PC Specs Help :)!

[SatanTwo 3]

*Which version of the game did you purchase? STEAM or RETAIL or MIXED:

I purchased Arma II: CO from Steam.

*Are you running an Arma 2 OA beta patch? If so what version?:

I'm not running on the Beta patch.

*Which method are you using to launch the game? I.E Sixupdater/steam/batch file:

I'm using Sixupdater.

*What is the Error/Problem you're having? Please provide screenshots if possible:

I'm currently having terrible lag issues when playing the game due to PC Specs.

*Your PC specs:

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CPU

Minimum: Intel Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz

You Have: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

Click here for the latest CPU drivers.

CPU Speed

Minimum: Intel Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz

You Have: 2.2 GHz

Upgrade Suggested

This one I know I need to upgrade, which I plan on doing.

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RAM

Minimum: 1 GB

You Have: 2.1 GB

OS

Minimum: Windows XP / Vista / 7

You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Service Pack 2 (build 6002), 32-bit

Click here for the latest Windows drivers.

Video Card

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT or ATI Radeon HD 3650 or faster with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM

You Have: GeForce 9400 GT

Click here for the latest Video Card drivers.

Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Required You Have

Video RAM 512 MB 1.7 GB

Hardware T&L Yes Yes

Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.0

Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.0

DirectX version

Minimum: DirectX 9.0c

You Have: 11.0

Free Disk Space

Minimum: 10 GB

You Have: 15.3 GB

*Your Operating System:

Windows Vista Ultimate.

So yeah, that's all the information that's required. Now for my own part. I was wondering what I should upgrade to reach "minimum, but good" performance from this game. The only thing I think i need to upgrade so far is just the processor which I already plan on doing with some Christmas cash.

Is there anything else I should upgrade, that's a reasonable price but better than what I already own? Any help would be appreciated guys, seeing as how I can only get on as soon as I get better performance cx

Edited December 21, 2012 by SatanTwo

[Kyzahh 127]

If you're upgrading the cpu to anything worth while you'll need to buy a new motherboard to accommodate for the change in chip slot.

So yeah, Motherboard.

[SatanTwo 3]

Any suggestion for brands of motherboards/motherboard types? I'm kinda new to this and this is going to be my first time changing something like this, so any information could help.

I'd be getting hep with putting it in and everything from a friend of mine, so that's covered at least. x3

[SatanTwo 3]

Scratch that last post, managed to do some research and found a motherboard compatible with my processor :D!

So, anything else I should prolly upgrade? Or is that the main thing o:?

[Kyzahh 127]

Well you'll need new ram and a better graphics card but they can be done at any time.

[SatanTwo 3]

Okidoke, thank you very much for the help, it's much appreciated :)

I'll most definitely be writing down a list and getting the stuff from it x3