Help with maximizing my FPS!

[swallacefnf 0]

Hello everyone. Below is a screen shot of the specs of my computer.

A good portion of the time when im playing day Z I don't run into much lag but every once in a while(every couple minutes) i get huge lag spikes. I have my graphics in game set to very low also! Is there anything i could do to stop this? Any input will be helpful. Thanks!!!!

[Remix (DayZ) 14]

Hi,

Is there anything running in the background whilst playing?

[venom110 10]

I would really recommend optimizing your game.

Here is a link straight from the DayZ Wiki

http://pastebin.com/F7Q8Ne2i

I did not personally follow much of it, but I did look it over for suggestions.

My graphics are quite low. Everything is set to normal with a slightly high vision distance or w/e.

No AA or anything.

ALSO, VERY IMPORTANT.

Make sure your video memory is set to DEFAULT. Otherwise it is limited.

Default uses all of your VRAM on your card. The other options limit it.

Example:

I have 1GB dedicated memory on my video card. The HIGH setting stops the usage at 512MB, leaving a whole 512 left unused.

Setting it to default uses all of the memory.

another important tip is that hyper-threading seems to mess the game up every now and then. A good rule to follow is only using your main cores. using the -cpucount=x (x = # number of cores) as a start-up parameter.

-You must know a bit about your CPU before you do this-

Example:

I have an older i7. It is a quad core processor that is hyper-threaded. Which means each core has a logical core. Meaning 8 cores in all, so 4 physical cores, 8 logical. This simply means more processing power on one chip.

However, Arma is weird and hates hyper-threading, from what I hear. So for me, setting a start-up parameter of -cpucount=4 only uses the four main cores. Of course, if I wanted to, I could use as many as I want.

Just for good measure, I'll also link a good video with great description.

I also found this a very important link, all of the possible start-up parameters.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma2:_Startup_Parameters

Edited July 14, 2012 by venom110