hockeyfreak186

So i defraged, messed with my config files, used RAMdisk, used launch parameters, and tried different dayz commander options (directx 9, steam, etc..). The best I saw was about a 5 FPS increase, if that, to bring me to 15 FPS. So, progress? lol. I think I'm fresh out of ideas. I read somewhere that someone reapplied thermal paste to their CPU and saw a jump so i might do that. I don't know if I want to drop money for a new CPU. If i went that route I would probably just upgrade my whole system. So if anyone else has any other suggestions, I'm all ears! Otherwise I guess I'll just have to deal with it.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I wont deny that my system is a bit outdated, lol. But I can play most everything else at least halfway decently. I was monitoring my GPU usage during play for a bit and it would jump from 0% usage to 22% for a bit then back to 0% while my CPU was around 60-70% and the same old 10 FPS. I tested out Arma 2 single player and the GPU and CPU usage were both around 50% and i was getting a steady 35 FPS. I also tested out Skyrim and the GPU usage was pretty steady around 85% with the 70% CPU usage. So I feel like for some reason the GPU isn't being utilized in the DayZ mod, but just cant figure out why, or how to fix it. I will look into some RAM drives tomorrow when I have some more time.

Hi all, So I've been watching DayZ awhile now and finally bought Arma2 OA about 2 months ago. I was really excited to get started after watching a lot of game play and hearing about it from friends until... I booted it up and it plays like a slow slideshow :( . I average about 10 FPS when playing and it will drop as low as 5 FPS in larger cities. The weird thing is in arma 2 single player I rarely drop below 40 FPS. I have tried multiple servers and messed with my video settings countless times to get minimal or zero gain. I make sure I have nothing else going in the background and set the program priority to High. I have read multiple forums and tried just about everything (or at least I think so) to no avail. Should I be getting that low of FPS with my system, or am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I wish to play this game, but the FPS issues are keeping me from doing so! Here are my Specs: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series 1GB AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz CORSAIR XMS2 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 600W power supply Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Windows 7 64 bit 1600X900 Resolution Thanks in advance