exThreads

[Fruity_Rudy]

I've got an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550. What would you recommend for exThreads setting? Most advice I come across relates to dual-core, not quads like mine.

Cheers,
OP

Default for quad should be =7 but you can try out what gives you best performance.
On the first page of this thread you see the table with the exThreads=n. There you can see which thread is doing what..

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Is it best i just type -exThreads=? in config file? The ? ofcourse been 1,3,5,7 etc

Not in the config file, in the command line of the .exe of arma2, oa or combined operations. i don't know if you're using an arma-launcher, but you have to edit the command line to -exThreads=n (n=1,3,5,7)

Understood?

Dismissed...

[vasmkd]

Yes using ARMA II launcher. I'll just at it to the target line on the exe's for OA and ARMA2

[=[A*C]=NicO]

Here is what I posted about the latest beta patch :
Hi everyone,
I'm a member of the French team Air Commando =[A*C]=.

So let's talk about performance : since the release of the 1.55 patch, we've been really angry towards Bohemia since our client side part of the game has became quite unplayable, with many FPS drops and a real loss in reactivity). We've tried many tweaks, we lowered our graphic specs, deleted the CFG, but we couldn't get the smoothness of the 1.54. Until yesterday.

I own a core2duo 6400 and an ATI 4890 (not bleeding edge I admit, but powerfull enough for many things) as a lot of my teammates, and totally lost, I tried the -exThreads=7 option, as a last try before giving up. Although it is not recommanded on a dual core, that was my only remaining option. And guess what ? I was running the 1.55 on a 15 FPS basis with many drops, and know after a few tests, I can say that it is now twice the previous value : 25-30 FPS (with even 60 sometimes !!! and for the lowest 15-20 in a few zones). It is WAY MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN BEFORE. My game is now playable again!

What I understood after a few readings is that -exThreads=7 cannot be handled by some low end dual core, but the 6400 is powerfull enough to cope with that. Other people who tried it with me told me the same, huge gain in smoothness, and in some cases in FPS too.

Does any dual core owner can confirm this?

[Fruity_Rudy]

I can confirm, that it doesn't matter which exThreads i use, i don't have the performance like on 1.54..
and that makes me angry

fyi, i have E8500 and it was great on 1.54 ..since texture popping, things are only screwed up...

[vasmkd]

@Fruity Rudy
What are ur full system specs?
And drivers for video card etc

Is ur HDR set to normal, high or highest in the video options?

[Suma]

I can confirm, that it doesn't matter which exThreads i use, i don't have the performance like on 1.54..
and that makes me angry

fyi, i have E8500 and it was great on 1.54 ..since texture popping, things are only screwed up...

I am sorry for this and I will do my best to identify the issue. That said, things like this are often hard to solve. Often a seemingly innocent chance causes unexpected results in rare situations. While 1.55 was definitely a lot worse than 1.54 on many systems, so far I was unable to reproduce this issue with 1.56, which makes solving it a lot harder.

[Fruity_Rudy]

It's ok, i will find a solution for myself..

[Tom1]

my 6x cpu (1090T) (AMD) is only letting me play wth all settings on normal on 1920x1080 res (100% 3d res), which is the same as before i upgraded from my dual core, here is an example of my command line: arma2OA.exe" -cpuCount=6 -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX; (etc etc), what does 'exthreads=7' do and should i use it?

[Ripsaw5165]

exthreads = 7 sets threading accross 4 cores.

[DMarkwick]

exthreads = 7 sets threading accross 4 cores.

Isn't it the case that, with the recent patches, it's no longer necessary?