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    DayZ Mod & 7970m

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by StZu, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. StZu

    StZu Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, just wanted to see if anyone played DayZ mod on their 7970m cards and how well it performs.
    Avg FPS on max setting? any issues?

    Also would be great to get a few survives together to try and survive for longer than an hour :).
     
    StZu, Jul 9, 2012
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  2. Wonka_Vision

    Wonka_Vision Notebook Geek

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    Hey - It actually runs horribly for me. I get around 25-30 fps on max settings (AA off; VSync off). However, I'm only seeing around 70 % GPU usage. Kind of a bummer, but every other game seems to be running fine (99 % usage and good FPS). Everyone's been reporting huge artifacts in the game lately, so I don't believe that's a card issue.
     
    Wonka_Vision, Jul 30, 2012
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Dont stress too much, ARMA 2 got huge system requirements anyways.
    Not sure if its heavier on the CPU or GPU though.

    Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
     
    DEagleson, Jul 30, 2012
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  4. jaug1337

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    Both. That's why people do not install mods for Arma II, the mods make it even more insane
     
    jaug1337, Jul 30, 2012
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  5. esca

    esca Notebook Guru

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    I don't know about the other guys but I play it on my laptop on highest settings, check Sig, and it runs flawless. Ill run fraps tonight if I remember and give u exact numbers. But I don't have any of the artifact problems or low fps. Love that game by the way.
     
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  6. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    I crank it most of the way up on my 675 at 1080p it does well. Only a couple of the settings give it a little trouble at their highest value. I leave it at default very high but bump the Res back to 1080 from the lower one it defaults to.
     
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  7. paul2110

    paul2110 Notebook Guru

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    I get around 35-45 fps in DayZ at 1080p (both interface & 3D resolutions) and the 'very high' preset, but with AA off and vsync off.

    I used to have the 7970m and tbh the 680m isn't really much different, I think it's just this game.

    Not sure how much this helps, but I use the following startup parameters :
    -maxMem=2047 -maxVRAM=2047

    Also, make sure you set video memory to 'default'. I'm pretty sure the 'very high' setting for video memory limits you to 512MB

    My framerate seems low for my GPU, but having searched around a bit I can see that a lot of people are having low fps with this game - I guess there are some optimisation issues.... :confused:
     
    paul2110, Jul 30, 2012
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  8. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Probably. Definitely not stopping me from enjoying dayz, it looks good enough and is fast enough. It's the gameplay and atmosphere that are important.
     
    hfm, Jul 30, 2012
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  9. roughavoc

    roughavoc Notebook Consultant

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    Dayz FPS is very server dependant. On some servers my desktop gets 20-30FPS while others lovely 120fps. Really hit and miss
     
    roughavoc, Jul 31, 2012
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  10. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    it's alpha... performance changes a lot (sometimes up, sometimes down) with new beta patches of the game (you have to use the beta patch version) and the alpha mod, and per server. Right now, you really need a high end server to get good performance.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 31, 2012
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  11. paul2110

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    Oh for sure. While I was waiting for my new laptop to arrive I was playing hours of Day-Z on my old Dell XPS M1530 with a mighty 8600m GT

    I was at minimum settings and still only getting 15-20 fps!! :cool:
     
    paul2110, Jul 31, 2012
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  12. Throbin

    Throbin Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I use the 7970 in CrossFire and can say the fps is solid with the 7970 in a single card setup.

    CrossFire is rather unstable but still gives me 60-80 fps everything max.
     
    Throbin, Aug 1, 2012
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