BF3 Beta FPS thread

dvs20 · 4 Oct 2011 at 22:18

d_brennen said:
Where the fudge is Caspian Boarder EA?! Don't know how many more rounds of Metro I can stand

+1
From IRC a few minutes ago:
[22:11] <dvs> man
[22:11] <dvs> there's only so much operation métro you can play

blackninja · 4 Oct 2011 at 22:31

I set these settings, restarted and played the game with FRAPS recording FPS ... running Cat 11:10 and 11.8_CAP4, Cards @ 950/1400

This is the FRAPS FPS Graph on the Metro map outside .. (more inside of course).

Mr Krugga · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:50

wolvers said:
Catalystmaker tweeted the other day that the earlier CAPs shouldn't' be used with 11.0 preview, just on it's own until 11.10 CAPs are released.

Aye, just saw that tweet.

They've released 11.9 CAP1 now though and this is supposed to be working just fine (includes a BF3 Beta profile).

With the Catalyst 11.10 driver - don't install any existing CAP with it (upcoming CAP this week can be installed though)

It's a bit confusing actually as on Rage3D website it says that it should be used with Catalyst 11.9 rather than 11.10 Preview but Catalystmaker said:

With the Catalyst 11.10 driver - don't install any existing CAP with it (upcoming CAP this week can be installed though)

On 27th of September.

Mind=blown.

elrasho · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:52

Im thinking of upgrading to a monitor that does 1080p (my current one does 1680x1050). Is 1680x1050 to 1080P to a massive jump and will it require a lot more GPU power? Im happy I can play BF3 beta at 70fps a 1680x1050, can I still have this resolution on a 27" monitor?

Mr Krugga · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:03

elrasho said:
Im thinking of upgrading to a monitor that does 1080p (my current one does 1680x1050). Is 1080P to 1680x1050 a massive jump and will it require a lot more GPU power? Im happy I can play BF3 beta at 70fps a 1680x1050, can I still have this resolution on a 27" monitor?

1920x1080 is only a 17.5% jump in pixel count from 1680x1050 - not a large difference at all.

For comparison purposes, 2560x1440 is a 77.5% increase in pixel count from 1920x1080. Now that is a large difference.

Of course there are plenty of 27" 1920x1080 monitors on the market:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=17&catid=1120&sortby=priceAsc

elrasho · 5 Oct 2011 at 00:05

Mr Krugga said:
1920x1080 is only a 17.5% jump in pixel count from 1680x1050 - not a large difference at all.

For comparison purposes, 2560x1440 is a 77.5% increase in pixel count from 1920x1080. Now that is a large difference.

Of course there are plenty of 27" 1920x1080 monitors on the market:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=17&catid=1120&sortby=priceAsc

So I shouldn't see a massive drop in framerates in my games? I hope its not a %17 drop!

toxic · 5 Oct 2011 at 03:45

Ash2097 said:
How did you change your Origin name? I wasn't aware you could.

just contact EA online support..they will do it.

wolvers · 5 Oct 2011 at 08:10

chief barker said:
Why have you?

Why have we what chief? :confused:

neilo66 · 5 Oct 2011 at 08:47

are the battlefield servers down ?

elrasho · 5 Oct 2011 at 09:15

Would a jump from 1680x1050 to 1080p have a significant impact on performance? I've looked at some benchmarks of 5850 in Crossfire and I have a feeling I'll see a drop of just 5fps. Is that realistic?

JamesM · 5 Oct 2011 at 09:20

chief barker said:
Why have you?

No I've not updated anything, there's nothing to update lol

Was just wondering if they had done anything specifically which may answer the increased performance they are possibly getting.

Thank you blackninja, your results appear to be similar to mine although I have a different and possibly slower CPU.

Are your cards overclocked at all?

elrasho, I notice a drop of about 10 or so fps when going up from 1680x1050 to 1080.

Karateyid · 5 Oct 2011 at 12:44

Finally got this working on my PC... ASus smart doctor was killing my driver upgrades and crashing me after a few mins of running...

How do i get the FPS in BF3 ??

elrasho · 5 Oct 2011 at 12:51

JamesM said:
No I've not updated anything, there's nothing to update lol

Was just wondering if they had done anything specifically which may answer the increased performance they are possibly getting.

Thank you blackninja, your results appear to be similar to mine although I have a different and possibly slower CPU.

Are your cards overclocked at all?

elrasho, I notice a drop of about 10 or so fps when going up from 1680x1050 to 1080.

Thanks mate, 10fps is too much of a drop for me think I'll stick to playing at 1680x1050. Neither of my cards are overlcocked. I have overclocked my i5 750 from 2.6Ghz to 3.2Ghz.

Karateyid said:
Finally got this working on my PC... ASus smart doctor was killing my driver upgrades and crashing me after a few mins of running...

How do i get the FPS in BF3 ??

Use MSI Afterburner

wolvers · 5 Oct 2011 at 13:03

You need to get those cards clocked elrasho, you're missing out on a load of extra performance.

Random Guy · 5 Oct 2011 at 13:14

Karateyid said:
Finally got this working on my PC... ASus smart doctor was killing my driver upgrades and crashing me after a few mins of running...

How do i get the FPS in BF3 ??

CTRL + ALT + S (then look at top left of screen while jogging backwards

)

JeffyB · 5 Oct 2011 at 13:21

Karateyid said:
Finally got this working on my PC... ASus smart doctor was killing my driver upgrades and crashing me after a few mins of running...

How do i get the FPS in BF3 ??

As above or use a program like afterburner or fraps.

elrasho · 5 Oct 2011 at 14:15

wolvers said:
You need to get those cards clocked elrasho, you're missing out on a load of extra performance.

I tried overclocking my reference 5850 using Auto Tune but it blue screens. Is there an alternative way of doing it?

wolvers · 5 Oct 2011 at 14:18

I use Afterburner for mine.

elrasho · 5 Oct 2011 at 14:40

wolvers said:
I use Afterburner for mine.

What clocks are you running at?

wolvers · 5 Oct 2011 at 15:03

950 on the cores, but not much extra on the RAM because one of my cards didn't like it which is frustrating because IIRC it should be good for 1300mhz.