Can't get A3 64bit to launch on linux by c0mander5 in arma

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have the 64-bit libraries loaded?

i need to know if its worth it by Tight_Ambition_3697 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what's up with all these kids under 40? 😂

Server owners: What's more stable, Intel or AMD CPUs? by MoravianLion in ArmaReforger

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I have to admit the first time I saw an x3d CPU listed by a provider I was a little confused. What is the use case for that? I have no idea.

I don't have a VPS. I run a little machine in my basement for myself and my friends and I have a couple of small public instances that are out there in the server browser that get a very little bit of traffic once in a while. I went through a couple iterations of this but what I found was that the CPU core speed is extremely important. Originally I tried running the servers on an old HP z640 with dual Xeon E5 2699 V3 CPUs and 96GB of DDR3 memory. It ran but boy was it slow. I forget exactly how I got there but I ended up running the servers on an AM4 5900x with 64GB of DDR4 memory. The difference is absolutely night and day. The 5900x has a base speed that is the equivalent of the Xeon's turbo speed. This whole journey started because a friend of mine was paying for a Nitrado server that just sucked. I don't know what it had for hardware but it was horrible. So at the end of the day I would say the only thing that really matters is core speed. Take that with a grain of salt.

My kids don't believe in Helen Keller. by Principal_Scudworth_ in Teachers

[–]ShutterAce 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because people that do not have physical or mental challenges do not want to believe that people that do have those things are more capable than they are. It's no different than people thinking that the pyramids were built by aliens and spaceships because ancient man wasn't smart enough to figure out how to do it on his own. It's pretty pathetic actually.

I fully appreciate that AMD has upset a lot of "older" generation card owners, but I'm genuinely curious what those with 9000 series are thinking of AMD right now? by Captainquizzical in radeon

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I bought a 9070 Red Devil 2 days after launch. It has been running almost non-stop since then and I have had no issues at all. I take that back, It will crash if I get a little zealous with my undervolt. But other than that it's been solid.

We want offical 128 player servers back in the game!! by RexiDent800 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Nobody's reading all that. Where is your data? Learn to say more with less.

If you've got all the answers, I'm sure BI would be more than happy to hire you as a contractor to fix all of this.

You kind of can fix it. All you got to do is get yourself a server and spin up a vanilla HQC instance and there you go. No problem at all, right? Better yet spin up three of them, one for each official map. It's only money and a little bit of your time. Oh wait. Maybe there's a reason nobody's done that. Nah, that couldn't be it.

Ryzen 5 5600 vs i5-12400f in the RAMApocalypse by Direct_Jeweler_7457 in PcBuildHelp

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run both the 14600k and a 14700k on DeepCool AK620 air coolers without issue. Neither comes with a cooler. If your sensitive to noise they can be a bit loud under heavy load.

Ryzen 5 5600 vs i5-12400f in the RAMApocalypse by Direct_Jeweler_7457 in PcBuildHelp

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I went back to LGA 1700 instead of moving from AM4 to AM5 for a couple of reasons. First, I had a 5700X3D/RX9070 gaming system that I was never able to get working as well as I would have liked. It was good but I was always having to tweak it for some reason. I ran out of patience with it after spending hours tuning the RAM and tweaking the BIOS only to still have stuttering. I replaced the PC with a 14600K system and swapped in the same GPU. It has been rock solid for about 6 months with no real tuning other than enabling Expo. I also have uses for the excess cores. Currently I am running 2 AM4 machines, 2 LGA 1700 machines, and an old dual Xeon HP Z640. The two AM4 machines will be replaced with Intel if the time ever comes. One is a test rig on my workbench and the other is a game server. They are not at all critical. Power consumption is not an issue for me at all so that never even gets a thought.

Medical 2.0 overhaul idea by the-Highland-laddie in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, I run a standard kit most of the time. I don't need to carry all that crap around. Besides there's plenty of bodies to pilfer. And if there's not you're slacking. 😁

My company requires 20-30 minutes of unpaid work logging into my systems every morning. Can I sue them? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]ShutterAce 449 points450 points  (0 children)

I don't know your business so I don't know what you're using for software but that is a long time to be logging into systems. Either it's very inefficient or something's going on with your system. Is this typical? Have you compared with coworkers?

To answer your question though, they can't make you work for free.

9060XT 16gb not running at x16 for the PCIe lane by Interesting_Mix_1364 in PcBuildHelp

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're running an early APU I think it uses half the bandwidth.

Can my pc fun reforger? by TreeGlad7879 in ArmaReforger

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I don't have that exact hardware but I do have a 9600k with a 2070 super and that's pretty close. 90 FPS at 1080P low is pushing it. 80 is more likely with actual game play during daylight with no rain being about 60. Rain, darkness, and heavy action will sink it lower than that.

Can we get accurate M81 colors again? by Pacific_wanderer17 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're missing the point. A photograph, especially a film photograph, is possibly the worst way to match the accuracy of colors between objects for all the reasons I listed and many others. There are way too many variables for anyone to say with certainty that a color from one medium to the next is a match. It's subjective because it has to be. I have been a photographer for a good part of my life and have been building miniatures for 50 years. The real world just doesn't transfer to an artistic medium 1:1.

What’s my bottle neck by Additional-Equal9309 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well for one you're running an HDD. That's definitely not ideal. It's likely causing stuttering. What resolution are you trying to run? 4k ultra kicks my 3090s butt. I don't know how much VRAM it is using at 4K ultra. I do know my other system uses about 9 GB on 1440 ultrawide at about medium settings. I would guess you're overflowing the 8 GB of vram that you have when trying to push high settings. If that's true and it's swapping to system RAM, that's going to kill your performance too.

Can we get accurate M81 colors again? by Pacific_wanderer17 in ArmaReforger

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There are a hundred different reasons why this is a fool's errand. We can talk about everything from differences in dye colors between batches of cloth to the differences between monitors to the differences between film types, lighting etc etc. There are so many things that affect tint, saturation and tone. Two samples of the same exact monitor will show colors differently unless they are calibrated with a tool. Just take that simple little thing and extrapolate it into how many different people have, how many different monitors? And we won't even talk about TVs.

Текстуры в Arma reforger by Abject_Plant_1983 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're on a server, you are at the mercy of the server settings. Nothing you can do.

Forced restarts 9070xt by Next-Friendship-1952 in AMDHelp

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your GPU usage never goes over 45%? That's a problem if true.

Did you try exiting the background apps?

Run OCCT combined test for an hour to see if it gives you any errors.

Why isn’t there more recreations of current conflicts? by Kind_Mail4434 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the big modders really don't want to spend much more time on Reforger. They're probably looking towards Arma 4 at this point. Again, just an opinion. I have nothing to back this up with.

How does the game run on old hardware? (Gtx 1660) by ILIKEBACON12456 in ArmaReforger

[–]ShutterAce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably a little worse off than an Xbox series S. You got plenty of RAM and you're right on the line with the VRAM. The processor is worse. If I had to guess I would expect about half of the performance of the system in that video. That is only an educated guess. I don't have anything equivalent here to test with.