Frame rate problems?

[toshan 0]

I've noticed my frame rates are quite bad (compared to ArmA 2 on its own, which I'm getting a solid 60fps on) - I get around 35fps-45fps in wilderness and it drops drastically to around 20fps in settlements. Is there anything I can do to fix this (without getting new hardware)? My specs are:

FX-6200 Black Edition @ 3.8ghz

8GB 1333mhz ram

2GB PowerColor HD 7870

Windows 7 Home Premium

Asus M5A99X motherboard

[terminal_boy 860]

I'm running the Saphire version of that card and get much better frame rates.

What graphics settings are you running in Catalyst Control Centre and in DayZ?

[toshan 0]

I'm running the Saphire version of that card and get much better frame rates.

What graphics settings are you running in Catalyst Control Centre and in DayZ?

I've got the GPU clocked at 1110MHz out of a max of 1400MHz. I could increase that but I'm not sure if that's the problem because I'm running Far Cry 3 on very high at around 60-80fps. I'll give it a try anyway and hope I don't cause my whole system to implode

edit: running DayZ on around high settings

Edited December 27, 2012 by toshan

[terminal_boy 860]

I'm running an i5 2500K / ASUS P8P67 over-clocked to 4.3GHz for reference.

Open CCC at click on Gaming > 3D Application Settings.

Here's what works best in terms of appearance and performance for me:

Anti-Aliasing : Use application settings

Anisotropic Filtering : Use application settings

Tessellation : AMD Optimised

Catalyst AI : Texture Filtering Quality = Quality. Surface Format Optimisation = Off

Wait for vert refresh : Off, unless application specifies

Anti-aliasing mode : Performance

DayZ settings:

Quality Preference : Very High

Interface Resolution : 1920 x 1080

3D Resolution : 1920 x 1080

Visibility : 2363

Texture Detail : High

Terrain Detail : High

Postprocess effects : Disabled

video memory : Default

Objects detail : high

Interface size : very small

Anisotropic filtering : normal

Shadow detail : High

Aspect ratio : 16:9 Widescreen

Anti-aliasing : Disabled

HDR quality : high

Vsync disabled

ATOC : Arma 2 trees and grass

PPAA : FXAA (Sharp filter) - High

According to MSI Afterburner in-game display, I get 30 - 50 FPS running through downtown Cherno and 75 + FPS in the woods..

[toshan 0]

Alright, thanks for the help. Seems to be fine now. I'm getting about 60fps in Kamenka on a server with about 20 people. I think it may have just been the server population giving me bad fps, as it was full (50 players) earlier

[ayser 8]

If you have more problems, don't overclock your GPU expecting higher FPS in ArmA 2. The game is mainly CPU dependant :P