barrance 22 Posted May 20, 2012 Anyone got any thoughts as to why my (at least reasonably decent computer) is having SUCH a struggle with the mod? This computers not too old, decent enough dual core processor, and an 8800GTS. Used to run crysis on a tweaked version of ultra high settings alright, only slowing down when shit kicked off.But for some reason, arma just isnt having any of it. Even with settings down to low, 800x600 resolution and all the advanced tweaks from the thread on this forum, its fucked. Like 1fps fucked.Weirdly enough though, the first 2/3 mins of playing is absoloutely fine. High settings running on 1280x1024 are absoloutely smooth as a whistle until ALWAYS, after a couple of mins it just completely dies. Loads of graphical bugs start appearing (often jagged lines of white appear across the textures, also textures on the floor keep appearing/disappearing) and the whole thing becomes unplayable....am I right in thinking my graphics cards goose is basically cooked? Started having problems with CSS a few months ago where similar things would happen then the screen would just go to black. My graphics card is dead isnt it? Would be the biggest surprise, got it off ebay for like 30-40 quid 4 years ago or so...oooh, and quick addition! If this is the case, anyone got any good suggestions as to how I could best spend 30-40 quid again on a graphics card? The geforce 400 series? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhipDiddyWhip 0 Posted May 20, 2012 arma is massively cpu heavyi have an i5 at 4.2ghz and 7970 but only get in the 40fps in some areasmuch like skyrim when it came outbut at low with 800 x 600 you shouldn't be getting 1 fps, try some other games to see if your card has borked it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrance 22 Posted May 20, 2012 the cpu is a E7300 2.7ghzIs that just totally wasteman these days? I swear I fall behind far too quickly...But yeah, no matter how high or low i have the settings, it will run fine at first, then after a minute or two there will be some graphical bugs and then the framerate drops to maybe 1/2 fps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegarcia 12 Posted May 20, 2012 Dual Core.. 8800... You need to upgrade your PC my friend.You can get a very good rig for $1000 or less depending on your budget. But anything you buy will be better than what you have now. Just from the get-go, new hardware is proven to be more stable than 4 year old hardware :). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrance 22 Posted May 20, 2012 waaaaahh. Trouble is, the only reason i need to at all is this game lolDont play aaaanything else, except for a bit of couterstrike now and again. And that needs fuck all in the computer department lolMakes for quite a heavy investment for an alpha version of a mod lolAnd im guessing you would mean a new computer from scratch by the way? Not worth/possible to just whip out the old graphics card and in with a new one?Hmm, anyone got any good links to websites where I can build budget gaming pcs? Dont need anything fancy aaaat all. If i can run dayz in 1024x768, normal settings with a small draw distance im perfectly happy! No real need for me to spend that much on a computer i dont think!Oh, and you dont think just spending 50/60 quid on a reasonable graphics card will make this playable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grey508 17 Posted May 20, 2012 Not for nothing, but when was the last time you cleaned the dust out of your rig? Performance degrading over time sounds like overheating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWAT_BigBear (DayZ) 3 Posted May 20, 2012 Gamebooster helps many of us :). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leopardi (DayZ) 17 Posted May 20, 2012 waaaaahh. Trouble is' date=' the only reason i need to at all is this game lolDont play aaaanything else, except for a bit of couterstrike now and again. And that needs fuck all in the computer department lolMakes for quite a heavy investment for an alpha version of a mod lolAnd im guessing you would mean a new computer from scratch by the way? Not worth/possible to just whip out the old graphics card and in with a new one?[hr']Hmm, anyone got any good links to websites where I can build budget gaming pcs? Dont need anything fancy aaaat all. If i can run dayz in 1024x768, normal settings with a small draw distance im perfectly happy! No real need for me to spend that much on a computer i dont think!Oh, and you dont think just spending 50/60 quid on a reasonable graphics card will make this playable?think the future when DayZ will reach ArmA III, and u will use so many hours on the game that DayZ makes a new computer justified alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrance 22 Posted May 20, 2012 One thing, yeah I cleaned my computer out about a month ago. But only cos it had literally ground to a halt after years of not being cleaned. Heavily smoking househould too. I couldnt even see the metal grill underneath the fan on the processor, it was about half a cm thick in solid dust/tar. Was fucking disgusting. Cleaned it all out since, but im guessing i might have fucked it in the mean time.Is it not just one thing then?E7300 dual core 2.7ghz8800GTS2gb ramIs it just all too shit? Thought the graphics card might be the bottleneck...ooh, ive just downloaded gamebooster, and one thing that has stuck out to me is the temperature of my graphics card!! Even while just on the internet its sitting at 82 degrees C. Is that not ridiculous? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davo{RS} 2 Posted July 17, 2012 Hi, I had a weird fps drop issue caused by dust in my PC causing the motherboard to overheat. Using an air-duster fixed it.I had to be thorough though- cleaning the heatsink under the cpu fan etc...See my post here:http://dayzmod.com/f...ag-spikes-help/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
