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So this latest patch, coupled with an NVIDIA driver issue caused me to actually start having the 8 gig ram bug. After running it with -winxp command it NOW actually works. I get around 70FPS in all settings, even large cities with no stuttering and CTD's. I tried the winxp before and it didn't do anything, but by some fucked up miracle the game now runs on Very High, with everything except for shadows set to low. I dont know what sort of chimp is pushing the banana buttons at BI but you should promote that guy and fire the rest. This game actually rocks now that I can play it. Q6700 OC:3.4 ghz 8 gigs RAM GTX 295 ASUS Maximus Formula Mobo

THANKS BI After updating I now experience EVERY single bug people have been bitching about. Including, but not restricted to: Texture Bug (I have 8 gigs of RAM and everything is now legoland of blocks) Massive Stuttering In cities Massive Stuttering outside of cities CTD's every 5 to 10 minutes I also updated to the new Nvidia drivers, but all I can say is BI can seriously go FU@K themselves as I now cant play the game at all. What the hell is BI's problem, the game was in a horrble but playable state before, now its completely useless to me. This patch seems to have completely destroyed any stability I once experienced with ARMA 2. My Rig. Q6700 Overclocked to 3.4ghz 8 gigs Mushkin Ram GTX 295 Windows Vista 64bit edition

Wow, unfortunately I was called way and couldn't comment on this thread. But the fact that so many people feel the same way isn't suprising. I have yet to actually complete a single multiplayer mission without a CTD or such stuttering that I just alt tab and quit out. It would be sort of nice to hear from the devs on this subject, but either way the game is what it is, hopefully I remember to check back for a patch in the months that this will gather dust.

Yes well, the vast majority of people, me included are finding that regardless of tweaking the software still runs very poorly. When you consider that we also have top of the line rigs, something is definetely fishy.

Yep 8 gigs of RAM here and my graphics get all fuzzy and blocky when I attempt to go near buildings, the FPS also drops to around 10.

Q6700 overclocked to 3.6ghz, 8 gigs Ram, Nvidia 295 gtx, windows vista 64 bit. Upon installing the mouse lag was so bad I could barely hit anything, after hours of tweaking and mods its barely tolerable at any view distance.

It makes total sense that the game wouldn't run well with "vista" the primary Microsoft platform for windows at the moment. Yes windows 7 is around the corner, but I just got 64 bit to work with my 8 gigs of Ram. The fact that this title suffers from maldies that go beyond simple "bug fixes" is what truly angers me. Its not enough to say "oh well its your singular hardware configuration thats the problem", wait for a patch. Parts of the game are FUNDAMENTALLY broken. The mouse lag for instance, at first I spent about 4 hours reading posts on methods of removing this crippling "feature". This was then followed by a lag that is engendered primarily by venturing near buildings. I also found a mod to prevent it from happening and WAS BANNED from numerous servers. Not that I wanted to play on them, I was simply trying to test if any matter of option fiddling or graphics buggery would yield more than a stuttering 10FPS. Previously I was able to run Crysis at near max settings at 60 FPS or higher, you cant honestly sit there and tell me the ARMA 2 engine is far advanced that it trumps Crysis's masturbatory visuals, after all the game was shit it just looked pretty. ARMA 2 looks like shit and well is shit as far as im concerned. The concepts and team work "sound" freaking fantastic, but its pretty hard to experience those concepts when your in a town going slower than a snail and the very earth around you warps and groans into 2 dimensional flickers, followed usually by a game crash. The irony and hilarious nature of the "rename your ARMA 2 shortcut to Crysis.exe" makes me laugh so hard I am currently uninstalling this game in favor of me not punching holes in the wall. I am GIVING UP on this title until its patched I guess. But this will likley be the last BIS product I buy. Never before have I EVER invested such hopes and time into getting a piece of software to run, I sincerely hope I never have to again. ---------- Post added at 02:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:10 AM ---------- It makes total sense that the game wouldn't run well with "vista" the primary Microsoft platform for windows at the moment. Yes windows 7 is around the corner, but I just got 64 bit to work with my 8 gigs of Ram. The fact that this title suffers from maldies that go beyond simple "bug fixes" is what truly angers me. Its not enough to say "oh well its your singular hardware configuration thats the problem", wait for a patch. Parts of the game are FUNDAMENTALLY broken. The mouse lag for instance, at first I spent about 4 hours reading posts on methods of removing this crippling "feature". This was then followed by a lag that is engendered primarily by venturing near buildings. I also found a mod to prevent it from happening and WAS BANNED from numerous servers. Not that I wanted to play on them, I was simply trying to test if any matter of option fiddling or graphics buggery would yield more than a stuttering 10FPS. Previously I was able to run Crysis at near max settings at 60 FPS or higher, you cant honestly sit there and tell me the ARMA 2 engine is far advanced that it trumps Crysis's masturbatory visuals, after all the game was shit it just looked pretty. ARMA 2 looks like shit and well is shit as far as im concerned. The concepts and team work "sound" freaking fantastic, but its pretty hard to experience those concepts when your in a town going slower than a snail and the very earth around you warps and groans into 2 dimensional flickers, followed usually by a game crash. The irony and hilarious nature of the "rename your ARMA 2 shortcut to Crysis.exe" makes me laugh so hard I am currently uninstalling this game in favor of me not punching holes in the wall. I am GIVING UP on this title until its patched I guess. But this will likley be the last BIS product I buy. Never before have I EVER invested such hopes and time into getting a piece of software to run, I sincerely hope I never have to again.

