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Posted by: King Homer Dec 25 2006, 10:06

Because we have lot of "computer and what if -threads" lately, I opened up this thread.

Feel free to post your computer specifications here to tell us, how ArmA does run.
Furthermore we can tell you if your PC meets the minium requirement and what has to be upgraded.


ArmA runs smooth for me with average 30 FPS on following system (settings are high to very high):

AMD 64 X2 4000+ with 2048 KB L2 Cache (AM2)
Asus M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra Mainboard
2048 MB Corsair TWIN2X DDR2 PC800 RAM
Asus EN7950GT Geforce 7950GT

Windows XP Prof. SP2
DX 9.0c (latest version)

Installed on a 4 parition 250 GB SATA2 HDD.
Game drive has 80 GB left

ForceWare 93.71 driver
AntiAliasing 4x
Anisotropic Filtering 8x

Another option is http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest Test. Simply choose ArmA and run it

Posted by: Old Bear Dec 25 2006, 21:34

KH : I am happy you open this thread.
I was planning to open a spreadsheet in order to collect infos on what is working and what isn't.
The idea was to draw a synthesis and describe the right config for ArmA.

So KH, is my config. ArmA compatible ?

Mobo : Gigabyte GA-7VAXFS
CPU : AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1,67Ghz)
Ram : 1,280 Go DDR-SDRAM
Graphic card : MSI NX 7600AGP
HD1: Seagate 60Go for OS and softwares
HD2 : Maxtor 100Go for datas

XP (sp2)
Direct X 9.0c

I have played Demo version, I am waiting for the 505Games release.
The game is running on my PC so the new I had posted on ArmA.info from Doupe.cz is true but I can't say it always run smoothly ! My video options, after a lot of experiments :

Quality pref. : high
Visibility : 719
Resolution : 1024x768

Terrain detail : high ----- Anisotropic filtering : disabled
Objects detail : high ----- Shadow detail : normal
Texture detail : normal ----- Antialiasing : disabled
Shading detail : normal ------ Blood : low
Postprocessing : low

For Demo version I have (using FRAPS)
- in Coop mission (full players=8):20 FPS in open field, 15/13 FPS along a road, 11/10 FPS in dense wooden area, 8/10 in urban area. Playable.
- in CTF mission (full players=16) : 9/12 , not great difference between sandy expense and town not smooth but still playable.
- in CTI mission : 7/9 FPS when the game is going on. When FPS falls to 7, it is not really playable

I know ..., I am in the low end ..., my amount of ram and my video card are helping but ....

Posted by: Jason Dec 27 2006, 13:32

Specs

Intel Core Duo - 3.4Ghz
2 Gig DDR2 RAM (2x1 gig RAM Sticks)
Nvidia GeForce 7500LE - 512MB Memory
300GB Samsung (I think) Hard Drive

Computer is 3-4 months old.
Latest drivers for all hardware installed.
Defraged twice since purchase of game.

Settings

Quality pref. : low
Visibility : 1200

Terrain detail : very low ----- Anisotropic filtering : disabled
Objects detail : very low ----- Shadow detail : disabled
Texture detail : very low ----- Antialiasing : disabled
Shading detail : very low ------ Blood : low
Postprocessing : low

Performance
Airport Runway on sahrani with just a civlian - 40FPS
In a small amount of bushes near runway - 20FPS
Center of Paraiso - 21FPS
Fighting in the first missions of campaign - 8-10FPS
CTI's - unplayable 4fps

Posted by: King Homer Dec 27 2006, 16:31

Old Bear:
Your problem will be your CPU and your VGA card. Especially the CPU is too slow and outdated. Do you use a laptop because of all the "2 go" hardware? Furthermore it's hard to upgrade a Socket A mainboard to a todays standard CPU.

Jason:
Your problem is definitely the VGA card. The 7500LE is crap, 512 MB of GPU memory doesn't make it any better. The 7800 or 7900 should be the best choice for your allover good looking system. But don't think about buying another LE or downgraded version - GT or GTX must be your choice.

Posted by: Old Bear Dec 27 2006, 19:56

I know the CPU (and main board) for being outdated issues.
I have already grow from 256 Mo Ram to 718 Mo and again to 1280 in order to play games such as Call of Duty or Operation FlashPoint along 2 years as I add a 2nd HD for Data in order not to slow down acess to disk with a 99% full disk.
I have, 4 months ago, at last upgrade from Gigabyte Maya Radeon 9000 64 Mo AGP 4x to MSI NX7600GS AGP 8x in a last attempt to have a PC ArmA compatible. As you see it meets minimal config specs.
But it's not enough !

Posted by: King Homer Dec 28 2006, 02:42

You should have waited longer. Now you have to buy new hardware again, to get the game run properly on your system.

Posted by: Deadeye Dec 28 2006, 14:37

AMD XP 2600+ , Epox 8RDA+, 1024 MB Ram, MSI GF FX 5600, IDE HDD

What do you think will ArmA run on this machine?
I'd say maybe on very low settings.

Posted by: NeMeSiS Dec 28 2006, 15:43

I wouldnt recommend anyone to play this game with an FX 5xxx, i guess it should work on very low/low settings in 800×600.

Try the demo first

Posted by: Deadeye Dec 28 2006, 16:07

well that's the problem. I'm runniong on a gf ti 4200 atm and I'd be able to get the FX for 12€ so....

Posted by: 27th-Rob78 Dec 28 2006, 20:33

My system at the mo won't even run the demo version!
I've got :
3.2 Intel Celeron processor
2 x 512mb memory sticks
NVidia GeForce 4400Ti, 128 mb

I've been looking at upgrading the graphics card to one of these, especially as I'm on a tight budget http://www.ctretail.co.uk/shop/product.php?xProd=286&xSec=23
Can anyone tell me if this will be up to the job or recommend a similar one in a similar price range.

Posted by: NeMeSiS Dec 29 2006, 03:50

You can get an x1600XT (or x1650, not sure about the difference) for 120€

I have one and it plays the game quite smooth on normal settings without shadows on 1024×768.

To be honest i wouldnt recommend any lower then this, and i would never spend <100€ on a card you want to game on.

(both of those cards will play the game, but it will probably be a horrible experience, especially in forests, better save that money untill you can buy something better)

EDIT: 27th-Rob78, you have a celeron, so you are probably going to have problems anyway as those are ment for office stuff, not gaming.

Posted by: Lt. Earth Apple Dec 29 2006, 14:27

What's about :
2.8 Ghz Pentium IV (juk!)
2x512 mb DDR 2 Ram
MSI 7800 GS 256 mb
?

Posted by: Jimboob Dec 30 2006, 16:00

Should work fine Apple, though you'll probably get low frame rates still. I've got a similar system, and I get about 20 or so FPS in firefights

Posted by: Lt. Earth Apple Dec 31 2006, 00:05

Well, I think I will get really good graphics, but not much
another computer of my freinds, with A 7600 gT but a AMD 3700 is running on max details without Postpross. (I hate it anyway) extremely Fluently at 3500 M in South Sahrani ( I hate the north anyway too)

Posted by: LooseKannon Dec 31 2006, 03:39

Intel Core2 Duo E6700
GeForce 8800GTX 768mb
2gb PC8000 RAM
Creative Audigy4 Sound card
320gb HD

Posted by: Antipop Dec 31 2006, 05:03

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2Ghz (Watercooling)
2x GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
4GB Corsair Dominator XMS (2x 2GB)
400GB SATA2 Seagate HDD

I can play everything on high with around 30FPS. Perfect...

Posted by: da rat Dec 31 2006, 12:22

Core 2 Duo E6700
2x GeForce 7950GT 512Mb (SLI)
2GB Corsair II
160Gb S-ATA II HD

Everything on Very high apart from post processing which is low (looks crap imo anyway )

Posted by: BigglesTrevor Jan 2 2007, 03:00

i got

AMD 64 2.2 ghz
1GB RAM
g-force 6600

i can run the demo only only low medium settings. i got £130 to spend on upgrading pc. i can afford a higher spec AMD with that, 3ghz +, but will that improve arma running? would it be more worthwhile investing in a new graphics card or extra ram with that cash instead?

a tiny bit OT i guess but im not happy with how ArmA runs at the moment, i dont feel im getting anything near the games full potential and anything that gains me some of that is worthwhile.

Posted by: cptdennis Jan 2 2007, 13:20

I have an AMD Athlon 2800 2ghz, Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128mb, 512mb RAM.
Full game works fine on medium settings, demo 10-15 fps on very low settings

btw, I'm going to upgrade my pc with 1gb extra RAM and a new videocard, any recommendments for a PCI-e videocard?

Posted by: Antipop Jan 3 2007, 04:30

Atleast a 7600GT, but best for your buck either a 7900GT or 7800GTX.

Posted by: King Homer Jan 3 2007, 12:51

Yes, as minimum I recommend: ATI 1600 or Geforce 7800. It may run properly on older VGA cards aswell, but these are the current "standard". The 8800 is currently the highend, with that one you are one the safe side for this year

Posted by: Helping Hand Jan 3 2007, 19:16

I'm upgrading my rig slowly to beable to play ArmaA.

ATM I have a pretty dire setup but i wanna know what you think about what im upgrading to.

By feb - march i should have

512mb DDR RAM -1024mb
128b ATI radeon 9250 - something under £100

Posted by: Gielovic Jan 5 2007, 23:38

If you recommend an ATI 1600 you'd better recommend a GeForce 7600 as they have comparable performace. Also it makes a lot of difference if you have the 1600 Pro/XT and also the GF7600 GS/GT differ a lot. (sorry for bad english)
found that out after reading some benchmarks...

hope i'm right as i'm going to purchase a GF7600...





the ATI 9250 is waste of money imo...for 100 dollars or less you can have an X1300!!! that's way better
or an nVidia of course 7300 or something like that

Posted by: Helping Hand Jan 6 2007, 00:51

hmm i'll look into that

Posted by: Danny Boy '77 Jan 6 2007, 00:55

I have the Czech version patched to english and find that my ATI X800X 256mb rund ArmA very nicely indeed.

