ArmA2 / OA (low) performance issues

[navy198523]

navy198523: it sounds like you've already applied a few optimisations. Check these tried and tested tweaks:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...66#post2081466

Hey thanks so much, pulled atleast 20 more fps, up to average FPS 65, wanted to ask on the cfg file, I tried atoc 7 to 0 which is the no grass and changed it but I'm scared to save because I get this message,

ArmA2OA.cfg may contain features that are not compatible with plain text format. Do you want to save this document in this format?
To save click yes
To preserve formatting click no, then save copy in the latest word format.

Question how do I save in latest word format? Or can I ignore this and just save?

[MavericK96]

What are you using to open it? Just use Wordpad.

[navy198523]

I believe that's what I was using

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Microsoft office word

[NeMeSiS]

Use notepad, MS word adds some odd formatting stuff which breaks the file.

[TheBrinker72]

Hey, I recently bought Arma 2 Combined Operations and I have serious performance issues.

Here's my system:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
RAM: 3,00 GB
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
OS: Windows 7

Even though my system appears to pretty much meet the recommended setup, I can't run it above the "very low" preset.
Admitted, my system is not the best and I don't expect it to run at maxed out settings, but it should at least run "medium" or "high" properly, no? I mean, I can run Source games at the very highest settings, Crysis is playable at high without AAs... and Arma has to look like shit to be playable.


The recommended in-game defaults are at "High". However, the game's controls delay like hell and it's lagging pretty bad with that.
I am currently even proud of running it at 1920x1080 and bad shadows enabled!

...I updated all my drivers. What is wrong?

[Leon86]

VGA: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

There's your culprit. it's kind of a budget card, only used by oem manufacturers like HP and Dell. If you want to play decently on 1920x1080 you're going to have to replace that card, and maybe the psu if it's not powerfull enough for a real gpu.

I'm running an i5-750 myself and it runs fine, although I've clocked mine on 4 Ghz, still good cpu's.

[TheBrinker72]

There's your culprit.

I'm running an i5-750 myself and it runs fine, although I've clocked mine on 4 Ghz.

I know it's really a weak GPU, but this same card can also run most other modern games at high settings... Why not Arma?

[Leon86]

I know it's really a weak GPU, but this same card can also run most other modern games at high settings... Why not Arma?

Other games dont have the viewdistance and the trees. they're quite heavy on the gpu.

anyway, you can try to reduce the input lag by going to controls and put the mouse smoothing slider to the left until it's off.

also, go to Arma2OA.cfg and Arma2.cfg and edit it to
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=0;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=0;

also turn vsync off.

that wont inprove fps but it will help in aiming at lower fps.

[navy198523]

So I found some old threads from April 2009, right before arma 2 came out, seeing how excited people were about the release and when it finally released the let down of all the issues, I really pray Arma 3 has less issues but expect the worse. I didn't buy Arma until march 2011 so I didn't get to expirence the last release but from the way people make it sound it could be rough the first couple months after release.

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Well bad news update lol something fell out of my pc around my processor..... Around the massive heat sink I have lol, sounded like a screw. Everything seems fine but stopped running so I can investigate my machine. Lol arma is litterally killing my computer lol

[Leon86]

So I found some old threads from April 2009, right before arma 2 came out, seeing how excited people were about the release and when it finally released the let down of all the issues, I really pray Arma 3 has less issues but expect the worse. I didn't buy Arma until march 2011 so I didn't get to expirence the last release but from the way people make it sound it could be rough the first couple months after release.

Well bad news update lol something fell out of my pc around my processor..... Around the massive heat sink I have lol, sounded like a screw. Everything seems fine but stopped running so I can investigate my machine. Lol arma is litterally killing my computer lol

Arma 2 is pretty good now, after a whole bunch of patches. As for Arma 3 there will be a community alpha, so at least we'll know how buggy it is and how terrible it performs.