BF3 Beta FPS thread

Fury762 · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:06

Fraps is good as it can output a text file with min, max and average frames over a set period. Seems like an awful lot of texture usage? and if that is only "medium" as previously suggested I hope it gets more efficient!

Mr Krugga · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:13

elrasho said:
Dude can you run the game at 1680 * 1050 with those same settings and let me know the fps, Im thinking of getting a 6950. Do you get the stuttering/freezing?

There's occasional fps spike but it could be a server lag in any case.

You'll get better fps at that resolution but I can't test it since it's 16:10 and would look horrible when stretched on my monitor.

You can bet your rig will be getting a lot higher fps, probably 50-60.

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:14

Fury762 said:
I hope it gets more efficient!

Me too, DICE will optimise the crap out of it. That coupled with better drivers makes me confident us with 1GB cards in crossfire wont need to upgrade. Worst case scenario the ATI drivers to make it stutter free wont be about weeks after release, but I can live with that since I'll be playing this for months if not years to come

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:16

Mr Krugga said:
There's occasional fps spike but it could be a server lag in any case.

You'll get better fps at that resolution but I can't test it since it's 16:10 and would look horrible when stretched on my monitor.

You can bet your rig will be getting a lot higher fps, probably 50-60.

It does, I get around 50 - 60 on Ultra but the intermittent stuttering/freezing makes it unplayable so I have to go down to High settings with shadows on low and AA off. Must admit on Ultra it looks gorgeous! I see a difference between high and ultra so Im not sure why people say there's no Ultra in the beta, if it wanst there why have an Ultra option?

Mr Krugga · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:18

Last time I played on Ultra, vRAM usage went pretty close to 2GB so that may be the cause of occasional stuttering, assuming that your graphics card doesn't have enough memory.

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:19

Mr Krugga said:
Last time I played on Ultra, vRAM usage went pretty close to 2GB so that may be the cause of occasional stuttering, assuming that your graphics card doesn't have enough memory.

Thats the theory but users who have CF 6950 with 2GB VRAM are seeing the stuttering too so were beginning to think its an ATI driver issue

Davepen · 30 Sep 2011 at 16:57

This must be some sort of driver issue.
Single 6870 = runs fine

crossfire 6870 = runs great for 10 minutes, but then starts to stutter and gets worse and worse, not temp related, am running same settings as with single, so must be a driver issue?

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:03

Davepen said:
This must be some sort of driver issue.
Single 6870 = runs fine

crossfire 6870 = runs great for 10 minutes, but then starts to stutter and gets worse and worse, not temp related, am running same settings as with single, so must be a driver issue?

Surely this means its not a VRAM issue, there's hope yet for my 5850s

LiE · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:04

Yes there are some stutter issues with CF, I found the same.

ChrisD. · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:06

I think I'm going to keep my 5850's till the game is released and see what it's like on whatever dirvers are out then, if still stuttery I'll get a single card.

Which current single card can play 1920*1200 at max settings with a decent framerate out of interest?

neilo66 · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:07

Davepen said:
This must be some sort of driver issue.
Single 6870 = runs fine

crossfire 6870 = runs great for 10 minutes, but then starts to stutter and gets worse and worse, not temp related, am running same settings as with single, so must be a driver issue?

hit the nail on the head there i have 2 6950's.and the longer i play the frames seem to go down and down .if i come out of the game and re connect the frames are back up again and so on..its as tho its droping the second card or something ,very strange indeed

ChrisD. · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:09

I've also noticed that the usage on one of the cards will drop to 40-50% now and again, then randomly go back up to 90-100%.

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:16

MilanoChris said:
I think I'm going to keep my 5850's till the game is released and see what it's like on whatever dirvers are out then, if still stuttery I'll get a single card.

Which current single card can play 1920*1200 at max settings with a decent framerate out of interest?

I would say 6970, spent the entire day today looking at alternatives to 5850 CF lol

ChrisD. · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:23

elrasho said:
I would say 6970, spent the entire day today looking at alternatives to 5850 CF lol

lol yeah I had sort of decided on that, maybe thinking of selling the 5850's now as I should be able to get around £150 for the both of them and that's a good chunk towards a 6970. Come release of BF3 I think I'd struggle to get much more than £60 for each card.

ChrisD. · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:25

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-254-SP

Buy that, sell the two games returning £30 ish, my two cards for £150 so cost of upgrade would be around £110.

Anyone have any idea how it copes with BF3?

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:28

Thats a nice card, what resolution are you playing at?

ChrisD. · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:29

1920*1200 mate.

elrasho · 30 Sep 2011 at 17:35

MilanoChris said:
1920*1200 mate.

Purely going off what I've read today abut other people rigs I'd say you'd have a mix of Ultra and High settings to get 60+ fps at that resolution. 60 may sound low but it wont drop lower than that.

Fury762 · 30 Sep 2011 at 18:51

Just played a game with crossfire disabled - no big lag spike after playing for a while, phew! Lost about 10-15FPS average but was still about playable.

mburn_83 · 30 Sep 2011 at 19:07

Anyone tried a gtx560ti? My 4850 just about manages at 1650x1050