Rig specs

Just wondering what pc spec you are all playing arma 3 on?

Mine is, 

AMD ryzen 5 2600, 

Gigabyte B450 aorus pro,

16gb ram, 

Nvidia GTX 1050 2gb,

500 GB ssd, 

23" monitor.

Also are many of your using a 2 monitor setup?

Brio

I would imagine that peoples specs vary quite a bit. But as for myself, i am running the following:

Intel Core i7 (I can for the life of me not remember the model)

Asus Rampage V Extreme

G.Skill Ripjaws 16 GB

EVGA 980 Hydro Copper

2x 500GB Samsung Evo Drive SSD in RAID 0 and 4x 120GB Kingston SSD in RAID 0

Asus ROG Swift 27" Monitor @ 1440p + Samsung 24" Monitor @ 1080p

I really want to build something new as my current build is water cooled and pretty massive xD. I really want to build something that is physically smaller, but i am waiting for all this RTX stuff to settle down before i buy something new.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/mooreallendonald/saved/CYHq4D

This is my part list and I run Arma 3 pretty well. Yours is pretty close to mine. 

I would really forget about a2gb card not worth the money get a1070 with more ram since the newer games are rewuiring more ram.

Ganx I've been thinking of getting a second monitor, what benefits does it provide you when playing arma 3? 

I don't play ARMA 3, but I am currently running a Ryzen 2700X and a GTX 1080Ti. Good enough to push most games on the 144Hz Asus 1440p monitor I have. 16GB of DDR4 3200 and a bunch of SSD and HDD storage.

Just recently upgraded from a 6700k 

New computer

9700K Stock

Z390 Hero XI ROG Wifi

1080 TI Strix OC

32GB DDR4 3200MHZ

SSDS (no hdd)

I'd say it has given me from 24fps to about 36-40 in very intensive fights I asked couple members what their fps was around 14 and I was at 30 so it was a mild improvement.   

Crap engine overall.

I play in 1440p settings around high-ultra view distance i keep to a nice minimum

i5k Quad Core

GFX 1070,

Intel i5 7600k O.C. 4.4Ghz Quad Core,

MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Mainboard,

Hyper X Fury 16Gb DDR4 2400Mhz Memory,

Kingston 240Gb SSD & 2Tb Hard Drive,

Builtin WiFi,

Cooler Master Masterbox 5t Gaming Case with Red LED Light Strip,

Cooler Master B700W PSU,

Windows 10 64-bit

Two screens with the third screen disconnected lol

i5 8600k @ 4.5GHz

16GB Corsair Vengence DDR4 3000MHz

Gigabyte z370p D3

Coolermaster seidon 240v

7200RPM WD HDD 1TB (games)

Nvidia GTX780 (Now running 2060 but not tried arma since, but was running perfectly fine on semi max settings with almost maxed render distance.)

It is rather limited what it gives me having two monitors playing Arma. During the mission planning i can have the briefing open on the second screen while being ingame which is nice. I also have TeamSpeak on the second screen so that i sometimes can look up info in the channels like who's Squad Color belongs to a specific squad.

There are some mods i believe that let you run the map on your second monitor while playing the game, i tried that out a while back. But i do think it requires you to set some stuff up server side. I think it was called Athena or something like that.

I will say this though, having a second monitor is generally very nice in most other games. Take a game like Overwatch, you have some spare time while waiting in queue or waiting for the match to start. Its always nice to be able to browse the internet while doing that.

I'm not playing Arma 3 atm but I have in the past. Heard we're flexing rigs regardless.

My rig:

Case: Corsair Crystal 570X RGB

Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Elite

Processor: Intel i7-8700k overclocked to 4.7 GHz.

Processor Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO RGB-- I also own a Noctua NH-D15-- I use the AIO for looks

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200MHz, CAS Latency 16

Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC Gaming Ultra

Power Supply: Fully Modular Corsair RM850x

OS Drive: Intel 760p 256GB NVMe M.2

Other Drives: Samsung 970 EVO 250GB NVMe M.2 | (2x) Seagate BarraCuda ST1000DM010 7200RPM 1TB HDD

WLAN Card-- though I use a PowerLine Ethernet adapter normally: ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 4x4

Primary Monitor: MSI Optix AG32CQ 32" 144Hz Curved Gaming Monitor @ 2560x1440

Secondary Monitor: HP OMEN 25 25" 144Hz Gaming Monitor @ 1920x1080

Mouse: Corsair Dark Core

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Platinum

Headset: Corsair VOID PRO RGB

Mousepad: Corsair MM200 Summit1G Edition

Thanks for the info Ganx, think I'll put the money to a new graphics card instead of monitor. 

Fullfygrapes that is an impressive setup 👍

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Thanks for the info Ganx, think I'll put the money to a new graphics card instead of monitor. 

Fullfygrapes that is an impressive setup 👍

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Consider waiting a bit if you can. The whole RTX thing has the prices all wonky and you are currently paying a premium if you want an RTX card. (which is not worth imo) There is of course the option of a Geforce 1660 TI which is basically an RTX card without RTX on it making it a lot cheaper. (Mainly created to counter an AMD card in price)

I personally always go for the highest card in the series as i find them to last me the longest, but they are of course also the most expensive. So its a bit of personal preference and probably not the best bang for the buck.

The 1660 Ti has similar performance to a 1070 Ti but for nearly ½ the price. (at least in my country) Its not an exact science but if you are looking to upgrade then check some prices and read some reviews to see what you are getting.

Intel i5 8600k @ 4.5GHz

16GB DDR4

Nvidia RTX2060

gigabyte z370p D3 motherboard

Coolermaster seidon 240v AIO

sadly i still run arma on a hard drive but SSD soon hopefully or at the end of the year.

RTX card for me was sadly a needed upgrade as my 780 fan bearing was having issues and couldnt handle hearing it rattle after gaming sessions.

as much as i needed to upgrade fast, this gigabyte RTX2060 has been a pain in the ass for me. aorus engine issues along with fan curve issues. and the passive / active fan systems being borked and causing sound issues relating to the fan spinning up every minute or so but it constantly making a vibration sound. not to mention the coil whine... MAANNN!! the coil whine is soo fucking bad and annoying its unreal.

as much as i like its performance. it has issues.

Wow, too bad about the card noises, though it is a huge upgrade. You will definitely want to get an SSD asap, it makes the hugest difference :D

Also, please don't forget to watch the language. XD

Hey,

in terms of 1060/70/80 vs RTX, it's well worth buying into the RTX, as they are pretty much the same price and the 10 Series aren't supported anymore, plus r a y - t r a c i n g

tbf, I used to play arma 2 on my old dell laptop, but arma 3 is a bit of a hog, i think apart from the GPU you would be ok!

my rig.

CPU - i5 8600k

CPU cooler - NZXT Kraken X62

motherboard - Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151

RAM - G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB)

OS drive - Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB ssd

storage -      Seagate - FireCuda 2 TB hybria drive

removable drive - SSD 750GB

GPU - MSI - 2080RTX xTrio

Case - Thermaltake - View 31 TG ATX Mid Tower Case

PS - EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550

monitor - ASUS PG279Q Swift 27"

i play the smoothest war thunder.

rig list.

[ https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HsQvFt ]

from what i can see your motherboard should be able to handle 2060+, can also be worth getting a HDD/Hybria to store games on.

have fun, fly low.