Go with Win XP, I can barely play it on Vista, and im not going to go install a Win 7 beta for this freaking game.

I have no idea what this game is like, because its generally unplayable. While on the multiplayer side I get around 10 FPS when in the vicinity of any city or town on ANY resolution or view distance. Im currently running a GTX 295 so its pretty damn frustrating.

Hello. First time purchasing a BIS product needless to say im less than impressed, now I could go ahead and swear pointlessly about the countless hours ive tried to actually get this shoddy piece of codding nightmare to run, instead im going to intelligently ask a question. Is it now, or is it becoming, a general trend for software developers to release completely substandard products early for the sake of monetary gain? If so, I believe this ARMA 2 to be a shining example of this kind of practice. At first when I booted up the title and managed to retreive around 11 - 15 FPS on a machine boasting an overclocked 3.6ghz Q6700 and gtx 295 I was slightly dismayed. After countless hours of reading the forums, guides, and trying every GPU NVIDIA tweak ive come across, im downright shocked. To date, ive gotten it to "run". I use that word loosely because it seems that my multiplayer experience becomes a choppy bloody nightmare when in any sort of situational combat. Add this to the numerous graphical glitches, CTD's, and other horrendous bugs, and youve got yourself a winner! Dont even get me started on the voice acting.... seriously guys? This comes on the heels of purchasing "Tales of Valor" another wonderful example of the kind of ridiculous hyped up, over sold, kind of marketing that ultimately leads to consumers wasting their money. I just read a post where a user actually intelligently, albeit fascetiously reccomended virutally space aged 16 core technology to run the game, and was immediately and visciously attacked/flamed. Am I to understand that the following of this Bohemia interactive studio defend this practice, rather ENDORSE a system where users purchase a title and simply wait for patches to make it playable? To be blunt im shocked. Im not one for perfection, but I certainly cant abide this kind of idiocy. Despite every red flag I red, every instinct that said "dont buy this title" I purchased it anyways as I LOVE the BF2 genre simulation combat. Im also a big fan of Company of Heroes, recently hilariously buggy patches ultimately annihlated the game play experience post Tales of Valor release. 5 months later patches restored THE ORIGINAL GAMEPLAY. I figured it was a phenomenon unique to Relic and their bumbling Q and A team. What a dissapointment to learn that ive fallen, yet again, victim to what I can only assume to be an emerging policy in software development. Release Now Patch Later I would offer my copy of the game, for free, to anyone who would have it. But ultimately I purchased it off steam and this is not possible. I guess this is where you cue the followers to jump in and tell me to be patient and humble, awaiting the glorious patches to follow. Frankly you can keep your patches, this has been one of the most infuriating and disgusting pieces of software ive ever been tricked into purchasing. Part of me still hopes that patches WILL follow and I might actually see some of what the others are talking about. However this only serves to frustrate me further as it reminds me that I can only sit on my hands and wait as others, who paid the same dollar, enjoy the title I cannot.