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AMD 955 Black edition OC 3.6 Gigabyte MA79OX-UDP4 2XHD4850 1GB in crossfire (using 10.1 driver & .exe changed to ARMA 2) off brand 700W power supply 4GB DDR2 1600 OA 1.52 Resolution: 1360x768 (playing through 720i Plasma) 3d resolution: 1360x768 View distance: 2038 Texture detail: Very High Video memory: Very High Ansiotropic filtering: Normal Antialiasing: Normal Terrain detail: Normal Object detail: Very High Shadow detail: Normal Post processing: Normal Result 53 fps

I've been back & forth with this all day finally figured it out. I would set up my controls & video but once I closed the game & came back they were gone. Here's the easy fix... go to My Documents ArmA 2 Right click your profile name click on properties set to Read only Run the game and then exit out Go back to profile/properties/click off Read only Go back into game and adjust your settings

I run 2xHD4850 1GB in crossfire and in ARMA 2 it made no difference (in XP or in Windows 7). I would get double the framerate in the cut scenes but in actual gameplay crossfire would knock me down a few frames and cause stutters. And yes, I knew it was running as the obnoxious Crossfire symbol was in the upper right hand corner (I know you can turn it off). I actually get better frames in the old ARMA 2 missions now by starting from the Arrowhead exe. This is with higher settings as well, and absolutely no stutters. I was thinking about reinstalling everything fresh but I figured if it ain't broke don't fix it (especially with this game). This game is put together with an old engine mixed with new tech. If you are lucky enough to get a good setting "DON'T MESS WITH IT!!!" Optimizing a game for PC is pretty much impossible as everyone has has different hardware and OS. This is the reason Xbox360 & PS3 games look good even with 7 year old guts. The developers know everyone has the same machine and they have had 7 years to perfect it. This is also why the "new" xbox 360 is nothing more than a shiney new outside with a quiet fan and DVD, the developers would riot if they put in a faster hard drive or DVD drive. The point is AMD has not released a crossfire profile for this game yet and when they do it will sadly do nothing for performance. You will however get that super cool crossfire badge in the upper right hand corner of the screen (you know, the one blocking the sniper from your view). Rev