Author Topic: the battle to get a beautiful looking arma3 with playable frames  (Read 4204 times)

BigEarrl

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After having to delete arma3 and reinstall I have had to look into the fps tweaks that many post on numerous forums.    This one i remember helped the most with the fps.

from http://segmentnext.com/2013/09/16/arma-3-tweaks-guide-graphics-and-performance/       this article is old but i needed the info for the "max frame ahead"      what file to change in particular
I changed my max frame ahead to 1 which so many others have had success with.  but im sure everyone would have to experiment with different values.

Arma 3 Config File Tweaks

Don’t know where the configuration file for Arma 3 is? Look here:

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\ArmA 3\

It’ll be called Arma3.cfg, and opening it in notepad will display lots of variables with specific values. We’re going to leave most of these things as they are, but we will make only two tweaks that may enhance your performance:

MaxFramesAhead: This is an advanced frame buffering option that can be utilized by high-memory graphic cards. It can greatly improve performance with modern cards, but can have a completely opposite effect with older GPUs.

Consider this if you have a good, modern GPU:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=4
The value can change from 1 to 4. Experiment with the values to find what suits you best, starting off from 4 and going down if you experience issues.

DetectedFramesAhead: This works somewhat similar to the above, but instead constrains the video processing. Basically, it is kind of a limiter, and for that reason we want it set to 0.

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=0
Note that if these two variables are not present in your config, you can automatically add them. Make sure you create a backup just in case.
« Last Edit: August 22, 2016, 07:21:34 PM by BigEarrl »

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Re: the battle to get a beautiful looking arma3 with playable frames
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2016, 09:00:43 PM »
If you tested this out yourself, what are your results?

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Re: the battle to get a beautiful looking arma3 with playable frames
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2016, 11:21:08 PM »
now that you have asked i did try changing it from stock value which was 1000 to 1.   the file indicted max frames ahead detected was 3.   changing it to 1 increased it by 4 fps.  i sure remember it having a bigger impact when i did it back in December. but maybe i changed too many variables at once.    i was testing in editor  while in Georgetown  placing the crosshair on the same specific point.

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Re: the battle to get a beautiful looking arma3 with playable frames
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2016, 08:34:52 AM »
biggie, can you explain it to me like i'm a 5 years old please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWfrMMNeK2k
« Last Edit: August 23, 2016, 08:36:41 AM by kim jong il »
Hello? Hello?? Hello???

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Re: the battle to get a beautiful looking arma3 with playable frames
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2016, 09:14:32 AM »

 I will have to try this. May help a ton when I finally get Apex :)
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