Arma II Demo on Thurs 25th June

PESolution said:
Im running Windows 7 x64, will this kill 30% of my framerate too? And also why? I've not heard of the x64 platforms killing performance before (or have i jsut been dumb)
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I think we found that Win 7 x64 wasnt as bad as Vista. I can't remember the stats for that. Vista is definitely bad. XP 32bit is the best for ARMA2 performance.

My specs -Pentium D 805, 8800gts 320mb, 2gb ram, XP. Will I have to turn the settings right down to get acceptable framrates?
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Yes. The game is heavily processor reliant. I would say you will struggle to run at anything higher than low.
 
gord said:
I think we found that Win 7 x64 wasnt as bad as Vista. I can't remember the stats for that. Vista is definitely bad. XP 32bit is the best for ARMA2 performance.
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where did you find this? have you benchmarked yourself? Any results to link to please? As i will dual boot my pc to xp 32bit if its gona actually be a whole 30% faster..
 
prUnE said:
Yay! Hoping this isn't a +2gb download.
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The developers in the thread over at BIS have confirmed "Size will be around 2 GB." Hopefully it isn't ISP monthly bandwidth caps that's giving you concerns over size. If it is then download at work/uni/school/friend's house etc :)
 
PESolution said:
where did you find this? have you benchmarked yourself? Any results to link to please? As i will dual boot my pc to xp 32bit if its gona actually be a whole 30% faster..
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Tests were performed by members of this very forum and can be found in the BIG ARMA 2 thread.. I'll leave it to you to find them.

I specifically remember 1 member reporting that frames in his Vista boot were 20-30 and jumped to 40-50 for XP.

topher said:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softw...s-windows-vista-vs-windows-7-604178?artc_pg=1
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That article does not mention ARMA2. We are talking real world figures on real peoples machines from this forum actually running the game.

Molemanmus said:
Even if its clocked at 4Ghz? ;)
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ARMA responds better to more cores not a higher clock rate. But you might be ok at low-normal.

xander_uk2 said:
Core2 T7200@2Ghz
4Gig Ram
7950GTX (512mb)
Native res is 1920 x 1200 :eek:
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I dont know much about your components to estimate well, but at 1920x1200 I wouldnt be too hopeful. Are 7950s dual GPU cards? Either way your processor has 2 cores at low clock speed, which could inhibit performance severely.
 
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Right, I'm not going to answer everyone's "how will my spec run" requests. You can look in the big thread on Page 20 (at 80ppp) how well its running on a variety of machines.

Bakes, your machine will be fine. You have a decent graphics card, decent memory. If you OC your processor then you will probably be playing at med-high at that resolution.

Depends on what OS you use/what frames you find acceptable.
 
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