Battlefield 3 upgrade

mewhome · 17 Sep 2011 at 18:25

6950 CF should be enough. you never know when are the new cards gonna come

Virt · 17 Sep 2011 at 18:52

The beta should be out before the end of the month - if you have pre-ordered you'll be able to access it. That should give you a good indication of what you'll need to run the game.

arc@css · 17 Sep 2011 at 19:21

Wait until it's out.

1kiwi · 17 Sep 2011 at 20:46

Beta is out any day now so just wait. Think DICE have been running SLI 580s for their own demos so that will give you some idea....

Jono8 · 17 Sep 2011 at 21:21

Seen as the game isnt out till the end of October, the only sensible option now is to wait on news on the next gen. I think the 7 series is likely to be released Q4 2011.

KNiVES · 17 Sep 2011 at 22:38

If your rig is the sort that can run Bad Company 2 at full maximum settings at 60fps+ (which it is) it'll be fine.

WingZero30 · 18 Sep 2011 at 06:39

VortX said:
The only information we have is an NVIDIA spokeman saying "2x 580GTX will run the game flat out no problem". Then again, it was NVIDIA that said a 8800GTX would run Crysis flat out no problem, what a joke that was!

Really? lol

OP best to wait till beta is out. That would give you more solid info about your current setup performanc.

Full game is only about 5 weeks away. I am sure you can manage to get by those 5 weeks

aceofspadesrob · 18 Sep 2011 at 11:27

in alpha 5850 played it well few stutters but that may just be cos the game isnt optimised at that time, any high end gfx card should run it fine with decent rates. to the op why not get 2x 2gb 6950s or 70s and get a new psu to run it, cheaper option than a 6990

mikeo · 18 Sep 2011 at 13:52

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6950 CF should be enough. you never know when are the new cards gonna come

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VortX · 18 Sep 2011 at 15:03

WingZero30 said:
Really? lol

OP best to wait till beta is out. That would give you more solid info about your current setup performanc.

Full game is only about 5 weeks away. I am sure you can manage to get by those 5 weeks

Yup, it was at the NVIDIA 8 series launch event if I remember rightly. They demoed Crysis on a single 8800GTX at max settings with DX10 and it ran like a dream and they said that Crysis runs perfectly on the 8800GTX. It was that Cevet Yerli guy from Crytek who first made the statement which was then repeated by NVIDIA numerous times. That was until the Demo/BETA was launched of course.

WingZero30 · 18 Sep 2011 at 16:08

VortX said:
Yup, it was at the NVIDIA 8 series launch event if I remember rightly. They demoed Crysis on a single 8800GTX at max settings with DX10 and it ran like a dream and they said that Crysis runs perfectly on the 8800GTX. It was that Cevet Yerli guy from Crytek who first made the statement which was then repeated by NVIDIA numerous times. That was until the Demo/BETA was launched of course.

Lol Nvidia got duped by Crytek.

Angel_Rex · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:28

The way I see it.....

My 4890 pcs+ 975mhz oc core is about 5-9 god slower than an ATI 5850.

5850 is about 5fps slower than an ATI 6870.

If I were to upgrade other than dx11 I can only afford 150 quid which would be a 6870 and around 12fos better tham my card now.... I only game at 1680*1050. I'll buy win7 first and see how I go.

gurusan · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:31

Your rig will play BF3 fine. The only reason I'm going to upgrade my rig is because I want new 28nm hotness....and it sounds like that's not going to be possible until after BF3 is released anyway.

Angel_Rex · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:34

gurusan said:
Your rig will play BF3 fine. The only reason I'm going to upgrade my rig is because I want new 28nm hotness....and it sounds like that's not going to be possible until after BF3 is released anyway.

I hope so

I'm looking at playing BF3, MW3 & counterstrike global offensive.

The only one I was worried about was bf3 but judging the 4890 plays bf: bc2 fine at medium, im hoping this will do the same.

ScottMC7000 · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:00

Angel_Rex said:
I hope so

I'm looking at playing BF3, MW3 & counterstrike global offensive.

The only one I was worried about was bf3 but judging the 4890 plays bf: bc2 fine at medium, im hoping this will do the same.

Interesting, I'm able to play at maximum settings on BFBC2 (graphic content depending) on my Nvidia Palit GTS 250 1 gig card at 1080p, but then I'm running an I7 920 CPU.

Angel_Rex · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:44

ScottMC7000 said:
Interesting, I'm able to play at maximum settings on BFBC2 (graphic content depending) on my Nvidia Palit GTS 250 1 gig card at 1080p, but then I'm running an I7 920 CPU.

I used to have an ATI 4850 and had BF:bc2 set to medium with that. In all honesty I thought the medium setting looked ok and never though about changing it when I was given the 4890 PCS+ to high.... I might give it a whirl later on

Is there anyway in game u can check the FPS in bc2? or do you have to use fraps etc?

In multiplayer games I always leave off AA & AF and normally set graphics to high or medium.

so in bfbc2 I have the resolution set to 1680*1050 & medium. I'll try this on high later on.

setter · 19 Sep 2011 at 19:22

Fraps or msi afterburner will display fps on screen in game.

Masterdeadly · 20 Sep 2011 at 15:29

After seeing this
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)

Decided to buy another 6950

mad_weegie · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:26

Wouldnt buy anything till beta is out and test the game on your system.

kinger8938 · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:51

i recently got a second 6950 (2gb) and am extremely happy with it in all games soo far, so i hope bf3 runs well