NimrodAUS

Has anyone else noticed you can't even play single player now. These hacked messages come up even there.

There's nothing amazing about my computer, it's not the latest or greatest but it runs ArmA 2 well and that's pretty much the only game I play/ have time to play these days. Don't know why your so defensive of gaming laptops. They have there purpose sure but I just can't imagine how you think you can justify it to be as good as having a full size desktop layout for playing games. It never had been and it never will be. Wake up to yourself mate. I'm over debating this with you.

Agreed

I said they are worth x amount. Didn't say I paid that for it. But it doesn't take long to add up the cost of a pc, I have large storage needs and I figured why not go all out as my last system was several years old. With only a gpu upgrade over the years.

Also I mentioned that a gpu would give good increases. This is from solid first hand testing with multiple gpu,s and cpu's in various configurations and clock speeds. I've achieve over 90 FPS with an e8500 CPU running stock 3.16ghZ. As much as a q9550 running 2.83ghZ with just swapping out graphics cards. Over clocking e8500 to 3.8ghz made 0 FPS increase. Overclocking q9550 to 3.4ghz made 0 FPS increase. Upgrading gpu made all the difference, starting from the bottom with a 8800gt from ArmA 1 rig and moving up. Crossfire performance isn't outstanding in ArmA 2 but possible has improved in later patches and driver updates, nvidia I think suit this game better and seem to hold frame rate stronger and more stable then ati but equivalent ati product seem to get hight max FPS. But what I'm trying to say is if your CPU is half decent, I'd go with a gpu upgrade, if it's possible to get a stable over clock on CPU the do that too. Tbh a decent hdd seems to give better results then a CPU upgrade. But you have to have a decent gpu to start with.

You guys miss took what I was thinking in terms of "playing on a laptop" just small screens and crammed keyboards as well as the lesser specifications. Ideally triple head is the way to go. ( I don't have that) sure it is great having a high paying job but even before that I saved and worked hard for an upgraded pc. 2k IMHO is not expensive for a decent pc however my hdd's alone cost that much, but sub $1k is cheap for a pc. My first pc was a pentium 133mhz with 16mb ram and cost $5500. And to the other guy, yeah you are a wanker, for flaming someone for making an indirect comment not targeted at anyone infact just a general opinion. Last time I checked I'm still entitled to have one, without getting slammed one an Internet warrior. Okay so there are laptops that can run ArmA 2 just fine, that's great. I'm happy for you.

There's always one isn't there? I mean wankers. You sir are that one. I stand firm with my statement, you will not get the best out of ArmA on a laptop. It's just not how it's meant to be played. Now go flame someone on a wow forum with kids your own age.

Agreed 100% I built a new pc to play ArmA 1 when it came out, built a new pc to play ArmA 2 when it came out and recently built a new pc for upcoming ArmA 3 and DayZ. ArmA and the RV engine certainly aren't the most optimised engine around but by golly it's the most spectacular. When I hear of people playing ArmA 2/DayZ on a laptop I just face palm. The game should just not work on anything but the best because turning all the graphic settings down you just loose so much of the beauty of the game. I'm happy to say I run a 100+ FPS arma2/DayZ system with everything max and I wouldn't have it any other way. On that note hdd makes all the difference to this game. Then graphics. CPU then ram. In that order.

Dito Works Sweet Q9550, 2 X HD4850's Crossfired 4Gb 2X2 8500 DDR2 Windows 7 X64

ArmA 2 has been working sweet right up till I installed this 1.03 Patch. I live in Austraila and dont have or use anything Steam related. I have the genuine Retail DVD ROM patch. Patch was installed Successfully however now when I try and resume my Harvest Red Campaign it crashes to desktop 1/4 the way through the loading bar. Anyone know the answer? Specs: Core 2 Quad Q9550 GA-X48-DS5 4gb 2X2 G'Skill 8500 DDR2 2 X HD4850 Crossfired