http://day0.com.au/forum/arma/638-arma-3-performance-tweaks-and-settings-guide This is a link to a thread that has a compilation of tips to get ARMA 3 running better as well as a breakdown of all options in the video settings menu. If also has a very useful config file edit which changes the max number of pre-rendered frame to something sensible to relieve CPU stress. The Bohemia Interactive default is 1000?!?! Should be 4 or less. I personally found 2 to be the sweet spot, 1 seemed to be roughly the same fps but more erratic over a wider range. In testing in the main menu out of game I got 88-92 fps using this guide. So compare that to what you have now. MP king of the hill I got 55 fps at spawn in a 60/70 person server. Will test it out more
I might add on a few useful keybinds I use for arma 3 as well some people might find useful. To do all these keybinds you will first have to unbind the buttons from their original bindings and these are for mouse with 5 buttons or more. I have bound my toggle gps to my middle mouse button instead of ctrl+m, I have bound switch to pistol from main weapon to mouse button 5, now you don't need to scroll through the menu to switch in a firefight as if you are injured you will default to treat yourself. I have bound free look to mouse button 4 from alt key. This is because I use tab for TS as it is not used in ARMA 3 MP, so you can't accidentally alt tab out or mix up something. I also find it useful holding the button while moving the mouse to look instead of holding a button on the keyboard. These may or may not be useful to people, but you can make more convenient key binds in arma 3 than the default ones. The gps toggle one makes it easier for me to remember to do it after each respawn and the pistol one is to avoid choosing the wrong action and getting killed in a close range firefight.
I like most of these buttons. For fixed winged aircraft, I've mapped my mouse to do my pitch and yaw while my W and S keys are set for throttle and A and D controls the roll. ... Although maybe I should fix it so that it'll be like flying in Planetside. (No wait, that is a fucking AWFUL idea!) I still use most of the default controls, although I found out that caps lock is my voice comms in game. @.@ I should remap that.
