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Will upgrading to a 2500k + do anything for BF3?

4gb of 800mhz ram? I'd agree with a previous poster that this in fact your weakest link atm.

What's wrong with playing with High settings if it makes it run properly? I don't see a difference in-game between High and Ultra except some more shadows :S Does it affect gameplay somehow?

I think you're just looking for an excuse to buy stuff :P :P ;)
 
insejn said:
4gb of 800mhz ram? I'd agree with a previous poster that this in fact your weakest link atm.

What's wrong with playing with High settings if it makes it run properly? I don't see a difference in-game between High and Ultra except some more shadows :S Does it affect gameplay somehow?

I think you're just looking for an excuse to buy stuff :P :P ;)
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Yea your right. It does play fine on Auto settings.

Auto is all high with textures on Ultra.

800Mhz ram is the fastest my mobo supports.

I though it was only a few fps difference between 800mhz and say 1600mhz in terms of games?

Im debating jumping to an IB set up when it turns up, but was wondering if I would get any bump in performance by keeping my 5870.
 
Maybe it isn't as CPU limited as other games, but a faster CPU will definitely give you more FPS.
I tend to run my games on medium settings so im on the plus side of 100FPS maybe on a 60hz screen where you will be cranking more detail up to get your moneys worth the GPU will be the bottleneck.
 
opethdisciple said:
Yea your right. It does play fine on Auto settings.

Auto is all high with textures on Ultra.

800Mhz ram is the fastest my mobo supports.

I though it was only a few fps difference between 800mhz and say 1600mhz in terms of games?

Im debating jumping to an IB set up when it turns up, but was wondering if I would get any bump in performance by keeping my 5870.
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Ah right, I didn't remember they run that memory, my bad :)

The difference in just memory is most likely not huge, it's when it's paired with the mobo/cpu upgrade together that you notice the boost.

After googling a bit, there's a Swedish site (DICE is Swedish too) that says Hyperthreading is a major performance boost in BF3. Some other sites say Quads are the same as the Hyperthreading ones for it. Some site quoted some Powerpoints from DICE themselves where they showcase that BF3 in fact utilizes all "8" cores of an i7/Hyperthreading CPU.

Easiest would be if you found someone with your card to compare with I guess :) Ask in the BF3 thread in PC Games?
 
This comparison is from the beta, but I dont think its any different for the current game:

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i5-2500K @ 3.30Ghz is lower than a 2.66 Ghz i7-920, ~700Mhz difference there. Would support that HT is more important than clock speed.
 
if i were you id go xfire with your 5870, i think thats the cheapest option,all the other components arnt as important,should last you few more years then upgrade to ivybridge when prices come down
 
wazza300 said:
if i were you id go xfire with your 5870, i think thats the cheapest option,all the other components arnt as important,should last you few more years then upgrade to ivybridge when prices come down
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hmmm

I have a 2Gb version 5870 which means finding another one will be tough.

And really I want to avoid multi card setups...
 
bhavv said:
This comparison is from the beta, but I dont think its any different for the current game
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That is with high quality settings, turning the quality down and reducing the load on GPU will result in bigger differences between frame rates of a low clocked cpu and a highly overclocked one.
 
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