DarkBytes

Hi all I am jusyt wondering before beging ARMA 2 all over again ( patch 1.3 has helped loads , as well as disablimng HT as I have an I 7 core ) When I played OFP back in the day I had it configures so when I moved I was in third person, and when i stopped it switched to first, is there a way to do this in arma 2 ?

Hi I have posted a few threads about performances of ARMA 2 with high end systems , and apart from the fanatics , I think this has been encountered by many people. I would like to add to this something that seems to highlight this issue. I have the following spec windows 7 ( 64bit ) 6gb ddr 3 Corsair ( 1600) Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ)@4ghz XFX Radeon HD 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 running 1680 x 1050 this is a fast system ( not the fasted I agree, but the items shit & shovle do spring to mind ) With respect to ARMA 2 , I get terrible performance , now if I swap out my graphics card from the radeon 4870X2 with 2GB GDDR5 ram to a geforce 8800GT with 512mb of ram , iget significantly better performance . The game still dosn't use the CPU cores properly but what it does do is max out the Graphics card , on the radeon , even with new drivers , crossfire kicking etc , it just dosnt use the GPU ir ram as much as it should , GPU's sit at around 25 to 30%. Something is definatly wrong here , and you know forget all the game breaking bugs and shit , that make this a really painful game to try and play , its fucking shite when it comes to utilising available respurces

its also the irony of it all, Exactly the same thing happened with ARMA 1 . If its the way they work with respect to this game I wish they would at least be open about i game gets released , gets fixed 6 to 9 months later

have to agree with OP , I have given up on this game , dropping in to forum 1 a week to see if there is any improvment / patch , and will look elsewhere for my gaming kicks

hi the following is a screenie of resource manager and rivatuner to show the utilisation of both CPU & GPU during ARMA II gameplay ( note dip at start and end where I alt tab out to see results ) Note how neither gpu dosnt go above 45% and only one of the CPU cores is worked to any great degree , ( note that there are 4 physical cores on I7 but mutlithreaded so shows as 8 in windows ) , this is bonkers ,I know there is lots of talk of ARMA II being a demanding game that can strain the best of systems , but its no wonder that the high end systems / GPU cards are perfoming badly if ARMA II is not actually utilising the resource available this was taking on the following spec ARMA 2 German version Clean install , latest patch english language mod running @1650x1050 everything on very high except AA which is on normal CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping @ 4ghz GPU ATI 4870x2 ( with 2GB video memory ) 6ghz Corsair DDR3 ( 16000 ) MB Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme Intel X58 OS windows 7 64bit ( clean install GPU driver new 9.7 ( fixes cross fire one GPU problem ) ARMA 2 German version Clean install , latest patch english language mod Now say what you like , but something is definatly rotten in denmark , The game isnt even giving these high end systems a chance to perfom , anyway thought the screenie might be of interest and perhaps some stuff will get fixed

erm righto then Prim95, pretty much the industry standard tool for test / stability so anyhow thats each core / thread being worked 100% , that is full utilisation Look happy to seek for answers an that , but please, aint bullshiting here , so afford me the same .. Cheers Bytes

yup have the new catalysts , the results in the screenie are using those with repect to this being expected for CPU Ok so maybe i am missing something here then , your trying to tell me that you should not be able to get 100% CPU utilisation across all threaded cores ? well thats odd , because If I use some stress test tools thats pricisly what I do get , I cannot see how it can be said that the resorce i showed u being used is expected ? 1 is nearly always 100% there is another that isnt used at all, and the others range between 10 & 35 % how can that be optimisation for multiple cores ?

resized , good call. But come on , "erm not really ?" If you read all the blurb from BI regarding ARMA II , it talks extensivly about how it will be multicore optimised . Look at the picture mate , that is not the behavour of proper multicore optimisation is it ? and with respect to the GPU , well that is not the behavior I see with many other games, it is simply not optimised or using available resource. Look I love this game , I remember playing OFP when it first came out and thinking it was the most fantastic thing out there, this post is to highlight issues not to rant , so I would prefer a constructive response , or at least one based on fact , not supposition. Cheers

