how is this not passing the system req's?

[sxcblood 36]

i bought my mates old cpu for 10$ and he installed it for me, but the game stil runs slow its better but stil around 5fps

it says it needs 2.4ghz but i have 3.00 but why does http://www.systemrequirementslab.com tell me its not good enough?

CPU Minimum: Intel Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz You Have: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.00GHz

[TFCxAddict 4]

Well, what about your GPU and all of your other components? Could you list those here?

[iHACC 2]

You have a Pentium that's why, it's a really old processor and you should really update it. Have not seen your computer spec but i recommend just buying a new updated computer.

[sxcblood 36]

well i live on a student income i don't really have much cash to spare on my pc i mainly used thisone for youtube while playing on xbox im glad i could've buyd 1gig of ram and a cpu for 10$

cant i just change some settings to give more power to my cpu or something

also this is the screenshot

[itscjftw@hotmail.co.uk 3]

That thing is an absolute shed, that's why.

[puppetmaster11 229]

your going to have to upgrade that processor ...

[Thunfisch (DayZ) 9]

lold @ pentium

10 years or more?

[sxcblood 36]

is there a processor for abouth 40ish thatl run dayz?

[ast65 11]

you have a single core CPU but need at least dual core...

[sxcblood 36]

i don't have allot of expertise with pc's, what would you recommend for me to get i can probably buy it if i save up for a month or 2

[blaf 63]

i don't have allot of expertise with pc's, what would you recommend for me to get i can probably buy it if i save up for a month or 2

It looks like your "friend" was very well aware of your lack of pc expertise and therefore sold you Pentium D :D

No, really, you need to upgrade both CPU and MOBO

[blaf 63]

you have a single core CPU but need at least dual core...

This isnt actually true, since Pentium D is dual-core but as a multichip

Edited July 26, 2012 by Blaf

[sxcblood 36]

It looks like your "friend" was very well aware of your lack of pc expertise and therefore sold you Pentium D :D

No, really, you need to upgrade both CPU and MOBO

well it was better than my other cpu and i only payd for the ram he gave me the cpu and a soundcard for free, it was just his old desktop so i didnot expect much but i can now run hd videos on youtube so im happy atleast,

im looking at cpus on alternate but i have no idea what sockets i have, does it matter or can i just get one for abouth 40-60$

[blaf 63]

well it was better than my other cpu and i only payd for the ram he gave me the cpu and a soundcard for free, it was just his old desktop so i didnot expect much but i can now run hd videos on youtube so im happy atleast,

im looking at cpus on alternate but i have no idea what sockets i have, does it matter or can i just get one for abouth 40-60$

You have LGA 775 socket and it really does matter, because CPUs for different sockets arent even physically compatibile...

If i were you i would spare some money and buy something that will last for a while. Buying anything for 775 socket is just a waste of money (imho)

Edited July 26, 2012 by Blaf

[sxcblood 36]

howmuch money do you think ill lose if i want to be able to play dayz?

[Bulletsponge (DayZ) 1]

Also, I read a write-up on arma graphics settings. Apparently arma graphics settings is a bit of a strange beast, if you lower your settings too much ends up dumping all the work on the cpu. Bumping up the graphics settings moves more work to the GPU freeing up the CPU for other stuff, giving you a noticable fps boost. Google around.

[sxcblood 36]

yea i followed all the guides becouse otherwise it wouldnot run at all, i also have the uhm shortcut things on "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -beta=Expansion/beta/expansion;gg:/@DayZ" -nosplash -mod=@dayz -world=empty -winxp

according to the link on here but it still freezes every 2seconds if i sprint. are there any other things i can add so it will put even less work on my cpu because i think my video card is good enough to play the game it got 2 cores so it should be fine if the game just runs on my video card and not my cpu

[Shanan (DayZ) 0]

lol. Buy a new computer. I could'nt even run the game well on my Amd Phenmon dual core 2.8GHz, with 4gb of ram and a GTX 275

[sxcblood 36]

well i got it to work with around 35fps, im happy and i dont have to spend my food money on computer parts