I have GPU=6950x2, CPU=i5 2500k. Why can't I run this game well?

[noodlemaker622@gmail.com 5]

I've tried crossfire enabled and disabled. I've tried seemingly every graphics option. I've read that "Very low" puts too much strain on your CPU so you should do "Normal." But still, with my 2x 2GB 6950 graphics cards, i5 2500k quad-core processor, and 8 GB of RAM, I can't run DayZ above low-normal settings and get even a stable 60 FPS (Vsync disabled because i don't get tearing and it makes me motion-sick). It usually dips down to 40 or 45 at the highest, with nothing else running, and it looks like shit to boot. And that's just when I'm sitting still--if I'm running from zombies or players, it can get down to ~25 FPS or completely freeze up for seconds at a time, often resulting in me wasting ammo or dying senselessly.

And yet I can go run Battlefield 3 or Skyrim on Ultra settings.

What am I doing wrong here, people? I've been playing for 2 months and I'm sick of not being able to play comfortably.

[kugane 4]

because this game is a alpha!

[simjedi 43]

Try doing an fps test from the single player scenario list, either 1 or 8 to see what you get as the server can drag it down. You have to disable the DayZ mod first as it bugs them out.

If you can get more than 24fps on test #2 with a screenshot to show proof you get my beans.....lol

Edited July 18, 2012 by SIMJEDI

[unrated (DayZ) 0]

check out your fps at arma 2 vanilla solo campaign

[MorninAfterKill 147]

Try this fix....it worked well for me and im rocking a single 6870

[Animistic 9]

Turn off Anti-Aliasing and Post Processing and make sure HDR is Normal. Turn terrain detail low. AF can be quite high. Shadows either disabled (most FPS boost) or High or Very High (GPU does the job then).

Use SMAA instead of antialiasing.

In arma2oa.cfg were added new config entries:

PPAA=<number>;

PPAA_Level=<number>;

Accepted values for PPAA are:

0 - Disabled

1 - FXAA

2 - FXAA + sharp filter

3 - SMAA

Accepted values for PPAA_Level are:

0 - SMAA_PRESET_LOW

1 - SMAA_PRESET_MEDIUM

2 - SMAA_PRESET_HIGH

3 - SMAA_PRESET_ULTRA

So try for example these:

PPAA=<3>;

PPAA_Level=<2>;

Arma 2 is very CPU heavy game so having quadcore system with 3ghz+ really helps.

It can also help if you set Arma2 priority to High from Task Manager, just press "Show all processes from all users".

Edited July 18, 2012 by Animistic

[simjedi 43]

Turn off Anti-Aliasing and Post Processing and make sure HDR is Normal. Turn terrain detail low. AF can be quite high. Shadows either disabled (most FPS boost) or High or Very High (GPU does the job then).

Use SMAA instead of antialiasing.

Along with that I would say to also turn off all other forms of AA. That includes Transparency Multi/SuperSampleing AA and AToC. ArmA 2 was designed to run without it and we were lucky to even get it for AO as the community had to twist their arms for it. Even if you look at the videos for ArmA 3 you can tell it's disabled so they are following the same train of thought again.

Edited July 18, 2012 by SIMJEDI