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ARMAII_gpu_performance/ if you check this review / GPU bench rest , you will see that dual cards do not work well . "Dual GPU cards like the GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon 4870 X2 don’t scale with ARMA II at this time" Interesting read , definatly highlights some performance / optimisation issues with the game.

not really weird ? mate middle range cards perfoming better then high end ones , I would call it a little weird

I know the feeling i7 @ 4ghz , very highend MB , 4870x2 (2gb version ) 6 gb of of corsair ddr3 (1600mhz ) windows 7 64 bit , The game runs like a f***ing dog.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ARMAII_gpu_performance/

Hi all I have tried following suggestings on this and other forums change to cysis.exe -winxp mode turning AI up full but 2nd GPU will not work at all , I have tested my card by running The real Crysis game and that uses both GPu's 100% so all good. Arma2 refuses to do so no matter what I do rig Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Corsair 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3 / XFX 3870 X2 / Dell 2209WA @1920 x1200 / Windows 7 Ultimate build 7100 Latest catalyst driver and control center 9.6 for windows 7 anyone got other suggestions to get this to work . Also where is the acuall official support & response , as i see very little here

much appreciated mate , Thanks

yup nice one BI for gettin the patch out , appreciate the good work etc , but tell me , why is your distrosbution linked up to a bunch of third rate low bandwidth sites requiring sign up to their particuler brand of bullshit , or requires an individual to endure staring at ads of exploited young girls from middle eastern countries. Yer yer nice one , good game , but who gets the irony that surrounds this THINK ABOUT IT, I mean really think about it , Shaftoe !! Hah if that dosnt strike chord , lets take the freedom fighter star srovy ( might be wrong spelling ) " Wow You marines are great " fuck me this game isnt even targeted at US players Ahh man love the game , hate the way the european ( inc eastern ) people who work on it , have to be C*nted off and have had to kiss the corperate dick Harsh but true, this isnt prudish flame on. This aint your reguler troll, but will no doubt be victim to simuler slaps

I also feel your pain man I think I am on my last install , like you i use windows 7 , so the uninstall has broke. Can you tell me how i manually de-activate ? I cant beleive they have locked down this activation man , it would be fine if the game wasnt so bugged etc , but loads of people are trying it on different OS's and re installing to try and fix the game Just a joke really

Hi I have the following spec windows 7 ( 64bit ) 6gb ddr 3 Corsair ( 1600) Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) XFX Radeon HD 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 running 1680 x 1050 So I have everything set to v high apart from shadows ( set to high ) Also I see some odd shit now an again , like textures not appearing on faces sometimes, or the textures not being drawn on certain buildings etc latest ATI drivers Clean install of windows 7 Whilst the game looks great it stutters terribly , I am sure the game is not utilising the hardware I have , any tips ? Game cfg language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=-4194304; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1680; Resolution_H=1050; refresh=60; Render_W=1870; Render_H=1169; FSAA=0; postFX=2; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=1890779009; nonlocalVRAM=2147483647;

Hi I purchased the German version ( download ) of the game , I would like to ask is there any official way ( via mods , patches , etc ) that I will be able to convert to the English version. I really dont want to have to buy 2 copies . Thanks for your tiime Bytes

Hi , will my german key work with an english version , or will I be able to use mods to get a true "english" version of the game . I know there are some unofficial english packs flaoting around , but I would rather use something that is official etc , also I beleive that the unofficial pack introduces one or 2 bugs

Hi , I am able to complete all objectives in Manhatten , but when i go to destroy main base ( which I have done despite bugs ) , I still have the outstanding task of taking out the leader of the insurgents. he aint in the base , or any oof the sub bases, can someone please explain a method to achieve this activity. I know when you spprouch main base you automatically respnd yes to cann you see the leader and also say there is something familur about him , but that happens before you even clap eyes on the base, even if he aint theire Please help , its really driving me nuts :(

I have exactly the same bug , in fact the game go's from one bug to another . I might shelve this for a few months, and wait till its fixed , the game is very broken , much like arma2 , I really want love this game , but am just hating at present , just dissapointed i didnt wait a few months as I could have picked it up for a tenner and most a lot of the game breaking stuff would hopefully have been fixed