a question for you all?

[kingflip 42]

i installed Arma2 about a week ago and i can play that just fine on normal settings 55-60fps (my computer isn't that great) anything higher and it drops to about 25-30fps and so on, then i discovered dayZ and my fps changed drastically, with the same settings i use to play Arma2 i run this mod at about 10-20 fps IF LUCKY. i have made a few friends on there and they were telling me to get the best optimization, i could edit the .cfg file to certain values, reduce visible distance and install a mod called GDTMod-Grass. so i did, i tried it on regular arma2 and it ran great (around 75fps). again, i tried it on dayz and it wouldn't run, it said something like "gdtmod not supported. invalid server keys" so i deleted it, and when i did i noticed no difference. is there anything i can use to make this mod run better?

[TheDuriel 26]

reinstall the gdt mod fucked up your arma

its normal to get low fps in dayz

Then, use the following settings in-game:

• Visibility: User preference, the lower number the less likely you are to experience FPS problems and screen tearings.
  
• Brightness and Gamma: User preference.
  
• Quality Preference: Normal
  
• Interface resolution: Whatever your monitor’s native resolution is.
  
• 3D Resolution: Same as above.
  
• Texture detail: User preference.
  
• Video Memory: Default.
  
• This makes Arma 2 use all your vram.
  
• Anisotropic filtering: User preference.
  
• Anti-Aliasing: High.
  
• Low and normal look worse and don't improve your performance.
  
• Object detail: between Very Low and Normal.
  
• This setting will always hurt your fps, so go easy on it. It pretty much only affects grass.
  
• Shadow detail: just dont deactivate it
  
• If your FPS is still low, turn this down.
  
• HDR quality: User preference.
  
• Postprocess effects: Low or Disabled.
  
• I prefer Disabled as it stops things like your screen going fuzzy when you’re low on blood.
  
• Interface size: User preference.
  
• Aspect ratio: Whatever your monitor’s aspect ratio is.
  
• Vsync: User preference. I keep it enabled.
  

source: http://www.steamgame...tion-guide.html

Edited November 26, 2012 by TheDuriel

[kingflip 42]

arma still works just fine, the mod didnt do anything, i just wanted to know if there are any mods that i can use on dayz that would help with performance, but, thanks for the list of specs. ill try those out tonight.