Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications.

[Leon86]

yeah, that cpu is a poor choice for arma 2, phenom II quads perform better.

[dannyfc]

yeah, that cpu is a poor choice for arma 2, phenom II quads perform better.

Poor, but is it adequate?

[Leon86]

it's faster than min requirements. so it should work.

[BasileyOne]

strictly-speaking, FX4xxx CPU's wasn't bad, just had slightly inadequate IPC ratio for Arma2, heavily-tuned for iNtel chips[SSE dataflow meant :/)
bright side, however is, AMD FX'es is first [really-really]SSEx.x-compatible chips, so at least you would be free from issues.
sadly theis not mean, absence of switching to FPU-code fallback-code in both Arma2 and DirectX from [way faster]SSE counterparts.

[off-topic]well, speaking theoretically, thats why generally, both FX'es and Haswell features are main reasons, why most game developers should start move code into AVX2, because performance/ease2code/scalability potential benefits are inmanaginable, even w/o use of BMIx/FMAx/IOMMUv2 stuff.[/off-topic]

[dannyfc]

Thanks guys, I went for the Intel i5 processor instead.

Could only afford 4gb RAM once I'd upgraded the CPU, PSU and Motherboard, but I suppose that's easily upgradable if it's a problem.

Cheers

[BasileyOne]

sure. its way easier to add extra-memory, than change CPU, GPU or anything else
basically 4Gb good start, especially if thats one module - you had more space to expand/upgrade, at expenser of speed[bandwidth]
but nowdays i suggest picking 8Gb modules if you can afford - only ~22% more expensive than similar 2x4Gb pack/kit, and pack lot of memory :-))

[egorgeg]

Will this PC be enough for Medium-High settings at a good FPS?

OS: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1
Processor (CPU): AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4170 (4.20GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard: ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3 (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 3Gb/s)
Memory (RAM): 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card: 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory (Hard Disk) :500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

Thanks in advanced.

[Leon86]

the bulldozer fx-4xxx cpu's aren't that good for arma 2, so you'll struggle in cities and other cpu heavy events.

rest of the system is good.

[egorgeg]

the bulldozer fx-4xxx cpu's aren't that good for arma 2, so you'll struggle in cities and other cpu heavy events.

rest of the system is good.

In what settings is that? What settings would that run the game comfortabley? All I need is it to run on medium, some high maybe, and I'm fine with that. What FPS do you think I could get in certain areas say, on high settings.

I'm asking because I've been asking around making sure this PC build runs all my games well before I order it, and everyone apart from you now have said "yes most/all games high/ultra easy". Not saying I don't believe you, just trying to make sure.

Cheers.

[Leon86]

With arma the cpu speed is much more important than in any other game. Ideally you want a cpu with high performance per core and 4 cores.

the bulldozer cpu's perform pretty poor in all games (if you set settings to really test it) except battlefield 3 (because that's multithreaded very well and compared to arma not as cpu heavy), but most games aren't that cpu demanding anyway so you dont notice much.

I dont have a bulldozer so I cant test how it performs exactly.