Warsteiner

Ive just started up OA again and suprisingly it runs great! :D I turned down some Cpu heavy settings and also added this line in start up options: -nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7 Theres also no more lag now in villages so thanks a lot for the replies, ill be doing some ArmA II for now :)

Ok, so it's not my video card that is causing all the lag i guess? Is my processor not good enough then? I have a AMD Fx 6300 @ 3.5 ghz 8gb Ram

I think I might have tried this already in DayZ, but not in ArmA II. Ill try it out

ArmA is running better now that ive put almost everything on very low.. Also did that with DayZ but it still laggs like shit and its almost unplayable. When Im close to some houses and a couple of zombies, it starts running at 30-20 fps (on very low settings) and the cpu usage is around 30% in this situation. This is seriously getting old. Why the fuck can't I run DayZ normally like any other game? It cant be THAT hard to run??

@kklownboy I didnt have them maxed out though, dont worry. I would end up with less than 20 fps that way. But why is my gpu usage at 30 % while Im having like 30 fps in game?? I dont get it. PS: I also have lag in singleplayer, its not that the servers are causing that much lag to me. ---------- Post added at 21:14 ---------- Previous post was at 21:12 ---------- Would you suggest overclocking my cpu then?

Ok, Ive made noted some things that increase and do not increase fps. Heres the list: Antialiasing (highest to none) = 20 fps gain Objects detail (very high to very low) = 20 fps gain Terrain detail = 0 fps gain Post possessing = 12 fps gain Ppa = 0 fps gain texture detail = 0 fps gain shadow detail = 0 fps gain Hdr quality = o fps gain. View distance = huge fps gain (view distance is currently under 2000) I still have a lot of lagg in cities and when zombies spawn (in DayZ). ---------- Post added at 18:31 ---------- Previous post was at 18:08 ---------- I also checked my gpu usage in game. It's from 22 to 40 % when Im having around 20-30 fps :)

Yea exactly. View distance, terrain detail and objects detail indeed make a huge difference in fps! But the problem is, I already have the view distance to 2020. At least in DayZ. But what do I against the cpu bottleneck and how can I check the GPU usage? Sorry, Im not that great with computers :(

@ChrisB You are right. I haven't tried anything yet, but what I have tried is basicly putting the Post prossesing on low and the draw distance down and the draw distance had the biggest effect on my fps. I'll also make a list ,as you mentioned, with everything I've tried to make the game run better. @Domokun Alright, Ill try putting down the the anti-aliasing then (since I have that maxed out :S). But about that SSD you are talking about, will it improve my fps that much? What does it do? O, and ill try the tweaks you've sent me.

Ok, thanks a lot for the replys. I will post a screenshot of my advanced settings :) ---------- Post added at 12:23 ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 ---------- http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u582/coen454/ArmA2OA2013-02-0811-44-20-86_zps1cd83abe.png (848 kB) ---------- Post added at 13:14 ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 ---------- but even when I put everything on normal/low, I still get lag when I look at villages, or when Im in villages :S doesnt matter if there arent any AI's in it..

Yea but Its kind of weird because I have a lot of things on medium already. Can you tell me what to upgrade? Wether its a new video card or processor? ---------- Post added at 11:34 ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 ---------- I SHOULD be able to run ArmA 2 on medium settings smoothly when I can run crysis 2 on highest graphics without any problems?? :S

I have the view distance at 3 km, post processing to medium. but I just came back from playing a little dayz and I had the same issue. When I looked at the town, my fps dropped MASSIVELY ( to around 7 fps ). Then I looked away to some huge ass landscape, and it was fine :S

Alright, thanks for the replys. I might consider getting an SSD drive then. Also, I have no problem with looking at huge landscapes or something. It's mostly towns and places where lots of hostiles/players are. Is there maybe a chance that it might be my processor? Since that's the thing calculating the movements.. Btw, I have the graphics all on highest because I checked my system requirements on www.canyourunit.com and it told me I could handle it all on highest quality.

Hello everyone, I'm sorry, this has probably been posted over a hundred times but I just can't really seem to find a solution for it. First of all.. I really love ArmA 2. There are so many possibilities in the game and so much realism. I really like the gameplay and the way people coöperate in squads and play together. Unfortunately I can't play without some issues here and there. For example: I've just started a singleplayer mission and me and my squadmates are walking towards a village with some hostiles in it. When I come a little closer the village, my fps starts dropping increasingly (to around 27 or less). But the weird thing is, when I look away from the village, the fps goes up to 50-60 again. This is weird because I recently bought a pc that can handle Hitman: Absolution, Black ops II, Guild Wars 2 and borderlands 2 without any lagg. :S Is this maybe because of my processor? Or is it the graphics card? Because from what I know, my graphics card isn't that bad at all. Here are my specs: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz 8192MB RAM AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits I hope you can help me on finding out what's causing this lag.