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So I've played the campaign in ARMA 3 and tried some multiplayer but just can't really figure out where to start. Most servers I join everyone else is already across the map and I have no idea what's going on. Usually I just end up trying to find people. I first started playing ARMA with ARMA 2 OA for DayZ. I played some Breaking Point in ARMA 3. But I'm trying to get into the regular multiplayer and it seems everyone else is very experienced and I just end up getting lost

Is that really a fair comparison? There's a fairly significant price gap between a 770 and a 7850 (more than fairly significant IMO, it's about a $200 difference). And as that article points out, the 770 has better specs in nearly every single category, so I'm hardly surprised. I do know Intel has better CPUs for gaming, although I do not think it's as clear-cut for GPUs - if I'm not mistaken AMD currently has the highest performing GPU? I'm not totally sure, that changes every few months. Anyway my system does perfectly fine for me in every other game, I don't plan to go into such detailed analyses of the performance in one game and then buy entirely new pc components just for that. I just find it kind of a shame it has to be so complicated for this game to run smoothly. But I do understand it's an intensive game hardware-wise.

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I honestly don't remember the timings on the RAM, been a long time since I fooled with them and did any overclocking. I believe I was able to get this CPU stable @ 4.1ghz but I didn't feel the temp increase was really worth it. May try it again to see how it improves performance. I was afraid there was not much more to do, other than a different CPU. I've not had problems in any other games that I've noticed, though I suppose this a rather CPU-intense engine. I still don't quite understand why it doesn't utilize 100% of CPU/GPU though. :confused: Ah well, by messing with settings more I have it getting ~30 FPS at *most* times. Playable, at least.

I originally posted this in the Low CPU utilization & Low FPS thread but apparently that's more of a debate thread I've followed the optimization guide posted but still can't get good performance. I'm just looking for 25+ FPS in most situations. I have got it to where I get around 30 FPS in most areas, but once combat actually starts or I come to a city with a lot of OPFOR it tanks. Specs are: FX-6300 @ 3.5ghz HD7850 2GB @ 875mhz/1200mhz 8GB DDR3 160 I'm not trying to run on all Ultra settings. A few are very high - the more GPU intense ones. Most are High/Standard and I put the sliders around the 'Standard' outlined in the guide. The game still doesn't utilize much of my GPU, usually <75% so I'm guessing it's a CPU bottleneck although I need to monitor it's usage more closely. Any tips for this type of pc setup? Here are some screens of CPU/GPU usage. These screens show the settings I'm using and an in-game screenshot showing 19 FPS and about 30% GPU usage. http://i.imgur.com/8mz9kdW.jpg (421 kB) http://i.imgur.com/B5vClCi.jpg (408 kB) http://i.imgur.com/8cNabmU.jpg (410 kB) http://i.imgur.com/6Agsg25.jpg (637 kB)

Here are some screens of CPU/GPU usage. These screens show the settings I'm using and an in-game screenshot showing 19 FPS and about 30% GPU usage. http://i.imgur.com/8mz9kdW.jpg (421 kB) http://i.imgur.com/B5vClCi.jpg (408 kB) http://i.imgur.com/8cNabmU.jpg (410 kB) http://i.imgur.com/6Agsg25.jpg (637 kB)

I've followed the optimization guide posted but still can't get good performance. I'm just looking for 25+ FPS in most situations. I have got it to where I get around 30 FPS in most areas, but once combat actually starts or I come to a city with a lot of OPFOR it tanks. Specs are: FX-6300 @ 3.5ghz HD7850 2GB @ 875mhz/1200mhz 8GB DDR3 160 I'm not trying to run on all Ultra settings. A few are very high - the more GPU intense ones. Most are High/Standard and I put the sliders around the 'Standard' outlined in the guide. The game still doesn't utilize much of my GPU, usually <75% so I'm guessing it's a CPU bottleneck although I need to monitor it's usage more closely. Any tips for this type of pc setup? Thanks