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lol it boggles the mind, he just keeps repeating it isn't despite all evidence saying otherwise. He clearly also knows something Dice don't as their claim of 1GB cards being sufficient is refuted by DG and according to him you need at least a 2GB, they should hire this guy.
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) 32-bit
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
Sound card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core CPU
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
this from the nvidia site but might be biased...
OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) 32-bit
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
Sound card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core CPU
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
this from the nvidia site but might be biased...
To be fair in the beta there were lots of people going way over 1gb vram at 1080p and lots of people with 1gb cards were getting lag spikes when their vram filled up.
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The screenshots were both from a console version (360, i believe someone said). The story isnt quite how you've got it though.
The 360 doesnt ship as 1 model, there have been different versions which didnt include certain hardware, such as wireless & hard-drives as standard, but some did/do.
The Xbox 360 version has a 2nd disc, the first has the main game files, and the second probably has some additional content, but mainly it has some Hi-Res textures on there. Because MS & Dice cant say for certain that every 360 has a HDD, they cant guarantee the user can install them.
So therefor, they've provided users with a HDD (99.9% of them probably, but thats MS and their stupid 'lets sell a 360 empty edition' to blame) the chance to install them if they want, but if they dont, or cant, then DVD1 has the basic fugly texture pack seen in the first screenshot.
The PS3, every one has a HDD, however the read speed of optical drives are rather slow, so the texture files are too big to pull from the disc on the fly. So they've still included the files, and you have the choice of installing them or not, not sure why you wouldnt but thats the users choice to make at least. I guess HDD storage limitations could see some not want to add an extra say 2gb for textures alone.
Nobody is charging any extra for them, both 360s are in the box, just as i'd imagine the PC version will, its a 10gb file and DVDs only hit 8.4 on dual layer, BD is just 1 for obv reasons.
I'd say its DICE thinking quite intellegently about how they approach it, rather than saying they see the hardwares limitations, and stopping there. They've gone beyond that, and found a work-around. Thats probably one of the key reasons why the console version, despite being on 6 & 5yr old hardware, still looks pretty amazing, theres recent PC games out there (lazy ones, i'll admit) which dont look any better than that. They're not exploiting customers, exactly the opposite i think its fair to say, they're providing them an even better experience than the hardware can really manage.
Aye, that says it all, in the BETA.
There were reported Vram leaks.
I would hope the retail version will have that sorted, so whatever setting you play on with whatever card will use the correct amount of ram.
The ones with the 5850s are not going to be playing on full/ultra settings with all the sparkly ponies and unicorns but they will be able to play at 1080p at OK frames* because, as others have confirmed, the game is a hell of a lot more optimised now.
*40+
There were reported Vram leaks.
I would hope the retail version will have that sorted, so whatever setting you play on with whatever card will use the correct amount of ram.
The ones with the 5850s are not going to be playing on full/ultra settings with all the sparkly ponies and unicorns but they will be able to play at 1080p at OK frames* because, as others have confirmed, the game is a hell of a lot more optimised now.
*40+
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I WANT IT NOW PLEASE!
edited it for you, no need to thank me.
Nobody has made it out to be some wonderful graphics card, its just that you decided in your infinite wisdom, that it was only capable of around 30-40fps on low settings. This, from hardware which is pretty much the same performance-wise, as the card BF3 recommended spec suggests.
Theres absolutely nothing wrong with that card, as various people have said, it wont set the world on fire, but it'll play BF3 at a respectable rate, which was what the original question was getting at. They didnt want to run on Ultra like you've repeatedly claimed, they just wanted to know if it was going to be good enough or if it needed to be upgraded, and the majority on here are saying its shouldnt be too shabby in medium, and you all on your own, are claiming it will barely hit 40fps on Low. THAT is what people are annoyed with you at, that and your constant imaginary version of the truth to everything everyone else has said. You make your own truth up as you go, conveniently skip over the fact that people are proving you wrong, and then you go in a different direction with another bunch of rubbish which cant be backed up, but can be proven to be rubbish.
It wouldnt be so bad if you actually admitted you were wrong with 99% of the stuff you come out with, its the fact that you continue with your lies and just extend them further, spreading mis-information in the hope of making it true if you say it enough times. Thankfully theres plenty on here who arent is stupid enough to believe a word you come out with.
As well as the game being more optimised compared to the beta aren't ATI also releasing newer drivers which will also improve performance for BF3, as a 5850 user currently gaming at 1680x1050 I'm hoping to be able to play smoothly at medium settings...?
Amazon order cancelled -> Bought with GMG through quidco -> downloading now as we speak -> ready to do the VPN trick
BTW, just for future reference, whenever try to purchase anything with my Natwest card on GMG, i get "too many server requests", but when i use my santander card - it works fine
whats the vnp trick?
sorry im abit of a noob...
The latest preview driver from ATi 11.10_preview_v3 is latest and includes all the BF3 optimizations they have at present. Catalyst Maker on Twitter said that there's not going to be any difference between these & the Official 11.10's.
It's using a Virtual Private Network that sets you IP to another country, e.g. USA to connect to Origin & subsequently unlocks your game files early as it thinks you're in the US, when you're in UK.
Whether it's worth doing is up to you to decide.
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I dont suppose a 4870 is likely to benefit at all from future drivers maybe
VPN is virtual private network. USA gets first release hence your computer gets a USA IP via VPN and downloads it ahead of UK
The deal with Vram is that you must have a good system in general. The main memory must be fast and readily available. The obvious disaster scenario is if the game has to request textures from disk in the middle of a game.
If you had SSD on the other hand maybe you could get away with 1gig or 512meg even and not notice. Personally I think 2gig vram is top tier or luxury type spec, most people wont notice the difference if they have 6 or 8 gig of main memory.
To have 2 gig vram and only 4 gig main memory would be perverse, well balanced machines = fine with whatever
VPN is virtual private network. USA gets first release hence your computer gets a USA IP via VPN and downloads it ahead of UK
The deal with Vram is that you must have a good system in general. The main memory must be fast and readily available. The obvious disaster scenario is if the game has to request textures from disk in the middle of a game.
If you had SSD on the other hand maybe you could get away with 1gig or 512meg even and not notice. Personally I think 2gig vram is top tier or luxury type spec, most people wont notice the difference if they have 6 or 8 gig of main memory.
To have 2 gig vram and only 4 gig main memory would be perverse, well balanced machines = fine with whatever
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I just created an account there to preorder BF 3 limited edition and using firefox (latest) I completed the transaction using my northern bank debit card, however whilst the transaction was being done and just finished I think after entering my securerom/northern bank pass, I was brought to a page bad gateway, time out 505 error (iirc) and I have just gone and checked my bank account to see if the money was taken, which it has been, however I have not received the game code or any emails notifying me of a purchase.
I have submitted a ticket/request.
Do you think they will get it sorted ok and before the 25th?
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For GMG that is.
I have submitted a ticket/request.
Do you think they will get it sorted ok and before the 25th?
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For GMG that is.
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