DayZ: An open-world, perma-death zombie survival game

[wormcode]

I thrashed the shit out of this graphics card...im an idiot. Might just get a new one. Any recommendations for a budget of £50?

Yeah I asked too, check page 4 for some recommendations. I'm leaning towards one of the midrange GeForce GTX series like Electric Head mentioned (thanks). I notice loads of games are catered towards nVidia cards and I've always had good experiences with them. Read some reviews and benchmarks and they hold up quite well.

You mentioned one too, but I guess that's no longer an option.

[Electric_Head]

GTX 550 TI is a very good card IMO.
I have a sandybridge i5 3.5.
I am able to run any game on full specs with many enhancements added.
hi res

[deadly_habit]

well i'm an all out bandit from now on, they seem to have all the luck
got ganked twice in a row by people who lied about being friendly, and both times i had the jump on em

[Trichome]

well i'm an all out bandit from now on, they seem to have all the luck
got ganked twice in a row by people who lied about being friendly, and both times i had the jump on em

playing solo quickly turns you into a bandit.
playing in a group of friends, silently moving between villages and army bases scavenging for parts, quickly turns you into a bandit-killing-machine.

[apmje]

GTX 550 TI is a very good card IMO.
I have a sandybridge i5 3.5.
I am able to run any game on full specs with many enhancements added.
hi res

I am thinking of getting this card when I next get paid.

[Gewze]

pretty much buying a desktop for this

[ascent]

same, but also for arma ii and a bunch of other demanding games

was looking at the 550 ti but i think i will go with a 570 so I could possibly move to sli in the future

[wormcode]

The 550 supports SLI. Not sure about the 550/570, but higher numbers don't always mean better. Sometimes it's just overclocked a bit, or one of them is underclocked for cheaper price.

Best video cards for the money May '12: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gam ... ,3107.html
Check previous months too as you can usually get a high end card from 6 months ago or so that is now on large discount.

[Words]

should this be powerful to run the game smoothly? got everything on lowest settings (looks like a n64 game) and frame rate is still really low. graphics card is nvidia 555 iirc. think i need to upgrade something but not sure what. terrible at this sort of thing

[deadly_habit]

well i'm an all out bandit from now on, they seem to have all the luck
got ganked twice in a row by people who lied about being friendly, and both times i had the jump on em

playing solo quickly turns you into a bandit.
playing in a group of friends, silently moving between villages and army bases scavenging for parts, quickly turns you into a bandit-killing-machine.

i've played in groups, i really wanna get a nice lil clan together
have a couple people posted up watching place sniping and a couple runners getting what's needed
but i did have fun this morning camping a tower in elektro and sniping everyone who came in sight

also sli/crossfire tends to be garbage and you're usually better off getting a new single gpu

[Trichome]

should this be powerful to run the game smoothly? got everything on lowest settings (looks like a n64 game) and frame rate is still really low. graphics card is nvidia 555 iirc. think i need to upgrade something but not sure what. terrible at this sort of thing

you need to upgrade your graphics card. I have an ATI Radeon 6870 which is about 140 quid but really good for the money.
check that "best graphics cards for the money" link above.
edit: my card is in that list, I would REALLY recommend it.

[deadly_habit]

yea i do need to upgrade i'm only running an ati radeon hd 5770 1gb super overclock

this game does put a strain on your system

[Trichome]

yea i do need to upgrade i'm only running an ati radeon hd 5770 1gb super overclock

this game does put a strain on your system

well the 6870 was designed as a direct replacement of the 5770, and the 6870 is capable of small overclocks if you get one with good cooling.
really good card, look at some reviews/data on it if you're going to upgrade.

[deadly_habit]

heh yeah i just replaced my heatsink today, don't feel like opening my case up again (aka taking it out of the rack) for a hot minute

[wobbles]

i havent found one item in the game, everytime i search a body i have no idea how to pick shit up, every building is empty wat da fuq

[deadly_habit]

play the tutorials to get a hang for the inventory, as far as finding shit... you have to know where to look, or just kill people and loot em
was just on for a quick 30-40 min session
popped one guy in his head for his winchester (he also had a compass i think)
then headed to the airfield and got the drop on a guy camping for bandits, killed him and did a quick loot run, now i'm fully decked out with everything but the best backpack, a flashlight or nvgs, gps and i'd really rather have a high end sniper rifle rather than the m16a2 m203, but it'll do for now and off into the wilderness i went
oh and i have enough medical and duplicate tools to outfit a friend to even if we do get messed up

[deadly_habit]

oh yeah and since errybody luvs some eye candy and proof (have to link since i play at 1080p)

[wormcode]

lol deadly, have you been killed since then?

I hope they add some kind of stashes like STALKER where you can hide and keep loot, and place a GPS beacon to find it later. I love that. Also if you search some dead bodies, maybe the first person to find the body gets the coordinates to their stash.

Here's the suggestions forum: http://dayzmod.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=7

Urgent Feature Request: Drinking own piss.

[deadly_habit]

since then, nope!

they already have that it's server specific and called a tent (they also make good bait to lure people in to snipe)

[wormcode]

Yeah I noticed that later after reading through the suggestions forum. It seems they actually add some requests, good to know. A lot of devs totally ignore the users.