asmorrey1 10 Posted June 23, 2009 Hi there, my rig specs are as follows: pentium 4 D 3GHZ 4GB ram radeon 4870HD I'm running on windows seven 7100 build. Anyways, played the boot camp no problems. On playing the full campaign i have really stuttery problems when turning. It's really annoying. I know my processor needs updating but i can play empire total war on mid to high. The strange thing is that even on realy low settings, visually the game is reduced which is fair enough however i still have the same problems. Anyone got any suggestions? Anyone playing with a similar rig and play ok? Thanks for any help in advance, regards, Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted June 23, 2009 Hi there, my rig specs are as follows:pentium 4 D 3GHZ 4GB ram radeon 4870HD ... you didnt say the real spec... your display res, i find one 4870 to be ok at 1024.768 with 150%~ fill rate and high settings, any higher res i have to adjust the settings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 24, 2009 ah sorry about that, i was playing at a higher resolution than that. i had started messing about with resolutions will try those. thanks for the help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 24, 2009 Sadly this doesn't seem to change things for me :( i'll try and start a new game to see what happens, as it is suggested when you patch the game. Fingers crossed although i don't think it will make much difference. Is this my computer or the game do you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobalt_UK 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Pentium 4? Seriously you wanna ditch that cpu asap. Pentium 4's architecture is absolutely appalling compared to the next step up, which is a Core 2 Duo. You could easy pick up a decent C2D, & 775 motherboard for next to nothing on ebay. Would make a HUGE difference combined with your 4870. Especially since Arma 2 is extremely cpu dependent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-DirTyDeeDs--Ziggy- 0 Posted June 24, 2009 I suggest you look at your MBs site for supported CPUs. :confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 24, 2009 aaah ok, thanks. I realise that my processor is old but i have just been soldiering on really haha suppose i'm going to have to face the obvious and get new CPU. I was thinking of core 2. I think my motherboard can support it. It's 775. My motherboard is: Foxconn 945 7MA Series How would i check what processors are compatible? thanks for the help so far guys :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odjob 0 Posted June 24, 2009 As far as i can see on:http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/unmake_list.aspx There are only 945G7MA available for 775 socket, unfortunately they dont seem to support Core2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 24, 2009 hi, thanks for checking that out. Oh dear looks like i'll need a new mobo as well then. I can feel the cost adding up already! I think i might check out the scan website see what i can find on there. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigabyte-GA-EP43-DS3L-iP43-Express-S-775-PCI-E-20-(x16)-DDR2-1600-1200-1066-800-SATA-II-ATX something like that maybe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odjob 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Have you checked prices for a i7 system? Might be too expensive though to buy mobo/processor/memory. The C2D is still good enough but if the prices for a i7 system has droped (are about to drop) it will be more "future proof" i belive, it all comes down to how much of that hard earned cash one is willing to burn on a computer :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surtr52 10 Posted June 24, 2009 Get a E8400 and a Gigabyte mobo for ~250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobalt_UK 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Get a Ds3 from ebay like this :- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gigabyte-945P-DS3-mATX-LGA-775-Motherboard-SND-LAN_W0QQitemZ180363608341QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motherboards_CPUs?hash=item29fe824115&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1690%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 Intel Core 2 Duo 6700 :- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=160344150686 Thats £95 pound in total for the cpu and motherboard. As long as you've got some ddr2 ram, you're good to go. Should see a huge jump in performance for such a modest amount of cash. See what other folks say though. Somone might suggest a better alternative for that amount of cash. Good luck anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 25, 2009 Hi thanks guys. Those suggestions are a good start will just have to do a good bit of research now me thinks. But to be honest i don't need to spend that much to improve on what i've got now haha thanks again guys! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MachoMan 0 Posted June 25, 2009 To be honest those suggestions are not really needed!, the games runs quite well on my pentium D 930. It might run worse if you have a pentium d 8**, they perform a bit worse. I only have 3gb of RAM and use a gf9600, which is OC-ed. Anyway, I can play the game on (all) high settings at 1280 * 1024, view distance 1800, with a fillrate of 100% with only the occasional hiccup. I advice you clean up your machine (do defrags, get some free diskspace, etc, etc.) before considering upgrading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 25, 2009 hmm ok that's interesting. The thing is with the whole clean your system approach is the sad fact that i only installed windows 7 the other week! :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MachoMan 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Are you running any background tasks, how much memory do they eat up? Look at those kind of things. For example what virusscanner are you running? Try disabling it and run the game again, does that make a difference? Ow and btw, I run it on winXP. I'm not sure if that makes a difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-)rStrangelove 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Go for Quad cores @ 3Ghz at least, and leave fillrate at 100%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richieb0y 0 Posted June 25, 2009 ur cpu is holding your videocard back buy(if you can) a new CPU and unleash the beast i mean overal not just for arma2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asmorrey1 10 Posted June 25, 2009 I'm running avg will disable that while playing see what difference it makes. I think i'm just going to go for a cheapish mobo that can support an ok cpu. when i got the new graphics card i knew i would need a cpu upgrade at some point had just been hoping it wouldn't have to be so soon! haha oh well was thinking maybe E8400... ---------- Post added at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:46 PM ---------- ok guys thanks for all the friendly tips and advice. In the end I have decided to upgrade. Going for new mobo to support an e8200. Went for the slightly cheaper option than the e8400 cause basically the only difference is slightly slower and runs at higher temp. no skin off of my nose. yay just got to wait till monday now! haha thanks again guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
