shadylurker

This makes so much sense! I can't believe i never thought of this, thank you for this great input

I didn't specifically upgrade for Arma 3, It has just been a long time coming and I finally bit the bullet after upgrading my video card and seeing good results. I'll go over my upgrades and how they affected Arma3. I don't have any FPS measurements as I noticed when I had FPS metering going I would end up just chasing FPS (in all games) Started with: Q6700 @ 3.5ghz 8gb ddr2 Win 7 x64 ATI 6850 1gb Notes: Arma2 was playable but not very smooth in any aspect, cities were avoided at all costs. Arma3 was a slide show in anything but editor. The downloadable mission "a whole lotta stratis" wasn't playable at all. Upgrade 1 (started the ball rolling): Same system as above but with an ATI 7870 2gb Notes: Arma2 enjoyable, still noticeable slowdowns in cities, Arma3 playable noticable slowdowns, MP without AI was fun at this point...smooth. Mission " A whole lotta stratis" could run it (barely) but not enjoyable due to slowdowns New system: AsRock Extreme 4 z77 i5 3570k 16gb ddr3 1600 ATI 7870 2gb Win 7 x64 Notes: Arma2 is a blast in all situations, benchmark 1 51fps average, benchmark 2 19 fps average (this is with 3600 vd and everything on very high). No slowdowns in cities. Arma3 is the same, very playable with minimal hitches. Mission "a whole lotta stratis" 100% playable but it does get choppy every now and again. New PC is stupidly faster in all games.

Honestly though your video card is horrible. I have a Q6700, upgraded from an ATI 6850, to a 7870. Night and day difference. Not trying to be a dick.

Actually I think it works fine. Group chat should be renamed to something else as a LOT of people think its just the squad channel, IE only squad can hear you. A LOT of people don't know its local and directional. Shift P to mute players....Honestly, there are bigger problems than the VOIP

Alright everyone. It is time to face it. BI knows about this, they have known about it since Arma, You can go all the way back and play Cold war Assault (OFP) and it becomes even more apparent. This is directly related to the engine, and I don't see the small team at BI rewriting the engine that has been the basis for every game they have ever made. Should they? Well unless they want to piss off every new player they have earned then it should be the #1 priority, but do they have the people, or time? We know they have the money (now). So don't be surprised if they just stuff this under the carpet, the problem has been around forever, and it keeps 95% of the user base alienated from the true awesomeness that can be had in the Arma series.

I don't want to play Wasteland, can I please right click the mission in the MP browser and have the ability to hide it.

You need a new video card. See my other posts, I had a 6850, upgraded, now i dont complain anymore. Game runs fine, I even have a worse CPU. I got a 7870 for $240 and it runs the game way better.

fyi: I got tired of dealing with it and went and got a new GPU I went from a 6850 to a 7870 and now the game runs great. So much for a CPU limited game....

Hmm, It's really interesting. Overall the game seems more optimized then any ARMA game previously. But it seems to be the same issue of low CPU/GPU utilization which isnt dependent on hardware at all. I have a mid range PC and I get the same issues. The crazy part is, it autodetects to high and runs the infantry showcase great until I get to the village..........just like how arma2 shit it's pants. Multiplayer is not playable at all. So, my question is how can a game be called CPU dependent, when it never really utilizes even the full potential of my CPU? Can we start blaming BI yet? If you want to have a laugh, go play Cold war Assault if you have it. A game from 2001(?) STILL has garbage FPS with the bigger missions....So can we blame the engine yet? I probably should be voting with my dollars, but Arma is the only thing going at the moment. Specs: Q6700 3.33GHZ 8gbddr2 6850 Oc'd win7 x64

This is the benchmark mission on the demo version Vista x64 17 FPS avg ( I cant remember exact number it was in the teens though) Windows 7 x64 build 7100 38 FPS avg game went from totaly un playable to my 38fps avg with high settings and aa / af on veryhigh I almost shelved this game....I have noticed an increase in FPS all together with win 7, I pre ordered it after using it for 45 min. Q6700 OC 3.33 9800 GX2 oc 8gb 800mhz ddr2 running off of a 750gb WD HD

interesting thing is I still get massive slowdowns online in certain missions, maybe after all it may only be partly BI's fault...to many scripts and poor mission design...we will see someday I'm sure BIS can optomize it some way, they always pull t hrough

Yea pretty drastic and should not need to be done, But i just installed windows 7 and I now have GREAT fps 40+ most of the time now. I went from the 10's to 20's in vista x64 to the 30's and 40's with windows 7 x64 System is as follows 680I LT xfx mobo q6700 OC 3.33 8gb 800mhz ram 9800GX2 oc 770/1800/2100

thats why I can play every other game just fine in vista?:rolleyes:

Dont go upgrading so fast, I have a quad core intel over clocked to 3.33ghz and i have the same problem as you. let BI fix their stuff....

im running 4 gigs now, the problem seems to be with the display settings as long as you change it you can run 4 gigs read the update