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BadLuckBurt: Thanks man ;) Terminal Boy: It's very much dependant on your system. If, for example I were to decrease my anti-aliasing (which I have), then that would (and has) give me an extra 6 fps or so. If I increase my texture quality, then I get an extra 1-2 fps, where as if I decrease my object detail, I get an extra 2-3. Some options don't even cause any change in FPS. In total, it's not very substantial, and I've already optimized it as far as it will go, but I appreciate the concern :)

Using the NVIDIA Control Panel definitely helped. I'm going to keep persevering and see if I can push it to smooth gameplay now - still abit jumpy. I'll look into the allocated CPU now. EDIT: BadLuckBurt, my in-game settings aren't an issue. I've tried every combination and it barely makes a difference. ;)

Ok thanks for the help. ArmA 2 generally runs fine for me. The largest fps drop I've experienced in it was either due to rediculous mods (nukes) or the scenario in which you take back Elektro. In that scenario, 3 armies are duking it out, yet my FPS very rarely dipped below 30. In ArmA 3, I can run at max at around 45 fps until I join a server or add a ton of AI, so I imagine this is a CPU problem. I'm playing with the NVIDA control panel now and later I'll see how much memory is being allocated ect. Again, thanks ;)

Thanks, I'll have a look and see how much it helps :)

Pretty much. It does go slightly higher if I'm in the middle of nowhere, and drops a little when I enter a city, but it stays around the same.

Last year when I only had my Laptop, I had the exact same problem. Now that I have a brand new Desktop, I'd expected these problems to go. But no. The only difference is that on my Desktop, it doesn't matter whether I play on max or minimum. It pretty much stays the same. My specs: GTX 660 (non Ti) i5 3570k CPU 3.40GHz (Quad core) 8GB o' Ram 7200rpm Barracuda Hardrive This is what I've tried so far: Ingame settings tweaked. .ini files tweaked. Start-up parameters. Depending on the server and location, I get around 20-30 or so FPS. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Hey it's UGG! :D The girl who refused to show her face to us! (Jamie tracked you down on Facebook. You were a bitter, and I mean BITTER disappointment. Sorry). xox

Bumpidy bump.

Just as an update: My FPS problem is fixed. I used a program called 'AMD GPU Clock Tool' to overclock my GPU. I now have a steady 30-40 FPS. Anyone with the same idea, be careful. It can melt your Graphics Card if you overclock it too much.

Thanks for the reply Tsyn! I don't know if changing the start-up parameters would make a difference sadly. I'm using a quad core machine after all. I'm looking in to ThrottleStop to see if it's compatible though. :)

New development. When I'm in rural areas with very little Zed, my fps reached 45! However, as soon as the Zombies appear it plummets once again. Strange, as I can handle large scale firefights on ArmA... Do Zombies have a very complex AI?

Thanks for the replies! I tried your method Lulz, and I think I did see an increase in fps, bringing it to about 16 to 26 fps on DayZ. Still quite low, but a very substantial improvement. Nearly playable! Thanks! :D Anymore tips that can push my fps past 30 would be great appreciated.

Despite being able to play ArmA 2 at a steady 30-40 fps at low settings with occasional drops (my PC isn't great), as soon as I log into DayZ, the game becomes an unplayable slideshow. I find this very annoying as DayZ was what influenced my purchase of ArmA in the first place. Please help! My specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name SAM-TOSH System Manufacturer TOSHIBA System Model Satellite Pro L670 System Type x64-based PC Processor Intel® Core™ i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz, 2133 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA 1.20, 18/05/2010 SMBIOS Version 2.6 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514" Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 3.86 GB Available Physical Memory 2.02 GB Total Virtual Memory 7.72 GB Available Virtual Memory 5.26 GB Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Thanks in advance! -Sam