People with i7's

[recon 7185]

What kind of framerates are you getting in zargabad? I average about 33 with everything but post processing on very high (including AA) with an i7 930 at 4.15 ghz and two gtx 480's. Some maps i get 100+ but i need a referance point to know if I am getting normal performance. Thanks

[Chill xl]

Fraps report around 45 in the center or facing the center of Zargabad, when moving away from it it goes up to 60 (capped by vsync).

This is for an i7 + 2x 5850.

[recon 7185]

Well that's a big difference. Is that at the start of missions? I notice my framerates improve as ai players get killed off. What do you get in the benchmarks? Also what settings do you use ingame and did you overclock your i7?

[Nephris1]

I get far over 40 fps with an i7920 and an 5870hd.
But i am using a ssd disk,what made the difference for me compared tomy previous used hd (spinpoint f1).
When u check your cpu awhile playing and decrease the refresh rate in your task manager u will notice the cpu has not that much to do.
I guess the most hungry discipline is texure loading, what directs from the hd.

[Chill xl]

Forgot to mention that my i7 runs at 3.6ghz instead of the default 2.6 and both the 5850's run at 5870 speeds. That might give some performance difference.

[XDMerciless]

Sounds a little on the low side. I'll confirm my FPS later on Zargabad, but if I remember right I was averaging roughly the same as you, but there were occasional stutters here and depends on the number of units. It definitely becomes unplayable with unoptimized epic battle with max 144 groups on BLUEFOR, OPFOR, and Independent, somewhere at <10 FPS.

i7-950 @ 3.8/4.0 GHz (167X23/24 -TB & HT Enabled) @ 1.312 V
2X GeForce GTX 460 2GB (SLI)
GeForce GTX 450 1GB (PhysX)
12GB (2GBX3) DDR3/1600 MHz
*Ran at max settings w/ 4X AA @ 1920X1080, with a second monitor for productivity

[recon 7185]

Ye I am confused because my cpu is overclocked to 4.15ghz, but is my 7200rpm hard drive my bottleneck? The mission I am on is 8 by the way. My system scores 39000 in 3dmark vantage so not sure why some of you guys are doing much better

[Sarp]

I keep reading conflicting information about SSD's. The post above about texture loading got my interest as one of the issues I have is delayed texture loading, which at times is very annoying.

I've got : i7 940 running at 3.5Ghz
Gpu = 1 GB GTX460 running at 825Mhz
RAM = 10GB Corsair XMS31600MHz CAS9 DDR3 @1600MHz (9,9,9,24)
HDD = 1 TB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB

I play mainly MP and get between 25 - 40 FPS. @ 1900 X 1200 with 120% 3D. All settings V.High except ground texture - low and PP - V low. AA and ASF are at normal. View distance is 2000

Would running ARMA2 OA off an SSD REALLY make all the difference?

[Nephris1]

Would running ARMA2 OA off an SSD REALLY make all the difference?

Absolutely.
The first ssd versions had some troubles,
i got me a vertex2@120gig for 180€ and it flys it doez.
No texture popping anymor,great fps.

Besides that the boost for the complete system is just great.
Takes my system 4.8sec to boot, means from startup button at tower to login window.

Btw. my I7 is not overclocked, as there is no need for it but to show it in any forums sig.Or have u ever notice your cpu reaching its limit until now?

Yes your hdd is the bottleneck in that case.

[Sarp]

Absolutely.
The first ssd versions had some troubles,
i got me a vertex2@120gig for 180€ and it flys it doez.
No texture popping anymor,great fps.

Besides that the boost for the complete system is just great.
Takes my system 4.8sec to boot, means from startup button at tower to login window.

Btw. my I7 is not overclocked, as there is no need for it but to show it in any forums sig.Or have u ever notice your cpu reaching its limit until now?

Yes your hdd is the bottleneck in that case.

I OC'd mine because the stock was 2.9Ghz and I believe it's made a difference.

I guess the only thing holding me back from getting a SSD is moving my OS onto it.

I really don't want to re-install and I don't think cloning will align the drives right, or have I got it all wrong?

Edited to add: I also have an Asus P6T Deleuxe MB. I read conflicting info on the sandforce SSd's compatibility and performance on this board. anyone got any experience with it?