hey guys, this time it's not a computer issue.

I was just wondering if my computer would be able to run ARMA II or ARMA III. The reason for this is that although it has reasonable specs, it is a laptop and some parts of its hardware are not as good as I would like.

The parts in question are my RAM, 4 Gb (or 3.9 as some hardware scanning websites say it is); and my Graphics card, 1st Generation Intel HD graphics (notoriously bad for gaming) with an intel i5 480m core.

The rest of the computer is fine, it's just these 2 aspects of it I'm note sure about.

Thanks.

ill investigate for you, not really a laptop guru is all

by the looks of things you will be able to run it, not in ultra graphics but playable

im watching some youtube and stuff of people running it in lower spec laptops by far to what you have

 

you can always try this

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ seems to be handy. just need an updated version of java

Edited November 26, 201311 yr by jessicalange0

mmmm, the system requirements lab says that it fails for ARMA III and ARMA II but it also says that other games such as Fallout New Vegas fails although i can play it fine. ARMA II should be able to run still based on what it says, but for ARMA III i need 512Mb of dedicated Video Ram whereas I have only 64Mb.

Having recently upgraded by RAM from 4.0GB to 8.0GB, I noticed a significant increase in Arma 3 performance. I have a decent machine but A3 still ran like sh** (even on Low settings) until I beefed the RAM.

 

That being said, 4GB is well within the minimum specs. I would say your video memory is the bottleneck here.

 

But lets not forget Arma loves to fluctuate in performance from mission to mission / update to update

mmmm, the system requirements lab says that it fails for ARMA III and ARMA II but it also says that other games such as Fallout New Vegas fails although i can play it fine. ARMA II should be able to run still based on what it says, but for ARMA III i need 512Mb of dedicated Video Ram whereas I have only 64Mb.

 

Can you even buy 64mb graphics cards anymore?

But Im with Joe on this one your bottle necking a lot... but even some high end computers are bottle necking in this game, not because of their gear but because of the ArmA Engine with its hard-coded hardware limitations.

Can you even buy 64mb graphics cards anymore?

 

It's integrated into the CPU so that limits it size.

Playable? short answer no, long answer.. nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

More serious, you might get away with Arma 2 on lowest of settings at 10-15fps (I would think that would be wishful thinking though). The CPU should do Arma 2 fine and 4gbs of ram would be fine for low/medium but the inbuilt graphics are just plain awful and will get you nowhere. The hardware should run Arma 2/3 To the main menu, and like I said you should get 10-15 fps on the lowest of settings in Arma 2 and maybe 5-10 in Arma 3. But that's just not playable.

 

Also checking recommended specs is a great thing here is Arma 2's :

 

Minimum:

OS: Windows XP or Windows Vista

Processor: Dual Core CPU (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, Intel Core 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 3200+ or faster)

Memory: 1 GB RAM

Graphics: GPU (Nvidia Geforce 7800 / ATI Radeon 1800 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 256 MB VRAM

Hard Drive: 10 GB free HDD space

 

That bolded part there is the issue, and that's the fact you really do need a dedicated graphics card.

yeah i really didnt know alot of this because i have a "thats good throw money at it attitude" when it comes to my pc builds

I know one thing though, the arma series are very CPU dependant. thats the reason to get a good graphics card to off load some of the burden

I was unable to play ARMA2 with my laptop.

 

Intel Centrino 2 P8400 2.3Ghz

2GB RAM

Nvidia 9300M w/ 512mb Dedicated.

 

Just way to jittery and rubber bandy.

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Is it at all possible to move some of the shared system memory over to the dedicated memory? Being an integrated card this is already how it has any dedicated memory at all, so i was wondering if it was possible.