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lolz :D anyway, you don't need a case to run a pc at all ;)

the 6450 is slower by far...it could probably run it on low detail, while the 6570 could get you around medium... but as stated the remaining system should also be fast enough... you shouldn't use both cards linked together though, because the slower card will drag the faster one down and you might end up with less performance than with the single faster one...

ok, so this is most likely your video card or its driver... the newest nvidia driver is version "301.42". if you are using this try downgrading to an older version... if you're not using this, well...use it... :P when installing new drivers for troubleshooting always completely uninstall the driver, reboot windows and then install the new one... if none of this helps, uninstall the driver again, switch you card with your 8600 and install the driver... are you using any 3rd party software for checking temps or fps while in game? if so disable or uninstall it... if this also doesn't work there has to be something wrong with another component, like the mainboard or ram or your windows installation... in that case you need somebody to have a look at your pc personally, because stuff like that is kinda hard to diagnose and fix remotely...

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/automatic-restart-windows-7.htm do what is said here to disable the reboot after bluescreen...this way it stays and you can read it... you have to manually reset windows when this setting is off... regarding the other video card: did you upgrade to the 250 from the 8600? if so, did you uninstall the old driver and reinstalled a new one or did you just switch cards and let windows detect it automatically?

feel free to ask, if you need help regarding what to buy? ;)

the game may have some memory leaks... so prolonged sessions might get worse performance over time...

what did the bluescreen say? i need to know if it mentions a certain file or any other reason and also what it says after the "STOP"...should be something like "STOP 0x0000E..." or similar... however...there seems to be something wrong with your computer. could be faulty hardware or a driver problem... random bluescreens and freezing often point to faulty hardware... if it only happens when you do something specific, it's either a driver, the program itself or some 3rd party software running in the background and has direct access to hardware (e.g. system tools)... if you know somebody who knows about computers (really knows, not someone who claims to, because he has installed his os himself once), maybe it's wiser to ask him, so he can look at your pc and see the whole picture, because such things are hard to diagnose remotely...

well, i think the artifacting doesn't happen from the beginning of a session...no matter what settings are used... today i was running around in balota with everything turned up to the max and there had been no artifacts at all...a few days ago i couldn't play there at all... so i guess it depends on how much ram and/or vram (16gb/3gb in my case) is available and how much time it takes to fill it up. last time i had those i had been playing for a few hours before i got somewhere close to dead soldier models and it got worse when i enabled anti aliasing (and therfore filling up vram even faster)...thus ppl with less ram/vram are prone to get artifacts earlier or from the get go... this reeks of memory leak... this could explain the differing degrees of affectation of different pc configs and mitigation when disabling certain memory hogging features (like fsaa) and why flushing sometimes helps removing them for some time... maybe since 1.7.2.4 the mod tapped some capability of the engine it didn't before or in a way that the engine was not supposed to be used. so either the beta needs to be fixed or the mod does need to cease using whatever feature causes that... beta: 95883 (is it as bad with the more recent versions? didn't have time to test those yet...) mod: 1.7.2.5 specs are attached ps: i don't claim to know anything. it's just a theory and if it has been brought up already i'm sorry, but i won't read 94 pages just to make sure it is not redundant... :P DxDiag.txt

i need to revise my last comment regarding performance dependence on servers. just made the experience myself...and i wasn't even in a big city, just on the entrance to komavoro hidden in the trees... i have to chime in with ppl saying, it's the game itself, since i can't explain it otherwise... my pc is rather powerful (i7 3770k, 16gb ram, radeon 7970), which i always keep tidy and up to date, so i doubt it's on the user's end... question remains if it's the beta or the mod... regarding your problem with tanking fps when close to cities and/or players i would think it's some setting either in the in game video options and/or in your catalyst control panel... if you haven't already done it, open the ccc and in 3d game settings revert everything to default settings and then in game disable anti aliasing, shadows, post processing, fxaa, set hdr to normal and video memory to default and then try a few servers... most servers are on 95883/1.7.2.5 as of yet, so that should be your version too. or you could set everything to low (or off where available) and work your way up setting by setting until you hit your desired performance. server shouldn't be one of those where you get bad performance everywhere and you should be in an area that gives you bad fps. also don't use any tool that uses an overlay to display fps or other info...this sometimes causes problems in other games too... ...or, erm...did you try completely reinstalling arma2 an oa as of yet? maybe it's just some corrupted file, a borked install or something like that...

cpu to old, gpu to old... get a new pc ;)

by "blue figures" do you mean a windows bluescreen or just patches of blue color in dayz?

pay more attention when reading... ;) well, i assure you, i'm trustworthy (ofc anybody could claim that)... if you, punget, still need and want help over teamviewer, send me your id and pw through a pm...

try with everything set to low or off...reduce view distance...and from there on work your way up by increasing settings... if there's still lag, reduce resolution further... you might also just set everything to the lowest possible setting (including resolution) to see if that runs well... if it doesn't there won't be anything you can do to get good fps...

1600x900 actually is about 50% higher than 720p (1280x720) regarding pixelcount... so, try reducing your resolution...

yeah, you said that, but what exactly? driver update? windows update? or whatever... the gpu went to 99% when moving the mouse in game or in windows? just wondering what kind of update may cause this....

sounds like something periodically accessses your hdd... try disabling your virus protection or set exceptions for the game...(and disable as much uneeded background programs as possible)

your gfx card is very slow and it doesn't meet the requirements... it tells you that the needed features are supported, but it isn't fast enough... the minimum req is a gf 7800 which is faster than your 8200/9200... the first digit of the model tells you what generation your card is (what features are supported) the second digit tells you the performance class...anything below x400 is too slow...with current gen. the older the generation, the higher the second digit needs to be... just for a rough estimate...

does this happen with other games, too?

sure, but i won't help you from work... if no solution or help is found until i'm at home, i might be able to help you...

odd, i never have experienced client performance varying between servers (i don't say it's impossible, just never experienced)... granted, my system is very fast and it's always butter smooth, no matter how i set gfx options. so i guess i have a lot of reserves, but such dips in performance should be noticable. i'll try to look into that when i get home...

very unlikely with that kinda hardware... minimum system requirements means that the game will run on low detail and low resolution, but not necessarily very well... your system barely exceeds those, so playing on your desired reolution might be a no-no...

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/How_to_install_DayZ#Make_a_shortcut_to_launch_ARMA2_Beta_with_Steam_Overlay_.28Optional.29

might be useful for others if you specified what your problem was and how you solved it... ;)

do what the error message suggests. open a command prompt as an administrator and type sfc /scannow and wait for it to finish. this may take a while. reboot and then retry installing .net. if it still doesn't install, maybe the file is corrupt, because of some error during download. in that case the next step might help. after that run windows update and let it install all updates. do this multiple times to not miss a followup update. did six run before or is that your first time install?