nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) Hi! I just built a fresh new PC just today and installed ArmA 2 and other games and now i've been playing DayZ Overpoch on Lingor Island (CCG Servers) and noticed that i am getting around 20-30 FPS when going around. I am not sure if that is how many FPS i should be getting with the GTX 780 SC - i7-4790K - 8GB RAM with following settings below.I've heard a whole lot of people getting flat 60+s with the 290x and more FPS than i do and i'm not sure why its like that.I have also checked this guide: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/28160-guide-how-to-set-up-your-graphics-properly/ I have not overclocked anything in my system because my GPU is a SuperClocked so i don't think i need to overclock and i don't know how to overclock a CPU.My whole system is at its true form. :) The startup parameters i have for ArmA 2 / CCG Launcher are the following"-nosplash -world=Chernarus -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7 -winxp"and also configured the .cfg files on both ArmA2 and ArmA2OAGPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1; P.S -- I'll run a Unigine Heaven test and compare it to other people with a GTX 780.I hope there is a solution to getting more FPS, or if it has something to do with ArmA 2. !! -- I use FXAA (Sharp Filter) - Normal -- !!These are the settings i use: Edited August 6, 2014 by Nadbuddy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) Arma rapes all of your components if you have one weak link it brings down the whole house of cards. Slow HD perhaps? Who knows. A few caveats, one lingor is a fairly laggy map and two CCG is overpoch which is epoch and basically epoch is the laggiest mod out there, tie that with a full server and this could replicate the issues you speak of. Edited August 6, 2014 by Bakermensch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 Arma rapes all of your components if you have one weak link it brings down the whole house of cards. Slow HD perhaps? Who knows. A few caveats, one lingor is a fairly laggy map and two CCG is overpoch which is epoch and basically epoch is the laggiest mod out there, tie that with a full server and this could replicate the issues you speak of. Yes 55/55 server, overpoch and my Hard Drive is a Seagate Barracuda 1TB 190mbps (tested/dxtory) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) EDIT: Oh whoops.. double post :S EDIT 2: It seems like when i started Unigine Valley Benchmark the GPU was at 40°C and when i was done with the benchmark is was lying around 70°CPerhaps it wasn't using the GPU? Edited August 6, 2014 by Nadbuddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applejaxc 2500 Posted August 6, 2014 Have you tried playing Arma 2 on Chernarus or Utes without DayZ running? Place a unit in the editor alone, and run around. I'd imagine your CPU is definitely powerful enough to run a multi-AI mission. I've heard across the board that it's a total crapshoot whether ArmA will like your GPU or not, regardless of how powerful it is. What drivers are you on? (Latest? Beta?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) Have you tried playing Arma 2 on Chernarus or Utes without DayZ running? Place a unit in the editor alone, and run around. I'd imagine your CPU is definitely powerful enough to run a multi-AI mission. I've heard across the board that it's a total crapshoot whether ArmA will like your GPU or not, regardless of how powerful it is. What drivers are you on? (Latest? Beta?)Latest 780 SC driver 340.52 Driver which is the latest one on GeForce Experience.I will go ahead and try the editor thing, as i said on my EDIT 2 it might be so that its not using my GPU since it was at 40°C.. EDIT: I went to the editor, on an open field with quite forests around and got 60FPS flat and then i tried right outside Chernogorsk and looked towards it and got 35-40 FPS. Edited August 6, 2014 by Nadbuddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 6, 2014 Latest 780 SC driver 340.52 Driver which is the latest one on GeForce Experience.I will go ahead and try the editor thing, as i said on my EDIT 2 it might be so that its not using my GPU since it was at 40°C.. EDIT: I went to the editor, on an open field with quite forests around and got 60FPS flat and then i tried right outside Chernogorsk and looked towards it and got 35-40 FPS.BULLET POINTS! I would try some other servers, see how much your frames vary from mod to mod and box to box. I wouldn't worry about Arma "not liking" your GTX 780. The numbers you posted are par for the course for cherno. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 BULLET POINTS! I would try some other servers, see how much your frames vary from mod to mod and box to box. I wouldn't worry about Arma "not liking" your GTX 780. The numbers you posted are par for the course for cherno. Right, so the numbers are normal for my card?I guess i'll be hopping on servers and stuff for the next hour and see how it performs. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applejaxc 2500 Posted August 6, 2014 Latest 780 SC driver 340.52 Driver which is the latest one on GeForce Experience.I will go ahead and try the editor thing, as i said on my EDIT 2 it might be so that its not using my GPU since it was at 40°C.. EDIT: I went to the editor, on an open field with quite forests around and got 60FPS flat and then i tried right outside Chernogorsk and looked towards it and got 35-40 FPS. 60FPS with a 10-30 drop around town sounds more like the performance you should be getting. Turn of PPPA and mess around with your video memory setting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 60FPS with a 10-30 drop around town sounds more like the performance you should be getting. Turn of PPPA and mess around with your video memory setting.Heard that you should have it on Default so it can max out all the 3GB VRAM i got? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 6, 2014 Heard that you should have it on Default so it can max out all the 3GB VRAM i got?This is true. May not max it out however the other options limit the frame-buffer usage. "Video MemoryIf you have a graphics card with 512MB of memory you can set this to high, if you have more you might gain some FPS by setting this to default as it is supposed to use more VRAM then. The biggest change this setting has is on the textures so if you have a card with more than 512mb VRAM you won't see a big improvement, you might gain a little fps if you have the setting on default but it won't be a major change from Very High." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 6, 2014 This is true. May not max it out however the other options limit the frame-buffer usage. "Video MemoryIf you have a graphics card with 512MB of memory you can set this to high, if you have more you might gain some FPS by setting this to default as it is supposed to use more VRAM then. The biggest change this setting has is on the textures so if you have a card with more than 512mb VRAM you won't see a big improvement, you might gain a little fps if you have the setting on default but it won't be a major change from Very High." Oh well, i guess i'm pretty sure that its the servers.. if you say that the numbers i gave you (fps) are par.Well i just hope i don't have to worry about my GPU as i'm starting to think theres something with my GPU :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrostyKush 44 Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) Dayz mod is hugely dependent on server performance and HDD speed, getting an SSD is probably the biggest performance increase you will see however you will almost always get limited by the server performance that you are on. Remember the Arma2OAserver is 4 years old and is only 32bit with terrible multithreading/multicore, mix that with a server with 40+ people on and a few thousand objects and people playing start getting limited by the server performance very heavily. Edited August 7, 2014 by FrostyKush 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applejaxc 2500 Posted August 6, 2014 Heard that you should have it on Default so it can max out all the 3GB VRAM i got? I'm on a Toshiba Satellite with an integrated graphics card. Changing my memory setting (regardless of what I changed it to) seemed to give me better FPS for a few minutes. When the game slowed back down, I'd change it to something else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nadbuddy 1 Posted August 7, 2014 Dayz mod is hugely dependent on server performance and HDD speed, getting an SSD is probably the biggest performance increase you will see however you will almost always get limited by the server performance that you are on. Remember the Arma2OAserver is 4 years old and is only 32bit with terrible multithreading/multicore, mix that with a server with 40+ people on and a few thousand objects and people playing start getting limited by the server performance very heavily.Well true, but i mean, i ask alot of other people how their performance is and they get 60fps+ with very high (Im not sure if theyre lying tho) and i saw FRANKIEonPC's 690 benchmark (which logically is a 680) because ArmA 2 cant use SLI and he gets 60flat "near" Cherno.. So im still pretty confused how he can get good FPS with 680 and record whilst im sitting here with a 780 SC and getting lower FPS.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites