Battlefield 3 thread - Server details in opening post -

Muffin` · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:57

CS||nuTs said:
Got to get another i7 rig,Q6600 sits at about 80-90% ingame, some lag but, crazy fun!

My Q6600 is rocking it fine (3.4Ghz - 1080p with everything on High with 2AA), as it's a GPU dependent game - what GPU you running?

Also if someone else can confirm I think the i5 2500k is just as good for gaming, it's only really media encoding where the i7 show's its moneys worth.

Ewaf · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:57

Do you have to use a VPN to unlock it?

macca672 · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:00

Muffin` said:
Also if someone else can confirm I think the i5 2500k is just as good for gaming, it's only really media encoding where the i7 show's its moneys worth.

yes for gaming the i5 is just as good as the i7, a couple of frames per second difference at most

rexehuk · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:05

Anyone installed the demo yet? :rolleyes:

Waiting for my game to come from Asda... is the demo any good? Would be nice to do SP then dive into MP once the game comes.

flinco · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:09

Muffin` said:
My Q6600 is rocking it fine (3.4Ghz - 1080p with everything on High with 2AA), as it's a GPU dependent game - what GPU you running?

Also if someone else can confirm I think the i5 2500k is just as good for gaming, it's only really media encoding where the i7 show's its moneys worth.

Do you not find at any points in 64 player maps your gpu usage drops below 99%? And not because of vsync.

I just say that as I went from a 3.4 q6600 in the beta to a 4ghz i5 750. It would drop to 65% gpu usage during busy parts of caspian border leaving me with around 25 fps.

In the full game on the 750 it hasnt gone below 45 all on high.

Teaf · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:13

Tried it out this morning after downloading overnight, just a quick check of performance really since beta and before the preview drivers were out. Pulling about 38 - 44 FPS at "High" settings on Caspian Border on my wussy E8400 / HD5850 / 4GB DDR2 (all stock) which I was pleased with

although I think my CPU is holding it back, GPU usage is averaging about 65 - 75%. Now I just need to learn how to shoot straight

1kiwi · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:15

Squark said:
I think I need to avoid this thread until I get my copy

I need to avoid it until I get home on Wednesday night.

tlrBeta · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:17

Had a quick game last night, seemed to be running fine on my machine though I may turn down the settings slightly to be High instead of Ultra.

I am just so surprised they haven't blocked all new activations or something...interesting to see if they do a stats reset.

Muffin` · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:20

Ewaf said:
Do you have to use a VPN to unlock it?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851

flinco said:
Do you not find at any points in 64 player maps your gpu usage drops below 99%? And not because of vsync

No idea buddy - I've been on the 32 man servers as the 64's seem to get spikes of server side lag. I'll have to log it tonight to find out. Only issue is my MSI 560Ti TF OC has had the odd CTD but a few more volts might solve that.

rexehuk · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:26

tlrBeta said:
Had a quick game last night, seemed to be running fine on my machine though I may turn down the settings slightly to be High instead of Ultra.

I am just so surprised they haven't blocked all new activations or something...interesting to see if they do a stats reset.

If anything they should do a stats reset due to Asia / US getting it first and getting an unfair advantage... not due to EUROPE wrongly activating their games.

I'll be happy to see a stats reset as I wont play until the 30th+ Anyway

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Banzai_Joe · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:29

Just got an email from where i bought it from:
"Your order for Battlefield 3: Limited Edition (With Exclusive "Dog Tags" Download) has been posted."

maxilive · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:31

Kinda a spoiler, but the first level in Eyefinity

(I won't embed the youtube video so you guys won't see the thumbnail!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FovrTYjy96I

tlrBeta · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:38

rexehuk said:
If anything they should do a stats reset due to Asia / US getting it first and getting an unfair advantage... not due to EUROPE wrongly activating their games.

I'll be happy to see a stats reset as I wont play until the 30th+ Anyway .

True I am just so surprised this actually worked. It must be recognisable these are 'UK' based players...playing right now!..doh :rolleyes:

Made me laugh hearing on Kerrang Radio today, they have an IGN Games Report - "People are gearing up for the UK release of BF3 on Friday..."

Art · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:44

rexehuk said:
If anything they should do a stats reset due to Asia / US getting it first and getting an unfair advantage

I agree it's unfair they got it so early in this day and age, but imagine the absolute total rage if all of Asia and the US had their stats reset after four or five days. Easiest thing to do would be a simultaneous release. Someone needs to slap EA.

Aedus · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:48

Art said:
I agree it's unfair they got it so early in this day and age, but imagine the absolute total rage if all of Asia and the US had their stats reset after four or five days. Easiest thing to do would be a simultaneous release. Someone needs to slap EA.

I'm sure they can see which IP's have logged into battlelog, and which of those are from the UK or Europe, and just do a mass reset of any IP which isn't in America or Asia. If they wanted.

iamtheoneneo · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:53

order despatched...might even get it tomorrow. not that it matters as i cant play till sat anyway.

ScarySquirrel · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:55

Does anyone else think that in MP all of the icons on the screen get a bit much? In BF2 you could press ALT and it would remove a lot of the 3D icons, but on BF3, not only are there more, but you cannot remove them.

Sho · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:56

Yea did the VPN thing today morning about 6ish. worked a treat. Many thanks.

As for the game. runs good. Been playing single player. Had to re-do some of it cuz the origin cloud thing didn't work. Kinda peed me off.

As for Online, them jets are hard to control. will take abit of time. But the destruction is awsome..!

Ringiho · 25 Oct 2011 at 08:57

Not got confirmation on my pre-order yet

Can't wait much longer!

The Gadget Show full video is up now, it looks pretty impressive. Shame its got all the Gadget Show crap!

Aedus · 25 Oct 2011 at 09:00

1 thing I noticed about my SoC 560Ti is it's unstable at stock voltages and I can't use MSI afterburner with it because it won't stable it out by upping the vCore. In fact I have to use the Gigabyte OCGuru included on the disk, which allows me to play with my VRAM voltages, and as soon as I upped the VRAM voltage, most of my issues vanished.