Thanks for the info. I'll look into that stuff. I do plan on upgrading my graphics card for sure. Debating if and when i should upgrade my chip to an i7. From what i have read i really don't need to unless i want to start streaming or recording for youtube,twitch etc which I don't plan on doing anytime soon if ever.
I agree, you probably won't ever need that much power if you plan to do none of those things. Even an i5 is capable of streaming/recording decent quality.
Any sggestions for graohics cards? I feel like nvidia is the way to go. I would want to get the biggest bang for my buck. Not sure if that would be something a step down from top of the line, or maybe dual lower level cards?
Best bang for your buck in my opinion is
this card. I personally use it, but it does come with a decent price tag. If you look around hard enough you can get some rebates or deals and knock it down a few bucks. Any cards better than this will not net you as much performance per dollar so this is about as high as I would go.
Here is a good article explaining how I came to this conclusion. The author keeps it up to date monthly in case you are planning on purchasing in sometime in the future.
As of right now i tend to run a steady 30-40 fps in SP and on MP wastland servers. It's just an hour+ into ops that it gets so low its unplayable. From what i've seen on Cpt Drumhellers videos, its obvious others arent having such huge issues. I know that 40+ fps probably isnt going to happen with ARMA due to its level of optimization (or lack of it). I'd be happy with 20+ for ops. Anything is better than what I'm getting now.
Hopefully getting your settings optimized and running those paramaters will help. There have been many times where I personally have encountered frame drops at the end of an OP. I guess it is just something to be expected with the amount of awesome that goes on.
