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Battlefield 3 RETAIL Performance Thread

Booner! said:
As I said, I have no idea on the implications - but if anyone knows, my hand is hovering over the purchase button on more ram. :)
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Probably best you ask in the customer service section, 5UB will give you an answer either way.
 
Hi all,

I am playing at 1080p with all settings on Ultra and getting average 44 fps never dropping below 31. Do any of you guys have HBAO disabled and if so do you notice any difference? I would look myself but I am at work and just reading up on it atm. Also Motion Blur as well.

My card is a MSI 570 Twin FroZr III OC/PE.

Cheers
 
Swagger187 said:
Hi all,

I am playing at 1080p with all settings on Ultra and getting average 44 fps never dropping below 31. Do any of you guys have HBAO disabled and if so do you notice any difference? I would look myself but I am at work and just reading up on it atm. Also Motion Blur as well.

My card is a MSI 570 Twin FroZr III OC/PE.

Cheers
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Things that boost fps by 5-10 each or more when turned off oe down are

HBAO=off
Mesh Detail=medium
Motion Blur=off
MSAA off

shadows on high rather than ultra may also we worth doing if you dont mind the very slight loss of image quality over a few fps gained.


That lot like that and the rest on ultra will gain you a min of 20fps but you may get upto 40.
 
SpiritOfTheAge said:
Things that boost fps by 5-10 each or more when turned off oe down are

HBAO=off
Mesh Detail=medium
Motion Blur=off
MSAA off

shadows on high rather than ultra may also we worth doing if you dont mind the very slight loss of image quality over a few fps gained.


That lot like that and the rest on ultra will gain you a min of 20fps but you may get upto 40.
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Thanks for that mate. What effect would the first four have on the quality of the detail? The game feels smooth enough on Ultra but I just feel that somethings aren't needed. I will experiment tonight.
 
HBAO/SSAO adds a weird outline shadow to objects, it tries to make them stand out more against the background, but personally I hate it.

Mesh Detail, not sure really.

Motion blur, pretty self explanatory, its a nice effect if used right and it looks good sometimes, but its better with it off.

MSAA is anti-aliasing, basically removing the "jaggies" from the image. However, the Post AA does a good enough job at removing them, so keep MSAA off.
 
Nymins said:
HBAO/SSAO adds a weird outline shadow to objects, it tries to make them stand out more against the background, but personally I hate it.

Mesh Detail, not sure really.

Motion blur, pretty self explanatory, its a nice effect if used right and it looks good sometimes, but its better with it off.

MSAA is anti-aliasing, basically removing the "jaggies" from the image. However, the Post AA does a good enough job at removing them, so keep MSAA off.
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Ok man thanks. I got the bit about HBAO from what I was reading which is kind of the reason why I posted asking the question. I was thinking of turning motion blur off and see if I notice any difference.

Thanks for your help.
 
Running 5870 CF @ 1920x1200 (tried full Ultra and Ultra - MSAA) and getting epic stutter - game practically freezes and frame rate goes down to about 5.. rest of the time it's 60+

Tried 11.9, 11.10, 11.10 + CAT4..

Never had problems before I crossfired. Now even with crossfire disabled I get microstutter every 200 frames or so. GR

Anyone experiencing the same?
 
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Soylent Red said:
Running 5870 CF @ 1920x1200 (tried full Ultra and Ultra - MSAA) and getting epic stutter - game practically freezes and frame rate goes down to about 5.. rest of the time it's 60+

Tried 11.9, 11.10, 11.10 + CAT4..

Never had problems before I crossfired. Now even with crossfire disabled I get microstutter every 200 frames or so. GR

Anyone experiencing the same?
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Have your tried the non-preview 11.10 without CAP4?
 
For everybody playing BF3

TURN OFF HYPERTHREADING

Amazingly smooth and for me I can now run my 6970 overclocked where with hyperthreading turned on had to run my core on GPU underclocked.

As well as much smoother game BIG increase in FPS allowing all settings on ultra except mesh detail and motion blur.

If anyone can explain why this game behaves like this could they please explain.

CPU i7 2600k

;););)
 
i run all setting on ultra except shadows which is on low and i have motion blur off as i hate it. 16x anistropic filtering and no anti-aliasing. running in 1080p.
my puter:
amd athlon dual core 3ghz (am2+)
kingston hyperx 4gb 800mhz ddr2
amd powercolour pcs+ 5770 1gb
sum old asus mobo (cant remember)
320gb western digital cavier blue
coolermaster v8 cpu cooler
thermaltake element g mid tower case

average fps around 42, lowest ive suffered so far is 28 for a split second when loadsa random stuff happened at once but its feels pretty smooth to play on 64 player maps.
 
maxzuk said:
For everybody playing BF3

TURN OFF HYPERTHREADING

Amazingly smooth and for me I can now run my 6970 overclocked where with hyperthreading turned on had to run my core on GPU underclocked.

As well as much smoother game BIG increase in FPS allowing all settings on ultra except mesh detail and motion blur.

If anyone can explain why this game behaves like this could they please explain.

CPU i7 2600k

;););)
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I haven't disabled Hyperthreading and the game runs fine for me. This doesn't apply to everyone.
 
I'm currently running BF3 on a XFX 6850 Black Edition, Medium Settings @ 6112x1080 get between 20-30 fps. I find the game feels a lot more sluggish compared to Bad Company 2.
 
after reading so much and fearing a new gpu was needed suprised how good an in game experiance im getting

all setting set to high, AA deferred off, AA post high, motion blur off, AF 16x, Amb Occ off, field of view 80

1080p res
Q9550 @ 3.2gig
4Gb DDR3
Ati 5770 1gb @ 895/1275
11.10 v3 drivers

FRAPS average 35fps, min around 25fps max around 45fps which plays absolutely fine multi player and looks fantastic. I really dont think i'll upgrade now unless someone convinces me i'll see massive improvement in IQ (extra fps although nice doesn't really bother me too much)
 
Everything on max with motion blur off (dont really like it) never drops below hovers between 65-90 with 2xGTX580.
 
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