Graphics Card.

[Danger 729]

 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16      vs        AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16    what one is better

[Guest]

The 380 is on a level playing field with the 970.

 

It's a no-brainer. It's definitely a better choice than the 960

[grizzlybear 133]

just sayin if you want arma to run faster you want to look at upgrading your CPU not you GPU.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, grizzlybear said:

just sayin if you want arma to run faster you want to look at upgrading your CPU not you GPU.

Also, it's worth noting that once you're at the 970/380 level of graphics card, RAM actually makes a significant difference. like, from 48 to 64 makes more of a difference than going from the 970 to the 980. Have a buddy who I gave my 970 too, prior he had 2 680's in SLI. He saw a small 5FPS boost IF that. He went from 48GB 2333Mhz to 64GB, and he got 10-12 FPS. I didn't realize RAM had that much of an impact until I saw it for myself.

[grizzlybear 133]

Just now, McDili said:

Also, it's worth noting that once you're at the 970/380 level of graphics card, RAM actually makes a significant difference. like, from 48 to 64 makes more of a difference than going from the 970 to the 980. Have a buddy who I gave my 970 too, prior he had 2 680's in SLI. He saw a small 5FPS boost IF that. He went from 48GB 2333Mhz to 64GB, and he got 10-12 FPS. I didn't realize RAM had that much of an impact until I saw it for myself.

damn I didn't know RAM played a large part in FPS at that point. Might try upgrading my ram before I get a new cpu lol.

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Just now, grizzlybear said:

damn I didn't know RAM played a large part in FPS at that point. Might try upgrading my ram before I get a new cpu lol.

Well CPU will still have a greater effect than RAM will. But yeah, instead of going CPU and then into a GPU, it might be worth it to invest in some RAM sticks before getting a new GPU. Definitely cheaper by a massive margin. I wouldn't take my word for it though, this helped one person's machine who has high end CPU and GPU already. Your mileage may vary.

[Danger 729]

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)

Motherboard: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2

Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)

Hard Drive: 128GB SanDisk SSD + 1TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Combo Drive)

 

 

what you think

[Guest]

That build will have absolutely no problems with ArmA, assuming you also have 8GB+ RAM.

[Danger 729]

16gb of ram

[Guest]

Then you're solid.

 

I run a similar build with an i7-4790k @4.0GHz

GTX 980 SC

16GB 1600MHz RAM.

1TB SSD.

 

The 980 is just a small step above the R9 380, and our processors are essentially the same speed. Your RAM is probably DDR4 though I'd hope, which means you'll get quite a bit more performance out of your RAM. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, that may go a long way in ArmA but who knows.

[Dustin87 864]

I know its older and less power effecient but i think the 290 and 290x are still outperforming the 380 and just below the 970 for dirt ass cheap if you can get one of those.

[Danger 729]

Sweet thanks! And it is ddr4

[Bubbaloo - Reusable P Cup 2936]

10 hours ago, McDili said:

Then you're solid.

 

I run a similar build with an i7-4790k @4.0GHz

GTX 980 SC

16GB 1600MHz RAM.

1TB SSD.

 

The 980 is just a small step above the R9 380, and our processors are essentially the same speed. Your RAM is probably DDR4 though I'd hope, which means you'll get quite a bit more performance out of your RAM. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, that may go a long way in ArmA but who knows.

I have the same setup although I have a 980 FTW edition. Slightly faster and I've noticed a drop in frames considerably since last week.  I have dropped at least 10 frames minimum and worse in towns.  How is yours performing? 

[ComradeGoonie 325]

This is what I had my friend help me built. We ignored our brother's suggestions and found some stuff, in return more combo-deals were found...so here is my...rigging...

 

1 x GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 2.0) AM3+ AMD 970 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

1 x AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W FD6300WMHKBOX Desktop Processor

1 x Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

1 x WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX - OEM

1 x HyperX Fury Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model HX316C10F/8

1 x PHILIPS 223V5LSB Black 21.5" 5ms 1920 x 1080 Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 DCR 10,000,000:1 (1000:1) ...

1 x Mushkin Enhanced ECO2 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDEC120GB

1 x EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

1 x Rosewill GALAXY-02 - Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Top-Mounted USB 3.0 Port, Three Fans Included - ...

1 x RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with ...

 

This thing looked cool so I got it: 1 x EVERCOOL HD-F117 Aluminum HDD Cooling Device

Last but maybe not least, a pair of headphones I badgered Gidgit about until he finally found something suiting my bank account but below his fine tastes   :

1 x SteelSeries Siberia V2 3.5mm Connector Circumaural Full-Size Gaming Headset - Blue

 

 

I have no idea what any of these words and number mean but they play Arma 3 great. I get crap frames on multiplayer though.

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5 hours ago, Bubbaloo said:

I have the same setup although I have a 980 FTW edition. Slightly faster and I've noticed a drop in frames considerably since last week.  I have dropped at least 10 frames minimum and worse in towns.  How is yours performing? 

Mine is performing fine. I haven't noticed any drops.

[Bubbaloo - Reusable P Cup 2936]

Just now, McDili said:

Mine is performing fine. I haven't noticed any drops.

Last thing I did was install the newest NVIDIA driver via geforce experience. Noticed a considerable drop in performance and reverted to the previous one via device manager.  I no longer get 60FPS outside of the cities. Now it ranges from 40-45FPS. Kavala now gets 28-32FPS from 40-45 it used to before.  I was thinking of doing a clean install of the drivers but at this point I don't know what else it could be. 

[AgentPhilip 0]

On 2/4/2016 at 6:36 PM, Dizzy said:

 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16      vs        AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16    what one is better

THE 390X

[Ozzy Jones 362]

5 hours ago, Bubbaloo said:

Last thing I did was install the newest NVIDIA driver via geforce experience. Noticed a considerable drop in performance and reverted to the previous one via device manager.  I no longer get 60FPS outside of the cities. Now it ranges from 40-45FPS. Kavala now gets 28-32FPS from 40-45 it used to before.  I was thinking of doing a clean install of the drivers but at this point I don't know what else it could be. 

Sometimes when I upgrade drivers I've had to change my NVIDIA control panel settings again.