What settings could i use for my new PC and still get a decent FPS

[Adamandacdc 0]

Hey, any help on what settings i should use with these specs?

By the way im new to the PC scene so if i dont list any important information let me know

CPU:Intel i5 4690k - overclocked 3.5GHz-4.6GHz Max

Memory:16Gb DDR3 crossair 1600 (2x8Gb)

Graphics cards:Nvidia GTX970(4069MB PCI Express Dvi DX11)

any help appreciated.

[Rags! 1966]

 

You will find an immense amount of help that you can sift through if you search the forums for your answer. 

[Adamandacdc 0]

I dont understand that will not help me?

[ToySmokes 116]

I dont understand that will not help me?

There are a a lot of people who asks the same question as you. If you search for key words, then chances are that you will get the answer. Otherwise you can click on "BUY" and then go to the second page there. There are the system requirements and the recommendation for the game, even though they're not that accurate. But soon they will be!

 

Edit: But that aside, you will run DayZ pretty decent outside and inside cities with normal to high settings. I've got a 980 and I don't have any problems playing on highest settings. My friend has a 970 and he plays on normal I think. It depends on what you think is most important. Visual/Immersion or frames. If frames, then I would say you should go on normal settings if you're planing on playing a lot in big towns/cities like Electro or Cherno that is :)

Edited February 11, 2015 by MrCactusMan

[Death By Crowbar 1213]

Here's one article that may help:

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/220229-want-40-fps-in-big-citys-click-here/

[Girth Brooks 570]

i7 and a 970 and have it running balls out. Very few frame dips in cities.  \\m//

[Jesus Christ The Goblin 71]

Dayz Launch Parameters

 

Replace <number> with a physical number Eg: -maxmem=2048

• -maxMem=<number>
• -maxVRAM=<number>
• -cpuCount=<number>
• -exThreads=<number>
• -malloc=system
• -noPause
• -window
  
  
   

NVIDIA Only

If you have a nvidia graphics card I have some changes that may or may not improve your performance without making the game look like ass (At least for me).

Open Nvidia control panel by either right clicking your desktop and selecting it or go into windows control panel or type it into the windows search.

Expand 3D settings if it isn't already.
Select Manage 3D settings.

Then click on the program settings tab and select dayz as the program.

I will make the setting you change bold and a description of whether you skip or do this step in italics.

• Maximum pre-rendered frames - change this to 1,2 or 3 depending on how good your cpu is. 1 is for weaker cpu
  If you have an I7 or some other beefy intel cpu you can probably skip this step.How ever if your CPU is struggling and your dayz freezes up when you reach big towns you may want to change this.
   
• Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration - change this to single display performance
  If you use only one screen you will want to change this from default.
   
• Power management mode - change this to Prefer maximum performance.
  Even if you have an amazing pc you will want to change this because screw power savings.
   
• Shader cache - On
  If your hard drive isn't completely full you will probably want to turn this on but I haven't honestly tried it turned off.
   
• Texture filtering - Anisotropic same optimization - On if it doesn't shimmer, Off if it makes your game look like everything is shiny.
  This is something to individually test as it apparently improves performance, However it can cause shimmering so turn it off if your computer displays walls as shimmering objects.
   
• Texture filtering - Quality - High performance.
  This is something to test for yourself as I personally noticed no quality difference.
   
• Texture filtering - Trilnear optimization - On
  I set this to on and noticed no loss of quality but it apparently improves performance.
   
• Threaded optimization - On
  Turn this on because I don't see why you would want it off unless you some how have a single core processor.
   

I was going to go through the cfg file and explain the launch parameters but I've run out of time and have to go out, I will come back and finish this sometime but I'm not sure when that will be.

Edited February 11, 2015 by Jesus Christ The Goblin

[Beizs 186]

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154330-possible-fps-enhancer/

 

This thread is in the new players section. You might not be a new player, but it's incredibly useful. I've been playing the game since it came out and, after seeing that thread, I went from 18fps in cities at best to recording with DXTory at 30FPS in the Cherno's center. The main settings that affect your performance are shadows and scene complexity. These can be changed in the video settings under object and shadow quality. However, I would recommend editing your config file and playing with them a bit to find your perfect balance.

 

I recommend a starting point of 100,000 scene complexity, 90 shadow Z distance and 1600 draw distance. These settings can all be found in the following file:

 

My Documents/DayZ/[uSERNAME].DAYZPROFILE

 

You can open it with notepad, the settings are all near the bottom.

[gogogokitty 0]

i have the same setup as you but with a 4670k at 4.4ghz, for me it seems like the server affects performance the most, some servers with everything maxxed and aa turned up i get around 50-60 and in others i get 30 in the same location