I recently reformatted my system so:
- Fresh install of Win8.1
- Fresh install of Steam
- Fresh install of DayZ
I have:
- Verified integrity of game cache
- Manually reinstalled BattleEye
- Disabled anti-virus programs
- Ran in compatibility mode for Win XP and Win 7
- Verified that the game is running on the NVIDIA graphics card.
- Updated to v0.53.126384 (the issue persists)
Launch options I have tried (individually and in various combinations):
-windowed
-world=empty
-nosplash
-skipintro
-CpuCount=4
-maxMem=2047
-winxp