Stuck in the settings as described for my i5 and gtx560 combo and it does appear a lot smoother :). I think it'll do until I double up the ram, swap in an i7 and a gtx970 ;) K.

Plus heard (didn't see though) my first vehicle as I sat in the fire station in electro at night, couldn't see any lights so couldn't track down the location. I'd spent an hour or so lugging fuel cans (before being killed) whilst trying to find a truck to fuel up..... :). K.

One guy took a swing at me, bringing fists to a sledgehammer fight. He lost. One guy brought a bat to my shotgun fight, won and left me bleeding after knocking me out and nicking my backpack full of medical gear. Then, a totally clean bambi slapped me in the face as I shot at her, knocked me out and left me for the Zeds.... Have fun with that shotgun, I'm coming to get it back :). Mind you, electro is really friendly if you are a new spawn (immediately ran into some guys who wished me all the best and it's a great place to loot at night. Loads of guns and gear :). Just another day in days.. :). K.

I changed the screen resolution to see if I could boost the frame rate and it left me with naught but a hideously blurry screen, even though my dude was showing healthy, stuffed, energised, hydrated etc..... So glad I remembered about the post-processing option. It gives me a headache playing with all the fuzziness..... K.

Just got this myself after raiding nwaf and getting decent fear. That's two days of play up the shitter.... :(

Novy and storey sabor are my two favourite places to visit when gearing up as they are pretty central plus give easy access to good areas nearby and loot. K.

I was running about for two hours as a fresh spawn post reset with nowt but the basic starter gear, my t-shirt in rags in my small backpack and a wooly bobble hat on my head. It kept complaining about the cold but I survived quite happily whilst hunting for warm clothing. Was just out in the middle of nowhere in a torrential rainstorm last night and camped down by some trees in the rain and got a fire going. Even with the rain pouring down I quickly went from cold and soaking to just damp... K.

Prior to the reset I had a.22 pistol and about 200 rounds in my pockets. It was a great gun for sneaking about towns and dropping zeds, plus also to keep some defences up incase I ran into an unfriendly. I'd gotten fed up constantly swapping between the moisin and the axe when in an urban area. Any time I spotted a zed I'd get around behind it and double tap it in the head. With having at least one spare clip on me at all times I could blast away at any zeds that charged me and quickly slap in the spare in case of any threats. It's all about how you use the gun and you can 2.5x more.22 ammo than 7.62.... K.

Axe, coat and a bag of some sorts is my top three. Something to drop the zeds with and all those extra pockets and inventory slots. Mind you, I'm running around carrying 5 different guns at the moment so I need all that extra space :). K.

Logged in for the first time in a few weeks, walked into a two storey house in novy sabor and heard "bang, bang, bang.....".

How about soiling the bolts or arrows so that you need antibiotics to avoid long term sickness if hit by one? Good old English archer tactic in the middle ages. Stick them in the ground so you can quickly re-notch and also so you introduce dirt into the wound, causing additional bleeding and festering.... K.

This :). Actions: You can catch rain holding bottle in hand only.

Plus I seem to have a bottomless can of Rasputin K...

Swapping from win 7 to 8 then 8.1 seemed to bring about performance increases. Mind you, my machine now starts up from cold to login in under 20 seconds. For me, windows 8 seems to have a much smaller performance footprint than 7 did. Also, I swapped the motherboard, processor and memory all in one go and I expected win 8 to throw a strop. It simply went "meh..." And carried on as normal... DayZ runs fine, so does any other game I run..

The sobors and zelenogorsk are my go to places for loot and generally the best places to get stocked up with decent loot without too much risk. Yes, if people want to hang around on the coast then so be it, but anyone with a view to survive should run west to the hills as fast as they can :)