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ArmA 3 Performance Thread
- Thread starter Sethos
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Oh woooow..
I got a 10FPS increase. On the Infantry Showcase I would get 40FPS at the beginning without moving, now I get 50FPS, tested by not moving to get an accurate reading.
i7 920 HT enabled
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Legato.Reborn-
Member
Already unparked 
Anton Sugar
Member
Well, someone saw this and posted it on the BIS forums
Haha, and they didn't even credit GAF/you! Weak.
Yeah it's pretty lame.
On a brighter note, I'm super stoked about having my game run this smooth again. Feels fantastic - Can only get better with optimizations on BIS' part. Only problem is, I spend 95% of my time online with a friend and the FPS tanks completely, host or not. Also there's a bug where the host FPS goes down to around 10FPS plus it will start stutter like crazy.
I'm desperately trying to find a good host in Europe / Scandinavia that offers Alpha hosting.
It should, it's not a CPU vendor specific feature. It's a Windows feature that 'parks' unused cores. While it shouldn't interfere, it can potentially bug out or something in the game's code cause Windows to try parking a core while in use. It's like GPUs also have a throttle feature and in some games you'll get some stuttering or lower performance because it keeps throttling despite being in use - Then when you set the GPU to "Full power" for the game, it goes away.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Gonna try it out after I reboot. I just unparked all 4 of my possible options. Not sure if it goes by cores or what but I only had 4 options on my 3930k (0-3).
Just tried it - Doesn't seem to have done much. It's as stable as it was before so it didn't break anything.
Try adding -nobenchmark to the command line
Also, lower ground details and the likes. Fixed crashes for my friend.
Well, someone saw this and posted it on the BIS forums
I stole it and put it on my blog, too...but I credited the source. Good tip!
mercenar1e
Member
mercenar1e
Member
This is something we have to force/seek out, yes?
My jumps are in multiplayer, getting closer to mid 40's at the low end and 55-60 on the high end.
mercenar1e
Member
i have those numbers before the patch (GTX 680) but during game play it drops to the low 17's to the mid 20's so i see no performance benefits as it occurred before and after the patch
mercenar1e
Member
new beta drivers GeForce 314.21.. will test it
change log doesn't mention Arma 3 but its worth a try, not all bad news though
change log doesn't mention Arma 3 but its worth a try, not all bad news though
I installed the latest driver from NVIDIA (314.21), rebooted, forgot to enable SLI, and fired up ARMA 3 - realized my other two GPUs were not being utilized and exited the game and fixed that. Re-fired up ARMA 3 with tri-SLI and had basically the same performance...lol. DOH. I assume this is a known issue? From what I have read so far the game is very CPU bound. Running 3930k @ 4.5 GHz so there's not much further I can go in that regard. GPUs are 3x Titans.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It seems like there is tons of CPU optimization needed as it doesn't seem to utilize multicore very well .
Yeah, the only tuning I did was to disable CPU core parking. I'll dig through the thread more.
legacyzero
Banned
That reminded me of the weird ragdolls from Killzone 1 on PS2.
Hahahah. awesome.
I have a i7 920, 6GB of RAM and 580GTX 1.5GB, runs a bit slower than ARMA2 for me. Not the highest settings though. I love the new controls.
That reminded me of the weird ragdolls from Killzone 1 on PS2.
Talking about Killzone.
Does the sprinting animation look very similar to the sprinting animation in Killzone 2...
( sprinting with a gun)
Might just be me.
legacyzero
Banned
Thanks Sethos! (RIP)
Hmmmm I have some tweaking to do.
Hmmmm I have some tweaking to do.
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
Beat it last night in a last-ditch effort to board a heli with a friend. Fun stuff!
The Janitor
Member
Considering this is alpha, do you think we'll see a big performance improvement in the final game? Cause right now I find MP pretty unplayable. SP runs decently though
If ARMA 2 is an indicator - signs point to no. I ran that game with some exotic-ass hardware and it still ran like garbage. So far, the story is the same with 3 - but at least it looks better.
Anton Sugar
Member
...there was a pretty significant performance improvement from the Arma 2 demo to final, and even more after the first couple of patches.
People really exaggerate Arma 2's performance. The game may have run like shit at launch, but as it is now, it's not as ridiculous as everyone says.
Well, apologies - I should have been more clear. I was never in the ARMA 2 betas or anything...I only "got into it" when the DayZ stuff started. So I was using quite "complete" code - and it ran pretty bad...on multiple configurations. Just not smooth. I'm not saying there's this horrific problem or anything, but it's just not nearly as polished as it should be. For the hardware I had, it should have been running better.
Examples:
Alienware M18x R2 with 3920XM CPU, 2x 7970M CFX GPUs
3960x @ 4.5 GHz, 4x GTX 680 Classifed SLI
etc.
MickeyKnox
Member
DayZ performance isn't/wasn't indicative of Arma2 performance.
Anton Sugar
Member
Gotcha. It's definitely far from perfect...I really hope that they focus on optimization for release.
That is something I'm looking forward to experiencing, if the resolution is high enough.
