Do I need to upgrade my pc? - ANSWERED

[Deallis 0]

Hello,

Yesterday I bought Arma to play this mod. First I had some problems with the screen being very blurry. I managed to fix this today. Now the problem is that the graphics are very bad. I checked Canyourinit and my videocard just meets the minimum requirements.

My specs: (I think :P - this is what Canyourinit said)

- Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

- 2.1 GB RAM

- GeForce 8600GT

Do you think I should upgrade my videocard? And maybe the RAM?

I am not very good with computers, so I hope someone could give me some advise.

Thanks ;)

[Blackout1050 0]

- 2.1 GB RAM

- GeForce 8600GT

That is a really old card and would probably only get 20-30 FPS out of the game at the lowest settings.

An upgrade here is pretty much essential, RAM i'm not too sure about. I have no idea how much RAM DayZ uses but i doubt it would be too far over 1GB. But 2GB does not leave much space (Don't forget your typical OS - Operating System, will use around 1GB of RAM too)

Upgrading your Graphics Card will definitely give you a performance boost, but i doubt upgrading in your case is going to be very simple.

Your computer, judging by your components, is very old (3-5 years) and can't just be fitted with a new GTX680 (Old Motherboard, Old Power Supply, Probably not enough room etc.) straight away. I'd say your best bet would be to get a new computer altogether.

[Deallis 0]

Thanks for responding, I got this computer about ~5 years ago, yes. So I think i'll have a look at some new computers. I have wanted to play some games on this PC before but couldn't run them, so I guess a new computer might be a good idea :P

Again, thanks for your reply.