HR4 Elite

I regret this immensely but you give me little alternative. I have written to BIS (emailed via a customer contact form, ‘hard to get hold of’, a detailed letter will follow tomorrow 16/11/2011, managed to find their address:cool:), regarding pm’s I have sent to moderators concerning matters of this forum that happened a number of weeks ago. I received no contact whatsoever from the moderators, although this does not seem odd, as they don't seem to read:rolleyes: The matters were of a legal subject with very serious consequences :(… (much more serious than you removing yet another of my posts here I see:mad:).. A reply to this post is not required.. I know BIS most definitely will reply to the contact I have made with them. I would reply to their email when they contact you, as I am sure they will ;).. Don't suppose this post will be here that long:p

One has to get one’s fps from somewhere, if that’s what you mean, because to me its all toooo confusing, just playing with settings until my computer shouts stop… which luckily for me it hasn’t yet, speak too soon perhaps.. Oh I don’t just write down my fps its just on the ‘dvd’ mod readout, it’s exactly the same on fraps...:cool: .

I am the only one that linked to actual information from people who do this for a living. That is what this topic is about giving people as much info as pos. Having a PC built does not make you an expert although you and ‘Bangtail’ seem to think it does. I linked to sites giving genuine information, you have not, you just give your view without trying to help back that view up. Forums are for views, but when it comes to pointing someone in the direction of a possible purchase then there is a responsibility to that person, simply having one off statements without some sort of detailed explanation is misleading and irresponsible. I bought my first PC a little over 30yrs ago, first gaming console was a Atari 2600 + then an Amiga (commodore) and every console since including the Philips early cd console. PC wise I have worked my way through literally hundreds of PC’s over the yrs, I had a small system for my business (23) which were changed every 2yrs, plus too many personal home PC’s to list, so I have had a few over the years and have had many makes and types. But none of that makes me an expert, that’s why I try to point people in the right direction linking to sites that test many, in this case, cards of all makes. Certainly at no point have I been frustrated regards anything anyone on this forum can or have said, at my age I’m way past getting frustrated over comments from people, everyone is entitled to an opinion, its just when it points someone in a possible purchase direction a responsibility becomes attached. A personal view is valid, but a view that says a card ‘is not as good as another for Arma2’ should be backed up. I have never said anywhere on this forum that any one card is better than another, just provided link to sites that may help someone make an informed decision, not hearsay from amateur experts..:rolleyes: .

Another link to a site that does not test... Read it...

Toms Hardware is one opinion, where are the tests that the site has done, it seems more of a forum than actually testing anything.. Type in GTX295 in the search and you get a forum, no tests, if there are any test articles from Toms Hardware put them up here.. "A 6970 isnt faster than a 295 in arma 2." page 782 Leon, sounds like he's saying the 295 is better to me... But I forgot you can’t show us any useful information can you...:confused: Toms Hardware :rolleyes: stop the world I wanna get off... .

'Spot on' advice..

'Red Lines' top and left screen; Yes I had it whilst playing around with setting’s (I’m always messing around even tho my A2 runs great:j:), it is something to do with AMD’s AA settings in the CCC.. My settings now (no red lines) CCC: (may help someone) Smoothvision HD: Anti-Aliasing = ‘Use application settings’ Smoothvision HD: Anisotropic Filtering = ‘Use application settings’ Tesselation = ‘Use application settings’ Catalyst A.I. = ‘Quality’ setting (middle slider) with Surface Format Optimization ‘Enabled’ (tick box) Mipmap Detail Level = ‘Quality’ setting (second from right on slider) Wait for vertical refresh = ‘Performance, Always Off’ (slider to left) Anti-Aliasing Mode = ‘Adaptive Multi-sample AA (middle slider) OpenGL Settings = Triple buffering ‘Enabled’ (tick box) .

I understand that, however, when someone says one card is not as good as another card that’s fine, but back it up with at least some test results, owning a card and becoming attached to its brand does not necessarily make it a better card than another. I have no leaning towards any brand, provided it does what it should do and has decent backup/updates, then branding is not important, I own a reasonably out of date card but it does a great job, so I am not saying because its an older card the GTX295 is not a great card, it probably is, but then don’t tell me its better than another without showing me some test results to back it up. Lets be honest most people new to gaming or at least PC gaming buy cards after first researching a lot, and the researching tends to be done on the internet primarily, so give an unbiased view, not make a statement that a certain card is better than another, that’s just misleading anyone who happens to be researching for a new card.. If your prepared to say its better, show some evidence i.e. tests reviews that shows its performance is better that the other card.. Most on-line tests show the HD6970 to be better than the GTX295, I was told that the card being put into my PC was going to do a good job, I still researched a little before saying yes put it in the machine, I used test reviews, they are out there even ones tested on A2/OA as I listed previously and here again, that’s helping point someone in the right direction to make an informed decision… 'Mine is better than yours' syndrome, is just childish.. .

The more I explore this island the more I love it.. The forts are great especially ‘Mike 1’, looking over Al Jebel, views on foot from the watch towers and in the air are breathtaking. I thought the ai might struggle driving along the perilous tracks through these beautiful deep valleys, but no worries at all, I set him on ‘Limited’ speed, as the roads are too winding and dangerous for ‘Normal’, and he handled it supremely.. Really great work.. Thanks again.. .

Lots to learn in this mod, a credit to you and all that contributed to it, an amazing sandbox.. Thank you for releasing it for us all to use.. .

Just downloaded this now from SU, looks fantastic, great work. And thank you.. .

Prove you know what your talking about.. .

I was simply pointing towards a very respected view, the site I would look to when choosing a card, would be ‘Overclockers Club’ not here. There are no actual tests shown on here showing fps in A2, you tend to have the same people responding to posters regarding cpu’s & gpu’s, of which, many will tell you that this card and that card won’t do and that Arma2 is different when it comes to gpu’s & cpu’s which I agree with, to a point, but some concrete facts would be nice. Talk is very easy, show some test results, don’t just talk cards down, when in reality they probably run A2 very well indeed, if I would have took the views of some on this site when researching my A2 PC then I would not have my out of date HD5850 2gb Toxic, because that cannot run A2, can it…:butbut: No of course not...:rolleyes: Proper test's, not talk, similar to this.. PuFu best check out the GTX590 results, I think he has no need to worry.. .

Just looking at the ‘Overclockers’ review/test and running Crisis Warhead (no A2 test) the GTX295 runs average on 1920x1200res 32fps, the HD6970 on the other hand runs the same res at average 52fps, which pulls out at the same as the GTX580.. ---------- Post added at 03:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 AM ---------- Don't think you'll worry much about running the game 1920x1200res 77fps ;) .

Check out Overclockers Club reviews, great indepth reviews plus testing.. You sure..