can anyone help me out here?

[rick1234 0]

hey guys, i have been trying to play dayz for a while now nut it seems very slow even on lowest graphics, can anyone tell me what is causing this?

heres my specs:

Laptop

Monitor Res: 1366x768

CPU: Intel Core i5-3210M 2.50GHz

Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 4000 i think thats a graphics card right?

RAM: 8GB

SSD: Im going to say no although im not entirely sure...

so can anyone tell me what is making dayz run so slow for me? thanks for any help

[Gugolas 228]

DayZ is making DayZ run slowly.

[cywehner1234 582]

Laptop.lel.

 

Your graphics card is defenitely not the best, but its not terrible either.

 

You run 30 fps at 1366 x 768, on crysis warhead. I do not believe that your graphics card is really up to par. Consider getting a new graphics card.

[rick1234 0]

Believe me it isnt the game lol, its not like im stuttering about everywhere just feels like everythings moving in slow motion...so you think new graphics card would do the trick?

[Estevacio 62]

have you also tried lowering resolution both in game and appearance??

[cywehner1234 582]

Yeah I would assume. I run crysis 1, warhead, & crysis 2 50+ FPS and still lag and get 50+ fps in wiliderness 30+ in cities. This game needs some optimization. So if you really want to play, buy a new one. If you want to wait for optimization, you could do so. No assuring that it will be enough to make your comp run it.

[rick1234 0]

have you also tried lowering resolution both in game and appearance??

Erm no, im abit of a noob lol how do i go about doing this?

[Estevacio 62]

Erm no, im abit of a noob lol how do i go about doing this?

 np man, should be on vídeo settings, if it's set too high(for example 1920x860) set it lower

 

might help to boost a bit the fps

 

if not, try to update to latest drivers(if more available)

 

if all fail, go for Asoix advice, either wait for optimization(which will come much later) or go for a new card(which in your computer would not be a bad option, you have a decente rig but loosing its potential on GPU)

[rick1234 0]

np man, should be on vídeo settings, if it's set too high(for example 1920x860) set it lower

might help to boost a bit the fps

if not, try to update to latest drivers(if more available)

if all fail, go for Asoix advice, either wait for optimization(which will come much later) or go for a new card(which in your computer would not be a bad option, you have a decente rig but loosing its potential on GPU)

Ok dude thanks for the help

[MetapoliC 263]

You need a good graphic card and patience... Because the game needs to be optimized, doesn't rly matter how good your PC may be, it will still lag. Your Intel HD 4000 is one of the worst graphic adapters you can have, change it to a good one, you will see a big difference but as I said - it will still lag :)

[muddyraccoon 176]

Search for the post on lowering FPS.  It gives you step-by-step instructions, and some of the comments post links to other sources of good info.  I did that until I bought a new graphics card.  Now I watch real sunsets and wish I could  enhance the bloom to make it look prettier like in videogames.

[Kellrush (DayZ) 53]

 

follow this guide. i was running at 15 fps for the longest time. followed this guys guide. BAM running 50+ fps and everything looks great. and my pc is not much better than what you have

[rick1234 0]

Ok chaps thanks for the help, lowering the resolution has already helped no end, il give that guide a watch when i get home too :)

Just remember if you ever see me wandering along in the zombie filled land, dont shoot me cause im most likely lagging lol

[agentneo 337]

change GPU max frames ahead and render frames ahead to 1 in user config

Change video memory to auto

Change Anti analising to Low or Off

Ambient occlusion Off

Shadows off for more boost if u want

 

Use Steam Launch parameters. I use cpucount=4 and maxthreads=7

[-MadTommy 367]

...so you think new graphics card would do the trick?

 

No.. 

 

CPU is very important for the Arma engine.  And unfortunately yours is decidedly pedestrian. 

 

Personally i think your laptop is not worth spending any money on in order to get good performance in Dayz.  Much better to put the money towards something that can actually give the performance you want over the next few years.

 

Best bang for you buck is a home built desktop.

Edited February 19, 2014 by MadTommy

[Dunxel 17]

I got DayZ Standalone running on a Crapple BookPro
i7-3520M - 2.9GhZ (2 Cores 4 Threads)
Intel HD4000  Graphics
13" 1280x800
8GB RAM
5400rpm drive
Windows 8.1 x64

 

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DayZ.cfg

3D_Performance=93750;

FSAA=0;

postFX=0;

GPU_MaxFramesAhead="1";

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead="1";

HDRPrecision=0;

vsync=0;

AToC=0;

SWLayresCount=0;

PipQuality=0;

PPAA=0;

 

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yourname.DayZProfile

ansiFilter=0;

TexQuality=1;

TexMemory=1;

useWBuffer=0;

tripleHead=0

mouseSmoothing=0;

shadingQuality=0;

shadowQuality=0;

headBob=0;

FloatingZoneArea=0;

sceneComplexity=100000;

shadowZDistance=100;

viewDistance=1000;    // play with this add 100 or so each time till you find a sweet spot.  No less than 1000 no more than 2000.

preferredObjectViewDistance=1000;  //same as above. But make sure it is EQUAL or Higher than viewDistance

terrainGrid=12.5;     // other options to test.  32.5 & 50.

bloom=1;  // or 0

rotblur=0;

Steam > DayZ Properties > Set Launch Options
 

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-nosplahs -noPause -world=empty -cpuCount=2 -exThread=3 maxMem=7168 -maxVram=512

I've boosted my ViewDistance/ObjectDistance to 1500 recently.
It works out just fine except around Cherno..  That area just melts anything for some reason..  10-20fps.
Even my higher end Desktop just crawls in that area.

[ld-airgrafix 403]

Have the same laptop as you, the only issue i have is zooming in, it feels very slow, zooming out snaps back quick.

[jasher11 67]

the issue is with the GPU, the CPU itself is good its an i5 even though its a laptop i5 its good. HOWEVER the fact that the GPU is intergrated means all the rendering and processing is being done on the CPU effectively.so drop all the settings and follow all the guides about reducing render distance and so on, good luck