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I was going to give you a constructive reply on how long alpha stages can take when you are a one man team modifying other peoples engine without source code, and how most projects stay in closed alphas for exactly the reasons that people start getting impatient and whine - but then you went on a retarded ad hominem spree and completely voided any worth in any of your critique. Stay frosty dickweed.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7234

ARMA2 isn't really multicore optimised - so a dual "can" work, but games and operating systems are moving towards quad core as a standard within the year. Windows 8 will certainly help in that regard.

Yeah it would... It's one of the best price to performance processors for gaming on the market right now - taking over from the 2500K, which is still quite a workhouse.

Have you tried testing with regular OA levels? Server lag (too many zombies, hasn't been reset in hours - that sort of thing) can make you client get some really nasty FPS based "lag"

I'm pretty sure you need to combine the two since you don't have the CO version. (DayZ needs some files from Arma 2 to work, but it needs OA to run) Just look up a guide for this - god knows there's plenty of them around.

Dice roll deaths are not an important game mechanic - it is programming sadism. No one is even discussing removing Zed aside from you (why I have no effing idea). Being knocked down for a few secodns is more than enough to kill you, but you can survive that with some luck and good twitch reflexes. Being knocked down for long enough for you to bleed out passively (with at least one zombie eating your brains out meanwhile) isn't a challenge - it is a passive cutscene of you dying for no other reason than a bad dice roll. You can dodge a bullet, you can sneak around enemies, you cannot avoid a bad dice roll. RNG is never the solution as a game mechanic - especially not in a shooter.

The loot sheet isn't official - it is incomplete and has items that are NOT in the game...

Still missing the point by a mile I see. But I digress...

To clarify - yes you need to BUY Operation Arrowhead to play DayZ.

9.000 is one a single zombie encounter away from 12.000 - We're discussing poor design, not survival strategies here in case you missed the topic. Being careful does not safeguard you from stupid game mechanics - higher knockdown chance, much lower duration. It's called KNOCKdown, not KNOCK OUT afterall.

Magnet is just going off what Rocket? has mentioned - but I still see people complaining over the teleportation issues while having beta patches (The servers need them as well? I really don't see how this could be a CLIENT issue)

I'm sorry what? They ARE in the game as I clearly stated. http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Status_Effects#Infection

Yep - the knockdown mechanic as it is right now is pretty retarded and rewards complete solitude or even player murder. At least you know what to expect when shooting at a player - no risk of a 1 minute death timeout, only bullets.

Dear Soeg. Stop calling people retards - he honestly don't know any better, which is why we are here to help him out. The "Don't build prebuilt" argument is a valid one - to some extend. I'd never suggest people to buy a "branded" prebuilt machine (dell, hp, asus, etc..), however most IT webshops these days offer prebuilt machines that are pretty much on par with what you'd end up with yourself - also budget pays a big role. You can't expect everyone to be able to hand out a grand (dollars) on a machine that will last for a few years with very decent performance.

I think we've reached a consensus on the ACTUAL thread purpose - the 4850 isn't a powerhouse these days but I remember mine as a good friend in times past.

But that isn't no guy - That's the obnoxious loud guy who got trolled :P

Yes - these days you might as well go with a quad core since it is pretty much the standard when talking processors for gaming and high end applications.

Please for the love of all that is IT holy, don't talk about things you clearly have no knowledge of. You don't see me discussing cubism or the finer points of pottery either...