ArmA 3 v. 1.72 - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Year of construction: 2013g.
Genre: Action, 3D, 1st Person, 3rd Person
developer: Bohemia Interactive
Publisher: Bohemia Interactive
ARMA 3 absorbed all the best from previous games in the series and introduced many innovations. The new physics engine will allow the player to control combat operations with unprecedented realism. A new model of vehicle behavior, a wide range of weapons, from the already classic M16 and AK74 to prototypes that have not yet entered widespread use, as well as the long-awaited opportunity for fans of the series to swim underwater. After several years of exhausting war, Europe became the last refuge of NATO forces weakened in battle. Stratis Island has been captured by an enemy from the Middle East and its conquest will guarantee NATO superiority in the region.
Operation Magnitude has begun: a small group of specially trained soldiers, together with undercover scientists, are sent to an island in the Mediterranean Sea. The mission is in danger of collapse! The team is almost completely destroyed, and the main character, Captain Scott Miller, is thrown ashore on an enemy island. It is within his power to complete the operation, but all the dangers of modern warfare, a ruthless environment and the enemy's numerical superiority stand in his way.
| THE GRAFICAL PART |
This subsection of our review highlights the main graphical aspects of this game. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphic settings and the quality of development of the main visual aspects.
| SUPPORTED OS AND GRAPHICS API |
ArmA 3 is supported Windows Vista/7/8 and Windows 10
The priority and main graphics API for ArmA 3 is DirectX 11.
| GAME ENGINE |
The video game ARMA 3 is based on the studio's own engine, Real Virtuality. Real Virtuality is a game engine developed by the Czech company Bohemia Interactive Studio. The original name of the engine was “Poseidon”. The engine is constantly being improved and is used in all Bohemia projects.
Real Virtuality version 1 : The first version of the Real Virtuality engine was first used in the PC-exclusive game Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, which was released in the summer of 2001. After that, it was used to create several add-ons for Operation Flashpoint, as well as in the army simulator Virtual BattleSpace 1 (VBS1). Image output is performed using DirectX 7. The graphics engine uses real-time shading and lighting, high-quality textures for that time, dynamic weather effects and time of day changes. Another feature of the engine is the ability to create large levels, mostly open ones. The sound engine supports dynamic sound simulation, including simulation of sound propagation speed. In addition, there was a built-in proprietary scripting language that contained approximately 350 commands.
Real Virtuality version 2 : Real Virtuality version 2006 first appeared in November 2 with the release of the game Armed Assault. This version of the engine was used in all addons for Armed Assault, as well as in VBS9. In the second version, the game engine began to support DirectX 2. Support for Shader Model 400, High Dynamic Range Rendering, and satellite textures was added to the graphics engine. About XNUMX new commands were added to the scripting language. With this version, real-time streaming resource swapping was introduced in Real Virtuality.
Real Virtuality version 3 : The third version of Real Virtuality was first used in the game ArmA 2, which was released in the summer of 2009. Optimization for running on multi-core processors has been added to the engine. The graphics engine began to use third-generation shaders, bump texturing, parallax texture mapping and hemispherical lighting. The game AI has been significantly improved: a system of gestures, suppressive fire, and a dynamic communication system have been added.
Real Virtuality version 4 : The fourth version of the engine is announced for use in Arma 3 and contains many innovations compared to the previous version. New features include support for Direct3D 11, the nVidia PhysX physics engine and many other improvements, including a more advanced level editor.
| ADVANCED GAME SETTINGS |
ArmA 3 has a very wide range of graphics settings that can be adjusted to almost any configuration. There are basic and advanced settings. A total of 3 graphic menus are used.
Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between the minimum and maximum graphics quality settings.
| DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES |
The difference between the various settings is visible to the naked eye.
| COMPARISON OF SMOOTHING MODES |
Activating anti-aliasing removes the barely visible surface irregularities, but at the same time blurs the image somewhat.
| GENERAL VISUALS AND GAME PHYSICS |
ArmA 3 improves every year, receiving new content and additional missions, so it is quite difficult to call the game outdated. But it’s time for developers to move on to developing newer technologies to get a more impressive effect from the gameplay.
Next, we will move directly to gaming tests and determine what impact this game has on modern computer hardware.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
Test bench No. 1 based on the Intel Socket 2011 platformv3 Test bench No. 2 based on the Intel Socket 2011 platform Test bench No. 3 based on the Intel Socket 1155 platform Test bench No. 4 based on the AMD Soket AM3+ platform Test bench No. 5 based on the Intel Socket 1150 platform |
| Multimedia equipment | Monitor ASUS PQ321QE |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 Pro |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 384.76 AMD Radeon Crimson Edition 17.6.2 |
| Monitoring program |
MSI Afterburner v4.3 FRAPS |
Our graphics cards were tested at separate screen resolutions of 1920x1080, 2560x1600 and 3840x2160 at maximum graphics quality settings. AMD CrossFireX and SLI are currently well supported by the game.
| TEST GPU |
In the video card test, the default resolution is 1920x1080; other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected).
- Very high
When resolved 1920x1080 average FPS in 25 frames were shown by video cards of the Radeon R7 370 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon R9 380X or GeForce GTX 960. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions at the level of Radeon R9 Fury X or GeForce GTX 980.
When resolved 2560x1440 average FPS 25 frames were shown by video cards of the level Radeon R9 380X or GeForce GTX 780. Minimum FPS at least 25 frames can be achieved by video cards of the level Radeon R9 290X or GeForce GTX 970. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be achieved by level solutions Radeon R9 Fury X CF or GeForce GTX 1080.
When resolved 3840x2160 мinimical FPS not less than 25 frames were shown by video cards of the level Radeon R9 Nano or GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Minimum FPS at least 25 frames can be achieved by video cards of the level Radeon RX 480 CF or GeForce GTX 1080.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 with different anti-aliasing settings. By default, the graph displays the most current solutions. Other video cards are added and removed from the chart at the request of the reader.
- Very high
GameGPU
When resolved 1920x1080 Video memory consumption for video cards with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 2500 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 2600 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 2600 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 2500 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 2700 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 Video memory consumption for video cards with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 2900 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 2900 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 3000 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 2900 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 3100 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 Video memory consumption for video cards with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 2700 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 4000 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 4100 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 4100 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 4200 megabytes.
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove or add any processor positions. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given processor tests(by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected).
- Very high
When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames FX-8350 or Core i 3 2100. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be achieved by level solutions R7 1800X or Core i 5 4670.
When using video cards AMD processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames FX-8350 or Core i 3 2100. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be achieved by level solutions R7 1800X or Core i 5 4670.
The load on processor cores is also shown. By default, results for Core i 7 5960X and Ryzen 7 1800X are shown. In the drop-down menu, you can add and remove absolutely any processors at the reader's discretion.
- Very high
GameGPU
The game uses a maximum of 6 computing threads. But it only fully uses the resources of 4 cores.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 7 5960X@4.6 GHz with 32 GB DDR4 2400 MGz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
- Very high
GameGPU
When resolved 1920x1080 RAM consumption of a system by a video card with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 6700 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 6400 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 6100 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 5300 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 6200 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 RAM consumption of a system by a video card with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 6800 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 6700 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 6200 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 5600 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 6300 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 RAM consumption of a system by a video card with 3 gigabytes of onboard memory is 7800 megabytes, with 4 gigabytes 7000 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 6300 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 5800 megabytes and with 11 gigabytes 6400 megabytes.
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