How will it run on your system ?

[Smiley_ie]

Running XP home / SP 2. Everything as far as extra ram XP use's i ran Armed + 3dmax 8 and it runs fine. I thought XP was limited to 4 gig ?
Done a fraps test but the images are over 2 mb will post one. FPS 25 -61.
In the citys im 28 - 40+ and in the woods / moutains im 45 - 60.

[zutta]

Yer i dont seem to having issue's yet.(touch wood)
Running 4600+ dual core-2 gig ram x1900xtx512meg!!
Everything running on high, mind you the auto overclock is getting a work out Hooah!!

[Dr_Eyeball]

Originally Posted by Stompya

My shortcut has this added:
-nosplash -nomap -maxmem=1024 -mod=@6th-Choppersound

Looking at the BIKI Startup Parameters section, I don't see the "-nomap" param there.
You might need to use the "-world=" param somehow (using Rahmadi or Desert or something) now.

[Stompya]

True, looks that way, Im just trying what others have suggested in forums, seems to do the trick for now so I think Ill just leave it.

This post seems to have helped people get more fps, I tried it and definite improvement, graphics seemed exactly the same.

[zutta]

Does any1 know the command to find the FPS in game? If theres 1?
As i said the games seems to be running sweet as, just would like to see what im getting
Im not running omega drivers so i dont get it auto in game! cheers!

[Dr_Eyeball]

Don't know of an in-game one. Someone suggested using FRAPS from http://www.fraps.com/ so that's what I did too to show the FPS. Once you have the FPS showing, even watching the intro is rather revealing about the performance for difference areas.

[zutta]

OK Im getting anywhere from 30-70 FPS!
Have settings set on very high (4000m visability) and 1280x1024 Res

The ATI auto overclock is working hard though
The game runs sweet except i have found sniping a trifle hard at times ,when the enemy is running down the hill advancing on you they seem to lag and its hard to get a shot on them, well actually near impossible!

Dont know if that might be the server or the game or what!
Still all good though, cant wait to get shitmas over with so i can get back home and chop into it with you all :P

[ScopE]

Sounds good Zutta! (You lucky, lucky b@stard )

From another thread ... (I thought this variety of comments better belonged in here, for others' info on hardware-vs-playability):

Originally Posted by ScopE

Now Spec this may get annoying but I'll say it again like a broken record ...
ArmA is going to demand some patience from newcomers.
The engine isn't optimized, and it currently sucks the average mid-high end system dry, with not much to show for it. Think of it as an investment in your time, and I reckon you'll enjoy it for what it is.

Originally Posted by Spectre8

...
I've got an AMD 64 3500+, will have 2 or 3 gig of DDR RAM, and currently have a 6800GT PCI-E GPU. That can and will change at some time, but not immediately... any guesses how it'll handle ArmA??
I'll grab the demo as soon as is humanly possible and give that a good thrashing, both before and after the RAM upgrade... but the GPU? Any ideas?

Originally Posted by ScopE

It might just cope (i.e. >=25 fps) with ArmA settings at 1024x768, but everything at low settings, no AA. It'll look pig-ugly but it'll run.

Brace y'self... I reckon you would want to be saving for an 8800 (if you're already at a PCI-E mobo) to get any gratification from the appearance of the engine in its current state.
But you never know; BI might have optimized it so well by March that it will be worth delaying any commitment to $$$/hardware.

Hmm... Gotta give you something more concrete:
My rig...
DFI SLI mobo (but only one vid card mounted)
AMD 3500+ (no o/c currently)
2 x 1Gb OCZ Performance RAM
1 x XFX 7800GT factory overclocked to 450MHz/1050MHz, further o/c'ed to 480/1110 (but I think there's more in it).

I am trending frames-per-sec on my Logitech G15 lcd display (which works rather beautifully using the FRAPS G15 applet included in the current FRAPS version):

The 7800GT gets me an extremely steady 35-41 fps in one of the early SP campaign missions, in a sandy/open/sparsely-treed environment with few buildings (ie. undemanding in ArmA terms).

ArmA settings @ 1024x768 are mostly "Normal" except "Low" Blood and "Low" Post-processing, with a draw distance slider set at 1200metres.

At 1280x1024 I get pretty well the same 35+ fps !!!, but with "Low" AA.

Last night on ArmA co-op with the TOG homies, I wasn't running any FRAPS/fps read-out, and to be honest I found it all quite playable in many virtual ArmA environments (ocean, open fields, sparse trees, denser scrub trees).

BUT, tonight after SP I then briefly logged onto an MP server and spawned into some quite dense bush.
The fps plummeted to 15-20 !

Hopefully that paints a better hands-on picture for you, Spectre.

[Spectre8]

Yep, this truly is the right place!!

Thanks mate.