BF3 Beta FPS thread

WingZero30 · 29 Sep 2011 at 00:56

Franco_cov said:
Well I have been playing the Beta for the past 2 days and what a game indeed

I have HD4870's in xfire with a i7 920 o/c'd to 4ghz with 6gb ddr 3 ram and I have set everything to Ultra and restarted the game to ensure setting are applied and I was getting around 14fps which is not really ideal Obviously my textures was on low but that may be down to my cards being dx10 and not 11??

I have also installed the latest optimsed driver from ATI for BF3.

So I agree I think the graphic settings are there to be done but think they must be capped because to be fair I was not expecting my setup to run the game never lone play it lol?

Not enough Vram

My 1GB 5850 can handle ultra settings but runs out of 1GB vram.

I would say 2GB vram is needed to play this game smoothly.

dalehitchy1 · 29 Sep 2011 at 01:46

I just bought a 6950 2gb for eyfinity .... Wasnt expecting 60 fps... But was hoping for somewhere around 30

Guess I was being way to optimistic .... But even if I crossfired (which I cnt until I update mobo aswell) I wouldn't say it was that much better... Feel like my gpu is rele dated already .... Upgrade to the 7xxx series soon by the looks of it .. Mre money

tommybhoy · 29 Sep 2011 at 01:59

dalehitchy1 said:
I just bought a 6950 2gb for eyfinity .... Wasnt expecting 60 fps... But was hoping for somewhere around 30

Guess I was being way to optimistic .... But even if I crossfired (which I cnt until I update mobo aswell) I wouldn't say it was that much better... Feel like my gpu is rele dated already .... Upgrade to the 7xxx series soon by the looks of it .. Mre money

Way, way optimistic.

You should take a look at the play through videos for the PC and compare it to the 360 version and see how dated it looks!

gurusan · 29 Sep 2011 at 02:04

well I get close to 40FPS average with everything maxed out and 8xAA 16x AF on an overclocked 5850. A 6950 should get at least similar or better

slade · 29 Sep 2011 at 04:55

I get 40-65 now ultra @ 1080p x4AA x8 on CB map.

Mem usage is 1200+ in MSI AB

liamcrane · 29 Sep 2011 at 05:19

thingemajib said:
anyone got any results on a 5770 or equivilent and/or at 1600x900?

I play at a similar resolution as you mate 1600x900 with my 5850 gonna overclock it to 825/1100. Still running my trusty 10.3 drivers though

wonder how they will cope trying to run BF3 the run BF2 flawless on high settings

gurusan said:
well I get close to 40FPS average with everything maxed out and 8xAA 16x AF on an overclocked 5850. A 6950 should get at least similar or better

What have you overclocked your 5850 to mate? I must admit when i play through the campaign i want the highest settings i can have at my resolution but for mulitplayer why would people want the highest settings? i understand we all want it to look nice but as long as the gameplay is good on multiplayer i dont mind the odd drop in graphical detail

N00bbuilder79 · 29 Sep 2011 at 06:38

This runs fine on a Q9650 and a GTX280.

thingemajib · 29 Sep 2011 at 06:51

liamcrane said:
I play at a similar resolution as you mate 1600x900 with my 5850 gonna overclock it to 825/1100. Still running my trusty 10.3 drivers though wonder how they will cope trying to run BF3 the run BF2 flawless on high settings

cool, give us a shout if you get any results, i dont get home till december so ill have to envy all of you lot whilst my copy is sitting on my desk at home

iirc my 5770 could hit 925/1250 without issue but i dont think it made a huge difference to anything it struggled with :/

Perhaps if amd do manage to get there 7xxx out before i come home ill try and pick up something as its generally cheaper in the US...

Scania · 29 Sep 2011 at 08:52

Hmm, some interesting results thus far, am I right in my thinking that with a GTX480 (sig not updated yet) and a relatively low rez monitor (1680x1050) I should be able to run very high settings?

Time will tell......

CraigN · 29 Sep 2011 at 08:55

It runs fine on consoles because they only run DX9 equivalent.

They have in them a GFX card roughly around the power of a X1900 ATi or a Geforce 7800.

PCM2 · 29 Sep 2011 at 09:39

Rumour has it that Caspian Border (which is included on the Beta but not 'activate' straight away) will be playable in the near future. Would be interesting to know performance on this level as it's a bit more expansive. Maybe more of a strain on the CPU side of things but it would be an interesting comparison.

wilders · 29 Sep 2011 at 09:46

N00bbuilder79 said:
This runs fine on a Q9650 and a GTX280.

Really???? Thats basically my system.....oooh, i might not have to upgrade just yet then!!!!

toxic · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:13

This thing is ....everyone want to run it flat out...but if you are competitive gamer and getting the best results and performnace from the game...most people will drop all the effects and use minimum settings to get the best framerates posssible. Too much effects means more smoke and other crap that reduce visibility which is not a good thing. Most clan matches are played with most having the settings all tweaked and set at minimum.

BaDBoY_uK · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:13

Game is buggy as hell! Falling through the floor. Caspian is good but I cannot set vehicle controls!

Bobisuruncle54 · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:23

toxic said:
This thing is ....everyone want to run it flat out...but if you are competitive gamer and getting the best results and performnace from the game...most people will drop all the effects and use minimum settings to get the best framerates posssible. Too much effects means more smoke and other crap that reduce visibility which is not a good thing. Most clan matches are played with most having the settings all tweaked and set at minimum.

This should be banned tbh, at least on pubs. The visual effects are part of the game, and certain elements are supposed to be obstacles that you need to deal with, not switch off so you can avoid them completely.

When playing BC2 I wondered why smoke grenades sometimes weren't effective, turns out that it's was much easier to spot players in the smoke running the game at minimum settings.

If anything, lower settings should make it more difficult to see other players.

arc@css · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:42

What's the cut off date / point to download the beta?

V_R · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:47

Would i be mad if i got another 580 for BF3? I play at 1920x1200, spec in sig......

smogsy · 29 Sep 2011 at 11:00

found somthing nice today

i was getting 40-60fps on BF3 on my 570GTX noticed my temp were at 83c so turned on MSI FAN profile. dropped down to 70c and was getting 80-100fps

toxic · 29 Sep 2011 at 11:03

Bobisuruncle54 said:
This should be banned tbh, at least on pubs. The visual effects are part of the game, and certain elements are supposed to be obstacles that you need to deal with, not switch off so you can avoid them completely.

When playing BC2 I wondered why smoke grenades sometimes weren't effective, turns out that it's was much easier to spot players in the smoke running the game at minimum settings.

If anything, lower settings should make it more difficult to see other players.

why should it be banned. You may not have a good enough PC to play at higher than low settings. I was just stating a fact really...the more serious gamers here will lower settings for definite. although...higher FPS makes for beter reactions and accuracy usually in most FPS games.

Vir · 29 Sep 2011 at 11:11

Can't wait to try it out tonight on my i7 920 + GTX 480 although.... I'm kinda scared my Hazro HZ27WC @ 2560x1440 is gonna be a real problem for the graphics card

Don't really feel like turning it down to 1920x1080 but we'll see I guess...