Aitchy791 78 Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Ok so i went and upgraded my gpu. It works great in all games with no problems for example runs bf3, skyrim, bl 2 etc all in 1080p at max settings. But im not seeing the increase i wanted in dayz. Yes my fps has went up and I have been able to up my in game video settings but looking towards cities or building my fps is not much better than before.I also notice that when I am standing next to a city if I look away from the city my fps skyrockets and so does my gpu load. But if I turn and look at the city my fps dramatically drops and so does my gpu load. Shouldnt my gpu be working as hard or even harder in or looking at cities? Please see screen shots taken from the exact same spot, one looking away and one looking at cherno.Precison X DisplayGPU :Power, GPU Clock, GPU Temp, GPU Usage, GPU Volatge, Fan SpeedMem: Memory Clock, memory usageD3D9:FPS CounterTotal Cpu UsageIntel i7 2600 (Stock)Evga gtx 660 ti sc 3gb (Factory OC'D)8gb ram2TB Hdd @ 5400 rpmIn particular its the gpu load and fps figures which baffle me, I would not expect a huge drop in gpu load looking at a city, I would expectr a higher load if not the same, yes I know dayz isnt the best optimised mod. But I expected more from the card I bought from what I was using before. An i7 and gtx 660 ti sc 3gb I expected more than 30-45 around big towns.I thought maybe its the hard drive speed, but I tried the ram disk technique which is meant to be faster than using a ssd but it made no difference. Yes im looking out to sea but even in an open field I will get 90 plus fpsAs for nvidia control panel I have most things set to the recommended set ups you find here, max frames 1, high performance etc etcScreenshots all taken from same location, just different compass bearingsPic 1 is looking away from chernoPic 2 looking towards chernoPic 3 My in game video settings Edited January 19, 2013 by Aitchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mos1ey 6301 Posted January 19, 2013 ArmA 2 is all about the CPU... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitchy791 78 Posted January 19, 2013 an i7 at 3.4ghz and turbo at 3.8As you can see from my pics my cpu does not even go above 30 percent, and thats with firefox, skype, steam, dayz commander all running in the background Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mos1ey 6301 Posted January 19, 2013 Yeah, i7s and ArmA 2 don't work well at all. Have you disabled HT?You won't get high FPS in big cities without a 4Ghz+ OC... This is normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colekern 1364 Posted January 19, 2013 Disable Hyper threading then overclock the CPU. Use the Tom's hardware forums for safe overclocking advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aitchy791 78 Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Got a huge increase adding the -winxp parameter, same shot at cherno and got 10 extra fps Edited January 22, 2013 by Aitchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImageCtrl 719 Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) an i7 at 3.4ghz and turbo at 3.8As you can see from my pics my cpu does not even go above 30 percent, and thats with firefox, skype, steam, dayz commander all running in the backgroundUse also i7 2600k,4.2 is minimum i think now. (run also long time 3.8, was fear without reason)Yeah, i7s and ArmA 2 don't work well at all.http://www.hardware.fr/articles/778-11/arma-2.html Edited February 25, 2013 by NoCheats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramontvgames 32 Posted February 25, 2013 I have the same problem ... and I'm totally frustrated!My Topic: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/125496-i-have-no-solution/#entry1202856 :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
