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  1. Posted

    Yep, there was no Xeon model specified.

    With regards to ArmA, faster cores are better. The best CPU for ArmA 2 servers, at this time, is a Sandy Bridge (i5-2500(K), i7-2600(K), Xeon E3-12xx).

    The ArmA server only uses two cores in my experience, if a mission is loaded. The AI only uses one thread, and generally there is so much AI that it is able to load that core to 100%, even on a very fast CPU like a SB. When the core is loaded to 100%, the server FPS is under 50.

    You can monitor the server FPS with the #monitor command while logged in to in-game admin. 50 FPS is the maximum possible. I'd also recommend tweaking your arma2oa.cfg (check out Kelly's Heroes for a guide to that), particularly if you have a hosted server with a 100Mbps or faster connection. (ArmA doesn't use all the bandwidth it could by default, but you can adjust the config files so it will. And that can help your server FPS as well.) 15 or less on the server FPS is considered an overloaded server.

    Ah ok so if I can find out the model of the xeon then we will be able to compare it better? at the moment we have the first option as our server and we get 43 FPS on it with a few clients the more players the more the fps drops would you say its worth an upgrade to get the other set up?

  2. Posted

    This is such a strange question, I'm suspecting a comedy trolling.

    Is a modern server grade CPU better than a clunky, 5 year old single core? Also, how do you get half a gig of RAM?

    lol im not trolling?

    Im not sure how old the xeon is... they have been making them since 1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon

    and the Pentium D is a dual core not a single core it has 2 Cores with 2 Threads

    Half a gig of ram is a 512mb stick?

    1gig = 1024 mb

    1/2gig = 512mb??

    Thanks Du$toff

  3. Posted

    Hello can I get your guys thoughts what specs of the list bellow would preform better as an arma2OA server running an array of missions usually pretty intensive ones tho.

    Option 1:

    CPU Intel Pentium D 930 3.00GHz - DualCore

    RAM 2 x 2GB of ram - 4Gb

    HDD 2 x 40 GB SATA - 80 GB

    Option 2:

    CPU Intel 2x2.8GHz Xeon

    RAM 2.5GB of ram

    HDD 2 x 80 GB SCSI - 160GB

    Of the two above what do you think would preform better with the most Server FPS and Less Lag and any other comments would be great!

    Thanks Du$toff!

    :yay:

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