I'm not 100% sure but I don't think you need a 3GB GTX 580 to play at that resolution. You'll probably ok with a single GTX570?
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BF3 Beta FPS thread
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I'm not 100% sure but I don't think you need a 3GB GTX 580 to play at that resolution. You'll probably ok with a single GTX570?
Could be but I wanna future proof myself, Im planning on getting a bigger monitor that does higher resolutions next year. I'm gutted, I was so proud of my 5850 CF setup but not being able to play BF3 Beta at High settings and with not even any AA is a kick in the teeth
I found the 11.10 drivers didn't increase my FPS, it just made it much more stable. I don't understand how I'm able to get better results than people with better hardware!?
Didn't upload a full res version of this yet, but at everything set to high except textures which was set to Ultra, 2X AA and 4x AF @ 1680x1050 I was getting over 100 FPS indoors in Metro and outside it was around 50fps average.
Didn't upload a full res version of this yet, but at everything set to high except textures which was set to Ultra, 2X AA and 4x AF @ 1680x1050 I was getting over 100 FPS indoors in Metro and outside it was around 50fps average.
really every current gen card could possibly hit 60fps, its just people like boasting so they wont put it anything below ultra, and really that makes no difference whatsoever during beta...
Are you getting stuttering/freezing issues after about 15mins gameplay?
that screen shot doesnt really justify anything as youre not actually in any action, so of course the fps will be high, my 580 hits 85+ frames on 1080 in the tunnel area when theres nothing happening around me...
Horizontal FOV vs vertical FOV?
Do some research before you speculate.
60 MINIMUM
I would be happy getting 45 fps minimum.
Currently dipping to 29 from around 34 when under heavy load. :/
I think the lowest I saw was high 30's with everything set to ultra, though as many people have said, it was very smooth indeed. It felt more like a low of 130's. 
Dual gpu set ups seem to be struggling more at this stage, but this will be ironed out sooner or later.
Dual gpu set ups seem to be struggling more at this stage, but this will be ironed out sooner or later.
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Is the FOV setting in PROF_SAVE_BODY horizontal or vertical? All I know is having it at the default 70 looked like a console port, at 90 its much better so on that logic 60 would be even worse
So is there a way to enable console? How do you even set the FOV? It feels like about 60 default! Any way to show fps in game, natively, other than press CTRL+ALT+S occasionally?
Also, coming from other FPS games, it is a nightmare to even make out the models in this. Lots of dying
Also, coming from other FPS games, it is a nightmare to even make out the models in this. Lots of dying
So is there a way to enable console? How do you even set the FOV? It feels like about 60 default! Any way to show fps in game, natively, other than press CTRL+ALT+S occasionally?
Also, coming from other FPS games, it is a nightmare to even make out the models in this. Lots of dying
Change the FOV by going to My Documents > Battlefield 3 Open Beta > settings right click on PROF_SAVE_body, open with notepad++
on line 3, the first text is "70.000000". change that to what you want. Mine is on 90.000000
Dont use Notepad to edit this file, it has to be a HEX editor like Notepad++
If it's set to 70 then obviously setting it higher is the only way to go.
I thought it was like BFBC2 and had a vertical FOV in settings.ini.
If it's set to 70 then obviously setting it higher is the only way to go.
I thought it was like BFBC2 and had a vertical FOV in settings.ini.
So the FOV in PROF_SAVE_body is horizontal? Im confused, why does this: http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php say set the FOV to 65 for 1680 * 1050?
When I look at this thread it seems that people who are comparing results are really ignoring that they run different resolutions.
One screams oh I don't get how I get such great performance and you don't with the same hardware, well if you are running 1680x1050, that's something different than 1920x1080/1920x1200, specially 2560x1400 or even higher. Keep in mind a graphics card will tend to struggle more at higher resolutions.
One screams oh I don't get how I get such great performance and you don't with the same hardware, well if you are running 1680x1050, that's something different than 1920x1080/1920x1200, specially 2560x1400 or even higher. Keep in mind a graphics card will tend to struggle more at higher resolutions.
This is a vertical FOV setting for BFBC2 since that game uses it in the settings file.
Your horizontal FOV will depend on the aspect ratio and vertical FOV in game.
BF3 appears to use the more common horizontal FOV value in the settings file which allows you to use the precise FOV you want without having to convert if from the vertical one.
