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FIXED. I am happy. I am astounded. I am going to finally go play this game again. Despite the issues and arguing thus far, thanks BIS.

Vram on each card is 512mb, and running in SLI. From what I understand it should be seeing all the vram on one card in this configuration... so the full 512, which it did prior to going to 8gb.

Tried this beta patch last night. Instead of ArmA2 thinking I only have 213mb of vram, now it thinks I have 214mb. Seriously.

Dear lord. I don't know what else to say. EDIT: ... but thanks to BIS if this works and I can actually play.

Yes, but if you check your arma2.cfg while using the -winxp switch, you will likely see that your video ram is being recognized entirely incorrectly.

That has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen on these forums, and I've been here on and off for a long time. :)

That is inaccurate I'm afraid, and there's a long thread about the infamous 8GB problem in the trouble shooting forum. Mad Maximus' suggestion works, though it's rare I can be bothered going through the hassle. A decent fix would be best of course. Back on topic.

I tried OFP2 last night, and I wasn't impressed at all. It is in no way deserving of the name "Operation Flashpoint" and perhaps I'm judging it more harshly because of that fact, but it did nothing for me. I don't think it would be compared with ArmA2 at all if not for the name, it's much more like Ghost Recon and the like. Side by side I'll choose ArmA2 hands down, or I would if it would run on my 8GB system that is. As it is I think I'll go read a book.

Dude, I am in a ****ing foul mood right now and even feeling like this I offer a heartfelt thank you for that little tidbit of information. Sincerely.

Oh hey look, still no official word about this long standing problem. Astounding.

arma2.exe

Does anyone else get crashes/freezing when flying? I've posted about it on the tracker. Copy/paste below. Settings and specs in sig below.

oh. well. I've been running Win7 64 bit RTM for awhile now and haven't had any driver issues to speak of. I'll consider myself unlucky with ArmA2, and lucky in everything else I guess.

I keep hearing things like that. What exactly was awful about 190.xx? What exactly is "stellar" about 191.xx? Not to doubt you, I just like to know the facts before screwing with things and 190.xx work perfectly fine for me* * ArmA2 suffers from the 8GB sys ram thing, and I don't attribute that to a driver issue

Adding the -winxp switch will likely sort you out, though there is no guarantee it will fix it properly. That might correct your odd graphics, but chances are it's still going to detect your video ram incorrectly as you have 8gb of system ram. Add -winxp to the shortcut and see how it goes. It will likely be an improvement, if not a complete fix.

I remember that :)

I will absolutely be following this thread with interest.

I picked up OFP on day one all those years ago and played it right up until the release date of Armed Assault. Sad evening that, when I uninstalled OFP for the final time but I figured onward and upward to Armed Assault. As it turns out it really didn't do much for me somehow, or as someone pointed out at the time... it needed some love. I screwed around with ArmA a bit on and off over the years, then bought ArmA2 from a place in France (I'm in Canada) as soon as it was available. Unfortunately for me I made the apparently silly decision of upgrading my system with 8gb ram and no ArmA2 won't play properly at all... on top of a host of other annoyances. Having read this thread now, maybe I'll just reinstall OFP. :)

I've often thought that might have something to do with it as well. I have dual 8800GT's. Maybe it's 8gb + SLI?

I had no issues with 190.38 when I had Win XP 32bit and 2gb. It was when I moved to Win7 64bit and 8gb plus the 190.38's that this problem cropped up. I suspect it might be something more than just the drivers... but whatever it is, I hope it gets fixed eventually.

I wonder why this is an issue for ArmA and ArmA2 but not for any other game I've ever heard of?

As said many times elsewhere, I've got exactly the same problem.

Tragic? It's a video game, there is nothing tragic about any of this. Video. Game. .

I've been warned more than once that I'm very close to being banned from this forum. I've been earning "infractions". This means you are the anti-datter... please stay back lest we come into contact and thus destroy the universe. :) .

Since you know me so very well, can we hug or something? .