ArmA2 / OA (low) performance issues

[Simcardo]

@Simcardo: Like others said, what's your processor speed, and how much VRAM you have (your video memory).

Well it's an old Computer so yeah it's slow..
CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz
Video mem: 1GB

Okay, before i change my OS to Win 7, (XP) ArmA 2 runs faster on High setting.
Now i set everything to medium, lower the view distance, vid mem High (in Very high i'm getting a lot of stutters instead)
and now i got a pretty smooth preformance, of around 20 - 28 sometimes 30 +. so thanks for your help everyone

[seba1976]

I have AMD X2 7750, same motherboard as you, 4gb ram and ATI Radeon HD 4850. For years I ran ArmA 2 fine with it with all the fancy antialiasing, postprocessing etc settings disabled or low. But now after the v1.60 patch came out, somehow it runs much slower and missions which I could previously play fine with a bit low FPS are now in single digit unplayable FPS then.

I don't know, maybe I goofed up something in my win7 64bit that causes it, but I start to think somewhere in v1.60 patch cycle enough was changed on the code to make the engine more CPU demanding...

I can run small missions with only little or perhaps "normal" amount of AI just fine and Takistan or other user made light terrains help of course. Chernarus and 100+ AI is too much for this hardware.

I know its complicated, but you won't regret it: run the game on XP (64 bit if you can). I'm not generalizing (though perhaps I should) but for older hardware like yours it's an impressive improvement. Dual boot is your friend. There's something with the code that runs faster in XP.

[Khaki]

Here's my current rig

AMD FX 4100 Rurboclocked to 3.8 GHz
ASUS M5A97 EVO Mobo
AMD ASUS 5670 1GB
8GB Mushkin memory


Playing online with mods ( ACE, ACRE, Islands, sounds, guns, etc.) in missions like Domination or MSO usually results in around 20-25 frames per second for me. Is this normal for what I'm packing or is there something going on? Thanks in advance

[MavericK96]

I know its complicated, but you won't regret it: run the game on XP (64 bit if you can). I'm not generalizing (though perhaps I should) but for older hardware like yours it's an impressive improvement. Dual boot is your friend. There's something with the code that runs faster in XP.

Good advice, except XP 64-bit sucks in a lot of ways.

[seba1976]

Good advice, except XP 64-bit sucks in a lot of ways.

Probably, but it's ideal for Arrowhead.

[Sweeps28]

I just bought my computer about a year ago and just recently downloaded Arma 2 from steam. Im trying to play the DayZ mod and when I launch the game it loads up fine, but in game it runs so slow and choppy. I even put it at the lowest setting. I was just wondering if my CPU is suppose to handle it or if I can upgrade it somehow. My specs are

Windows 7
Intel Core i5-2300 CPU@2.80 GHz
Installed physical memory 6.00 GB
Available memory 4.17 GB
nvidia GeForce 405

I downloaded updates for my graphics card and that hasnt seem to have done anything. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[Leon86]

geforce 405:
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/de...eforce-405-oem

just looking at the pic you can see this thing is below system requirements. A 100,- eu gpu is enough to run all games (albeit at modest settings) but still oems put piece-oh-crap cards in to save 50,-

[Sweeps28]

What kind of graphics card could I buy that would be an upgrade and still work with my set up?

[MavericK96]

As long as you have an available PCI-e x16/x8 slot, you can get pretty much anything your PSU can handle.

[Bayou]

this always happens with my old computer (and my friends).