Arma 2 Video Memory Issue

[Daykeras 10]

In Arma 2 I can only set video memory to Normal, which is frankly small for my vga card.

Specs:

Windows 7 64

I7 920 2.67ghz

6GB DDR3

Nvidia GTX 275 with 1792mb of dedicated onboard ram

That last bit is the key here.

Textures keep loading in and out, and I'd like it if more could be kept in ram.

I cannot set Texture Detail or Video Memory above Normal.

Any and all help appreciated.

[.kju 3245]

Do you use the latest beta patch?

Which GPU driver version?

[Daykeras 10]

I am running driver 195.62.

Does the beta driver perform better?

Edit:

There is no Beta driver currently.

[jw custom 56]

I am running driver 195.62.

Does the beta driver perform better?

Edit:

There is no Beta driver currently.

He is talking about the beta patch of ArmA 2 :)

Edited December 5, 2009 by JW Custom

[Daykeras 10]

I am running version 1.04.59026 of Arma 2

Edit: Installed and ran Beta patch 1.04.60899 and it still did not allow me to set Texture or Video Memory to anything other than Low or Normal.

Edited December 5, 2009 by Daykeras

[dogz 10]

as you cant set it to default edit your config file to something equal to or less than 1792MB then change its properties to read only to test

eg 1024 x 1024 x 1792 = 1879048192

my 1g card runs very smooth and stable at 1010MB which is less than 1gig but what A2 allocates when I use default setting

[Daykeras 10]

I'll try 1500, it was apparently set to 256 :(

The game still says "Normal"

Textures are still popping in and out.

Edited December 5, 2009 by Daykeras

[dogz 10]

yep have seen guys reporting as low as 6megs...lol

[Daykeras 10]

Doesn't help, that apparently isn't overriding the setting in game, or it's not being used.

[jw custom 56]

Doesn't help, that apparently isn't overriding the setting in game, or it's not being used.

Try make the file read only after manually editing it!

[dogz 10]

as you cant set it to default edit your config file to something equal to or less than 1792MB then change its properties to read only to test

eg 1024 x 1024 x 1792 = 1879048192

my 1g card runs very smooth and stable at 1010MB which is less than 1gig but what A2 allocates when I use default setting

already tried that... seems he has another worse issue I would uninstall game then reinstall

edit: check that you have single display performance mode enabled in Nvidia cp or try less than 1 gig

Edited December 5, 2009 by dogz

[Daykeras 10]

I edited it, manually, and made it read only. No effect as far as I can tell. I will try again.

Edit: No effect. It might as well have not done anything.

Edited December 5, 2009 by Daykeras

[dogz 10]

I assume you have maxmem=2047 and mod=beta set in startup parameters and you have installed the latest DirectX update:

"C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\beta\arma2.exe" -maxmem=2047 -nosplash -world=empty -mod=beta

Start in should be set to "C:\Program files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2"

check post by Sloop he had exact same prob pm him see if he sorted it...

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=76908&page=2

check your nonLocalvram is set to something more than 512 megs

below is my config for a 1g 9800gt set yours similar and see what happens.

language="English";

adapter=-1;

3D_Performance=100000;

Resolution_Bpp=32;

Resolution_W=1680;

Resolution_H=1050;

refresh=60;

Render_W=1680;

Render_H=1050;

FSAA=3;

postFX=0;

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=3;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=2;

HDRPrecision=8;

lastDeviceId="";

localVRAM=1059983104;

nonlocalVRAM=527433727;

Windowed=0;

winX=16;

winY=32;

winW=1680;

winH=1050;

winDefW=1680;

winDefH=1050;

edit... mistake in previous post should have been: check that you have single display performance mode enabled in Nvidia cp

Edited December 5, 2009 by dogz

[Daykeras 10]

I just did a fresh install of windows 7, everything else mentioned has stayed the same. The video in nvidia cpanel is set to single display performance mode. No change in game, still only says Low and Normal.

When I add all the different switches, it _still_ only gives those two options. Does the game ever redetect hardware when I do these changes, or do I need to do some registry trick to make it redetect?

[dogz 10]

I think you would only need to restart game to refresh all settings.

you may also need these in your startup parameters as you have W7 and an I7

-winxp

-cpuCount=4

also some with your cpu had to turn off Hyperthreading in bios.

This is a link to BI info on startup cmd line

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma2:_Startup_Parameters

also check your profile in \ArmA 2 Other Profiles\"yourname"

see what this texture mem is set to...heres mine for default texture setting:

"yourname".Arma2Profile

TexMemory=4

Edited December 6, 2009 by dogz

[Daykeras 10]

my texmemory is 1

[dogz 10]

yeah well thats no good change it to 4 also you may want to read this thread

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=88632

[Daykeras 10]

None of those settings are doing anything for me, and changing vram or texram does not result in any ACTUAL game changes.

The short of it is my game doesn't appear to detect or support the GTX 275 1792mb ram version. This is causing it to see it as something else and it's forcing limited ram on me. That's my guess.

Edited December 6, 2009 by Daykeras

[Daykeras 10]

Still have no solution for this problem.

Can anyone tell me why Arma 2 refuses to offer Video Memory options above Normal? If I knew what prevented Arma 2 from offering those, maybe I could work around the issue.

[bushlurker 46]

I think I read somewhere that viewdistance settings can determine what video memory settings are available... try setting viewdistance to something like 2000m - ok and exit game - restart and see if you have all the options available... vaguely remember reading that somewhere

As far as the figures for memory in the arma2.cfg are concerned - they're just the autodetect routine reporting... changing those numbers has no effect whatsoever...

Theres been loads of discussions about all these issues over the months - heres a post about the various videomemory settings and what we guess they mean and what they do - we think...

B

Edited December 11, 2009 by Bushlurker

[Daykeras 10]

The problem I have is I don't have the options of High, Very High, or Default. I want those options.