low fps on multiplayer (wastseland, dm, co-op.etc)

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Arkantos1695 has Arma 3

Jul 3, 2013 @ 12:55pm

low fps on multiplayer (wastseland, dm, co-op.etc)

I seem to run Arma 3 on high settings pretty smoothly with 35-70 fps in both singleplayer and editor mode. But when i jump into multiplayer the frame rate suffers and only get 10-20 fps.Changing the graphic setting to low won't matter either since i get the constant 10-20 fps no matter what graphic setting i use. I don't get what the problem is because single player and multiplayer map is the same thing.

My Specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 945 3.0 Ghz.
Sappharie Radeon HD 7850 1GB
6 GB RAM
Window 7 x64 bit

PS: i know i don't have the most beefiest gaming rig but i am certain that i am suppose to be able to play this game on standard-high setting with 60fps.

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Drefus

Jul 3, 2013 @ 1:17pm

The team at BI are working on a fix for this low FPS issue right now, remember this is still a Beta and not fully optomised yet, the multiplayer element will be polished up soon.

Preacher Boy has Arma 3

Jul 3, 2013 @ 3:00pm

MAKE SURE YOU PC IS RUNNING IN TIP TOP PERFORMANCE !

First theres is a website called iobit which has a few very safe programmes on the site to make your pc run in tip top perfomance these programme are iobit driver booster - this updates your drivers to the latest all on its own, advanced system care ultimate 6 which completley clean clean your pc registry etc etc etc its amazing and you can also find razer game booster here which shuts down background programmes when playing games.

These programmes have had many awards and have had over a billion users and there is a reason, they are amazing.

Get these from this website http://www.iobit.com/advanced-systemcare-antivirus.php also under downaloads is the driver booster which will update all your drivers in your rig with no issues at ALL.

All the above programmes are free and use NO cpu usage when not working in these days these are essential for a smooth running pc .

Verry important > also make sure inside your arma profile gpuframesahead is set to 1 not 1000, this file can be found here C:\Users\Marc\Documents\Arma 3 Alpha open the file called Arma3Alpha with notepad and you can change the setting insde there then save it .

Open arma 3

Most important make sure view distance is set to either 500 and objects 500 leave shadows on 100, if you can try to reach about 1600 view distance if you can wihout to much fps drop.

Some higher settings will improve your fps as it will transfer from cpu to gpu and give more cpu headroom so try everything on ultra and fsaa x 2 on ulta, you may find better frames with higher settings, Just keep tweaking, Verry important > also make sure inside your arma profile gpuframesahead is set to 1 not 1000, this file can be found here C:\Users\Marc\Documents\Arma 3 Alpha open the file called Arma3Alpha with notepad and you can change the setting insde there then save it .

Another thing is try run the game from a solid state drive it will run faster, defrag, make sure you check for malware etc etc your pc must be in tip top perfomance

MAY WORK MAY NOT.
Also add these command to the launch properties -cpucount=4 -noSplash -skipIntro -world=empty -exThreads=5 -maxMem=8095 -maxVRAM=1023 you can find this under libary right click the game choose properties and select launch properties and copy and paste the above. change cpucount to 6 if u have 6 cores and exthreads to 7 and ram to 4095 if u only have 4gb i only think arma uses 4 anyway these could be placebo affects but there has been evidence of people having had these help.

If you follow these steps you will get some improvement i guarantee it.

My specs
Notice my cpu running at 5ghz from a stock of 3.5 but have used a water cooler and its very stable 58c max temp running prime for 12 hours with no errors, if i downclock my cpu i struggle with fps but now i overclocked i run it np 60 fps in heavy firefights as long as the server as been scripted properly.

CPU - FX6300 "Piledriver" AM3+ Six Core CPU Overclocked @ 5000MHZ. Black Edition. 4 x 140mm fans (2xtop, 1xbottom,1xside), 2x 92mm fans (2xfront), 1x CoolIT Eco II CPU liquid cooling system (92mm). stable running prime 12 hours max temp 58c idles 10-12c
MEM - RipJaws X 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-14900C10 (1866MHz Dual Channel). timings 10.11.10.30
GPU - GeForce GTX480 MHz Clock, 480 CUDA Cores,900 core 2000MHZ Memory, 384Bit, DX11, 1.5GB Memory.(overclocked)
Motherboard - M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 Chipset, socket AM3+.
SSD - Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD. Arma 3 on here !
HDD - 1 7200.10 500GB Capacity 7200 rpm, SATAII ST3500630AS ( RAID ).
HHD - 2 7200.10 500GB Capacity 7200 rpm, SATAII ST3500630AS ( RAID ).
POWER - Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850-Watt TX Series 80 Plus Certified Power.
Optical Driver - Pioneer BDC202 Blu-ray Drive SATA, Blu-ray reader, DVD+-RW.
Case - Fractal Design Define R2 Black Pearl

I hope ive helped and remember just keep tweaking .

Last edited by Preacher Boy; Jul 4, 2013 @ 4:03am

white

Jul 3, 2013 @ 3:50pm

Originally posted by Arkantos1695:
PS: i know i don't have the most beefiest gaming rig but i am certain that i am suppose to be able to play this game on standard-high setting with 60fps.