Why does Dayz lag for me?

[hippo123 0]

Arma 2 gives me 60fps+ when I'm just standing / walking, around 40fps+ when things are happening (for example combat) and about 28fps when looking / being around a lot of trees / forests.

Dayz on the other hand gives me a maximum of 25fps when I'm looking at water and can drop down to about 12fps when things are happening. Why is this?

My card is indeed not very good, but isn't Dayz supposed to be mainly CPU intensive?

System:

Windows 7

Intel Core 2 duo E6600 2,40ghz (overclocked to 2,70ghz)

Nvidia Geforce 210 1GB

2GB ram

EDIT: And oh yeah, this is on the lowest possible settings.

Edited June 20, 2013 by Hippo122

[King Tubbs 224]

you're pc is not good enough

you need a min of 3 Ghz cpu

and the 210 is only a display card its not really for games

Edited June 20, 2013 by King Tubbs

[Jordan* 277]

but isn't Dayz supposed to be mainly CPU intensive?

Intel Core 2 duo E6600 2,40ghz (overclocked to 2,70ghz)

Nvidia Geforce 210 1GB

2GB ram

Yes, it is. And 2.7 Ghz sadlywill not handle DayZ.

[hippo123 0]

The C2D is a dual core processor which means 2.7ghz x2 = 5.4ghz, or do you mean that 2.7 as a dual core cpu is already too low?

[spinager 152]

The C2D is a dual core processor which means 2.7ghz x2 = 5.4ghz, or do you mean that 2.7 as a dual core cpu is already too low?

lol

[hippo123 0]

^ very useful.

[hippo123 0]

I just found out that adding -cpucount=2 to launch parameters will use both cores, multithreading. Can anyone confirm this will help?

[Jordan* 277]

The C2D is a dual core processor which means 2.7ghz x2 = 5.4ghz, or do you mean that 2.7 as a dual core cpu is already too low?

That is not quite how cores work.

[=DiG= Zgraphz 84]

shit i wish that's how cores worked, arma 2 is all about pbo files, get a normal SSD or a fast HDD with a processor that has speeds of AT LEAST 3.0ghz, a graphic card (radeon) 7series (nvidia) ge-force 4 series and up, but thats kinda crappy, i'd splurge and get the 660 or 670, but thats me. and a healthy 6-8Gigs of free ram to back it all up. u get that, and you fps will be on crack

[LikeASomebodyy 6]

shit i wish that's how cores worked, arma 2 is all about pbo files, get a normal SSD or a fast HDD with a processor that has speeds of AT LEAST 3.0ghz, a graphic card (radeon) 7series (nvidia) ge-force 4 series and up, but thats kinda crappy, i'd splurge and get the 660 or 670, but thats me. and a healthy 6-8Gigs of free ram to back it all up. u get that, and you fps will be on crack

I agree with the new CPU and graphics card but the in-game performance between an SSD and HDD is the same.

[=DiG= Zgraphz 84]

I agree with the new CPU and graphics card but the in-game performance between an SSD and HDD is the same.

i don't even know what to say to that. so, would you say arma 2 has nothing to do with HDD?

[hippo123 0]

Determining the cpu count by adding -cpucount=2 (4 for quad core cpu's) to launch parameters drastically improved my FPS.

It's very smooth now. I recommend anyone with lag doing this.