Arma II free question

[Esoteric 2]

Hey guys, just curious about whether or not having the lower resolution graphics from arma II free would be better for fps than the full version?

I have no problems with paying for full, it's just I'm milking as much fps as I can (managed to get 20fps on this desktop and 30fps on my laptop :-/ during the demo's benchmarks).

Might seem like a silly question, however I'd like to be sure.

Thanks!

[weaser31 0]

I dont think you can play dayz from free version. You need arma 2 and arma 2 op arrowhead. You can get arma 2 combined operations off steam for 30 bucks, I run 2 gtx 480 sc in sli for this game and i can only run on medium settings.

[thisisbleep 32]

I dont think you can play dayz from free version. You need arma 2 and arma 2 op arrowhead. You can get arma 2 combined operations off steam for 30 bucks' date=' I run 2 gtx 480 sc in sli for this game and i can only run on medium settings.

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Arma II (free) + Operation Arrowhead (paid) works, but as Esoteric mentioned there is the limitation of low texture quality for some of the things.

No idea if it will reduce the strain on the PC/laptop, although I doubt it will be much of an improvement when compared to "low" settings on the paid version.

[Mallory (DayZ) 2]

You can play dayz with arma II free. In fact that is what I am doing. Got arma II free, bought OA on steam and dl'ed dayz. No idea how it affects the fps though.

[Esoteric 2]

I googled the difference between paid/free version, not a whole lot of difference from what I saw but it might turn out to be really nice if I saw it myself, not sure though.

Another small question just for anyone whose tech wise, is it possible to download driver updates for intergrated graphics cards? (My laptops GPU) I can't recall what the graphics card was called exactly, but I know it isn't Nvidia or that other popular brand, if you need me to find out the actual name of the graphics card I'll look in the morn, just post here. Thanks again.

[guidez 180]

Windows XP: Right click desktop, click "Properties". Display Properties shows up. Click the "Settings" tab, then click the "Advanced" button. Your graphics brand/model should be listed in the title of the new window, and if not you can click the "Adapter" tab.

Windows 7: Click the Start button , click Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution. Click the "Advanced Settings" link, and you should be able to find the version somewhere there (at the office, only have XP here, ;) )