Demonic Spoon

Bullshit. OP is running on "Very high" textures, which means he's going to need a lot of video memory for textures. Given that XP 32 bit sharply limits your address space (e.g. your usable memory), that's going to cause major problems. Read this

Hmm, how exactly does the beta patch work? Are there separate executables for the beta and unpatched? Can you uninstall it easily?

So how much better are the beta patches, and how much better does ARMA II run compared to OA? Also, is MP generally smoother than SP?

1. OA 2. I've tried pretty much everything I can think of and it barely makes a difference 3. Firstly, this is a laptop. 9600M GT is the mobile version of the 9600GT and is actually a fair bit weaker...also means I can't really upgrade much. Overclocking is something to consider, though I needed to get an external fan to get the thing to run at an acceptable temperature -without- overclocking, so I probably wouldn't be able to do too much in that regard.

Hey guys. I gambled the other day by buying ARMA 2 with my computer which barely hits the minimum specs. Core2duo P8600 2.4 GHZ processor, 4 GB DDR2 RAM Geforce 9600M GT video card. well...my gamble failed. SP is barely playable, and I can only imagine how MP will be. I've tried most of the tweaks I can find to no avail. a) Are the beta patches significantly better? b) Any suggestions as to what kind of settings I should use for optimal performance? Thanks.