Whats with my gpu?

[billytalent231 5]

So I have been playing dayz since release pretty much and I decided I needed and upgrade from playing on medium.

I bought the amd radeon HD7750 which can be overclocked to 880 mhz.

I am wondering why I can only get 80 frames on low. (I record so its needed)

Is the card just bad or do I need to over clock it? And if so how? The inly time I have over clocked is with my 2.9 ghz cpu and clocked it to 3.2

I would really like some help!

Thanks in adv :D

[billytalent231 5]

Also I am looking for that frame rate on medium or high

[TheDuriel 26]

overclocking a gpu does almost never help

its just something you do to brag about it

especially for dayz/arma2 because they depend more on cpu

same for recording witch is not influenced by your gpu at all

[Goreman 9]

I don't know a lot about computers. But overclocking can be dangerous. Also, try tweaking with the Arma 2 settings to see what works for you. There are other ways to improve fps. You want to get atleast 20 - 40 fps. I usually get from 50 - 75 fps. If you use Steam you can set the set launch options to -winxp which might help.

This increased my fps from 50 - 60 to 60 - 70. On some servers I'm lucky enough to get 100 fps.

Go to your documents then find the Arma 2 txt file. You should see maxframesahead_1000 and another frames set to 3. (I'm not on my gaming pc so Arma 2 isn't installed) set them both to 1 and that will increase your fps quite well. Turn off the settings in Arma 2 that will destroy great fps. Such as motion blur, Shadows, anti aliasing. Those sort of settings.

You should also try out Razor Game Booster. It disables all the background processes and makes room for faster gaming. (I'm pretty sure.).Make sure your resolution settings in Arma 2 isn't too high if your pc isn't good enough. Your 3D resolution should be set to %100.

Hope this helps. If not. I'm not sure what to do other than upgrade your cpu, gpu graphics card and such.

[Zombie_JC 28]

DayZ is a suck for frames. If you don't have a second hard drive you're recording to for stress relief, there's really not much else you can do besides getting a better CPU and/or GPU.

[Zombie_JC 28]

Also, mess with the settings like he said.

[billytalent231 5]

Well can you guys tell me how to over clock it? It says itcan go to 880mhz with no problems

[Goreman 9]

Well can you guys tell me how to over clock it? It says itcan go to 880mhz with no problems

Trust me when I say this. YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERCLOCK! I did it on my old laptop before I got my gaming pc for Arma 2. It overheated and turned off all the time. I didn't even get that much of a good performance. If you're overclocking and recording at the same time. It could possibly destroy your PC.

[billytalent231 5]

Trust me when I say this. YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERCLOCK! I did it on my old laptop before I got my gaming pc for Arma 2. It overheated and turned off all the time. I didn't even get that much of a good performance. If you're overclocking and recording at the same time. It could possibly destroy your PC.

Please I beg you tell me!!!

[Goreman 9]

Please I beg you tell me!!!

Try some of my ideas. If it works. Congratulations! If not. You are just going to have to upgrade your pc. Remember that 30 to 60 fps is good.

EDIT: If you're recording. Try Dxtory. Fraps takes too much frames away.

Edited March 6, 2013 by Goreman

[billytalent231 5]

Try some of my ideas. If it works. Congratulations! If not. You are just going to have to upgrade your pc. Remember that 30 to 60 fps is good.

EDIT: If you're recording. Try Dxtory. Fraps takes too much frames away.

Alright I wil try that if not I will upgrade my gpu to the 680

If not if not I will slightly oc

THANKS FOR ALL RESPONSES!!

[Hetstaine 10852]

oc seems to do sfa for arma. I had mine from 3.3 stock to 4.2 and the difference was...a hotter cpu and gpu.

[taco241 393]

I agree. don't overclock. You'll get marginal performance boost at best.

The 7750 is a mid-range card. You should do OK with it.

Optimize your computer, disable background resource-sucking apps, but you don't need 80 FPS to enjoy a game. 30-40 is OK in ArmA.

GL

[colekern 1364]

The 7750 isn't that great. At most, you should be getting 50 frames on medium, and 30 on high.

This is coming from a guy who gets 30 frames with a GTX 680 without maxing out.

[Blippy 26]

Trust me when I say this. YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERCLOCK! I did it on my old laptop before I got my gaming pc for Arma 2. It overheated and turned off all the time. I didn't even get that much of a good performance. If you're overclocking and recording at the same time. It could possibly destroy your PC.

laptop

There's your problem. Honestly, if you read up a bit on overclocking, it's not dangerous at all. Hardware in this age is practically designed for overclocking, with most hardware now having failsafes and throttles to prevent damage. You'd practically have to deliberately try to mess up your hardware to cause any damage.

