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I believe, when you find a game mode, a server, a group of friends..., your settings may be tweaked down --perhaps far lower than your expectations ever intended them to be-- and you will find contentment, joy, brotherhood and an abiding love for the game as i and many others gamers have found. I believe because a gamer will adapt to any limitation, any nerf, any bar to their desire to play. To laugh in the face of Lag; To scoff at minor updates..., and pity the players who whine like female dogs in heat, at distant forums far, far away from the din of battle and the glory of pawnage.... We all pity them. I believe, because we love the game, no matter how uber the GPU, nor lowly the RAM --THIS IS ARMA!

If your view distance is cranked too high..., ain't a rig yet sold that can't be brought to its knees under load.

Hello, wondering if temps are crashing you. Dust-bunnies on the cpu heat-sink will do that. Some problems with the steam linky option, turn it off. I got a blizzard 'round here, but down-under maybe heat? As to the chat, known issue. Don't know the status --there's threads you can look for 'bout that. For me, hot temps would freeze the game where i'm looking --need to alt+tab out to kill the task. GameBooster3 or MSI afterburner are good apps for temps and generating specs if we need to look closer. Keep us posted.

Thinking 'bout it. When i ran 32-bit, cut backround services down to 22-24? At start-up, just 90-110mb ram draw on the system... So, 4gig installed, 3gig detected, minus 100mb = 2900mb something ram. --XPhome, sp2.

Strictly a matter of opinion. I run 'nvidia half-refreshrate' @75hrz giving a smooth, steady 37.5fps. And as the saying goes about opinions..., everybody's got one.

Worth doing the math on this for 32-bit. 4gig installed, but only 3gig used by 32-bit, minus os and backround progs, equals 2509mb available ram. Think that's right. Shows why 64-bit is where a gamer wants to be.

Campaign is a scripted mission, and since you can replicate it at the same spot each time, could it be a trigger point, bad script? Does lowering view distance help? May want to cross-post this in the 'OFFICIAL MISSIONS' section.

Dropping object detail to Low helps in those scenes. I see that zooming a scope at trees filling the scene. Low detail helps alot.

As in 12000m. view distance & 12000m. object distance? For what reason exactly?

Netcode? Makes sense if your 'puter is waiting for packets, performance will suffer. Syncing issues come into play as in 'who sees what, when, where. Interested how dayz sa will optimize netcode for 120 slots & gobs of ai.

Tell me how running a benchmark at 3800m. VD/3200m. OD makes any sense at all? 'Garbage in/garbage out' applies to a3 like this: If you INput garbage settings, you OUTput garbage framerates. But you know this. ---------- Post added at 01:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:17 PM ---------- Here's my results with the same benchmark at 3000m. VD/1750m. OD: 2013-11-27 23:53:04 - arma3 Frames: 6684 - Time: 210196ms - Avg: 31.799 - Min: 23 - Max: 44 http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147533-Low-CPU-utilization-amp-Low-FPS/page234

Ok..., --Thru steam...go to: a3//properties//local files// "Verify game cache.." From the other thread try: "....Also you can try a new arma3.cfg, by renaming it(Xarma3.cfg)...." --A full reinstall of a3? Running out of ideas..., keep us posted, good luck.

"3800VD" And 3200m. object distance. Seems he WANTS low frames to prove a point. I think the point is: Garbage in; Garbage out. GIGO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_In,_Garbage_Out

You're making a vow, here & now, to never buy a Bis product again, because of something said in the forums? Well, there's other games and other forums. Oh wait, you still will be posting here right?

Well, this is the peer to peer troubleshooting section so...,"settings blah blah blah... " is the meat & potatos of troubleshooting. "My fps suk!! Bis fix your game blah blah blah..." only works in troubleshooting if they want help and offer specs/setting. If they don't want help, it's flame-bait trolling. And i wonder why the mods don't ban them out-of-hand. As far as mods having opinions, they don't stop being forum members when they volunteer to mod the mayhem. Tho, if you do have a problem with a mod..., pm the lead-mod or bis to complain. As to the rest. I don't know.

To be fair tho, arma2's PvP scene didn't take off til the v1.60 Dec./'11 netcode patch. DayZ came out that April. Wonder how many people playing DayZ right now? [straight-faced]

I hear ya. Nobody is against a performance patch ..., just as nobody is against 'world peace' or apple pie. It's a given. But we don't develop the game, employ the personnel or create the work-product thru-put. We can read the daily change-logs incase we're wondering what's being done overthere. Todays 'hungover monday' patch reads: EXE rev. 113082 Size: ~161 MB •Added compass to all positions in Speedboat •Fixed: Side score was displayed on the right bar even when "Multiplayer score" difficulty option was disabled •Added list of units that are being inserted to Editor -> Insert Group •Decreased overall helmet protection to elevate importance of headshots •Minor downgrade of heaviest vest to be less effective against explosives •Minor optimization of soldier ammo loadouts •Unified squad leaders and team leaders ammo count across factions •Unified basic rifleman / scouts magazine ammo count across factions •Changed OPFOR Urban brown tactical vests for black ones that suits their camouflage patterns much better •Minor optimization of ammo bearers loadouts to increase their usability •Optimized OPFOR Urban magazine counts and assistants equipment •Added icons for OPFOR Urban Harness vest variant •Fixed: Showcase Night fog was not working •Fixed: Showcase Night - player reporting first contact improved •Showcase Combined Arms extraction chopper was not locked after players board it •Polished material in interior and polished exterior color map for LODs of Mora •Added: BIS_fnc_crewCount - returns number of crew positions in vehicle •Added: BIS_fnc_importImageLinks •Fixed: Drowning crew in helicopters •Fixed: Visual glitch on vest / assault pack •Fixed: Launchers - launched rocket remained in inventory I ain't gonna tell them how to build their game.

Fair enough, in this topic the numbers are known and people can decide for themselves. Tho i am curious, do you know of a real problem being ignored in the forum?

Reasonable comment. Do you think 'multiplayer is dying' is a genuine concern being swepted under the table, since player numbers are known and tracked, and since, this thread is at 26 pages? If so, care to explain your view?

Did you check to see if the chipset driver is installed? Happened to me. Installed driver..., wonder why my rig was crawling, checked to see and found driver reverted to generic. Installed failed. ---------- Post added at 05:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:18 PM ---------- Also, Using gpu-z or msi, are you pegging the gpu core clock speed under load? Look here over at the Asus P8Z77V-Pro mobo forum: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&id=20130504030632026&board_id=1&model=P8Z77-V%20PRO&page=1&count=34

Gah, that's not good. Low rez ought to bounce fps. Motherboard chipset drivers: generic or manufacture's? Any updates?

I find the nvidia CP AFx & CSAAx work very well at low rez. in a3. If i didn't need to lower rez for better frames, i wouldn't do it. But i wouldn't complain 'bout low frames either. But hey, i've been lowering rez to play new demanding games since i got a TnT card. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIVA_TNT

@1920x1200 screen rez --do you even need AF/AA at that rez? Avg: 27.415 fps...., i'd try lowering screen rez to raise that average. My benchmark at 1000m. VD: 2013-11-27 22:25:49 - arma3 Frames: 10102 - Time: 213440ms - Avg: 47.329 - Min: 28 - Max: 62 http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?147533-Low-CPU-utilization-amp-Low-FPS/page234

But that's a Russian server, right? Everybody know Russian geeks build super computers from broken toasters & discarded cell-phones. I call "shenanigans"! Seriously tho, if you know the server setting, can you PM them to me for my server guy?

Without posting specs & setting, Your "slide show" assertion is meaningless. But i got a hunch you know that.