Latest beta patch is 1.62.95310 from what the beta page says.

Wednesday can't come soon enough. Thank you Rocket (and co)!

It'd go up the higher you set the texture quality, but as the GT520 is an entry level GFX the extra RAM is only a marketing gimmick (I'm afraid). You could try increasing the textures and see how it effects performance. Conundrum, you're right. Setting it to "low" puts the stress on the CPU instead of the GFX card.

Don't forget a lot of the FPS issues are attributed to the server you're playing on along with the DayZ mod itself. If you look at the change log notes, you'll see Rocket & co do a lot to tidy up certain elements that can cause the FPS to drop. 1.7.1.5 was perfect for me performance wise, 1.7.2.3 is freaking awful. It's a bit of hit 'n' miss; I've gone through changing config settings & startup parameters and they do benefit me when the 'right' patch comes out for DayZ, but it's just something that we have to learn to live with when it's not (the right patch). My rig consists of an overclocked Q9550, 4GB of DDR3 and a 2GB AMD HD6970 - more than enough to play this game with decent settings. With 1.7.1.5 at 3360 x 2100 I was getting a steady 40FPS unless I use binos. With 1.7.2.3 I have 25-30FPS which gets worse the longer I play. I'm really looking forward to the next update to DayZ as I'm hoping it'll improve my frames. :D

I usually just refresh the link after clicking cancel and that usually starts it. I think it may be to stop people from crippling the servers.

Had a few teething issues getting BattlEye installed last night. Once done, I've noticed a massive FPS drop to the point where it is almost unplayable. However I'll will be "testing" again tonight to see if it was the server (load) causing issues.

Apparently the latest beta patch 94945 causes issues but if you're having difficulties with 94876 it might be worth trying 94945. However, before doing that, try updating with Six Launcher.

:( I'm unable to connect to any server with 1.7.2.3 - always "waiting for host".

Thanks for sharing, that was interesting to see. :D

I guess this is serious, depends how you look at it. However, all servers I've tried joining have me stuck at loading. :(

Sigh. :(

I'm gaggin' for this hotfix, I'm refraining from playing until it's released.

Good vid, thanks for sharing. :D

I lost 3 uncooked steaks trying to take them from my ALICE pack to my inventory so that I could cook them. :( Can't say I'm overly keen on the new menu system.

Sorry the late reply. I have a 2GB HD6950 flashed to a 6970 and then OC'd. I even run the game at 200% my native resolution; 1680 x 1050 and my frames have stayed the same.