Im running an AMD Fx 8320 with a gtx 760 and am trying to get better frames!!!

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

Ive been playing arma for quite a while now and I'm tired of the low frames on some multiplayer servers. on single player I can get great frames on ultra. right now I'm looking at upgrading heres my to choices

NVidia gtx 1070 = ~500$

OR

get an i5 and a new MB = ~300$

and it really bothers me that ANY other game I play my frames are PERFECT but on arma 3 multiplayer they are complete SHIT what should I do

iyzik · Jul 26, 2016

Can you download a monitoring program like MSI Afterburner and set several things to display while you're paying games; GPU usage, GPU temp, CPU usage, CPU temp, FPS. And take a look at what they are all saying while you are experiencing low framerate.

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

yes I have done that in the past and to be honest the ARMA 3 optimization is 100% garbage my cpu usually dosent hit over 70% consumption

iyzik · Jul 26, 2016

GPU usage? GPU temperature? CPU temperature?

Hlsgsz · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

Arma is heavily CPU dependent in multiplayer.
Get teh i5 6500 and a new MB. This way your "PERFECT" frames from SP will maintain in MP.

filippi · Jul 26, 2016

can you see major performance leap from high settings to low settings. No? Then you should upgrade to i5 platform first. This is usually the case w/ arma.

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

so I should hold off on the 1070? and if so whats your reasoning

Hlsgsz · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

The reasoning is that it's your CPU that is limiting you, adn your framerates would not improve in multiplayer by getting a better GPU.

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

filippi :

yes no matter what settings I'm on I get the SAME frames

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

Hlsgsz :

if you don't mind me asking where does your knowledge come from not saying I don't agree with you just asking

Hlsgsz · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

Knowledge: countless posts about Arma's CPU vbound nature.
Logic: If the GPU were your problem, you would have a bad time in single player aswell since the GPU doesn;t care if you are in SP or MP. It just renders stuff. Whereas teh CPU workload changes dramatically when going from SP to MP in some cases, such as this one.

ikaz · Jul 26, 2016

If you willing to pay $500 for a new GPU or $300 for new i5/MB/Memory why not switch to the I5, and upgrade to a RX 480 4GB that will be about $500 (once the AIB partners come out with their cards).

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

ok so getting a new CPU and MB (switching to intel) what would be my best bet

another thing is it possible for a GPU to bottleneck a CPU??

filippi · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

After remove the cpu bottleneck you will be able to adjust settings for playable performance again.

iyzik · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

The GPU is kinda always "bottlenecking the CPU". If you were to play a game like Battlefield or Metro or run a heavy benchmark with uncapped fps you would see that your GPU would be maxed at 100% while the CPU would probably be somewhere in the 50-80% range depending on what CPU you have. Does this mean the GPU is bottlenecking the CPU? I suppose, but it's an odd way to look at it. Generally the CPU does less work while gaming so the usage will almost always be beneath the GPU usage and almost always less than 100%. That's why most people don't consider it bottlenecking when CPU usage is significantly lower than GPU..it's to be expected.

jomax99 · Jul 26, 2016

thank you guys for all your help I went ahead and purchased a i5 4690k and a new motherboard and in a few months I will get a 1070

was that the right thing to do?

iyzik · Jul 26, 2016

jomax99 :

I probably would've gotten an i5-6600K but yeah.

jomax99 · Jul 29, 2016

iyzik :

hey was just checking back on this I noticed your rig was posted and you have a 4670k with a 1070 was curious if you do well in arma, if you even play it??

iyzik · Jul 29, 2016

jomax99 :

iyzik :

hey was just checking back on this I noticed your rig was posted and you have a 4670k with a 1070 was curious if you do well in arma, if you even play it??

I've never played it, sorry

Im running an AMD Fx 8320 with a gtx 760 and am trying to get better frames!!!

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