Gore Gate 0 Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Here's my specs -Sapphire Radeon 7950 Overclock Edition 3 Gb (I did overclock it) -750W PSU -8 Gb DDR3 RAM -AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) 6 core -Gigabyte MOBO I do NOT understand this at all. I can run Skyrim, War Thunder, BF3, BF4 and other games at a constant 60+ FPS, then I get on Arma 2 OA or DayZ and my CPU 0 (core one)shoots up to 100% and all my other cores are at maybe 15% usage, and my GPU is only at like 45c while overclocked and I'm getting complete garbage FPS from 10 minimum to 40 if I'm even lucky. my friend has a GTX 760 not overclocked (my card is better then his) and a i7 3700k or something like that and he gets steady 50+. I've tried everything from adding launch options, un parked all my cores, to going into the config files and lowering all the settings everybody mentioned and it helped but not enough. Is there nothing I can do? Edited January 2, 2014 by Gore Gate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skypill 399 Posted January 2, 2014 If you have a sufficient cooler, try overclocking your cpu? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gore Gate 0 Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) I have looked into overclocking but don't know enough about it to feel comfortable doing it. That's an answer I've been getting but it doesn't exactly resolve the issue. My CPU runs cold at about 43C under BF4 load and like 32C on Wasteland 70 player so i could definately have ALOT of leeway. I heard the max safe temp for my CPU is around 70C, and I can't imagine what speed those cores are running to make the temps go that high. I'm guessing 4.4 GHz :) Edited January 2, 2014 by Gore Gate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zanith 7 Posted January 2, 2014 Its because the RV engine is flawed in the fact that it doesn't utilize all your GPU or CPU and alot of stuff still gets dumped to CPU rather then letting the GPU do what it was designed to do. this problem was addressed in ArmA 3 alpha and was ignored through beta and still resides in the release version! hope with rocket leading this dev team that things will go better..... for now O/Cing the processor is the only way round this flaw best make sure you have good cooling!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gore Gate 0 Posted January 2, 2014 I'll look into over clocking. The only thing holding my computer back is the CPU, don't get me wrong, it is a good CPU, I do video editing and I record things in my band so I needed more then 4 cores to render and record at fast quality and still have room to work for gaming too. I just got a beast card for it to be held back by this medium level CPU. Are there any guides out there you can link on here so I can learn a bit more on how to do it before I do something wrong? Even minor over clocking will help. What temps should I stop at? around 60c max to keep it safe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skypill 399 Posted January 2, 2014 I'll look into over clocking. The only thing holding my computer back is the CPU, don't get me wrong, it is a good CPU, I do video editing and I record things in my band so I needed more then 4 cores to render and record at fast quality and still have room to work for gaming too. I just got a beast card for it to be held back by this medium level CPU. Are there any guides out there you can link on here so I can learn a bit more on how to do it before I do something wrong? Even minor over clocking will help. What temps should I stop at? around 60c max to keep it safe?Yeah, you should probably stop at 60c under load.Have fun with a 4ghz cpu xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colekern 1364 Posted January 2, 2014 What FPS are you getting? If you're getting 25-30 in towns, and 45-60 in other areas that's normal. The devs have plans to optimize the game later, but it doesn't have multi-core and GPU optimization yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gore Gate 0 Posted January 3, 2014 I'm getting 30-40 fps in woods, and like 10-15 in towns. I guess per core my CPU isn't fast enough. Although AMD CPU's only work good when all cores are being used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fathairybeast 246 Posted January 3, 2014 but it doesn't have multi-core and GPU optimization yet. That sounds pretty spot on. If they manage to fix hyperthread issues things would probably speed up significantly. You can always hop over to Tom's Hardware and see what they can do in terms of advice on overclocking your CPU until then. note: overclocking voids your warranty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gore Gate 0 Posted January 3, 2014 I only have a $120 CPU anyway.... Not like if I fry it I'll be hurting anything. But I'm not going to go 1 Ghz over stock spec like some people do. I'm just going to be doing a nice boost with nothing crazy for peace of mind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