Apart from that running 3.2Ghz P4, 1Gb RAM (sorry I have no other details, I'm on a mine site).

ATI X800X highly recommended for ArmA.

Thanks.

Posted by: Jason Jan 8 2007, 15:37

Processor: Intel® Pentium® Dual Core CPU 3.20GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Hard Drive: 300 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE - 512mb Memory
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
------------

First version of game was unplayable on even very low settings. Now on very low settings I get 25 fps in an average fight with about 20 people and a small town.
I know the problem, its my graphics card.. i'm looking for a new one but just picking a good one is the main thing. I'm thinking Nvidia GF 7600 - 7800 if I cant find a better price on the new 8 series.

Posted by: Jimboob Jan 9 2007, 10:54

The cheapest ive found for the Geforce 8 is £380 w/ VAT. Just wait for the R600 to come out and it should drop quite a bit, or just get the R600 and get a better card.

Posted by: NeMeSiS Jan 9 2007, 15:51

You dont want to play ArmA with something slower then a x1600XT (which you can easily get for those 150€ )

@Jason, hope you learned to never buy a dell anymore

Posted by: Helping Hand Jan 11 2007, 15:49

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-SP

Well i'm thinking about getting this for my video card.

Posted by: da rat Jan 11 2007, 18:30

A nice trick for SLI users to imporove performance is to go to the root folder, and rename your arma.exe (not sure of the name, I have the demo ) to FEAR.exe
FEAR is a stable SLI-using game, and makes full use of the technology through fooling your PC into thinking it's running a SLI-using game (apparently)
Worked wonders for me, I'm currently playing all settings @ V. High and getting 30-40fps constant (apart from the inevitable mass foliage areas where it drops to around 20-25)

Posted by: King Homer Jan 17 2007, 07:16

You may check different benchmark checks before buying a VGA card. Higher numbers not always mean more power

Posted by: Helping Hand Jan 17 2007, 12:25

@KH In you oprinion what is a good video card for me to get for ArmA then? apart from the few you listed above... Because i don't have £400 to spend on an 8800

Posted by: King Homer Jan 17 2007, 15:23

X1600XT?

Posted by: Helping Hand Jan 17 2007, 18:33

OK. Narrowed it down to a couple choices and i'd like your opinion of them both...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-115-SP
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-SP

Posted by: Tumble_Dry Jan 20 2007, 20:25

Ok, So I got the demo and It was rather unplayable. Even with the lowest settings I still got video lag.


3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

241.98 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
WDC WD1600JB-00REA0 [Hard drive]
RADEON X700 Series [Display adapter]
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Is it my video card?? For serious... WTF.

Im missing out on the greatest game ever.

Posted by: NeMeSiS Jan 20 2007, 23:46

Its probably your x700, they are quite slow.
What is your FPS in
1. Desert
2. Forests
3. Cities
(download FRAPS if you cant see your FPS)

Posted by: ilmari Mar 7 2007, 17:33

I'm running ArmA - newest version - on a nforce2 mobo based Athlon XP 2400+ system with 0.75 gigs of memory and a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb - no serious lagging or problems yet, a lot smoother than some other new games (like F.E.A.R Extraction point). On pretty low settings, of course, but it's very playable and that's the main point for me :-)

Of course my Windows installation is fine tuned and hard drives are defragged and other basic stuff to make sure I'm not wasting resources.

Posted by: luix_luix Apr 12 2007, 20:39

whats wrong with the ATI radeon 9250?? does ArmA runs with it?


Anybody knows if the ATI x1300 is AGP?

i need an AGP card that can run Arma, do you know about one??

thanks!

Posted by: Lt. Earth Apple Apr 12 2007, 22:41

actually i'm using a Geforce 7800 GS AGP, and forget the 9250, it's to old.
The problem with agp is the cars are much more expensive, my geforce for example ist worth 240 Euros

Posted by: RM AKITA Apr 12 2007, 23:05

AMD 64 3400 (2.2GHZ)
2mb ram
256mb rad 9800 CAT drivers 7.3

the game is terrible even on low slow fps, jumpy,blocky colours all wrong white sky......

If i chose to go for new 512 rad card would this make a difference bearing in mind i wanted cheaper option instead of new pc. I just upgraded ram from 1mb to 2mb.
Or am I throwing away more money and my AMD is just not worth updating and I should go for one of these new dual processor super pci fandango things next year? with 2 graphiocs cards in it!

Posted by: Lt. Earth Apple Apr 12 2007, 23:51

I think I found out your problem.
It's not enough RAM, you should upgrade NOW.
With 2mb, you can't even play ugly CS 1.6

(na, I know you meant 2 gb, or at least I hope so)

I guess you've an AGP, so you can chose between some options :
1) Buy Crads for AGP much more expensive than PCI-e
2) Buy a new mainboard and a new porcessor for a PCI-e Videocard
3) Buy an old mainboard for your old processor for a PCI-e Videocard

Posted by: RM AKITA Apr 13 2007, 20:01

Thanks for that. I take it then AGP cards are not much cop. I have tried changing AGP settings, in game I found I crash at 8x 4x is more stable.Ive never tried turning them off completely though may give it a go.
So if I go for a 512 AGP card (any tips) will my athlon be able to reap all the benefits of the extra 256 that I will be getting.Or is my processor just not gonna be able to cope with some of the games out next year because its too slow.

Posted by: Helping Hand Apr 13 2007, 23:33

No it doesn't work with the 9250...

Mine is going out the window very soon.

Posted by: Helping Hand Apr 17 2007, 19:51

Well I've decided on my stuff I'm getting.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(14777)Geil-Ultra-DDR2-20GB-PC6400-Dual-Channel.aspx

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(16724)Abit-Fatality-FPIN9SLi-Motherboard-LGA775.aspx

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(16138)Sapphire-Radeon-X1950PRO-512MB-DDR3-PCIE.aspx

http://microdirect.co.uk/(14431)Intel-CPU-Pentium-4-D-945-Dual-core-2x34GHz.aspx

All look sound ?

Posted by: Deadeye Apr 18 2007, 18:27

yes

yes

yes

yes

With this kid you will be able to play arma on the highest settings

Posted by: Helping Hand Apr 18 2007, 22:10

*Grins* Just a matter of finding the remaining £70 i got 350 atm

Posted by: Deadeye Apr 19 2007, 17:51

Oh wait, the CPU aint a Core2Duo? Is it an older C2D processor?

Posted by: reVealR_2012 Apr 24 2007, 18:02

Helo all,

Three PCs, first one runns the game with perfection but the second and third I have not tested yet and was wonder what you guys thought.

First is a Quad Core running at 3.2gh x4 w/ a single 7950gt w/512 ram and 2gig of DDR3 OS is Vista Ulamate.

Second is an Intel 850GB Socket 423 @ 1.3gh adapted to socket 478 @ 2.8gh w/ 1.5gh of RD Rambus and a GeForce FX5950ultra w/ 250 of ram OS is XP PRO sp2.

Third is an Intel 850GH Socket 478 @ 2.4gh w/ an FX 5950 ultra 256 ram and 2gh of PC2700 OS is XP Pro sp2

?
?
?


Thanks Everyone!!!
reVealR

Posted by: Deadeye Apr 25 2007, 18:22

FX cards and ArmA aren't a good combination.

Do I undersand it correctly you overclocked the 1.3 Gh one to 2.8? Nice.

Posted by: reVealR_2012 Apr 25 2007, 21:39

I tested the 2.4 P4 w/ 1gb or ram and FX5950 ultra last night. It will run the game in VERY LOW smoothly and it is playable in LOW but anything above that is just to choppy for a vet player.

As far as the 2.8 I will test it out tonght... I look forward to this one as it has been around scence the iseption of ofp.... although she has gone threw major sergical reconstruction in order to be useable w/ modern gaming.

The chip itself is not overclocked it is an actual 2.8 Northridge P4, however the original 428 socket has been fitted w/ an inexpensive addapter that allows for the use of any 478 chipup to 2.8 gh... some say 3.0 but I have not seen a 3.0 tested yet. The only reason I use this board is it is rock solid and I realy like RD Ram.... ha ha I know its old and out dated but so am I.

reVealR

Posted by: Wingman May 21 2007, 21:57

Hey all, new to the forumn. NICE.
Asus K8V SE Deluxe mb
AMD 3200+ processer
1.5 gig ram
160 gig hd
Ati radeon 9550 video AGP

My question is: I want to upgrade my video card to a Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro.......
Will this run good on my system after I replace my video card?
It runs on it now with my 9550, LOW settings everywhere.... Sooooo choppy you can't play though.
Thanks in advance

Posted by: Sgt.Eisen May 28 2007, 15:22

Arma runs Permanently at 50FPS at verry high settings

My System:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Intel D975XBX2
4Gb Kingston Hyper X 800 EPP
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD
Ati 2900xt

@Wingman
I think it runs good with the X1950pro and your System.

Posted by: Toukairin Jun 2 2007, 06:04

I'd like to ask whether my system-to-be would run the ArmA :
-AMD X2 ?? (i forgot the whole detail)
-Mobo : DFI infinity ?? (i forgot too )
-RAM : 2x512 MB DDR2 PC5300 Corsair Value ~making it 1 GB RAM
-VGA : Zotac 7900GS DDR3 256MB 256bit

I'm going to the computer shop today to upgrade... i only have like $200 to buy with, in which i'd like to buy Zotac 7900GS and another 512 MB DDR2 PC5300 Corsair Value to fulfill the system req.above...

Would this system at least run with all settings normal(or some of them high)? Pardon my english, i'm in the south east asia...

