Hi Ezdaroth,
i'm new to these forums but i can attest to your situation. I too am having issues getting my 4870 x2 to utilize both cores with Arma II. I tried the -winxp trick and it works sometimes, like i'll randomly go from 25 fps to 55 when playing multiplayer then back down. I also cant seem to improve performance by lowering settings. If i run on high/med settings then put everything on low, i will get no fps increase. I refuse to lower the resolution because the game starts to look extremely fuzzy and bad especially with the "tired" effect from running. I would love to lower the resolution and play it in a window, but apparently that is not possible =/