Looking for the source of Framerate issues

[Megabadgerful 0]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post to the Dayz forums so bear with me.

I recently have invested in a ~ $900 gaming PC and was lookin forward to playing Dayz flawlessly. The specs are as follows:

430w corsair PSU

Intel i3 3220 Dual Core (with hyperthreading)

Nvidia 660 2GB

8GB DDR3 RAM

500GB 7200RPM HDD

In my opinion this system seems perfectly capable of playing Dayz maxed out, since it can play other games like Far Cry 3, Metro Last Light, Battlefield 4, Skyrim, Borderlands 2 and other games like it on High - Ultra setting with no framerates dropping below 45.

Dayz on the other hand is a nightmare on this machine, I can usually get about 25-35 fps when in the forest or flying, but in large cities like Cherno, Elektro and Zeleno, I will be lucky to get 20 fps, with it regularly dipping into the unplayable region of under 15 fps.

As for my research I have heard over an over again that Arma 2 was not optimized well, funny thing is Arma 2 works just fine on my computer. While playing various missions or messing around in the armory I have never dipped below 60 fps, even when running through the large cities.

Does anyone see an Achilles Heel to my build. Me personally, I think it is my CPU, since it is a dual core. Should I spend the cash to upgrade and if so to what. Thanks in advance for the replies.

[General Zod 1118]

Source -

Game is in a very early stage of development and as such it is not optimized for good performance.  

[Megabadgerful 0]

Source -

Game is in a very early stage of development and as such it is not optimized for good performance.

I am talking about the Arma 2 version of Dayz just to be clear. I have the SA also and it work very well.

[General Zod 1118]

Than why are you on stand alone forums ? 

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/6-dayz-mod/

Mod forums. 

Edited June 14, 2014 by General Zod

[creature 1189]

Dayz mod likes a lot of GHZ. CPU is more important than GPU. That said, the best fps seem to come from the overclockable i5 and i7's.

 

I run an FX 8350 @ 4.2GHZ and average around 45 in the mod. 30+ in the cities. If I run it @ 4.8GHZ I gain an additional 10fps on average.

[Dchil 829]

CPU man.I'd say sell your i3 and look for a cheap i5 with about 3GHZ

[Megabadgerful 0]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post to the Dayz forums so bear with me.

I recently have invested in a ~ $900 gaming PC and was lookin forward to playing Dayz flawlessly. The specs are as follows:

430w corsair PSU

Intel i3 3220 Dual Core (with hyperthreading)

Nvidia 660 2GB

8GB DDR3 RAM

500GB 7200RPM HDD

In my opinion this system seems perfectly capable of playing Dayz maxed out, since it can play other games like Far Cry 3, Metro Last Light, Battlefield 4, Skyrim, Borderlands 2 and other games like it on High - Ultra setting with no framerates dropping below 45.

Dayz on the other hand is a nightmare on this machine, I can usually get about 25-35 fps when in the forest or flying, but in large cities like Cherno, Elektro and Zeleno, I will be lucky to get 20 fps, with it regularly dipping into the unplayable region of under 15 fps.

As for my research I have heard over an over again that Arma 2 was not optimized well, funny thing is Arma 2 works just fine on my computer. While playing various missions or messing around in the armory I have never dipped below 60 fps, even when running through the large cities.

Does anyone see an Achilles Heel to my build. Me personally, I think it is my CPU, since it is a dual core. Should I spend the cash to upgrade and if so to what. Thanks in advance for the replies.

[kichilron 8550]

 

 

 

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