If i were to buy 2 GB of RAM... i'd not have any money to buy a VGA card that suffice and ending up having to stick with my onboard GeForce 6150....

I need a quick reply, for any replies , thanks!

Posted by: Deadeye Jun 2 2007, 10:24

Hm yeah, well I suppose X2 means dual core? Should be ok although ArmA doesn't support dual core usage atm.
atm I'm also running on 1 gig ram but PC6400 (higher frequency), but for playing on Normal 1gig should be sufficient
The VGA might be a weakspot, but an 7900GS should be just enough to get arma running fine .
(just my intention, don't blame me when I'm wrong)

My rig :

E6600 Dual Core CPU
Geforce 7950 GT 512MB
Gigabyte DS4 Mainboard
1gig ram PC 6400

Cheers

Posted by: Red Square Monkey Jun 2 2007, 21:47

Weakspot ? I have a ATI Sapphire X1600 Pro, which is the equivalent of a Nvidia 7600. I can run ArmA smoothly on normal settings with shadows and AA turned off (even in North-Sahrani). My guess is that the 7900GS will run ArmA on normal/high settings (?). Besides, I heard the 7900GS is a easy card to overclock.

Posted by: Smoke86 Jun 11 2007, 16:51

I'm sure its time to get a new computer, but......

LAPTOP (yeah ugh!, worked good for playing Americas Army and JO/JOE in Iraq)

Pentium M (1.5g)
512 Mb Memory
Raedon X300 (128MB)
60 G HD

I'm sure it won't run ArmA, but I figured I'd ask smarter people than I on this.

Thanks

Posted by: Focha Jun 19 2007, 19:07

Here are mine:

P4 2.8Ghz
1536Mb RAM (2x256 plus 2x512 both dual channel)
SATA 160Gb HD
ASUS ATI Radeon X1600XT 256Mb DDR3 (Catalyst 7.5)
WinXP SP2

Can it run well? Or maybe I have to upgrade something?

Best regards.

Focha

Posted by: podder Jun 23 2007, 16:16

My newly built computer specs are

620W cosair psu
xfx 650i ultra motherboard
E6600 core 2 duo 2.4 ghz processor over clocked with onboard nvidia ntune software
bfg 8800 gtx 768 oc2 dvi graphics card
2 gbytes of cellshock ddr2 pc2-6400 800mhz dual channel kit ram
asus v60 cpu cooler
19 inch mitsubishi diamond pro 900u monitor max graphics 1600 * 1200

windows home edition 32 XP
dx 9.0c

I cannot run this game at 1600 * 1200 * 32 - it crashes after 5 minutes so I run it at 1024
* 768 * 32: my visibility is set to 1200: most advanced setting are at high except antialaising and filtering which I have set low. Game can still lock up on me. Is it true that armed assault does not support the core 2 duo processor ? Any settings advice welcome.

Posted by: benadams169 Jul 20 2007, 05:12

I have AMD Trion 64 x 2 TL-56 (1.8GHz/1MB), 1 GB of ram, ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 with 256 MB Hyper Memory, a 24X Xombo CD-RW/DVD, and Window Vista Home Basic. Will this be able to run ArmA? And if so how well?

Posted by: Jukka Jul 21 2007, 16:08

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest site is pretty handy. Just choose the game(ArmA is there too) and you wil see how good the game will run on your computer.

Posted by: rommel Jul 22 2007, 11:19

Will this run ArmA?

Posted by: Deadeye Jul 22 2007, 11:56

hell, yeah

Posted by: rommel Jul 22 2007, 13:31

Idea was, anyone able to tell me what would run ArmA better?

ASUS EN8800GTS-HTDP-320 GF8800GTS, 320MB, DDR3, PCIEx16, HDTV, 2xDVI-I, HDCP
OR
PALIT RADEON X2900XT PCI-E 512MB Dual DVI

I didn't mean to sound like a jackass

Posted by: Mania460 Jul 28 2007, 23:51

Ive got

Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz

1GB memory

Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset family 256MB

Windows Vista

DirectX 10

will ArmA work on this system??

Posted by: Mania460 Jul 29 2007, 18:59

OK, forget the above, these are my specs;

Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz
2GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8400M GT 512MB
Windows Vista

Can someone also tell me where i can download the latest drivers for my graphics card and do i need to uninstall my previous drivers before i install the latest one.

Posted by: BlackEagle Aug 6 2007, 21:44

I have an ATI 9700 pro 128mb, Intel 1.8ghz, 896mb RAM. some of it is below specs like the cpu but still works i cant believe it!!

Posted by: Helping Hand Aug 21 2007, 15:01

Hmm from what i've read ArmA doesn't like the 8800GTS anyone got an alternative?

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 9 2007, 17:43

SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512 MB GDDR3 PCIE 2600xt... it costs 139 Euro on eBay

Posted by: Helping Hand Sep 10 2007, 22:10

Already ordered system if ArmA doesn't like my card thats BI's fault so screw them I'll play BF2...

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 10 2007, 23:03

Do not, I say again, do not play BF2! ....

Posted by: Valhalian Sep 10 2007, 23:47

Im deciding which graphics card to buy:

Sapphire Atlantis ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB DDR3
or
GigaByte MAYA GV-RX26T512HP-B 512MB DDR4

The 2600XT is better in all aspects except for smaller bus, which is only 128 bit...Ive heard that if bus too small, the memory cant be then used effectively. Can you please share your thoughts on this?

Posted by: Seven Sep 11 2007, 04:33

Yo Val, I"ve got a x1950pro & I like it... it's 100x better then arma hehe... still got some crashes in arma on some (2) ECL maps... (you know ECL)
dunno what's happening though, updated to last catalyst and driver, still think it's an arma bug though

but in brief, x1950pro is good quallity/money
if I had more money though I'd go for an nvidia 8800 gtx

Greetz
seven!

Posted by: Valhalian Sep 11 2007, 19:58

Thx for the advice Seven. Since money is my prob also, ill stick with the trusty x1950

Posted by: Helping Hand Sep 15 2007, 14:27

How smoothly do you think that ArmA will run with my new setup?

Intel Core2 Quad 6600 2.4GhZ LGA775
2048MB of Generic 800MhZ RAM (DDR2) I'll find out who makes it once I open the case
XFX nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 500m 640MB Video Card

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 15 2007, 15:06

yes it will, yours is a senseless question, it's a powerfull PC!

Posted by: Helping Hand Sep 16 2007, 00:09

I asked because of the people that keep telling me that ArmA hates the 8800 GTS

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 16 2007, 09:08

why nobody understand that it's not only the GPU that make ArmA run fast?
You have a DDR2 RAM (it's a good one) and a Processor that it's not a P4 3.00 GHZ...
With this PC even if you have a 256Mb GPU, you'll have ArmA run at least with medium setting applyed.

Posted by: JdB Sep 16 2007, 16:33

It's not the 8800's fault that Nvidia doesn't make drivers for it that are optimized for ArmA.

Posted by: d@nte Sep 24 2007, 22:42

which 3d card should i buy to have Arma playable-high settings? i want an ATI.

i want to buy again Arma gold + queer gambit.

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 25 2007, 11:25

PCI-Express:

a sapphire Graphic Card (RADEON)
a Quadro Graphic Card (NVIDIA)

Posted by: d@nte Sep 25 2007, 12:58

yeah, sorry a PCI-E, and only an ATI

Posted by: Strider Sep 26 2007, 00:00

This is my system:

Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 at 2.13GHz
Asus P5B Deluxe
Ati Radeon X1900XTX - 512Mb (got latest drivers)
2 x 1024Gb 667 Kingston RAM
WD 250Gb 7200RPM
Windows Vista Home Premium

and i have problems running the game at 1280 x 1024 resolution with normal video settings (forest areas).
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I always had the question, which is the best PC for the maximum video settings in ArmA without having lag at all, regardless of place or situation?

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Posted by: D@V£ Sep 26 2007, 00:07

I've been told the best thing for ArmA and OFP is a lot of RAM. However, if you don't mind not being able to see huge distances that much, the easiest way to speed up the game is to decrease the visibility so as much doesn't have to be rendered.

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 26 2007, 00:46

agree with D@ve, because your PC is already a good one...

Posted by: luix_luix Oct 14 2007, 16:23

will ArmA run withn this system specs?

Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel® Core 2 Duo E4300(a) (1.8GHz) ---Processor
2 GB (2 x 1024) PC2-4200 DDR2 ---- RAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 224mb dedicated RAM ----- Video card

thx

Posted by: JdB Oct 14 2007, 16:38

No, unfortunately it won't. Your graphics card is merely an on-board chip. To run graphically demanding games like ArmA, you need a dedicated graphics card, like from Nvidia or ATi. I won't recommend specific ones though, as I'm not really specialized in graphics cards.

Posted by: luix_luix Oct 14 2007, 17:10

thx jdb
and what about this specs??

which oes could work for Arma, if yes, which one would give the best performance?

Windows Vista
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+
4GB DDR2 SDRAM a 667MHz
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS


or

Windows Vista
Intel®Pentium® dual-core processor E2160 (1MB L2,1.80GHz,800 FSB)
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS

or

Windows Vista
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6320 (4MB L2 Cache,1.86GHz,1066 FSB)
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS

thx =)

Posted by: JdB Oct 14 2007, 17:29

Whatever CPU, mainboard and RAM that you choose, this will always be the weakest link, that card is nice for typing out school-stuff and browsing the internet, but not for playing games. For games I would suggest a 8800 or 8600.

Posted by: Valhalian Oct 14 2007, 17:43

Think you need a better card than that. Id recommend an ATI X1950 which are very affordable in comparison with the performance they give. But minimum would be a an ATI X1650 (with DDR3) or an NVIDIA 8600. As for the CPU id advise AMD Athlon 5600+ which is less expensive and gives a better peformance in most charts, but Intel systems tend to be generaly more stable...