It's probably far from ideal with the uneven framerate you get with the arma 2 and 3 engine. I'd image anything that can't hold 60+ fps is uncomfortable with the Occulus Rift. Not expecting any miracles from Bohemia when it comes to the final game, it'll still have plenty of issues with performance.
I have a little bit of hope they will spend more time optimizing the game this time around.
There is a much bigger audience for arma 3 now because of dayz. So there will be a bigger more vocal community around it this time compared to arma 2. I also hope stuff like anti hacking measurement will be allot higher on their list.
Karak
Member
Very quick and dirty level creation I recorded. One of the things I wanted to hit on was how easy it is(no knowledge of any scripting needed) to make a basic level that feels different every single time you load it via use of Chance of Presence and Placement Radius only.
I will do more professional ones later that build on using the basic bits to create levels that feel far more professional than they have any right to feel More importantly can be fun with repeated play-through.
Quick and Dirty Level Making in the Basic Editor
Also we are taking requests for videos about the editor or just walk-throughs if anyone needs them.
I will do more professional ones later that build on using the basic bits to create levels that feel far more professional than they have any right to feel
More importantly can be fun with repeated play-through.Quick and Dirty Level Making in the Basic Editor
Also we are taking requests for videos about the editor or just walk-throughs if anyone needs them.
Karak
Member
So unparking did give me a small bump in FPS which helped recording. Maybe +5 for the most part. Shadows are still bugged(don't set them at low). But I am pretty stoked overall as to how this performs.
Arma 3 tut 3
Tutorial 4 patrols and night mission errors.
Arma 3 tut 3
Tutorial 4 patrols and night mission errors.
Here is a great tutorial on how to install only necessary files into a RAMDisk. It's specifically for ArmA 2/DayZ/Wasteland but you can get it to work on ArmA 3.
The ArmA 3 Addons folder is currently 6.78GB, it may be bigger or smaller for you. You won't need to put all of those files onto your RAMDisk, but from what I've gathered you only need to add these files if you're playing Wasteland -
3.12GB
Read the thread I linked to understand how to link your RAMDisk to one of your other drives.
The ArmA 3 Addons folder is currently 6.78GB, it may be bigger or smaller for you. You won't need to put all of those files onto your RAMDisk, but from what I've gathered you only need to add these files if you're playing Wasteland -
3.12GB
Read the thread I linked to understand how to link your RAMDisk to one of your other drives.
I_D
Member
EDIT:
Still having the custom game issue.
If I make games in the editor, friends can join via LAN without any issue.
Trying to host that exact same map on the internet, though, allows everybody to see the map but fail to join.
On the other hand, just upgraded to an i7+670:
I'm diggin it:
Still having the custom game issue.
If I make games in the editor, friends can join via LAN without any issue.
Trying to host that exact same map on the internet, though, allows everybody to see the map but fail to join.
On the other hand, just upgraded to an i7+670:
I'm diggin it:
HolyFridge
Member
Have they optimized it now or does it still run like shit? Thinking of buying it before the price goes up.
Robert7lee
Neo Member
Trying to revive a dead thread.
I just bought this complete campaign edition and it's not running very good on high or ultra, fps fluctuate and noticeable major dips mostly when looking at distances, I'm guessing dop is a major issue.
Gtx titan
I7 4770k @ 4.2 ghz
32 GB ram
Windows 64 bit
1080p
I have to play on standard settings to keep it steady at 60fps, yet I've read others with the same set up having hardly any issues.just annoying.
I just bought this complete campaign edition and it's not running very good on high or ultra, fps fluctuate and noticeable major dips mostly when looking at distances, I'm guessing dop is a major issue.
Gtx titan
I7 4770k @ 4.2 ghz
32 GB ram
Windows 64 bit
1080p
I have to play on standard settings to keep it steady at 60fps, yet I've read others with the same set up having hardly any issues.just annoying.
Also trying to revive a dead thread.
I have a feeling this is gonna be really low on the Steam Summer Sale in a couple weeks and I'm about wrapping up ArmA 2's SP content.
I'm going to try to run it on this:
i5 4670k @3.4GHz
GTX 760 2GB
8GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
128GB SSD
I saw a video of the game running on these exact settings that let me know I should probably be prepared to settle for 30fps. I'm probably going to have AA set to 2x. Is it finally time for me to overclock?
With some major tweaking with this system I can get ArmA 2 to run in the 50's most of the time in SP with most graphics settings at very high. It only dipped all the way down to 30 during campaign missions were hundreds of AI were involved.
I have a feeling this is gonna be really low on the Steam Summer Sale in a couple weeks and I'm about wrapping up ArmA 2's SP content.
I'm going to try to run it on this:
i5 4670k @3.4GHz
GTX 760 2GB
8GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
128GB SSD
I saw a video of the game running on these exact settings that let me know I should probably be prepared to settle for 30fps. I'm probably going to have AA set to 2x. Is it finally time for me to overclock?
With some major tweaking with this system I can get ArmA 2 to run in the 50's most of the time in SP with most graphics settings at very high. It only dipped all the way down to 30 during campaign missions were hundreds of AI were involved.