Want to play again. Servers and FPS issues. Help appreciated :)

[andrewmont 91]

I used to play Day Z a lot, my FPS was never particularly good however it seems to be much worse now no matter what I change the in game graphic settings to.

I have a Intel i3 540 CPU and Radeon 7770 graphics card 2gb VRAM and 4GB Ram.

I can run modern games smoothly, Hitman Absolution for example runs great on high settings. So why Day Z is at 8-20 fps makes no sense. I've tried editing things in startup like adding

"-maxmem=4096 -maxvram=2048 -cpuCount=2 -exThreads=1 -nosplash -skipintro"

If anyone knows any good EU/UK servers that would be great :) mainly the FPS issue tho.

[-Se7eN- 874]

out of curiosity, what arma 2 beta patch you running?

[andrewmont 91]

out of curiosity, what arma 2 beta patch you running?

The latest I think 105785

[fluxley 2228]

Unlike most games Arma can be very cpu intensive, if i was you i'd try overclocking you processor, if you dont fancy the idea of that you consider upgrading it.

also heres a good guide for getting your graphics setting right http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28160-guide-how-to-set-up-your-graphics-properly/

[-Se7eN- 874]

The latest I think 105785

thats your problem, that patch has tonnes of problems, id recommend degrading to 103718.

see here for detail on bugged beta patch: http://dayzmod.com/f...p/#entry1346356 / http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1fxl18/arma_2_beta_patch_105785_causes_frame_drops/

Edited June 25, 2013 by TMW Se7eN

[nik21 287]

Remove the startup parameter nonsense, Arma itself detects your hardware properly. Many people just make it worse with this kinda stuff, thingking it would be "optimisation".

"-maxmem=4096 -maxvram=2048 -cpuCount=2 -exThreads=1 -nosplash -skipintro"

maxmen is limited to 2047, changing it's value has no or negative effects. VRAM is detected by the engine each start automaticly (should be at "default" in options). cpuCount - this only limits the CPU Core the game uses, your processor has 4 logical threads, why limit it? Again, changing it has no or negative effects. Same goes for exThreads.

Apart from playing with your in-game settings, there's not much you can do, expect for finding a good, clean server with prefferably low player count (as well as low vehicle count).

[andrewmont 91]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll get rid of the startup parameters and try changing my beta patch. If none of this works I'll reinstall the game and see if it helps at all.

The Pathetic thing is I'm even running with a game booster :L unfortunately not got the cash to afford new CPU.

I'd like to overclock but I'm not entirely sure what to do and I've tried reading guides but bit complicated for me :L

[andrewmont 91]

I've edited arma 2 config before

language="English";

adapter=-1;

3D_Performance=100000;

Resolution_Bpp=32;

Resolution_W=1024;

Resolution_H=768;

refresh=75;

winX=16;

winY=32;

winW=800;

winH=600;

winDefW=800;

winDefH=600;

Render_W=1024;

Render_H=768;

FSAA=0;

postFX=0;

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

HDRPrecision=8;

lastDeviceId="";

localVRAM=1056112640;

nonlocalVRAM=1874358272;

vsync=0;

AToC=0;

PPAA=3;

PPAA_Level=3;

Windowed=0;

serverLongitude=52;

serverLatitude=0;

class ModLauncherList

Should I change any of these settings?