Posted by: luix_luix Oct 14 2007, 17:55

thx everyone for your support.
So what about this specs?? would they do the job?? if yes, which performance would i have, low, medium or high?

Windows Vista
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600
SDRAM 2GB de DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 256 MB

thx

Posted by: Gielovic Oct 16 2007, 22:05

if i were you i would search for some details about the 8600GT...i saw some saying the x1950PRO (120 euro's) performs better in DX9 games, it doesn't support DX10 however (but hey...who needs that).
Also i don't think there is that much difference between high-end athlons and mid-range Intels. The high-end Core 2's kick ass though.
2GB of RAM is enough in XP, dunno about VISTA (luckily i don't have it), but make sure you get 667+ Mhz, not the 533 Mhz.
If you're going for an intel system, i would recommend the Core 2 Duo 6750 + P35 chipset motherboard (with the eye on the future)

Posted by: TheVipersFang Oct 26 2007, 07:22

Just to see what people say...

I think its a dual core (1.8gig x2) with 2gig of RAM (think its corsair) and Winblows Vista and the graphics card is a ATI X1650pro with 512mb RAM.

ArmA runs fine on normal or high settings but such things as too many addons and effects packs and replacement packs cause the occasional slow down but its nothing serious.

Posted by: UNIT-716 Oct 26 2007, 11:38

honestly id double the RAM if your using VISTA, ArmA can be very RAM hungry, the processor looks fine but id scrap the 8600GT it sucks. go for a Nvidia 7950 or 7800GTX or a ATI x1950XT though my experience with ATI drivers is that they can be very tempermental and sometimes unstable under some systems.

Posted by: Helping Hand Oct 26 2007, 23:18

I get around 25 - 45 FPS depending on terrain with my new settings which aremainly on high except for shadows and view distance.

I've got a 8800GTS (640MB Version) which despite reports of issues with ArmA I have none. An intel Q6600 and 2BG of DDR2 800MhZ RAM.

Posted by: JynX Nov 7 2007, 04:01

think it will run but here yah go:
Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop
1gb Ram
Intel 1.73Ghz Dual core processor
256mb Onboard graphics
Windows XP SP2

use this as A) I need it for Uni it would cost me aprox 140GBP to upgrade my desktop to be able to contemplate running ArmA

Posted by: Deadeye Nov 7 2007, 09:57

You already use this comp?


Then try this test :

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Posted by: JynX Nov 8 2007, 13:12

yeah, using it at the moment lol I'll give that thing a whirl when I'm on a network that lets me do that kinda thing with the net. Stupid university wireless *grumble* Thanks

Posted by: Linker Split Nov 10 2007, 02:19

thanks to that link deadeye now i installed the newest drivers for my NVIDIA

Posted by: JynX Nov 12 2007, 00:01

yeah i go out get the game wonder why the graphics are screwed up and the answer: onboard graphics cards bite. Gonna get a driver i dont have but i still dont have TnL guh....any extra help/advice would be great.

Notes:
Bought as Euro Dvd
Patching went as follows:
1.04->1.05->1.08->1.08 Hotfix

Posted by: hehe Nov 19 2007, 17:24

Hey guys, I tried that system requirements test and everything was more than fine, nevertheless, Armed Assault (version 108) is not running properly on my system. The problem is the following: I am able to start the game and everything is normal and fine, I can start some mission and everything is normal and fine. But then, after around 10 mins or so, the game suddenly freezes, showes some colourful mess on the screen and finally chrashes to desktop. There is no error message. So, is there anything wrong about my system? Here are my specifications:

AMD K8 S-754 Sempron 3400+ Box 51728

Mainboard Asus K8N4-E

XFX Geforce 7950 GT 750M Extreme

2x Dimm 512 MB PC-226 DDR CL2 Kingston

Thank you,
hehe.

Posted by: killer199326 Dec 31 2007, 03:13

Here is mine!

Manufacturer: GBT___
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Hard Drive: 320 GB
Video Card: 2x NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio output
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)

Posted by: NeMeSiS Jan 1 2008, 07:14

Mostly low/medium settings.

Posted by: johnbeyer Jan 1 2008, 12:40

my Specs are twice as low as that and i run low/medium pretty good on non-habited places , only experience lag when crouching in the grass

Posted by: laggy Jan 3 2008, 21:33

Hi everyone who is way more knowledgable about computers than me.

I'm trying to decide between two different systems. Which would you recommend and why?

1.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+
RAM: 3 Gb (3x1024) DDR2 667 MHz
Harddrive: 500 Gb
GPU: Nvidia GF 8600GT 512 Mb (dedicated)
Windows Vista Home Premium

or

2.
Processor: AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+
RAM: 4GB DDR2 533MHz (4x1024MB)
Harddrive: 320GB S-ATA 7200rpm
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 640MB dedicated (911mb max)
Windows Vista Premium

I read about the GF 8800GTS creating problems and also high end (4MB RAM) computers having some trouble.

If you can give me some good advice I'll return with some awesome missions. Right now I'm struggling with a 3 year old custom built laptop which kicked ass with OFP, but is way to tired for ArmA.

Thanks

Laggy.

Posted by: catito14 Jan 4 2008, 00:12

My system:

-Pentium IV 3 ghz
-1 gb Ram
-ATI X1950 PRO 256 mb
-80 gb HD SATA
-Windows XP SP 2
-DirectX 9.0 C

The game run OK with this machine?

thanks

Posted by: Linker Split Jan 5 2008, 18:54

I would suggest you definitively the second option... because it's more powerful, and also because you should not only buy a PC for a single game
Think of Crysis, or the other games that will be out



is your ATI a DDR3 card? cause I have a x1550 DDR2 512Mb, and everything goes well

Posted by: Daniel Von Rommel Jan 6 2008, 11:01

It Does already run for me at medium/high (without those useless filters) settings but I want to know what you think
I'm getting a new PC in 2 or 3 months anyway.

Intel Pentium 4 - 3.00 Ghz
1,00 Gb RAM (256 + 256 + 512) - Boosted up and fixed paging
ATI X1600 PRO - 256 MB

Very very very old PC.
Latest drivers for all hardware installed.
Cleaned up very often with CCleaner and defragged pretty often.

Posted by: Linker Split Jan 6 2008, 11:08

it's like mine, but I got a Sapphire 1550 AGP 512... yeah it's good to hold on for at least 3-4- months...then an upgrade is needed.
Also it seems that your RAM is working on single channel.. that's bad

Posted by: Daniel Von Rommel Jan 6 2008, 11:40

That's nearly japanese to me
An explanation in Nobbish please?

Posted by: Linker Split Jan 6 2008, 11:48

When you have a pair of same RAM blocks, then they will work on dual channel (it means that they have the same clock speed)... but if you add another RAM block at different clock speed, then this one (the powerful 512mb) will work at the 256mb RAM block speed, and will work on Single channel

Posted by: Daniel Von Rommel Jan 6 2008, 11:49

Damn it
Any way to fix this?

Posted by: Linker Split Jan 6 2008, 11:51

buy another 512 ram block, so you'll have 2 pairs of same RAM blocks (256x2 and 512x2)

Posted by: Daniel Von Rommel Jan 6 2008, 11:54

Well at this point I'll wait until I update it.

From now on, only 2GBs chuncks (deleting the old Ram I have in already)

Posted by: Raficoo Jan 12 2008, 13:41

Hey all,

im gonna buy a new laptop and i was wondering if ArmA will work well on its specs:


2.00Ghz Duo 2 Core
4GB RAM
320GB HDD
VGA Dedicated up to 1GB

Vista,
price:1499$:P

Will it run good on ArmA?

Posted by: Daniel Von Rommel Jan 12 2008, 13:48

I'm not an expert, but that processor doesn't convince me

Oh and update to XP

Posted by: NeMeSiS Jan 18 2008, 18:54

Depends on what 'VGA Dedicated up to 1GB' means, if it is an onboard videocard then no, you wont even be able to start ArmA.

Posted by: Linker Split Jan 27 2008, 12:56

The Best Tool to check whatever your PC is capable to handle Armed Assault or not

http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark05/

if your PC will be able to run it till the end, then your PC is good enough to play our beloved game.

Download it and run it before asking questions here

Posted by: JynX Feb 4 2008, 03:03

Can't agree more, tried running on 1024gb Ram with a 256 on board graphics, nay luck (Dell Inspiron 6100)

New pc i should have in 3-6 weeks (depends on when I get my tatoo done)
2gb Ram
1024mb graphics
Dualcore 2.64ghz Intel Processor (total ~ 5ghz/4ghz)
80gb HDD (got a 250gb ExHDD)
and a 20" TFT monitor

will be joining you lot in the ArmA field soon enough

Posted by: LCPL. Gaskin M (GATOR) Feb 15 2008, 08:15

WOW I have searched the internet for weeks and I finally find the forum I am looking for.
I am getting ready to build this system but I HAVE to make sure it will work well with AA.
CASE: Apevia X-Jupiter Full Tower Gaming Server w/ Temp Display and Fan Control
650 Watt Power
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 CPU @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)3GB (3x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
LCD Monitor: 22& quot; TFT Active Matrix LCD Display (($30 off Mail-in Rebate) ViewSonic VX2235WM ClearMotiv 5MS 1680x1050)
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: (Special Price) 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD
Microsoft® Windows Vista Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)
( I was going to get 4 gig ram, but heard that AA dosent play well with 4 gig, and I am also confused on which is the best windows OS to get for the game as well.)
Just let me know If I need to make changes to this build, I hope to order the parts on the 19th of febuary.
Thanks,
Gator

Posted by: D@V£ Feb 15 2008, 09:33

I have 4gb of RAM and have never experienced any problems with ArmA...

