Is game still unoptimized?

[SPECOPx 10]

Yeah, so I bought this game when it first came out only to hop on and find out when you enter a big city it's almost unplayable. I got a i7 920 and GTX 280.

[Relemar 10]

overclock to 3ghz, then try

[SPECOPx 10]

overclock to 3ghz, then try

Need to buy a aftermarket HSF. Got that alright stock HSF.

[Relemar 10]

well im sure you can still get to 3ghz, its not a big move :) you wont even need to changee voltages. 3g

[Arma-2-Guru 55]

I've noticed a bad framerate drop in some cities such as Chernogorsk, I've got my GFX settings at a good balance now though.

[brit~XR 0]

Well my core i7 920 not overclocked and gtx 275 runs fine on big missions like warfare in the big citys so i cant see how overclocking to 3.0ghz would fix it. Maybe try lowering your video settings first

[MQ-9 Reaper 10]

I think the latest patchs have improved the performance.

If you are struggling to get decent fps on Chernarus, you can disable anti aliasing, post process and shadows in the video options.

The following mods have also helped improve my framerate :

- Vegetation Tweak Visuals + Buildings Tweak Visuals : here

- GTD mod grass : here

(Useful tool : FPS counter by Deadfast here)

[polecat.uk 11]

Yeah, so I bought this game when it first came out only to hop on and find out when you enter a big city it's almost unplayable. I got a i7 920 and GTX 280.

Did you try turning of PhysX?

I have no problems and i'm running it on 3 22" monitors on a gtx285 and a q9400 with no over clocking and everything on high-- veryhigh view at 3500 i use winxp pro 32bit

forgot the res 5040x1050

Edited September 25, 2009 by Polecat.uk
added the res

[jw custom 56]

Yeah, so I bought this game when it first came out only to hop on and find out when you enter a big city it's almost unplayable. I got a i7 920 and GTX 280.

I got i7 920(running at stock speed) and GTX 285 and never had any real issues that couldn't be overcomed by tweaking video settings! Remember lower video settings is not always equal better performance with ArmA2... weird but that what i've learned so far ;)

To your question:

Yes in my opinion it's running smoother now and i feel that with the new nvidia beta 191.03 it's even better, but i haven't had time to test if there's a boost in fps.... maybe it's all in my head :p

But it runs fine for me, just right before writing this post i tested a mission i'm in progress making and it's placed in Chernogorsk with a large number of enemy soldiers and vehicles and it runs without any problems :)