Re: New Pc For Arma + Arma2

**Fansadox** · 03-25-2009, 01:22 PM

I ordered my new rig for arma 2

Asus Triton 81 i7 cooler
CoolerMaster Thermal Grease
2x Samsung 1TB Serial ATA II HDD HD103UJ Spinpoints
CoolerMaster CM Stacker 832 SE Case
Zalman ZM1000-HP 1000W PSU 85% Efficiency
OCZ DDR3 6GB 2000mhz Kit3 Reapr 1.65v
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Socket1366 ATX X5
Intel Core i7-920

I already have the EVGA GTX280

Amen

**Bamboo** · 03-26-2009, 03:14 PM

That's going to be a killer rig. Hopefully it will bring ARMA2 in check.

**InFireBaptize** · 03-27-2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by tankkiller1

Hi guys thinking of a new pc to get. Got a couple of ones here, Just wondered what you think...

CPU: - Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9550
CPU Cooler: - Thermaltake Golden Orb II
Motherboard: - Asus P5N-D (nForce 750i chipset, SLI)
Memory: - 2GB DDR2 800mhz (1x 2GB)
Hard Drives: - 160GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: - 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Lightscribe
Graphics card: - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Sound card: - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Operating System: - Microsoft® Windows XP Home SP3
Case: - Antec Nine Hundred
PSU: - 750W Thermaltake Toughpower

£997 inc delivery....or

CPU: - Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9650
CPU Cooler: - Thermaltake Golden Orb II
Motherboard: - Asus P5N-D (nForce 750i chipset, SLI)
Memory: - 2GB DDR2 800mhz (1x 2GB)
Hard Drives: - 160GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: - 20x DVD±RW DL
Graphics card: - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB
Sound card: - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Operating System: - Microsoft® Windows XP Home SP3
Case: - Antec Nine Hundred Two
PSU: - 750W Thermaltake Toughpower

£985 inc delivery
????

1) As far as I know there are no games out there that fully utilize the quad cpu, I would suggest to go with E8400.
2) Asus P5N-D, is a good motherboard, good FSB, good memory support, good overclocking software and it fully utilize x16 x16 PCI express for SLI mode. I heard bad reviews about nVidia chipset on Asus motherboards but this could be few people nagging and hating nVidia or Asus.
3) Video card: do your own research.
4) Go with Antec Nine Hundred Two, it has one big ass fan on top of the case, one at the back, two at the front and you can install an optional fan at the side. With this case however you can’t control fan speed within windows OS, you have to open the case and do it through the fan provided switch “low, medium, high”.
5) 750W, research this PSU and make sure single rail 12v+ will provide you with at least 40A depending on your graphic card.
6) With 2GB memory, you’d probably get vista 32bit and in the future if you decided to go 8GB “which your motherboard supports” then you’ll need to buy vista 64bit.

Hope that helped.
I would suggest you build your own PC, but research carefully, start with your chipset but know first if you want crossfile or SLI or single graphic card that would make it easier choosing the right chipset, then chose your motherboard.

Sorry if there were grammar mistakes or spelling. I’m writing this email from work.

**InFireBaptize** · 03-27-2009, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Jorge.PT

I was able to install it, but I can't launch it... I tried in compatibility mode, all permissions given and I'm able enter the game but it just goes back to the desktop at 5% of the loading... none of the methods that I found worked for me yet.

hmm, that's weird. I'm able to run this game with ATI card and vista 64!

**Jorge.PT** · 03-27-2009, 03:36 PM

Thanks InFireBaptize, but I already solved the problem. I didn't install the patches correctly.

**Bamboo** · 03-29-2009, 12:42 AM

Actually, there are a few game that use all 4 cores, and just about every major game getting released from here on is starting to use multi-cores. ARMA devs just said you are going to want a quad in their recomended specs, and the rigs they let reporters play on at the german show were quads.

GRAW2 and CRYSIS/WARHEAD are 2 off the top of my head that use all 4.

**ptewatson30059785** · 06-21-2009, 11:21 AM

hi im also interested in building my own pc or laptop could anyone build one or direct me to a site tht i can get it from , im wanting it for arma 2 and am willing to spend around 500-600 will this be gd enough thanks in advance

**browna3** · 06-21-2009, 12:39 PM

first things first, what country are you in, this will determine what shops etc you can look at

**Jorge.PT** · 06-21-2009, 02:51 PM

ptewatson30059785, as browna3 said, if you say where you live, it will be easier to know if you are talking about 500-600 bananas or coconuts. But assuming that you talking about coconuts, I think that will be hard to find a laptop to play arma2, for that amount.

EDIT: And welcome to Tactical Gamer.

**Bamboo** · 06-22-2009, 01:50 PM

You can almost build a desktop that will decently play ARMA2 for about $600, but $750 or so would be much much better.

And forget finding a laptop for $600 that is going to make you happy playing ARMA2.

**Sir-Nerd** · 06-26-2009, 09:47 PM

How will an 8800GT, 3.0 Ghz Dual Core, and 8 gigs of ram do with ArmA 2?

**LowSpeedHighDrag** · 06-28-2009, 06:18 AM

You can play it, most probably on med to med-high settings. Whether you'll like the result is another.

Ask Socomseal, he's got a similar graphics card as you do and the cpu. He might be able to assist you better.

**Jaman** · 07-06-2009, 04:06 PM

So I recently moved my gaming tower to my new home in New Orleans, and after a day of usage in NOLA the graphics card died on me. I've decided to just build a new rig because the components in the old tower are extremely outdated.
Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Brisbane 2.8GHz 2 x 512KB

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

ASRock K10N78 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 ATX AMD Motherboard

Rendition by Crucial 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)

Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

BFG Tech GS-550 550W ATX12V V2.2 Power Supply

The most demanding game I currently plan on playing is Arma2, how well do you guys think it will run it? Thanks in advance guys
P.S. It will be running windows XP.

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