Posted by: Old Bear Feb 15 2008, 12:12

I have 2 GB and the game is OK ..., but 3 GB seem a weird choice
Go get a 4GB rig as it seems you can afford it.

It seems there is some issues with Vista64 AND 4 GB as you can read on http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=68;t=69307 on the subject so have a look on the http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Troubleshooting_Vista or ... stay conservative as I have done and play ArmA with XP and 2 GB

Posted by: technogiant Feb 21 2008, 15:01

Hi all, I'm noob to your community having just bought a copy of ArmA and Queens Gambit, Haven't played the game yet but from what I've read it sounds fantastic and just what I've been looking for in gaming.

At the moment I'm saving to make my own system and considering using one of ATI's 3870X2 graphics cards.

Anyone running ArmA with one of these, just wondering if its a good choice.

Posted by: Drakortha Feb 21 2008, 20:12

Hi all.

I am a huge fan of Armed Assault. I have tried hundreds of mods from the Armed Assault Info website. This is my first time posting.

My goal at the moment is to upgrade my system so I can run Armed Assault at the maximum graphics setting. And view distance maxed out.

This is my current system:

Pentium D 2.8Ghz
2Gb 667Mhz Ram
EAH 2600 Pro GPU
Windows XP

In 3 weeks time. I am upgrading my system entirely:

Dual Core Processor E8400 3.0Ghz
4Gb 800Mhz Ram
XFX 8800GTS XXX Edition (The Alpha Dog)
Windows XP

Will my new setup be able to run Armed Assault to It's full potential?

Posted by: Willus Killus Feb 23 2008, 22:24

Drakortha, that will run anything that exists on high at the mo

unless you get any messed up drivers/incompatibilities but shouldn't with ArmA

Posted by: Call for WW2 Feb 24 2008, 16:20

Hi, I have Arma and it runs pretty slowly with everything on low(when map is empty its fine, when playing campaign its 15-20fps, and when looking at trees its 10 fps), only visibility is around 2000.My resolution is 1024x768.(Monitor is 1280x1024)
My specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 2.21 GHz
2g RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 512MB
DirectX9.0 c

Should it run like this? I downloaded the AMD Optimizer, but it doesnt even run, just crahses before it can even think it out :S

Any help would be appriciated!!

Thanks

And http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/, it will show about right on other games but definately not Arma, because it shows me that i have passed recommended and with a huge advantage(nearly in the end), but still the moment i put something to normal or set the resolution a bit higher, the FPS drops to 8-10 fos :S

Posted by: Benoist Feb 24 2008, 18:58

I want to leave ArmA, no more than 20 FPS, and ArmA II will need the twice, f*ck.

Who i'm kiding, i will not leave ArmA, but it's a pain.

Posted by: FireHawk102 Feb 26 2008, 00:49

leave ArmA don't be silly ;-)

Hi guys, my first post and been reading your thread with interest! Amazing how quick technology goes reading from the begining lol!

After upgrading my OFP to ArmA PC in 2005 to an AMD 4000+, 2gb Corsair Pro DDR, 7800GTX x 2 - ArmA has finally made something go pop! Although this system was quite cutting edge when I bought it, Arma ran well but post processing, AA and Foliage was a no, no! 3dmark06 score was 5500 ish

So, I've just ordered from www.wire2fire.co.uk (use them they are good guys) my new internals (same garish Thermaltake Shark tower):

Intel Core Duo E6850 4mb cache 3ghz
Asus P5N-T Delux Socket 775 Mo Bo
4GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 Twin 2X
BFG Nvidia 8800 GTS OC 512mb
(about £660 worth)

Keeping XP of course

I pick it up early next week (hopefully) and can't wait to get Arma on it! Hopefully it'll rock!! I'm a bit concerned what I've heard about the 8800GTS cards not working too well, and 4GB slowing things down! I'll post up some frame rates for you when I get it. Hoping to get about 10,000 in 3dmark06. I will also get a 2nd 8800GTS and maybe a third (not sure you can SLi 3 GTS's??), but at £200 a go I'll have to wait.

thanks for all the info you guys posted, I'll be back for sure! :-)

P.S What am best grafix card (lol)

Posted by: Steel Buckets Feb 26 2008, 01:02

Processor : 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4

Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512MB DDR2 PCI-E ( Wondering will this work or not because I'm just getting into PC's, if not can you recommend a sub 100 pound one?
RAM: 2GB

HD : 250GB SATA

OS : MS Windows XP

Posted by: Old Bear Feb 26 2008, 18:59

I think the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is not a good idea.
Basically it has been made to support Vista and DX10 at the lowest cost possible, in game it's not good, less than a 7600 GS, which is on the low end from ArmA point of view.

About the card ... hum, I am playing a XP1950Pro and I am happy with it , perhaps around £ 100/110, but not Vista compatible (no DX10). The GeForce 8600 GTS, not the best card, is probably a better choice if you look for Vista and DX 10 games compatibility.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Feb 26 2008, 20:09

How about these?

http://www.nextag.co.uk/SAPPHIRE-RADEON-X1950-PRO-531049417/uk/prices-html

http://www.videocardshop.co.uk/product.asp?session=@@@@@@@@@@@@AQYHFR369940-0UTCQS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&prodid=PV-T71J-YHF4

Which one is the best?

Posted by: Old Bear Feb 27 2008, 12:01

The XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB was a great card powerful, expensive and very hot. It's still a good card. The passive cooling is not so good an idea for this card, you need extra cooling.
The Saphire RADEON X1950 PRO 512MB is a good card, but have you seen that http://www.nextag.co.uk/SAPPHIRE-RADEON-X1950-PRO-531049417/uk/prices-html it's an AGP card ?

Last year, I had make the choice of a MSI X1950 PRO 512MB because the GeForce 7950GT 512MB was much more expensive !

Posted by: JTF2 223rd Col Feb 27 2008, 12:24

I have the 7950 GT KO 512 GDDR3 and it rocks,along with 3 and a half gigs of RAM and DualCore P4.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Feb 27 2008, 13:53

LOL Look at that pricetag!
85 pounds including VAT
And Col i know i found it on the site and had a look
Col, do you think you could post some screen shots ingame?

And now!

So far i have

3Ghz P4 Processor

XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB DDR3

2GB RAM DDR2 667MHz PC5300

320GB SATA ( i think)

Windows XP

MS 360 Wireless Controller with headset and Wireless Adapter to go into my PC so it can pick up the wireless controller

Posted by: FireHawk102 Feb 29 2008, 11:54

My friend's just bought a new PC and other than running Vista he wants to know if it'll run ok...

Intel Core2 Duo E6550
2GB DDR2
360 GB 7200rpm SATA HD
nVidia GeForce 8600 GS 512mb
Vista (blergh)

Please let me know what you think, especially about the grafix card!

thanks

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 1 2008, 01:24

What settings can i run ArmA at with this?

Posted by: Hudgie114 Mar 2 2008, 17:50

Mine?

Spec:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-8IG
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.2Ghz (Northwood Core)
RAM: 768Mb of DDR333 (PC2700)
Graphics Card: ATi Radeon 9550 (256mb)
HDD: 80GB Seagate Barracuda & 40GB Seagate Barracuda
OS: Windows XP

Posted by: Linker Split Mar 2 2008, 17:57

upgrade your Video card... is it AGP?

Posted by: Avalla'ch Mar 2 2008, 19:32

Bought my neww notebook

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00 GhZ
2x 1024 MB RAM(2 GB RAM)
Geforce 8600M GT 512 MB
OS: WIndows Vista Home premium

Will it run

Posted by: SaS TrooP Mar 2 2008, 20:30

Should, but change some settings to low, or you will catch BIG LAAAG!

Posted by: Hudgie114 Mar 3 2008, 13:01

Yes its AGP 8x
That a problem?

Posted by: Linker Split Mar 4 2008, 00:43

Take a Sapphire x1550 AGP 512 MB, or a Sapphire x1950 Pro 512Mb

Posted by: FireHawk102 Mar 4 2008, 13:37

Well apart from the lack of response from anyone, this is a great thread! Just thought you'd like to know tho that my ArmA now runs on full settings at about 4000 metres with x8 AA - marvelous! With a great fps too! :-)

Although it has crashed a few times, it just freezes and I have to restart the PC - any ideas?

Posted by: Old Bear Mar 4 2008, 20:39

@Hudgie114 : you have asked I post some screenshots. Well, I will try to take them for you because, I take shots only before posting addons on the site when there are no other available, like it was for Pingu's Claymore and in game I am only thinking "FIGHT"

About the XP1950Pro : I have got a 512Mo,my rig is build around a E6600 Core2 on a P5B MoBo [2Go,XP SP2], I play on a CRT screen (a nice Iiyama 17').
-View distance : 3400 m
- Resolution : 1280x1024
- Anisotropic filtering disabled, Post-treatment and Blood on low, anti-aliasing on high and all others options on very high.
The result is very good !

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 4 2008, 22:59

I think i was the one that asked?

Posted by: Old Bear Mar 5 2008, 02:26

Whoops, ... I feel a bit numb, you are right, I was unable to remember who asks that and where, remember I am only an Old Bear, I am really sorry

So I have made the effort to make some screen from my home-made "combat_en_ville_14.7(Blue).Sara" a big battle in Corazol I use to test effects/sounds.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9108/arma3rsc8.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9641/arma5rzt5.jpg

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 5 2008, 13:53

No need to be sorry mate...
Thanks for the screens...

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 13 2008, 20:41

I can't make up my mind!

I'm scared that i won't make the right choice and get a crappy PC that wont run ArmA that i just spent 800 pounds on :

anyway, someone mentioned wired2fire a few pages back and basically found something that looks decent but might be rubbish if you know what i mean?

Core 2 Duo E6750 4MB cache
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB PCI Express
2GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX
250GB Caviar SE16 SATA 300

Just wondering i've seen some people say they have 2 cards?

do i need 2 cards?

