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BF3 is a well made game, it runs very smoothly at max settings and uses gpu's well.

Other games like crysis 2 maxed out, EATS gpu power. Not to mention Metro 2033 which as an absolute pig.

If you are serious and want to run 1440p res with everything on. You will need at least 2x 670's.

Anything less will be as hot as as the sun running at 100% and not even making 60fps.

I ran 2x 580's and the new 6 series stuff is much better, regardless of anything new around the corner.

My goal when i game is as much settings as max as possible and >60fps at highest resolution with vsync. No heat and noise is a bonus.
 
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Boomstick777 said:
GK110 is likely to end up as GTX 780 and I highly doubt Nvidia will stray from there pricing, Nvidia's flagship card is always around £400 - £450...
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what you're ignoring is dollar to pound pricing - GTX 280 was $660 when it first came out so a price of £430 seems quite fair compared with $499 = £430 (because the exchange rate at the time was about 1.8:1 compared to 1.55:1 now)

distributors in the UK buy in at the dollar price, so it will be largely dependent on what the dollar price and what the exchange rate is at the time... if it stays largely the same as it is now then I wouldn't be suprised to see $650+ = £550+, if somehow the exchange rate swings back in our favour then yeah it could well be a lower UK price by comparison
 
Two 670's under water will be fine.

For BF3 I think the clocks you need to hit 60fps min will be in the region of 1.225GHZ, you will just need to experiment.

To test just go onto a fully loaded 64 player server which is on Gulf Of Oman. Slap all settings to ultra and set POV to 90.

PS. I run the Hazro 27inch screen, it is much better than the current 1600p screens due to the higher pixel density and colour reproduction. Only problem is that the stand is a joke so, budget for a stand. I would go for the more expensive 27 model Hazro do with the additional inputs.
 
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WesleyBurns said:
If you are serious and want to run 1440p res with everything on. You will need at least 2x 670's.

Anything less will be as hot as as the sun running at 100% and not even making 60fps.
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That's just not true, maybe you were cpu limited, my 480's can max BF3 no probs, 60fps+ all day long lol. There's other people posting here that can max BF3 with GTX 580 SLI, there must have been something wrong with your rig...
 
not cpu limited.. BF3 as i said is an easy game to run in max settings.

I was talking in the broader sense of more demanding games.

Try crysis 2 in DX11 in ultra settings at 1440p...
 
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Boomstick777 said:
That's just not true, maybe you were cpu limited, my 480's can max BF3 no probs, 60fps+ all day long lol. There's other people posting here that can max BF3 with GTX 580 SLI, there must have been something wrong with your rig...
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Not going to be CPU limited on a i7 3820 @ 4.5 ghz :p
 
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That's just not true, maybe you were cpu limited, my 480's can max BF3 no probs, 60fps+ all day long lol. There's other people posting here that can max BF3 with GTX 580 SLI, there must have been something wrong with your rig...
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It cannot.

Run a fraps caputure in the settings I posted in last post (64 player Gulf) and stick them up.

Here is what 7970's do at stock with a 3930k at 4.5GHZ. Add 10% for 680's.

1 x 7970 - 23fps
2 x 7970 - 46fps
3 x 7970 - 70fps

Here is the fraps capture for 2 x 7970 overclocked:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21781172&postcount=46
 
Besty keeps telling me over and over that I cannot play BF3 @ 1440p with a single GTX680, and every day keep doing it anyway. If you're the sensitive type that gets nauseous with anything less than 60fps, but demands max settings on everything then yep you will need SLI or CF. Otherwise you can run a single GTX680 with FFXA, everything else maxed, and it will be smooth as silk across all maps. I know this because I use and do this.
 
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Besty keeps telling me over and over that I cannot play BF3 @ 1440p with a single GTX680, and every day keep doing it anyway. If you're the sensitive type that gets nauseous with anything less than 60fps
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I notice drops to 45 FPS and under (from previous experience with a HD6870) and it's certainly not what I'd want if I was chucking that much cash at a set-up.
 
I love the amount of money people are prepared to chuck at BF3. 3 x 7970 well over a grands worth of GPU's. Madness.... :eek:

If it's so bad at 1440p why is mine ok. It may drop the fps but it plays fine and I have it at max settings. Even on the above mentioned 64 player map mine still maintains a smooth and judder free game. Are you sure something else is not affecting your game ? As with the figures above you would expect to see it chug quite a bit..
 
