My FPS troubles.

[Arma-2-Guru 55]

OK, I want to find out whether I should be getting more FPS than what I am, I get around 20 FPS with all settings on medium and view distance at about 1500. Here are my system specs.

Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64bit)

Pentium DuelCore CPU E5200 @2.5ghz

2GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce 9800gt

150GB HDD

Any thoughts on whether I should be getting a higher FPS?

According to my computer I have two of the same 2.5ghz cpu. Does it mean that each core is 2.5ghz?

Edited April 28, 2010 by [SAS]Monk

[no use for a name 0]

this: Pentium DuelCore CPU E5200 @2.5ghz is going to be your major chokepoint. You're going to need a faster processor.

[Arma-2-Guru 55]

He said his computer said he has two of the same processor though, so wouldn't that make it not be a choke point with him having two? (I know nothing about computers.)

[W0lle 1052]

A Dualcore CPU is not two processors. It's one processor with two cores. And yes that means each of the two cores runs @ 2.5GHz.

While it's still better than the minimum requirements but with only 2.5 GHz I would not expect too much. ArmA II depends on a fast CPU.

[Arma-2-Guru 55]

I'm not exactly computer handy but I'm really annoyed about one thing. When I came to buying the parts for the computer I didn't know what was good and what was a load of junk. So my friend who claims to be a computer know-it all writes a list of all the best parts I could get within my budget. I get all the ones he writes down and I had 75 pounds left afterwards so I assumed I had hit a really good deal. That 75 pound could of went towards a better processor, I hate that guy sometimes. Thanks anyway guys, I'll try some performance tweaks which some people have been doing.

[W0lle 1052]

Don't hate him but be happy you have one at hand who can give you a hand. :)

You could start by setting all details to medium. The game still looks pretty good even without everything set to max. The 2.5 GHz CPU ain't that crap, I run it with a 2.8 GHz quadcore with a mix of normal and high settings. Setting the postprocessing to low might help a lot.

In the end it's just finding the right balance between good performance and acceptable detail levels.

Running a 64bit OS with only 2GB RAM makes no sense though. ;)

[EDcase 87]

SASMonk, what res are you playing on? Try slightly lower res.

AntiAliasing is also a big FPS killer. Try LOW or even disabled.

Check Nvidia settings to make sure V-Sync is OFF

[Arma-2-Guru 55]

Thanks W0lle, and @EDcase I usually play on 1280x960 but recently tried 1650x? (can't remember the second res factor) it ran OK and looked fantastic, I will edit my config because I've found a few tweaks and a noBlur+noBloom mod, thanks guys.