Posted by: JdB Mar 13 2008, 20:46

Not for ArmA, it doesn't even support it.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 13 2008, 20:58

Yeah, jammy muppets trying to sell me 2 BFG 8800 GTS's

Posted by: JdB Mar 13 2008, 21:15

I would personally go for a single GT, better price/performance ratio. A little slower, but €70 cheaper.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 13 2008, 21:21

772 pounds

EDIT: Btw, what is the difference between the BFG 8800 GT and the Geforce 8800 GT?

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 15 2008, 23:41

Sorry for posting so much in this thread, i get very nervous about buying things then not being able to run stuff on them

Been to http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk and they offer really cheap deals on PC's that you can hand pick ...

So this is what i get ...

Processor (CPU)
AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 5000+ (2.6GHz) 2 x 512K L2 Cache (Socket AM2)
Memory (RAM)
2GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS M3A: AM2+, DUAL DDR II, S-ATA II, 3 PCI, 2 PCI-E
Operating System
WINDOWS® VISTA Home Basic
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 8800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Power Supply & Case Cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Total order Price
£528.00

Only thing is don't you need 4GB of RAMfor Vista?

The site is recommending i select 2GB of RAM...

Posted by: JdB Mar 16 2008, 16:12

BFG is just a brand name, all manufacturers can purchase a license to manufacture NVIDIA cards, at which point they're given the architecture, and need to design the card itself. It's not like NVIDIA gives the identical cards out to manufacturers, which is why some cards from certain brands, although called i.e. "8800" or "8600" may be slower or faster than the same "number" cards from other manufacturers.



The rest seems fine, however this last part is not my personal preference. Firstly the 8800 can cause problems running ArmA, although I wouldn't change the card just for a single game, so for 99% of other games and applications, the 8800 will be just fine.

The PSU is ok, but if you want to get a 2nd 8800 later on to run them in CrossFire configuration, 500 watts might prove a tad weak.

Thirdly, and most importantly, I wouldn't get a standard CPU cooler, since these are often cheap pieces of crap, that make a lot of noise, and don't cool as well as they should. For something like €20 you can get a good Zalman or Coolermaster cooler that produces less dB and keeps the CPU well cooled.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Mar 16 2008, 16:48

What about the RAM?

don't you need 4GB for Vista?

Posted by: JdB Mar 16 2008, 16:58

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx.

It's not necessary, more = better. I personally would turn off all visual aspects of Vista, so that it looks like Win98. No sense in wasting system resources when you can use them for useful things.

Posted by: D@V£ Mar 16 2008, 17:42

Not necessary to turn all of them off, just that UAC thing. I'd advice getting 4gb RAM though, it'll cut down load times a good bit. I have 4Gb and I can recommend it. I also have Vista, which gives me a 1-up on Mr. de Bodt on knowing about how to get it working

EDIT: Now that I think about it, it's probabley not even necessary to remove UAC unless you're interested in modding. Maybe if you need to run big exes, but other than that... well, I'd disable it anyway

Posted by: Benoist Apr 1 2008, 21:59

Not the true topic for this but I don't want to make a new one.

I have a ASUS P5VDC-X and I'm trying to get a GeForce 8800GT, now... It's compatible? I have PCI-E and AGP.
But I want to be sure.

Posted by: soldier10 Apr 4 2008, 19:22

do you know if it will work on nvidea geforce 4 mx

Posted by: Scrollock May 10 2008, 16:47

1,5 GB DDRII
2,8 Ghz P4
Nvidia 7600 256mb AGP
Is it even possible?

Posted by: Linker Split May 10 2008, 16:51

speaking of your PC, maybe only change the GFX card, to a Sapphire x1550

Posted by: Scrollock May 10 2008, 17:03

At how much detail can i play with that setup and how many units can my pc handle? I only have an agp socket. Could the nvidia 7600 handle the game?

Posted by: Linker Split May 10 2008, 17:12

I have only AGP too, and I bought a Sapphire x1550 at 72 euros... it's worth paying, trust me
with the PC you posted, you could play with

Posted by: Scrollock May 10 2008, 18:48

The only video cards available for me would be listed http://www.k-arvutisalong.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=86
My budget is around 1500 (you can see the price on the right)
Which one should i get?

Posted by: Linker Split May 10 2008, 20:04

I suggest you this one:

VGA 256MB Sapphire X1650 Pro, 11090-02-20R, GDDR3 PCIE16

Posted by: GRS9790 May 11 2008, 05:31

Hey all, just bought a old gaming comp from a friend:

-3.4ghz Pentium 4
-2gig DDR2 RAM
-Abit AA-8 motherboard w/gigabit LAN and on-board 7.1 digital surround sound
-Radeon X800XT w/after-market Arctic cooler
-Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum ZS w/external port hub
-IDE CD-RW drive
-450watt modular power supply

Should run arma I hope? Thanks for any help. I'd run the test but I'm awaiting the HD for it so I can't exactly use it at the moment.

Posted by: Linker Split May 11 2008, 08:52

your Radeon is this one?


if, then this PC is very well done, seeing the quality/prize

Posted by: Lezander May 11 2008, 10:02

I would like to know why Arma doesn´t run on my System as it should =(

I was a great fan of Ofp for a few years and so i decided to buy Armed Assault..after i tested it on my pc i was really depressed..are there any tips you could give me to run arma properly on my pc? it´s really confusing because Ut3 is running on my pc without problems on max details..i know that arma isn´t optimized for sli ore multicore cpu´s but isn´t there any way to get arma working better? =( begging for help

Cpu: Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo@2.4ghz
Gpu: Geforce 8800Gts640Mb 2x for Sli
Ram: 4Gb Corsair DDR2 Ram
Harddrive: Samsung Hd40Ilj 350gb
Motherboard: Some kind of P5N3..can´t Remember the exact..

Nvidia Driver: 169.21 whql

Other Drivers all actual


Allready tried: Forcing Vsync off in the nHancer Profil

Posted by: GRS9790 May 12 2008, 02:49

Yep, thats the one. At least it looks just like it but it's somewhat of a bad view and i'm too scared to actually take the thing out and check. 99.9% sure though.

But I know and trust the guy I got it from so I doubt he'd lie.

Posted by: JynX May 15 2008, 02:20

The new PC is due to be up and totally running by Friday latest (still waiting on the monitor from Amazon which was due today *insert grumble*), I've been messing round with the editor when i've been at me folks house using my dads work PC to play the game as my laptop couldn't run it if it tried. So, will this setup run ArmA:

2Gb RAM
1024Mb/1Gb nVidia 8600GT GPU
Intel® Core™2 Duo E4700 (2 X 2.60GHz) 800MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU
ASUS Silent Knight II Pure Copper Ultra Cooler & 120mm Case Fan

Is running XP btw, not sure what Service pack is installed but will probably be installing SP3.

Posted by: SneakyPeaky May 15 2008, 07:36

Will my computer run this game? Hoping for atleast medium settings.

Microsoft XP Professional SP2
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core CPU 4000+
2.11GHz, 2GB DDR2 RAM
NVidia GeForce 8600GT.

Should be upgrading with more gigs of RAM and x2 8800GT SLI.
Not sure if i should wait for ArmA 2 or just buy the first one.
I'm new to these forums. Hoping to post more, meet some new people and learn more about the game Armed Assault!
EDIT: I also tried the System Requirements Lab thing and the results we're that my specs we're over recommended by quite a lot (almost to the end of the bar). Just asking here to make sure.

Posted by: Deadeye May 15 2008, 11:29

First of all welcome to the forums Enjoy your stay !

Yeah medium should work fine, maybe you can also max out some options. You'll have to try. But it will definately run fine on your machine

Posted by: SneakyPeaky May 15 2008, 11:57

Thanks for the reply mate, and the warm welcome, will try to max out some of the settings. Heard that the game looks pretty good on low anyway!

Posted by: Fishman Jun 4 2008, 17:09

Hello everyone!

What do you say,will ArmA run well on a pentium 4 3.20GHz,1Gb RAM,and a video card with the following stats:


Core Frequency 575MHz
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Bus 256-bit (512bit internal ring bus)
Interface PCI-Express x16
D-Sub Yes (DVI to CRT dongle)
TV-Out S-Video / HDTV-out / AV port
DVI Dual DVI ( 2 Dual Link, HDCP)
Cooling Single Slot Slim FAN cooler

Its the Gecube ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB PCIe.

thnx much for any help.

Posted by: JdB Jun 4 2008, 17:52

Yep, though not with everything on the highest settings

Posted by: Tyler11B Jun 7 2008, 10:19

here are my specs im going to get another gig of ram tomorrow though. just wanted to run it by you guys to see how much im gonn ahave to change


------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 6/7/2008, 05:11:27
Machine name: YOUR-4DACD0EA75
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: ER900AA-ABA a1430n
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 958MB RAM
Page File: 493MB used, 1818MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6150 LE
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0241&SUBSYS_2A3A103C&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: HP f1905 flat panel monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024

Posted by: SneakyPeaky Jun 15 2008, 12:02

Forgot to come back to this thread. Anyway my 8600GT can run everything maxed out unexpectedly averaging 27FPS not overclocked. So i suggest you guys buy a 8600GT or more if you want great graphics.

