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kylebisme

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  1. In regard to your receiver, the page you linked hardly gives any information, and I'm not finding anywhere else to confirm if it supports multichannel analog input or not, but I'm guessing it doesn't.

    As for DTS Connect, Creative isn't the only one who makes cards that support it, Auzentech and Asus make other notable options.


  2. Sounds like you are using a digital coaxial or optical connection between your computer's sound device and your receiver, eh? That will only allow stereo output at most for uncompressed sound. To get surround sound though such a connection you'd need a sound device which supports DDL or DTS Connect, or if your receiver supports multichannel analog input you can get uncompressed surround sound though those.


  3. If it didn't show the the tearing I wouldn't have posted it, but perhaps it is happening too quick for you to notice, in which case pausing the video at the rights spots should allow you to see it. Tearing is when the top portion of the refresh and the bottom portion(s) are from different frames, resulting in a horizontally disjointed image. Here is a small picture example I googled which has circles around where the tears are most obvious.

    As for what ArmA2 is using for a depth buffer, I can't rightly say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is a 32bit z-buffer, as even that isn't enough to avoid z-fighting with extreme view distances.


  4. ArmA2 is very CPU heavy, but how much CPU you need really depends on what framerate you want. Can you lower the graphics settings and get the framerate you want with your current GPU? If so, then a faster card will allow you to get the same framerate at higher settings. However, if you aren't pleased with the way the game runs at even the lowest settings, then you should look into getting a faster CPU too.


  5. PC Monitors offer Much greater pixels per square inch.

    Sure, and people sit much closer to them than they generally do TVs as well, which evens things out in the long run, For example, a 50" 1080p TV at 6.5' the same fidelity as a 23" 1080p monitor at 3'.


  6. Use the mission wizard to make specific missions, its simple, takes less than 5 minutes to get a playable mission ready.

    Sure, "playable", but if BIS would put a few weeks into making a collection of missions that play well, and host a few official servers in various locations to give everyone a good place to play them, I'd bet multilayer would catch on a whole lot better than it otherwise is. As it stands, I can only ever find around a dozen servers with green pings, and they are generally hosting some custom coop nonsense and the occasional goofy thrown-together CTF map. At this point I can count the number of decent games I've found on one hand.


  7. Even though all four cores aren't being fully utilised, overclocking the CPU would or getting a faster one would help, as would more GPU if you want to turn the graphics settings up. As for graphics, at least if your 9800GT is a 1GB model, adding a second would be the best bang for the buck.


  8. I have 6GB of RAM on a Ci7 setup and not even half of it is used while playing this game, so 4GB is fine if you are going C2Q. Other than that, get the fastest CPU and GPU setup you care to, the game is rather demanding on both.


  9. Destroying the base is BIZARRE. for some reason my helicopter says "negative" when i order him to attack hq, as do my AT specialists, yet i can destroy them with one SMAW shot. It is a pain as you have to keep returning to rearm every pot! Im sure this is not the case in the full version, it must be a pre release bug.

    It is the same in the full version, but you can hop in one of the bigger gunned vehicles yourself and make short work of it.


  10. That has not been my experience, I suggest you try it.

    While I obviously can't speak for your experience, I explained the way functions work in the game.

    By the way, this is also explained in the manual, page 28:

    Move Mouse Left/Right: Default Turn (Yaw or Rudder Left/Right, based on current speed)


  11. Same problem for me. I normally play without headset, but if i whish to communicate with friends with skype or ts, i would like to have my sound over the headset.

    Nah, for that you just set your speakers to the default output in Windows so the game will use that, and then set Skype or TS to use your headset. The problem is when you want to use the ingame chat, as there is no option to output it though a different device than the game sound. ET:QW is the only game I've played which has that option.


  12. The transport chopper is different, you have hit 0, go to communications > support > and when you click for transport have your crosshair on the map where you want to go.

    when I click on the map it just marks the spot and a test box comes up to name it..

    That is double click.

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