Hardware and settings for ArmA

[gL33k]

1 gig video ram = NO pauses,NO stutters,NO texture flashing
Yea!!!

Played with my Ati 4850-512 meg video ram and very high textures,shaders etc. and had bad pauses with harddrive
accesses when I viewed a new area or (turned around&#33.

My 1 GIG 4870 finally came in and it did what I had hoped for
*smooth*.

I'm not saying this will fix a loaded busy map.

I tested on an empty test map and started in the middle
of a town.

512 meg video ram... stutter,flash,pause on rotating

1 gig video ram NO stutter,flash,pause on rotating!

The 4870 is only a little faster then a 4850.
Not enough to make this kind of difference!

I am also now on a quad core, was on a dual core.
But both are 2.6 Ghz and ArmA only uses one core
anyway

So if your getting a new video card go for the Gig of memory.

jmc

damn i tough it could improved a lot, but you confirm that. i need one

[hamis]

Well,i just changed from 4870 512mb to gtx280 1gb and stuttering is finally gone.So 1gb of vid memory is THE solution for stuttering.

[gL33k]

or texture on low ***

edit: i just bought one ATI 4870 1GB uber cooler edition. (slient's one). i'm wondering how it will run .

[gL33k]

1 gig video ram = NO pauses,NO stutters,NO texture flashing
Yea!!!

Played with my Ati 4850-512 meg video ram and very high textures,shaders etc. and had bad pauses with harddrive
accesses when I viewed a new area or (turned around&#33.

My 1 GIG 4870 finally came in and it did what I had hoped for
*smooth*.

I'm not saying this will fix a loaded busy map.

I tested on an empty test map and started in the middle
of a town.

512 meg video ram... stutter,flash,pause on rotating

1 gig video ram NO stutter,flash,pause on rotating!

The 4870 is only a little faster then a 4850.
Not enough to make this kind of difference!

I am also now on a quad core, was on a dual core.
But both are 2.6 Ghz and ArmA only uses one core
anyway

So if your getting a new video card go for the Gig of memory.

jmc

wich catalyst drivers are you using

i just plug my powercolor 4870 1GB , and arma bug. "failed to create surface texture".
Is your windows vista x64? and have you got 4GB of ram enabled ?

[jmc]

Using 8.9 drivers. XPpro, 4 gig ram.

Oh yes, the 8.10 drivers just came out!
now I have to find a broadband connection.

I've seen the "failed to create..." problem but don't remember
the solution, had it myself once. A search should help.
Don't know about Vista tho. GOOD LUCK!

quote...
(wich catalyst drivers are you using

i just plug my powercolor 4870 1GB , and arma bug. "failed to create surface texture".
Is your windows vista x64? and have you got 4GB of ram enabled ?)

[umbr44]

Can anyone give me an estimate of what I could get out of the game with this system?

System 1 should be better, I know, but system 1 is 100 pounds cheaper, so it would be interesting to see how both sytems would handle this game...

System 1

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU Overclocked To 3.6Ghz Per Core
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 Motherboard
768MB XFX nVidia 8800GTX XXX Overclocked PCI Express Graphics Card
4 GB (4096) Corsair 1066Mhz DDR2 Ram
2 x 500GB SATA 2 7200rpm Hard Drive
22x Dual Layer SATA DVD +/- Rewriter
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card
Corsair 750W Dual 12V SLI Ready PSU

System 2

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU Overclocked To 3.6Ghz Per Core
512MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS PCI Express Graphics Card Complimentary Upgrade To 512MB nVidia 9800GTX+ PCI Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 Motherboard
Scythe Katana 2 CPU Heatsink & Fan
4 x 1GB Corsair 800Mhz PC6400 DDR2 Ram
500GB SATA 2 7200rpm Hard Drive With Silencer
22x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card
Multi Format Card Reader
460Watt Dual 12V Rail PSU

[hamis]

I suggest system 1,but change nvidia card to Ati 4870 1 GB card.Under 1GB cards cause terrible stuttering,especially when zooming (scopes,binoculars).

[umbr44]

Is the ATI 4870 with 1gb better than the graphics card in system 1, or is it just the size difference?

[hamis]

I think Ati is somewhat faster.

[umbr44]

Ahhh, thankyou.