Posted by: Pn3 tankkiller Jun 22 2008, 22:53

Hi my system specs are as follows

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 2.7 cpu
Gainward 768mb 8800gtx
2 gig Ram
Western Digital Cavial HDD (250)
Biostar mainboard
Thermaltake soprano case
Samsung syncmaster 22inch widescreen monitor running at 1680 x 1050 res


What should i be getting frames wise as ath the moment multiplayer i ger aroung 25 to 35 in citys and 30 to 45 rural ... with a bit of fresh tweaking .....

any tips........cheers

Posted by: Mellet Jun 25 2008, 06:31

Hey, guys how will my new computer run ArmA and should I get Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad CPU for ArmA? Also can you please tell me ideal settings to run ArmA at? Thanks a lot guys

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHZ or Core 2 Quad 2.5 GHZ
EVGA 8800GT
2GB Cosair XMS 2 RAM

Posted by: {9thInf}Jason_BD*A* Jul 1 2008, 00:36

Hi i'm a member of the 9th Infantry Division
my ArmA runs great on the settings i have put on
I run the 9th_Inf_Mod and FROMZ Sound Mod making the game all that better

------------------
System Information
------------------

1. Windows Vista
2. 4.00 GB RAM
3. 32.Bit Operating System
4. Intel® Core™ 2Quad CPU Q6600 @2.40.GHZ
5. 500GB Hard Drive
6. MSI P35 Neo 3 Mainboard
7. MSI RX2600 PRO T2D512E

512 DDR2 (All up i get 1GB Graphics )

HDCP

HDTV Ready

Dual DVI

TV Out

PCI Express

--------------------------
Game Spec
--------------------------

1. Resolution: 1024-768-32
2. Tarrain Details: Normal
3. Objects Details: High
4. Texture Details: Very High
5. Shading Details: Very High
6. Postprocess Efects: Very High
7. Anisotropic Filltering: High
8. Shadow Details:High
9. Antialiasin:High
10. Blood:High
11. Astoect Ratio:4:3
12. Refresh Rate:60HZ
13. Visibiliy:10.000

Posted by: Koku Jul 3 2008, 00:19

I think I know the answer to this, so promiss you will not laught, but how about these specs on the lowest settings

Dell Dimsion (what ever came out in 2003)
756 mb Ram
ATI 9600 Pro 128 MB
XP

Also if it works on lowest settings will it still look better the the orginal Operation Flashpoint. I would even get this game if i could only set up small single squad skirmishs to play and not play the campaign. Any feed back would be great..Thanks

Posted by: JdB Jul 3 2008, 14:04

Yep, you do.

Posted by: Koku Jul 3 2008, 21:41

Oh Well...Thanks for your honesty..I guess I will stick to OFP untill i get a new computer which will probably be a year or two.

Posted by: JdB Jul 3 2008, 21:57

There is a slight chance though. Right click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop. Click "Properties". If the window that pops up says 2,4Ghz or faster, you might be able to run it on low settings (not sure though if your video card could handle it, as I don't know how it measures up to the ArmA compatible hardware).

You could always buy the Gold edition now, shouldn't be that expensive, and you can test to see if it works, if it doesn't, you'll at least have it laying on the shelf for later

Posted by: Koku Jul 3 2008, 22:58

Thanks for the fast reply JdB. I did what you said and it says 253ghz......Ok so lets say it does, work will it look better then OFP? I play it with pretty muck medium graphics and a 1100 something resloution

Posted by: JdB Jul 3 2008, 23:14

2,53 Ghz, that's not bad, half way between the minimum requirements and the recommended specs. The RAM is above the minimum, though not by much. The major choke point that I found after checking the minimum specs is your video card, the 9600 being only slightly better than the minimum 9500 that is required. Since your card only just meets the minimum specs, I'd now definitely say that it can't run beyond the lowest settings (without sacrificing the gameplay experience). Whether it looks better on those kinds of settings really is a personal opinion. Some people feel that some of the low settings look almost as good as the high ones, while not having the disastrous effect on performance that the high ones have. Personally there are some engine improvements that aren't related to graphics for ArmA that OFP doesn't have, but graphically the improvements to OFP at medium settings won't be that spectacular, but for the gameplay, I would buy it.

I see that amazon.com has the Gold edition for £14.98 ($25-$30 max I think) + shipping, so it really is a matter of budget. If you can afford it, you should definitely buy it, even if you can't run it at settings that make it look pretty right now. If not, that money would be better spent on saving towards a new computer and ArmA2/OFP2 by the time it comes out.

Posted by: Koku Jul 3 2008, 23:51

WOW! Thank you so much for all your info. Evan though I do not play games like OFP very much, it always hold a place in my heart for one being my first PC game and second for the support communty out there including the makers who alway gave me great advise.....Two more question will it work if i add some of the effect and sound mods? Or is that asking for too much. and whe choosing a unit to play with in the mission editor can you choose what weapons they carry or do they come with a default one like OFP

Also thanks on the Amazon, unfortuantly the wife does not let me order online..So i will have to do some major searching at the game stores in my area..and i live in east TN, so there is not that much.


p.s. I look forward to hiding in some tall grass with the new Gullie suit add on i have seen on this site even if it is aginst one squad of infatry that i have credited in the mission editor...the orginal one in OFP made think of a walking evergreen.

Posted by: JdB Jul 4 2008, 00:23

Anything third party you add will most likely mean more processing power is required, as they almost always have increased detail compared to standard BIS units. Things like smoke effects, weapon firing effects etc, can lag like hell, especially if not designed properly.

You can change the weapons through entering bits of code in the Init field, just like with OFP. I don't know of any other way (well through a script, but that's external).

Well, it did look funny, but fitted right in with the rest of the abysmal patches of grass that looked like some kids' very first facial hair

But back then it was great of course.

Posted by: UKGBlazero Jul 5 2008, 15:31

well i got all new last week am now runing the game on this setup now

1 cpu AMD 5600+ x2 2.9/x2
2 grfx Ati 3650 Top 256 mam gpu runs at 800 mhz (PciE)
3 4 gig mem ddr2 800 mhz
old P4 20 to 25 Fps new setup 40 to 50 Fps
i must say Arma runs a lot better than it did on my old P4 2.8

Posted by: Koku Jul 5 2008, 19:40

UKG What were your settings on your old CPU?, Because 20 to 25 fps is kind of freaking me out.

Posted by: Revski Jul 10 2008, 16:40

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1 GB RAM (2x512)
X800 GTO (Shader 2.0)
Creative SB Live! Audio Card

I am not sure which kind of RAM i have, but the test that was recommended in the first post says that my system is up (and a bit above) minimum requirements.

Posted by: toki Jul 21 2008, 05:21

AMD sempron, 2.01ghz
Nvida 7600
768 ram

Resolution 720x480 (somehting like that
terrain detail- very low
Objects Detail- low
Texture detail- low
shading- low
Antialiasing- low
shadow- disable

framerate is about 28 in open areas and it will drop to 13, 12 in heavy object loaded areas, espeially if i use any optical enhancment tools (scopes etc)

Whats the highest processor can i buy before reaching dual core?
i plan on getting 2gb of ram soon

^ with that will i be able to run it on 800x600 with the graphics running normal-low getting 20 fps or higher?

Posted by: Deadeye Jul 21 2008, 23:58

1. dunno, about the CPU. Depends on whether your mainboard supports it. Whats your mainboard?
2. your GPU is also a weak spot, you should consider upgrading that aswell.

I woul recommend you to save some more money and wait till the release of ArmA 2 (ETA october-december) and then buy a new shiny PC

Posted by: JdB Jul 22 2008, 00:38

The Sempron is AMD's current budget range CPU, only really suited to office work and browsing the internet.

However much RAM you put into it, or whether you get the best videocard that your mainboard supports, the CPU will always remain the bottleneck.

That would be the best thing to do.

Posted by: Jeza Jul 29 2008, 18:18

this isnt really a question more a statement, my rig

Pentium 4 3.4 ghz
2gb ram
radeon X600-----

Now graphics card and this advent computer really shouldnt run arma terribly well or at all!, but iv been playing arma for a year on it all on medium and some high graphics and its fine no lag ect at all, just thought id share that with people who think there computer might not play it, may be usefull comparason

Posted by: Fiyah Jul 31 2008, 19:54

Been thinking of picking up Arma. Want to know if I can run it at least on medium:

Pentium P4 Dual Core - 2.8 Ghz
Nvidia 8800GS - 384 MB of RAM
2 GB of RAM

Posted by: JdB Aug 8 2008, 13:42

Fairly positive that it will do medium settings pretty well.

Posted by: SMRDcompany Aug 21 2008, 14:16

Ok, here are my specs:

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6420 2.14Ghz
MB: Asus P5B
RAM: 2GB 800mhz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 1024MB RAM
450W Chieftec, some medium tower blablabla

Now I can run on this computer everything on really very high, antialiasing on 8 etc, and I can set visibility to 3800 without any problems. What do you think my weak spot of the computer is? Don't tell me it's power supply, I already know that 450W on 8800 is not really enough, but I didnt had a restart since I bought it.

P.S

I still miss my x1950PRO 256MB 256bit MSI graphics card... That could run anything on very high, it was impossible. When I wanted to play Virtual Tennis 3 on it, it was running it speeded up, I even needed to put some recource expensive processes in the background so that the game can run on ussual speed... It was a wicked graphics card... Died a month after, in the shop they gave me Asus x1950pro, but that was piece of sh*t...

Posted by: JynX Aug 21 2008, 23:38

Your rig is near identical to mine, (750W PSU) and personally I'd say it's a fairly good all rounder with few improvements needed if you only use it for casual gameplay and don't need it to do a marathon between games. Though you should be able to knock your visibility up to about 5-6k looks brilliant like that though it may be limited by PSU. Only thing I see it lacking in as you said yourself is the PSU.

Posted by: joethetank Aug 25 2008, 10:35

Hi

I am going to buy a new computer and would like it to play arma with good fps, how do u think this system will run on arma?


video card: nvidia geforce 8800GT

RAM: 3GB

HDD: 320GB

intel core 2 duo quad Q6600

windows vista 32 bit

power supply: coolmaster 1000W

mother board: XFX 780i

Posted by: Stavrogin1980 Aug 25 2008, 12:07

Even though BIS posted minimun & reccomended sys.reqs. for ArmA, your only way to find out if the game will run on this PC is to buy it, and play it, unfortunately. You will be able to start the game, but I am not sure about the rest - video quality etc.

