What FPS would I get on...

BigChrissy · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:47

Hello, I am soon going to be buying a EVGA 960 SSC. I want this card for gaming, but not just for any game, I am a massive DAYZ enthusiast. What fps would I be looking gto get with this card on Arma 3, DayZ Standalone, and Arma 2? I know there are a lot of factors to play in this decision, but just the averages will do!

Also is it worth just going straight for the Evga 970?

nemtizz · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:49

DayZ - 15 fps like everybody else.

breadturbo · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:51

what cpu do you have? Dayz is very cpu dependant

savagesam117 · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:52

BigChrissy said:
Hello, I am soon going to be buying a EVGA 960 SSC. I want this card for gaming, but not just for any game, I am a massive DAYZ enthusiast. What fps would I be looking gto get with this card on Arma 3, DayZ Standalone, and Arma 2? I know there are a lot of factors to play in this decision, but just the averages will do!

Also is it worth just going straight for the Evga 970?

Personally i'd go for the 970/290 option due to having 4/3.5GB vRAM. Whereas the 960 only has 2GB.
This depends on your budget and the rest of your pc.

Like said above, not great as it's not very well optimized.

lude1962 · 25 Feb 2015 at 08:39

What is your current system, you may find a big boost may be had by changing your current cpu.

BigChrissy · 25 Feb 2015 at 12:12

Well in all fairness I haven't actually bought any of my pc yet, I was planning on getting a i5 4690k. I have £700 to spend

savagesam117 · 25 Feb 2015 at 14:40

BigChrissy said:
Well in all fairness I haven't actually bought any of my pc yet, I was planning on getting a i5 4690k. I have £700 to spend

In this case, what are you planning to get?

Is that £700 just for the tower? or will you need everything else?

Aston998 · 25 Feb 2015 at 14:54

what the spec of the rest of the parts?

MrMD · 25 Feb 2015 at 14:54

Defiantly spend the extra ££ for a 290 instead of the 960.Or even goin 2nd hand to get a 280x/7970/780.The 960 is just a bad buy in general

Dayz/arma ect are extremely CPU bound,your main priority will be to get a nice overclock on your CPU to increase performance in these games.

For raw performance,any of the listed cards will be more than fine for top notch graphical fidelity in arma 2/3.You really want to use resolution in scaling in A3 too ,greatly improves the IQ without much performance penalty

Edit

quick build worth lookin at YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £84.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CI) - Blue Light £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £24.97
Total : £738.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

The only thing this is missing is a case and and some secondary HDD's,which you may already have.Sadly CPU prices are extremely high atm due to currency exchange rates.Atm the I5 is about £35 more than it should be

BigChrissy · 25 Feb 2015 at 17:18

Yeah £700 for everything expect Windows mouse and keyboard, I have astro A40's so won't need speakers etc. That build seems reasonable, is the 2 a good buy?

stulid · 25 Feb 2015 at 17:21

DayZ is a mess of a game.

Do you have a case? what one?

What drives do you have (IDE or SATA)?

BigChrissy · 25 Feb 2015 at 17:42

I agree, it's not very good for optimization. But I've played dayz for 3 years, it's a game I have played on 17FPS and destroyed squads with my heart ready to explain with adrenalin. I don't have any case yet I've seen one for £58 which is a cooler master N600. And I have a 1TB hard drive but no SSD

stulid · 25 Feb 2015 at 17:43

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £62.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £680.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Or,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £224.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.98
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £715.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

This board supports SLI+Crossfire at 8X/8X, but probably pointless for you?

That will all fit in a Coolermaster N600.

These two cases are ok for the money,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £91.60 (includes shipping : £9.75).