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If it's so bad at 1440p why is mine ok. It may drop the fps but it plays fine and I have it at max settings. Even on the above mentioned 64 player map mine still maintains a smooth and judder free game. Are you sure something else is not affecting your game ? As with the figures above you would expect to see it chug quite a bit..
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Being 'fine' is hugely subjective though. You might think yours is fine because you're not prepared to throw more money on a second card - this is fine.

I can't find a reputable 1440p review anywhere quickly but taking a 1600p review and adding on a fairly generous percentage still only gives an average of 35-40 FPS on a single 7970. That is not an acceptable frame rate for me personally and probably the same for a lot of people here.

By disabling MSAA and enabling FXAA you can alleviate that somewhat but still not to a level I would be happy with. And this is coming from somebody who played with a HD 6870 on a mixture of settings to achieve 45-70 FPS in BF3 @ 1200p prior to upgrading so not exactly your run of the mill high end user....
 
people are talking cross purposes here, some people are talking about BF3 on maximum settings and others are talking about max minus AA or 2xAA or something... which is fine IF that is how you want to play the game

it gets very confusing for someone wanting information if people are not transparent about what they mean and instead post up in defense of their chosen purchase and start throwing in words like "the extra isn't WORTH it"

worth is entirely subjective, as is whether 45 or 60fps is considered smooth and acceptable

it would really help if people didn't talk in subjective terms like worth or I don't notice and instead talk in terms of absolutes like "never drops below 60fps" or "sometimes dips to 45fps" but also be explicit in terms of what settings they are lowering, especially AA to get those frame rates

I don't have a 1440/1600p monitor, but I am planning on getting one, trying it with one card but planning on having to buy a 2nd... I would hate to take someones advice on here and spend that money on something else only to find out that I did need a 2nd card to actually be able to max out a particular game and be happy with the fps it runs at

granted other people might be happy to turn down some settings or be happy with FPS dips to 45 or whatever, but this needs to be clearly stated when you dish out advice, I think

Wucked's post is quite comprehensive in this fact I think as he has stated that he doesn't lock to 60fps and is also running FXAA only with no MSAA
people can then take a view on whether they agree that FXAA only and FPS dips are acceptable

@Boomstick, What AA levels are you running?
 
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I'm quite happy to spend the money on a second card but to me personally it's not worth it as everything runs ok.
I understand that people will have different opinions on what is acceptable I'm just trying to say if you intend to go 1440p and have a 7970 or 680 and are considering another it might be worth trying with one first and seeing how it is for you. If it's not acceptable you can buy another card and if it is you have saved a few quid...
 
I think he's playing without MSAA which would make his FPS' higher, say averages of 60's with dips to 40's, which the combination of dips and lower settings wouldn't be acceptable to me, but each to their own
 
Just tried it with all settings max and 4xAA 2560x1440.. My cpu is at 4.8ghz, 16gb ram and 7970 @ 1200/1500. Game installed to my OCZ Agility 3 SSD.

64 player map with 53 players my lowest was 43fps and highest was 83fps with an average of 58fps.. Never saw anything near 20fps I think it dipped into the 30's briefly at worst.

It all looked perfectly smooth to me although there was a tiny bit of stutter when a tank blew up in front of me.

I'm uploading the video to youtube but it's huge and could take a while. I will post a link when it's done.
 
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MOOGLEYS said:
Just tried it with all settings max and 4xAA 2560x1440.. My cpu is at 4.8ghz, 16gb ram and 7970 @ 1200/1500. Game installed to my OCZ Agility 3 SSD.

64 player map with 53 players my lowest was 43fps and highest was 83fps with an average of 58fps.. Never saw anything near 20fps I think it dipped into the 30's briefly at worst.

It all looked perfectly smooth to me although there was a tiny bit of stutter when a tank blew up in front of me.

I'm uploading the video to youtube but it's huge and could take a while. I will post a link when it's done.
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When we say maxed it means field of view 90, HBAO, 16X and 4 x and motion on, at 2560 x1440. XFX 7970 xfire at 1125mhz 1575mhz can do this with vsync on at 60fps all day long, you just kidding your self, you think 20 to 83 fps better i dont think so, so no one 7970 cannot play BF3, you may as well drop it to 1920 x 1080.
 
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