Posted by: pMASTER Aug 25 2008, 14:31

Don't confuse that guy. I play ArmA at good specs with a system totally obsolete in comparison to that and it works downright fine. The only bottleneck could be the video card as ArmA tends to have some problems with several NVidia chips.
Other members may elaborate a lot better than me on that.

Posted by: SMRDcompany Aug 29 2008, 13:14

In patch 1.08 they fixed the problem with Nvidia 8800gt, so it should run super-fine. I have the card and I set everything to very high and visibility to 3800 with no performance impact.

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 5 2008, 11:19

Hi guys what's up?

I'm buildingmy new PC, it will be ready for Christmas for sure!

So, my new PC will have:

Motherboard: ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 with AGP and PCI-Express slots
Cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Graphic Card: Sapphire x1550 AGP DDR2 512 Mb
RAM quantity: 2 GB (1GB DDR 400, and 1GB DDR2 667)
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer with subwoofer and Dolby system
OS: Windows XP HE SP3


what you think about it?
Will it run ArmA smooth?

Posted by: Dan Sep 5 2008, 13:50

Its quiete okay
How much does it cost? I want to compare it with my new system which bought me my mum because my old PC was broken..
4GB ram, quadcore; geforce gtx, 500GB and www.ebay.com for amazing 849€

Posted by: Linker Split Sep 5 2008, 14:53

I payed:
Mother Board: 65 euros
CPU: 160 euros
GPU: 72 euros
Case: 70 euros
Audio card: 69 euros
RAM: 25 euros

TOT: 461 euros

Posted by: Peacekeeper Sep 5 2008, 22:01

3.4 pent.
7050 GF 512 Vid card.
2 gig's of Mem.

Can I run this game ok?

Been playing OFP sence it came out then got sucked into WOW,, time for some Combat sim again.....i hope

Posted by: pMASTER Sep 5 2008, 22:46

Not with the most premier settings maybe, but I don't see a reason why it shouldn't run on your system.
Make sure that you've installed the latest video card driver though.

Posted by: Teliko Sep 6 2008, 13:48

My system at the moment is:

GF 8800GT 512MB
2GB RAM
AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.21ghz (1.5 years old >.>)

ArmA runs fine but I can hardly do anything big on it. More than 4-5 Squads fighting, or on warfare, I get pretty bad FPS drops and LOD issues occasionally.

I was wondering if anyone could reccommend an upgrade for my CPU, I was wondering about an Intel Core 2 duo E8200 @ 2.66ghz, would this be a good improvement - performance wise, and on the scale of games I can run smoothly?

Posted by: pMASTER Sep 6 2008, 18:07

I still don't get all these problems.

ArmA appears to be a whiny little bitch when it comes to the systems it shall run on.

I've got a Radeon X1600 series with 512mb memory, 2 gigs of RAM and an C2D e6400 @ 2.13 GHz and well, it's no eye-catching result this system is able to provide but it works fine.

Only forests come close to bring my love to her knees. Oddly enough I seem to recall the promise being made by BIS somewhere between 1.0 and 1.14 to solve the lags rank vegetation caused, but no new patch became a remedy for me.

@Teliko

For such an advice we would need to know the type of your mainboard and its sockets. However, there is a http://forum.armedassault.info/index.php?showtopic=56&view=getnewpost for questions like that.

Posted by: Old Bear Sep 9 2008, 03:53

@Linker Split : I believe x1550 AGP is not the kind of item you must have on an ArmA dedicated rig, if you need an AGP card the only option is a HD3850 512Mo.

Posted by: Steel Buckets Sep 9 2008, 13:12

Do you know what the PCI E HD4850 512mb is like?

Posted by: Raficoo Oct 4 2008, 01:49

Hey guys im getting a new Laptop soon and i wanna ask if it'll run Arma on high settings with this:

HP Pavilion DV5000-1070:

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400

Clock speed
2.53 GHZ

Front Side Bus
800 MHz

2nd Level Cache
Level 2 / 6 MB Cache

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT – 512 dedicated up to 1791 MB total memory

Memory
4 GB RAM

Hard Disk
320 GB Hard disk

Price:1233Euros

but there's a Desktop that's strong and half-price

difference is that it has a Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4700 Intel® GM965Express @ 2.6Ghz(is tat processer stronger?)

3GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 3650 With 512 MB Dedicated Memory

now i know the RAM can go up to 4GB if i buy one but i wanna ask which is stronger, 9600m GT or HD 3650?

Posted by: Deadeye Oct 5 2008, 15:59

From what I have read (quick google) the radeon is a little bit faster (Source : http://computer.t-online.de/c/16/19/47/14/16194714.html (in German))

Posted by: migman Nov 24 2008, 04:27

Just added it and I am noticing some lagging

System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition version 2002
service pack 2

AMD Athlon™ 64 processor 3500+

990 MHZ 448 of ram

Posted by: Electroself Dec 12 2008, 11:14

Hi guys, I know Arma runs on my system because I play it...lol I think I have a decent system, but would like to know what to set my advanced settings to. At the moment, I have everything on high and visibility to 3000.

My system is a Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz
2gb Ram
Nvidia 9500 GT 512MB..... To which the application determines quality / performance.



Now I must stress that my game run amazingly, well to my knowledge! But sometimes the buildings take a few seconds to turn from blocks to actual houses! lol Only sometimes though. That is why Im asking for advanced setting help because I haven't got a clue!!



cheers

Posted by: JynX Dec 12 2008, 13:10

You could try overclocking it a tad, I've got my 8600/8800 GT (cannae remember which) which is 1GB of memory at factory settings and I can run on high with a few things highest with an ok FPS of about 20 (from my past PC history that is ok =P) though H_H has his system slightly over clocked and is getting an FPS of around 70 he claims so I'd try overclocking your GPU and maybe CPU just a tad providing you have the cooling hardware.

Not a tech genius so don't take my word for it^^

Posted by: Electroself Dec 12 2008, 17:34

lol i could try overclocking... but everytime I do or even consider that, my sphincter starts to twitch. I think it knows that i'd fook it up before I know!

lol

cheers

Posted by: Helping Hand Dec 12 2008, 17:34

30 in some places too Andy =[ Ranges from around 28-76 (76 being maximum refresh rate on my monitor)

Posted by: sniper67823 Jan 6 2009, 02:43

will this run arma smoothly

GX-917 Core 2 Quad Q6600(2.40GHz) 4GB DDR2 500GB NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Posted by: sniper67823 Jan 10 2009, 04:18

nvm last one will this run ArmA

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E8500(3.16GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Dual Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 6MB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR2-800
Hard Drive 500GB SATAII
Optical Drive 1 20X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Optical Drive 2 16X DVD-ROM Drive
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB Video Card
OS: vista 64 bit

Will this run arma?

Posted by: JdB Jan 10 2009, 18:06

It will, which however doesn't necessarily mean that you won't run into trouble, ArmA is just ... unpredictable

Posted by: sniper67823 Jan 10 2009, 20:23

What settings will I be able to play on

Posted by: khattab94 Jan 14 2009, 18:07

hello there

what abooooout..

amd athalon 64 x2 4800+ am2
amd770 chipset pci-e 2.0
4gb ddr2 800mhz (2x 2gb)
geforce 9800gt 512mb


whaddya think? my last pc literally just died so i've ordered this one
have had arma sitting on a shelf in my living room since it was released, be nice to actually play it now!

hopefully it will consume my life like ofp did

Posted by: asuseroako Feb 9 2009, 14:16

Hello everyone. New to the forums.

You know those 10-inch, Atom-powered netbooks out there? I happen to have the ASUS N10J-A1 and I'm so happy ArmA is playable in it! For info purposes, here are the specs...

CPU type and speed: Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
Memory: 2GB DDR2 RAM
HDD: 160GB 5400 RPM SATA
Screen size and display type: 10.2" WSVGA
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 9300M GS 256 MB
O.S. provided: Windows Vista Home Premium
WLAN: WiFi-n
Battery: 6-cell lithium ion
Weight: 3.5 lbs



Check out the videos I've prepared.

1) First for the system requirements lab test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPyzzKl6kHs

2) Bought ArmA Gold and below are videos of ArmA on the ASUS N10J-A1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rzOIOIUIbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj-LhybjMQU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtCVdl2hfa0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lf5Q4Lb3FM


With some overclocking, you'll get smoother gameplay.

Posted by: lostparq09 Mar 27 2009, 20:49

Will ArmA Run on My New Computer
Processor & Memory:


* Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9300 (2.50GHz)
* 6MB L2 cache
* 1333MHz Front Side Bus
* 4GB DDR2 SDRAM memory (2 x 2GB, shared)

*Graphics and Video*
Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 7050 graphics

Hard Drive Space
1 Terabyte

Posted by: Windeh! Apr 7 2009, 02:13

Hey guys, new here, and buying a new PC over Easter! Would this rig suffice? I've been playing ArmA at 640 x 480 or something at 20 FPS for all too long. D:

Low graphics are lame!

Anyway.........

AMD AM2 4200+
K9N SLI motherboard
ATI Sapphire HD 2600XT (PCIe 256mb)
2gb ram (DDR2 667Mhz)
Sata HDD (not decided on size yet)
DVD-RW Drive

Posted by: killzone4000 May 19 2010, 00:19

Will this pass or fail on the game?

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1.8 GHz

Asus 87V8X Board

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

2 GB RAM

Windows XP Professional

Posted by: BlackPaw May 19 2010, 16:28

What about my old:

CPU - Pentium 4 1800 GHz

MB - Shuttle MV42

Chipset - VIA P4M266

Video Card - Nvidia GeForce FX 5200

Memory - 256 MB DDR, 256 MB DDR - 133 MHz

HDD - WD 250 GB