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True. I am sorry for that.

:( So I need to be an engineer to post in a forum? If I am wrong in my theory please correct me. I tried to help but your post is neither helping me nor Oxymoron. I did not post without researching but I don't have access to anything more than benchmarks & customer comments. Edit: Here is the official SLI description: http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_learn.html Here is the official CrossfireX description: http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_about.aspx None of them claim anything breakthrough & benchmark shows that it simply doubles the framerate. The claims on ATI page are completely vauge. This Wikipedia article even claims that multi GPU often fares worse than single GPU.

Go for the 5850. Crossfire works, bot it is complicated [http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73459] & you would get decent FPS with 5850. If you get the 5850 you have hope of crossfiring it with another 5850 in future when support for Crossfire improves:bounce3:. Why should you go for the hassle & instability of 5770x2 instead of 5850? MultiGPU only helps in multidisplay systems & provides an option of cheaper upgrading. It is also a trend among geeks who want their computer as powerful as possible. But MultiGPU does not possess any technical superiority over single GPU. What applies to CPU does not apply on GPU; in case of CPU multicore enables a host of advanced technologies like parallel processing, parallel kernel execution, vector processing etc. But GPUs already possess multiple cores. I can't help about overclocking as I failed to overclock mine:(. Edit: There is no recent complain about crossfire but there is no confirmation either. ARMAII is certainly not a popular game & I doubt Crossfire support for it will ever mature.

Ok thanks to your suggestions & hours of fine tuning & benchmarking I have achived 32 FPS at acceptable visual quality & clarity. I am new to several things. AA,AF & postprocessing were slowing things down but not overly. But anyway, they only help in making things blurry when playing a game in low quality. Texture,Terrain & object details at least need to be in normal. Shadow needs to be high & 3D resolution 80%. At least in LCD monitors, decreasing resolution decreases framerate maybe because of resampling; non-native resolution also makes things blurry. Things are still not crystal clear but quality:framerate is immensely high. I have also lowered AA, AF, postprocessing overrides in graphics card profile. Dunno if they make any difference.

Hi Leon86, I long knew that the E2180 is the weak point but in ArmAII cores matter, not clock speed & quad-cores are costly here. Anyway, lowering everything down gives me 29 FPS but for some reason everything starts to look extremely blurry/hazy & it causes strain on eyes. It also becomes difficult to spot enemies. That is why I said "Decreasing graphics or resolution further does not yield better performance." I have just read that in the demo I can't disable AA & AF. Is that the reason? Also, are the patches supposed to make it easier to spot enemies? Edit: AA & AF can be disabled but that do not solve problem. Best: Low:

:bounce3:*Proceeds to purchase ArmAII*:)

But these links are leading to old ArmA missions?:confused: I don't like the CQB AI of old ArmA & I was talking about purchasing ArmA 2. I know that there are several excellent singleplayer missions for ArmAII even in these forums but I don't know their gameplay approach. ArmAII main storyline was also supposed to be singleplayer & yet they included those capture the flag, voting, points, befriending clans, Multiple endings, "Manager mode" & lots of other things including lots of scripted (mostly broken) events. Do third party SP missions (those full dynamic missions?) generally exclude those aspects? I think I shall wait for more opinions.

My system: Intel Pentium D 2.00 GHz, 2 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM, NVidia 9600GT 512 MB Low Power Edition ArmAII Demo Benchmark [at default High settings]: 22 FPS at 1366x768 Decreasing graphics or resolution further does not yield better performance. I easily win at veteran but can't handle expert difficulty settings. My question is: whom to blame? My skills of framerate?

For several reasons ArmAII is both hard to get & expensive for me. But I am not sure if it will be worth the cost & I need someone to clarify some aspects of gameplay. I have played the demo. My main query is: How much of the gameplay consists of "Trial by Fire" type pure tactical FPS & what portions consist of the "Offline MMORPG" & Strategy Game mixtures? Are there enough third party missions like "Trial by Fire" that play like pure tactical FPS? No offense to those who love the High command mode & other non-FPS aspects but I am only a marksman plus CQB expert fighter. I can lead a small team of assassins, but leading a full-scale war is not my job. The superior fighting AI in ArmAII has attracted me & that is all.