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Mr Krugga · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:16

The only way to see the difference is by turning multisampling off in the Ultra setting and see if there's any difference between High and Ultra on screenshots and in vRAM usage.

Ultra Quality

At Ultra Quality, everything looks better but in a more subtle than dramatic way. The most obvious improvement comes from the 4x MSAA setting which is enabled by default using Ultra Quality. Up until Ultra Quality, all antialiasing is handled by a post processing shader , which though powerful, can miss certain objects. For example, at High Quality, fences and thin lines form crawling patterns when you move passed them. At Ultra Quality, the addition of 4x MSAA removes most of the offensive moiré patterns.

This is what the article says and it has no relevance to the difference between Ultra and High settings. It only talks about antialiasing.

Kosmiche · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:17

I'm enjoying the beta but I put all the graphics settings to their lowest in order to wean maximum fps, but the game still looks gorgeous and runs sluggishly.

Is something wrong with the beta not applying graphics setting properly as the game looks damn good on lowest settings. It even looks like anti aliasing is being used when I have disabled it.

Any help guys?

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:18

Its hard to tell which game is better Graphic wise... HOWEVER... To me BC2 feels very Cartoony and BF3 feels real!!!!!

Locky said:
Gfx: 9/10 but really needs bugs and stability fixing.

Gameplay: 6/10 from the maps I have played it's not great IMO

Audio 10/10 the audio really is stunning IMO.

To be honest and dont take this the wrong way... I'm glad you've said Gameplay is 6/10 because your a COD player thro and thro so by you giving it 6/10 to me says it isn't a cod rip off

Mr Krugga · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:18

Eames said:
I'm enjoying the beta but I put all the graphics settings to their lowest in order to wean maximum fps, but the game still looks gorgeous and runs sluggishly.

Is something wrong with the beta not applying graphics setting properly as the game looks damn good on lowest settings. It even looks like anti aliasing is being used when I have disabled it.

Any help guys?

You're doing it wrong if you can't see the difference.

Thegoon84 said:
Its hard to tell which game is better Graphic wise... HOWEVER... To me BC2 feels very Cartoony and BF3 feels real!!!!!

That is one obvious difference, I much prefer BF3 graphics.

Kosmiche · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:19

It looks better than BC2 with everything set to lowest.

I think something aint right.

DJammyRasta · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:20

Been playing this demo pretty solidly all weekend, am totally hooked... Yes it has issues, not being able to change ur options while dead, the rubbish squad system, the dodgy browser based server system....

But all of these dont really matter when there are bullets and explosions flying, you have killed 3 people with ur m416 and then switched to your pistol to kill 2 more.

Cept for the UMP, anyone that uses that is a bar-steward its waaay too strong!

'Wes · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:22

5870 ordered for tomorrow to go with my current 5870, and goodbye 5970, you caused me a load of problems.

gazzab · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:23

Thegoon84 said:
Its hard to tell which game is better Graphic wise...

What? No it isn't. After playing BF3 for a few hours, returning to BC2 felt like a huge step backwards in the graphics department, no doubt about it.

Clairvoyant · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:24

I have had a look but cant find a fix for no hud when playing fullscreen in eyefinity.

Dale · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:26

'Wes said:
You're right, as my 5870 runs it on Ultra on it's own with AA, and me and my brother were pretty much questioning how that is even possible, so something is wrong with my 5970, and it's not the first time i've had problems with it tbh, i might as well take it out of my system, buy another 5870 if i can, and crossfire them up.

Agreed - 5970 can't even run one monitor on High or Ultra without it messing about. Quite annoyed actually, I'd understand it not being able to play EyeFinity in ultra (my mates PC consists of x2 6970's in Crossfire and that manages 35-40fps in ultra on 5760x1200), but with one monitor!!!! C'mon, that is silly.
As I said, the only thing I can put it down to is the card has 2gb memory, but allows 1gb per GPU.... and maybe that is not enough.

~>Dg<~ · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:26

facepalm to those mentioning caspain graphics

its not the full graphics or even the latest build :confused:

you can tell by the graphics and textures not even on it.

when its released it will look a lot better the object wasnt to make it look awesome when they were testing it other day . think about it have a cigar and relax

'Wes · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:27

I don't smoke.

Calgar117 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:30

I play as Support class and i am abit of a ******* when it comes to C4 i have an awful habit of caking the entire mcomm area with it and wait til its set off to detonate and get a few kills

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:30

gazzab said:
What? No it isn't. After playing BF3 for a few hours, returning to BC2 felt like a huge step backwards in the graphics department, no doubt about it.

Face value i ment.... for example if the above photo was put next to Metro starting area you wouldn't instantly realise which is better. Then when you play it is when it feels so right... like wiping your arse with silk!!!

BTW i got half day 2morrow if a few of you OcUKers fancy an afternoon of my 870 in your face? Give me a shout on Battlelog (Thegoon84 ofc)

dave1983 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:31

if people miss Caspian Boarder, try Heavy Metal on BC2, pretty largish map with tanks and heli's loads of places to hide ect... overall pretty good map.

Yaayuh! · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:32

Mr Krugga said:
This is what the article says and it has no relevance to the difference between Ultra and High settings. It only talks about antialiasing.

Exactly what i was thinking.

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:33

dave1983 said:
if people miss Caspian Boarder, try Heavy Metal on BC2, pretty largish map with tanks and heli's loads of places to hide ect... overall pretty good map.

I didnt like that map and tbh Daveoh i wouldn't compare the two... Heavy metal felt bland and boring with a few houses and trees... Caspian is a large build up area with mini montains, clusters of trees and a total sense of "wow this place is big".

shadowcreaper · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:35

beta looks pretty good though i have no idea why they decided to use metro :rolleyes:

out of interest does overclockers have a caspian server? sinse i really interested to know how people are getting into caspian as it seems like a secret club that only the few people who know other special people can get into

MoRT489 · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:36

Rossi~ said:
Yes, yes it must be. Or you're partially blind?

Think my rose tinted specs got a broken lens

Eames said:
It looks better than BC2 with everything set to lowest.

I think something aint right.

I can't believe this, something is definitely wrong. To me and my brother, both using different specced PCs, we both think sound and gfx are worse than BC2. I feel like the only sane guy in the madhouse :cool:

Maybe DX11 isn't applied, is there a way to force it in an .ini file?

_Jimlad_ · 3 Oct 2011 at 12:40

i think the whole game / look and sound is pretty terrible, have given it a good blast and just hope the rest is better than metro. i will give it a good go on release, but right now would be happy to pay £50 for a load of new BC2 maps/guns/awards