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  1. Posted

    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 ?

  2. Posted

    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

  5. Posted

    Well it's kinda hard for me to see the actual percentages here, but the two on the right side, added together, make up about 100%. The two on the left added together looks like about 100% to me.

    If you have some stress-testing program that actually gives you 100% *on the same CPU-monitor as the screenshot* on all 8 "cores" I'm wrong but I've never seen that happen with hyperthreading cores.

    erm righto then

    Prim95, pretty much the industry standard tool for test / stability

    100tpb.gif

    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

  6. Posted

    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 ?

  7. Posted · Edited by DarkBytes

    Not really, this is the case with many games and is certainly NOT restricted to A2.

    Eth

    PS : You might want to resize that picture.

    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

  8. Posted · Edited by DarkBytes

    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 )

    arma2.gif

    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

  13. Posted

    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

  15. Posted · Edited by DarkBytes

    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

  17. Posted · Edited by DarkBytes

    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;

  18. Posted

    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

  20. Posted

    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

  21. Posted

    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 :(

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