is very important fact to notice by BIS so i put it here aswell. In forests or fields where there are no buildings near i got 20+ fps even with very high/high settings, but as soon as there is buildings near my fps drops to unplayable. 5-15 fps. Even when i put everything to low i got similar fps under 20 I have now tried everything from the day i bought Arma2 and now i'm pretty sure the game needs optimizing a lot. Otherwise low details should have impact on performance. Now it doesn't. Well even in the cities i have a playable framerate, it does drop but not to the extent that its unplayable. Your system should be running it fine maybe its windows 7 but i doubt it. Then i again i only tested it breifly on my old machine it was a saved game in the campaign near gorka, i went into town and it was stable even after a few chedaki's engaged us :) Hopefully the patch coming with the 505 version will fix most issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heatseeker 0 Posted June 7, 2009 Some dude somewhere around here said he doubled his frame rate when he upgraded his OS from W7 to XP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan80 10 Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) i'm on vista 32bit - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ , 2gb ram, ATI HD3870 512MB in the manhatten mission i could only get an average FPS of around 10-12 is that normal? i don't think my system is that bad. Edited June 7, 2009 by ryan80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Potatomasher 0 Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) i'm on vista 32bit - Athlon dual core 4200 , 2gb ram, ATI HD3780 512MBin the manhatten mission i could only get an average FPS of around 10-12 is that normal? i don't think my system is that bad. It's normal. Try the Armoury and load some vehicle in chernogorsk and drive around. Surprise! Your fps is stable 20+ all the time. Something in AI kills the framerate totally in this game. Hard to believe that calculating the AI movement is so much CPU killer... At first i thought that in the mission where you assault the Chernogorsk capital it is the town which affects the fps, but after playing with the editor and armoury i think it's the AI. Edited June 7, 2009 by Potatomasher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan80 10 Posted June 7, 2009 It's normal.Try the Armoury and load some vehicle in chernogorsk and drive around. Surprise! Your fps is stable 20+ all the time. Something in AI kills the framerate totally in this game. Hard to believe that calculating the AI movement is so much CPU killer... At first i thought that in the mission where you assault the Chernogorsk capital it is the town which affects the fps, but after playing with the editor and armoury i think it's the AI. yes i just tried that. my fps was much better in Armory mode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brit~XR 0 Posted June 7, 2009 Well I was so excited about ARMA 2 and all so I bought the German version (while I'm in Canada =p)(digital). I set it up and all and I was experiencing a lot of lag but I was like "oh, i just have to set the graphics options first" so I did but still... I will get around 10 fps with no scripts or anything just me in the editor with these settings: Blah means using advanced settings or useless to know. Visibility: 1600 Quality:blah Fillrate:88% Resolution:1600x1050 Texture detail:low Terrain detail:low pp effects:low Video memory:very high objects detail:very low AF=off Shadows detail:low Now before I bought this game I thought my computer could handle this at medium high to medium low which are decent to me. I can even run games like Crysis or Farcry 2 on medium high to high with no problem so I don't know what's going on here. Anyways here are my comp specs (laptop) Acer 8920g Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz 3Gb RAM Vista home premium 32bit NVIDIA Geforce 9500m GS Directx 10 supported I have no junk whatsoever on my comp, I only use it for games and it's practically empty. Anyone know why this is happening? Your system is crap to be honest. Atleast for a game like arma2. Was gonna say it sounds like you using laptop then i noticed you had laptop acer 8920 above. I have asus g50 t4750 @ 2.0ghz and 9700, gt and would never think about runing arma 2 on it Im using core i7 920 with gtx 275 for arma 2 and even tho it runs fine on most settings it could be alot better so i either get 2nd gtx 275 sometime or wait for the new dx11 cards to come out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
