Nonfiction Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Here is a sneak peak into the approaching 1.6 update. The overall feel of the new update has a more tropical experience. If you wish to explore yourself, right click Arma 3 in steam. Click properties, betas, "enter beta access code to unlock private betas:" enter code "Arma3Update160RC". Left is 1.6, Right is current version (1.58) Both sides have everything set to ultra. With 1.6 a new feature is added under video settings "water reflections". I had set this to max when taking these screenshots. Edited May 21, 2016 by Nonfiction Beef..., TNT, Furnie Mack and 3 others like this Link to comment
Sheriff Rick Grimes Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Is this going to kill performance? Link to comment
Buckwalter Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Looks great. 7 minutes ago, Sheriff Rick Grimes said: Is this going to kill performance? I believe they're going to use DX12 so they're expecting a big performance boost. But I'm not sure how all of that works. Patrick and Brendon Smith like this Link to comment
Dust Runner Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Isn't arma 3 still 32 bit or something on those lines? Someone was talking shit about it saying it was another reason performance was garbage but I don't really know anything about it myself. Link to comment
Nonfiction Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 39 minutes ago, Sheriff Rick Grimes said: Is this going to kill performance? When I was cruising around taking these screenshots, I hadn't noticed any change in fps. Then again I'm currently using DX11. Link to comment
Pentax Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 44 minutes ago, Buckwalter said: Looks great. I believe they're going to use DX12 so they're expecting a big performance boost. But I'm not sure how all of that works. Well rip people that don't have windows 10 and GPU that supports DX12. Link to comment
Cassettes Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, Pentax said: Well rip people that don't have windows 10 and GPU that supports DX12. I've Win 10 and GTX 960 you think it will improve my performance on it? I've a poor CPU (Fx 6300) and my frames are pretty shitty if I'm not on Stratis sometimes still is, average about 15-30 FPS Link to comment
Pentax Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Cassettes said: I've Win 10 and GTX 960 you think it will improve my performance on it? I've a poor CPU (Fx 6300) and my frames are pretty shitty if I'm not on Stratis sometimes still is, average about 15-30 FPS It will, if Bohemia will switch from DX11 to DX12, because DX12 mainly focuses on CPU intense games. So games like Arma 3 should get a huge benefit in FPS. But then again this is Bohemia we're talking about, and we can't be 100% sure, so basically it's just guessing game here. EDIT: Your current bottleneck is your CPU btw. Edited May 21, 2016 by Pentax Link to comment
Nonfiction Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 53 minutes ago, Buckwalter said: Looks great. I believe they're going to use DX12 so they're expecting a big performance boost. But I'm not sure how all of that works. Unlikely. The upcoming patch 1.6 is in anticipation for Tanoa. Here are the recommended specs for APEX. Unfortunately nothing here shows any evidence of 64 bit architecture nor DirectX12. https://store.bistudio.com/products/arma3-apex Recommended: OS: Windows 7 / 8 64-bit (Apple OS not supported) Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4 or faster Memory: 4 GB Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560/AMD Radeon HD 7750 Hard Drive: 25 GB free space Audio: DirectX® compatible soundcard Link to comment
Buckwalter Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Nonfiction said: Unlikely. The upcoming patch 1.6 is in anticipation for Tanoa. Here are the recommended specs for APEX. Unfortunately nothing here shows any evidence of 64 bit architecture nor DirectX12. https://store.bistudio.com/products/arma3-apex Recommended: OS: Windows 7 / 8 64-bit (Apple OS not supported) Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4 or faster Memory: 4 GB Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560/AMD Radeon HD 7750 Hard Drive: 25 GB free space Audio: DirectX® compatible soundcard Well they said Apex would be DX12 when they announced it. But sadly, after looking around a little bit I think you might be right. Which is a really a shame if they don't include it. But this Dev update from a few weeks ago makes it sound like DX12 will not be part of the Apex update. Which pretty much sucks. https://dev.arma3.com/post/sitrep-00151 Link to comment
Jamooze Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Hype! Nonfiction likes this Link to comment
Nonfiction Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, Buckwalter said: Well they said Apex would be DX12 when they announced it. But sadly, after looking around a little bit I think you might be right. Which is a really a shame if they don't include it. But this Dev update from a few weeks ago makes it sound like DX12 will not be part of the Apex update. Which pretty much sucks. https://dev.arma3.com/post/sitrep-00151 Yea, seems to be a lot of conflicting information. I suppose all we can do at this point is wait. Link to comment
Zelthius Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 My potato can't handle this.. Link to comment
BioHazard Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 I'm gonna test it out tomorrow and see if it affects my fps at all Link to comment
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