84% Of Gamers Do Not Meet Recommended Spec for BF3

harmony · 26 Sep 2011 at 04:29

Source: http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/612-players-dont-meet-bf3-recommended-spec

GTX 580/AMD 6990: You will be able to play at maximum settings and possibly even be able to support multi-monitor setups (though may require reduced shaders or AA).

GTX 570/AMD 6970: You can play at near-max, if not max, settings but will not easily support multi-monitor or 3D effects without decreasing quality.

GTX 560/AMD 6870: You will need to reduce anti-aliasing and ambient occlusion; you may need to reduce shaders on large servers.

GTX 460/AMD 5830: You will need to massively reduce anti-aliasing and may need to disable soft shadows, bloom, or other atmospheric effects.

GTX 8800/AMD 3870: You will need to reduce or disable the following options: atmospheric bloom, atmospheric smoke, high-dynamic range lighting, soft shadows, ambient occlusion, anti-aliasing, and motion blur.

If you want to play with 3D Vision (we reviewed it here) or other 3D technology and still maintain ultra (or near-max) settings, it will likely require 2xGTX 580s to maintain your quality. Other factors, such as multi-monitor setups, may call for more powerful cards, like the 590.

edd080 · 26 Sep 2011 at 06:12

Thanks for the info, and screens...

Colasanto · 26 Sep 2011 at 06:37

I plan on 3D Vision with this game, I have one GTX 480 and I have no doubt in my mind it will play at max settings with 3D Vision.

If you off-load sound and networking to dedicated cards and then tweak your system. Don't forget any possible over clocks of CPU, Ram and GPU.

sHo0sH · 26 Sep 2011 at 06:39

Assuming this is at 1920x1080 res?

Hotwired · 26 Sep 2011 at 06:44

EVERYONE NOT MEETING RECOMMENDED SPECS MUST GO FORTH AND BUY NEW HARDWARE.

Troezar · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:18

Hotwired said:
EVERYONE NOT MEETING RECOMMENDED SPECS MUST GO FORTH AND BUY NEW HARDWARE.

Conspiracy!

TigerUK · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:21

where does the HD4870 fit in the spectrum?

Overslop · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:38

Above minimum, below low.

Masterdeadly · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:39

As It says a 6970 can nearly run it at max. With 2 6950's at 1680x1050 run it at max from that as 2 6950s own's a 580

Hotwired · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:40

TigerUK said:
where does the HD4870 fit in the spectrum?

You're slightly to the right of the word LOW.

As such I must inform you that you are among the 84% who Will Be Compelled To Upgrade

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Adrianr · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:44

Good. Needed another 'Crysis' for too long. Let's try and get things moving forward rather than stagnated Call of Duty re-skins shall we?

Ladiesman417 · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:51

I guess I can play this game on max with my 6990+6970 on 2560x1600.

PhillyDee · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:53

And the 5850?

They have picked both the worst and best cards from each generation to make the gap more massive.

Yaayuh! · 26 Sep 2011 at 08:26

Man the BF3 specs talk have got out of hand... The game isn't even out, there are recommended specs out with the BETA, which doesn't say whether it's for the BETA or the full open maps etc.
My advice is to just wait for performance reviews. [H]ardOCP will do one.

muon · 26 Sep 2011 at 08:43

I bet the graphics won't be better than Crysis 2 using DX11.

GJ02 · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:08

im ok im on ultra

Bobisuruncle54 · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:32

ghost101 said:
I bet the graphics won't be better than Crysis 2 using DX11.

From the trailers, it's pretty obvious that they are.

randal · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:34

Hotwired said:
You're slightly to the right of the word LOW.

As such I must inform you that you are among the 84% who Will Be Compelled To Upgrade

Green text sponsored by NVIDIA

LOL, exactly what I thought.

Neil79 · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:35

Overslop said:
Above minimum, below low.

Below medium :eek:

BloomerzUK · 26 Sep 2011 at 09:36

Look's like I'm getting a 570 then