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Get Intel chipset instead of nvidia if you dont need SLI, something with P35 should do. Consider swapping 8800GTS 640MB for 8800GTS 512MB if the latter one is cheaper, difference in performance isnt worth the money. Anyhow, with config like this you can play with decent details on 24" widescreen with 1920x1200 resolution. If you have smaller screen you can use almost everything at max and still get decent gameplay. My rig is couple of posts earlier.

What resolution you use with this set of viewdistance, details, fps and gpu? I would guess something around 800x600. Edit... My rig: C2D E8400 (3.0 GHz), GPU 8800GTS 512MB (G92 core), 2 GB RAM. Settings: I play mostly mp and set my viewdist via some sort of addon to 2.8 - 3 km. FPS I'm getting is anywhere between 20 (in towns mostly) and 60 (southern part of Sahrani). Viewdistance seems to affect fps tragically, limiting both min and max fps I get and for me anything above 3km is killing my framerate.

I use this just for screenshots and for enjoying the landscape - it's good just to walk around or drive a TOW Humvee. I usually play with no antialiasing and lower anisotropic filtering with normal post processing but still gameplay is far from smooth and occasionally fps drops to 10 or so. Best framerate killers are those wonderful woods and high viewdistance. Framerate tends to drop in towns too.

More stuff follows. System specs: MD A64 3500+, ATi Radeon X1800XT PE 512MB, 2GB RAM; Game set to full details. http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-9.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-8.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-7.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-6.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-5.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-4.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-3.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....rma.jpg Lightouse at dawn http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p305/jjansta/ArmA/lighthouse.jpg

Here's more, same config as before. Some tanks made a mistake trying to assault Ortego via open space without proper support and were quickly intercepted by a pair of hungry Cobras :-) http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....-11.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....-10.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-9.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-8.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-7.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-6.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-5.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums....a-4.jpg Over & Out.

I thought I'd post something too Made on this box: AMD A64 3500+, ATi Radeon X1800XT PE 512MB, 2GB RAM, SB X-Fi Elite Pro; you can see FPS on the screens. All details set to maximum incl antialiasing, viewdistance 2040. All screens are 1024x768 (I still use 17" CRT for gaming). http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6481/armaexe0021436gt3.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/774/armaexe0023532lk5.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8082/armaexe0025042ak0.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5/armaexe0025236tl8.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6855/armaexe0032921xo2.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1728/armaexe0033126vn3.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6285/armaexe0033347tg8.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9962/armaexe0033622ck1.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3599/armaexe0033759sy6.jpg