Combat Lag help

[Crunchedd]

i have the same specs and had the same issue just get an ssd and 16 gb ram now i run 60+ no matter what

 

[william]

Mitch, u run the same settings I used to run, you need to lower your terrain/object setting, mine is on standard atm, idk why but you can try high and if that doesnt work go to standard, also do as eleec said and lower ur FSAA all of these helped me fix my same issue, gl man.

[johnfx]

ik exactly how to fix this, lol had a similar problem. it is specifically when you see an enemy, which honestly sucks, turns out switching some settings and doing some small changes and stuff fixed it, including the big memory leaks stopped. 

[Anthony Carter]

@Adam Edgar helped me resolving it, never experienced lagg again.

 

[Midamaru]

SSD

[Tusken Raider]

Buy a 128gb m.2 ssd and put arma and your is os on it. Watercooling isn't as bad as it used to be if you get AIO cooler not you buying the pump, etc.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

1 hour ago, william said:

Mitch, u run the same settings I used to run, you need to lower your terrain/object setting, mine is on standard atm, idk why but you can try high and if that doesnt work go to standard, also do as eleec said and lower ur FSAA all of these helped me fix my same issue, gl man.

 

5 hours ago, James.Anderson said:

Try turning your render distance down to 300-600m, you should see less lagg in combat.  but lagg like this happens to us all unfortunately.

I did end up turning them down. the post provided were the pictures I used for setting them in the first place. 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

3 hours ago, NotSoNutty said:

Are you useing Shadowplay and if so, do you use shadowplay on the same HardDrive as Arma3?

 

I had insane combat lag aswell but outside combat everything was all fine. I only had a HDD at the time and in my case Shadowplay took away a lot of FPS. I got a SSD, installed Arma3 on SSD and use shadowplay on HDD. I got +30 FPS, going on 70+ currently.

I only have GTX 970, 8GB RAM and I5 4460..

I am using obs to record. my next investment will be with a ssd as many have suggested. and it seems that I get about 60 to 70 frames. but going into a city is a death with for me. if I'm driving I have to crawl into town otherwise I drop most of my frames and have a bit of an issue. 

Edited February 23, 2017 by (IFRIT)Mitch

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

4 hours ago, eleec said:

Turn off the 4x FSAA.

there used to be scope lag on 4x long time ago dunno if they fixed it. So just use 2x or disable it

so basically disable and don't "zoom" on the scope during a fight?

[JAY1HP]

8 hours ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

I guess im not totally dependent on it. But when streaming and recording game play. I'd like there to be some value to it. I will have to mess around with that one and see what i can do. 

do not overclock an i5

especially with no water cooling

[JAY1HP]

40 minutes ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

so basically disable and don't "zoom" on the scope during a fight?

when is the last time you reformatted? might be time for a fresh install

 

you should not be lagging that bad with an i5 & 960

 

my buddy has an amd fx6300 and some random card, and he can play somewhat

Edited February 23, 2017 by JAY1HP

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, JAY1HP said:

do not overclock an i5

especially with no water cooling

bad idea ay?

 

[JAY1HP]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

bad idea ay?

 

you should be getting decent frames with your setup man , maybe it is because of the stream & what not

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

18 minutes ago, JAY1HP said:

you should be getting decent frames with your setup man , maybe it is because of the stream & what not

with the in game settings it was athe 6p frames but just the lag is killer

[Björn Winsmore]

9 hours ago, xclusive said:

I mean thats arma if you dont have a good PC you will get lag. Upgrading ur CPU will help lag but if you cant do that here are some tips off my head to increase fps. 

Run game in high priority(Works for half the people I tell but when I do i get double the frames so try it) Go to task manager > Details tab > Find ArmA3.exe or w/e its called. > Right click > Set priority > High Priority. This will make your computer prioritize arma instead of things like chrome or others.

Lower view distance helps.

Go to Nvidia control panel > Manage 3d > Find ArmA 3 in programs > In power management mode select prefer maximum performance.

In ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

look into overclocking your CPU, it could be complicated but just search for a youtube video guide on your cpu.

Also I noticed i was having large FPS drops when shooting and only when shooting. I fixed it with turning particles on low. Im not sure it will work for you but it helped me a lot. 

 

 

 

 

 

doesnt rlly do shit tbh... i have done 99% of arma 3 tweaking shit maybe a frame or two, what really helps is, disabling windows firewall, windows defender is on for me, malware bytes (antivirus turn it off, and i have zonealarm best firewall protector ever when its on but i got it off for arma, then razer cortex some razer shit that actually works alright, try it out. 

[Björn Winsmore]

Might be your internet...

[Björn Winsmore]

37 minutes ago, JAY1HP said:

do not overclock an i5

especially with no water cooling

overclocking an i5 desktop like 4690k is no problem as long as you dont do it on a stock cooler...

[Björn Winsmore]

1 hour ago, Tusken Raider said:

Buy a 128gb m.2 ssd and put arma and your is os on it. Watercooling isn't as bad as it used to be if you get AIO cooler not you buying the pump, etc.

a normal sdd will do fine...

[Björn Winsmore]

35 minutes ago, JAY1HP said:

you should be getting decent frames with your setup man , maybe it is because of the stream & what not

i5s arent the best streamers especially since no hyper threading but arma's a bitch so is obs streaming...

[Björn Winsmore]

Not really the topic place to post this either...

[eleec]

2 hours ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

so basically disable and don't "zoom" on the scope during a fight?

No no you can zoom, or should, just disable the FSAA could maybe help

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, eleec said:

No no you can zoom, or should, just disable the FSAA could maybe help

I gave that a try but i if i go into the middle of no where, i can pull my scope up on a empty car and it lags by like 1 second. 

[Steve]

11 hours ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

That's what i thought for a while. But it was happening anytime i tried to use my scope. So I went without using it today and it still happened. I can be in the middle of nowhere and attempt to pull up my scope and i still am lagging behind in doing so. 

Do you have an ssd

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

26 minutes ago, Steve said:

Do you have an ssd

Nope, its in the shopping chart though

[FuzzyPanda]

Were you fighting prime?

[Thomas]

@(IFRIT)Mitch Explains why i turned around and saw you staring at me 

[Steve]

50 minutes ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

Nope, its in the shopping chart though

I found that an ssd helps with my frame consistency more then anything else while in game. It also helps with the game launching faster too. It didn't necessarily give more frames I just see far less drops or freezes then I use to.

Edited February 23, 2017 by Steve

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

55 minutes ago, Thomas said:

@(IFRIT)Mitch Explains why i turned around and saw you staring at me 

I was livid. I had the drop and everything. But noooooo! That happened every time I tired to pull my scope up on one of you guys. Good fight though!

[Addon]

http://imgur.com/a/7ytfZ

try these in-game settings. also probably mentioned before, (haven't read everything) i'd suggest getting a ssd. I have a 4790k / 970 and was getting similar lag spikes in combat / going into towns. when I got my ssd, I rarely drop below 40 fps no matter what I do. my game runs much, much smoother.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

23 minutes ago, Addon said:

http://imgur.com/a/7ytfZ

try these in-game settings. also probably mentioned before, (haven't read everything) i'd suggest getting a ssd. I have a 4790k / 970 and was getting similar lag spikes in combat / going into towns. when I got my ssd, I rarely drop below 40 fps no matter what I do. my game runs much, much smoother.

I'll compare these to what I'm running and make the needed changes. Hopefully it will help, driving into towns has been a killer, literally.