battlefield 3

[larryddd]

Hi
looking forward to battlefield 3, my present card is Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) so if I want to play battlefield 3 on a medium/high setting which cards can you recommend. thanks in advance.

 

[mufcmark]

Budget?

 

[Rich]

Better off waiting.

 

[maklabouhlel]

560 Ti. Top card.

 

[Evoss]

Current Battlefield 3 trailers are done on a Nvidia 580 GTX

 

[Relentless81]

Hold out as long as possible

 

[Garfo]

as above hold out like me

i am still on a 275GTX

 

[larryddd]

thanks for all the replies.as far as budget goes as much as it takes for a really good card as my card is now about three years old.What is the full name of the 560 Ti so I can check it out, or would it be better to wait.

 

[Relentless81]

As I said previously hold out but the 560 is a good choice at the moment, I run a Gigabyte 560 GTX Ti OC and its great, paid £200 for it back in March and runs everything I throw at it. You just dont need £300+ cards in a console ported world unless you want to run games like Metro 2033 at 2560 with all the bells and whistles, games like BC2 I fully max out at 8x AA and I still get tearing

If I could afford it admittedly I would have gotten a 570 but I dont regret my desicion at all

 

[larryddd]

Checked out the 560 it looks a good card, if I waited what new cards are coming below is my build if I go for the 560 will I have to change anything else.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Re Writer
One of your members in the graphic card section recommended the two items below which look very good.
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) [OCZSSD2-1VTX60G]

 

[maklabouhlel]

Should be fine. Just need 2 pcie power.

 

[Relentless81]

Should be fine. Just need 2 pcie power.

As above

 

[paulc25]

Have you overclocked your processor? I would imagine it would bottleneck a 560ti at stock speeds.

 

[larryddd]

thanks for the replies no its not over clocked, so the build would be OK if I went for the 560. What is the 2 pcie power.

 

[Relentless81]

Your power supply needs to be able to provide 2 x 6 pin PCIE lines to the card.

 

[larryddd]

One other thing if I went for the 560 is it just a question of taking the old card out and replacing it.

 

[larryddd]

thanks relentless81 does my power unit have the 2x6 pin lines, sorry for the noob question.

 

[benji182]

One other thing if I went for the 560 is it just a question of taking the old card out and replacing it.

you'd have to remove the drivers and then install the latest ones for the new card.

 

[Jasonst888]

Yes you would take it out, put in the new one...

Then you would wipe the drivers for the old one, use something like driversweeper, its free and good.....could do this first i suppose...then turn off pc and change cards

reboot

install new drivers from nvidia website not from the disc provided

reboot

play

 

[larryddd]

There seem to be several cards 560 Ti under different names, I was looking at this one Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card its out of stock but should be back in again. Or are other brands better.