[Mos1ey 6301]

Well can you guys tell me how to over clock it? It says itcan go to 880mhz with no problems

The performance tab in Catalyst... It'll overheat and your system will crash if you crank it all the way up and it really won't buy you much in the way of FPS though. Get a decent i5 and a better graphics card if you want to play on higher settings.

[straw 5]

Getting 20-50 fps on my 7950v2 on medium settings. Also i7 930 @ 4.1 ghz or 2.8 ghz make no difference. No fps gain no changes in cpu load (ingame @ about 20%) no matter what. Fps also depend on the server and how full it is. 256 GB SSD vertex 4 + 24 GB ram and running dayz off a ram disk.

Crowded server, hasnt restarted for at least 2h, in electro 15-30 fps...

Edited March 7, 2013 by straw

[Blindingsun 233]

Dear OP..

what is the rest of your PC spec?

[CS14 133]

overclocking a gpu does almost never help

its just something you do to brag about it

especially for dayz/arma2 because they depend more on cpu

same for recording witch is not influenced by your gpu at all

Clearly you don't know what you're talking about if you made a statement like that. Now while it may not be a lot, depending on the hardware, overclocking does actually help. When I had to send in my current graphics card for a replacement and was stuck with an older one, overclocking actually helped me to gain a small but noticeable FPS boost in games.

I don't know a lot about computers. But overclocking can be dangerous.

Yet another person who doesn't know what they are talking about.. *sigh*. Running something like a CPU or GPU at higher speeds isn't dangerous, it's the voltage involved that can be dangerous. Of course with pushing something past it's limits it's going to need more power and in this case voltage however the only way you can damage something when overclocking is by too much heat and too much voltage.

Trust me when I say this. YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERCLOCK! I did it on my old laptop before I got my gaming pc for Arma 2. It overheated and turned off all the time. I didn't even get that much of a good performance. If you're overclocking and recording at the same time. It could possibly destroy your PC.

Laptops aren't meant to be overclocked, no surprise it over-heated. Laptops are bad enough at managing heat as it is, totally different from a desktop with sufficient cooling.

@ OP - If you want to get into overclocking, checkout overclock.net

Edited March 7, 2013 by CS14

[InsaneBob 0]

What is your CPU? Overclocking it could help more than overclocking your GPU.

I was having a problem with only getting around 15-20 FPS. Tweaked the setting and would maybe gain or lose a couple of FPS. I had to underclock my CPU, because of a shitty fan, and had thought I had put it back to normal. I just stopped underclocking it yesterday and now get around 35-40 FPS. I would look at the your CPU first.

[TG ! Jimmy 216]

Overclocking is a fairly subjective topic in general, I'll start with that. What one user experiences will likely be vastly different than the next user, and so on down the line. First thing I do when aiming for a gain in performance in a game/application is the demands. If it's more CPU or GPU bound.

A game like Arma/DayZ you're going to need CPU horsepower to process what is happening. If your current motherboard allows for a CPU upgrade, I would start there. You haven't listed your system's specs with much detail, so it's hard to really say a lot on this particular aspect; however, you've OC'd from 2.9 to 3.2 which is only a 300mhz increase. 3.2ghz may sound like a better number, but in the grand scheme of things it's not a large increase. Do you have any more OC headroom here? Can you bring the CPU up more (safely) to increase performance here? These are things I would look at. Be mindful of your system's voltages as well as temperatures when doing this. OC'ing requires a lot of trial and error, and thorough testing before it can be called stable.

As for your GPU. It's been stated, and is no secret, that the 7750 is a mid range card. Sure, it can be overclocked, which will yield a performance increase albeit a minor one. If you keep up with current hardware testing and GPU overclocking, I think you'll see that even on a very high end system an average fps increase is likely going to be in the 3-10 frame ballpark when in comes to in-game results. If your voltages can remain stable, and you've got the cooling for it--this is another way to slightly increase performance.

Recording. Are you streaming, or actually recording? I know players with OC'd i5 boxes (4ghz+) that, when streaming, have quality issues. The fix is typically to set up a dedicated rig (separate pc) to handle the encoding. Running a game such as Arma/DayZ whilst encoding is going to take an exorbitant amount of processing power. If you're truly looking for quality, I would guess that you would want to look into the suggestions given above about upgrading your pc to handle your specific demands.

Hope a bit of this is useful.

Cheers

[wooly-back-jack 294]

my pc has been overclocked since I built it in oct 2009 lol

obviously if you do no research then yeah you will cook your components, but a bit of common sense and googlesearch is your friend.