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BF3 Beta FPS thread

dansew123 said:
The nvidia 560ti competes with the 6950 very well. In most cases it's cheaper too

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/293?vs=330

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-274-SP&tool=3 - 6950 has the highest chance of unlocking

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341 - 2GB 560ti on offer this week
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yes...but if you unlock to 6970? vs 560ti? I'd say the unlocked 6950 (6970) will do better...

according to this: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/159

HIS and MSI are doing well too, so what about:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-HS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
or OCU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

found a HIS on a competitor sire with 189.68 £
HIS 6950 Fan 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual Mini DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card Dirt3 Edition

- 2GB GDDR5 Memory
- 800MHz Core Clock
- 5000MHz Memory Clock
- Fan Cooling Solution

I don't care about the games that come with the card, as I'm mostly interested in BF3, DiabloIII and Gwuild Wars2

I would like to stick close to 200£ witht he card...


I don't want to highjack this thread, so in short: 6950 (hopefully unlocked to 6970) , 560 or 570 , will do the trick for BF3?

not extreme quality, but decent, and decent frame rate, at 1920x1080

Is this realistic?

I was thinking to try BF3 first on my GTX 260 and then upgrade if needed...but I don't think I'll be able to play it at all on 260...
 
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blackice8r said:
yes...but if you unlock to 6970? vs 560ti? I'd say the unlocked 6950 (6970) will do better...

according to this: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/159

HIS and MSI are doing well too, so what about:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-HS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
or OCU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

found a HIS on a competitor sire with 189.68 £
HIS 6950 Fan 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual Mini DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card Dirt3 Edition

- 2GB GDDR5 Memory
- 800MHz Core Clock
- 5000MHz Memory Clock
- Fan Cooling Solution

I don't care about the games that come with the card, as I'm mostly interested in BF3, DiabloIII and Gwuild Wars2

I would like to stick close to 200£ witht he card...


I don't want to highjack this thread, so in short: 6950 (hopefully unlocked to 6970) , 560 or 570 , will do the trick for BF3?

not extreme quality, but decent, and decent frame rate, at 1920x1080

Is this realistic?

I was thinking to try BF3 first on my GTX 260 and then upgrade if needed...but I don't think I'll be able to play it at all on 260...
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Not all 6850s can unlock to 6970s so don't count on that, get the GTX 570 to be sure you will be able to play the game the way you want to.

p.s. HIS is subsidiary of Powercolor so stay away! Their after sales/warranty process is terrible
 
i5 2500k @ stock 3.3ghz (but can run stable 4.6ghz @ 1.32 volts)
motherboard z68 asrock extreme4 gen3
8gb 1600mhz ram
Crossfire HD4890 powercolor pcs+ 950 gpu clock 1050 memory clock
Graphic Driver Version 11.10 preview (did just try 11.10 preview version2 and had higher frames but occasional stutter so went back to 11.10 preview)
WIN7 64bit
PSU Corsair 850 watt
RAID0 3xAgility SSD 60gb
Case Antec 900

Max core temps 48c
Max Gpu temp 73c





Caspian Border Fraps Benchmark Ultra and High with 2xAA 16XAF Shadows low and Post anti aliasing low (benchmark taken while flying jet)

Res 1920x1080
frames 12278
time (ms) 136719
Min 39
Max 144
Avg 89.805

on the ground as infantry about 60 fps
 
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/\ Game runs very well on pretty much all setups when in a jet or helicopter. Better to test it down on the ground around the forests and zooming in the distance with a sniper/scope.
 
B&W said:
i5 2500k @ stock 3.3ghz (but can run stable 4.6ghz @ 1.32 volts)
motherboard z68 asrock extreme4 gen3
8gb 1600mhz ram
Crossfire HD4890 powercolor pcs+ 950 gpu clock 1050 memory clock
Graphic Driver Version 11.10 preview (did just try 11.10 preview version2 and had higher frames but occasional stutter so went back to 11.10 preview)
WIN7 64bit
PSU Corsair 850 watt
RAID0 3xAgility SSD 60gb
Case Antec 900

on the ground as infantry about 60 fps
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Not with that GPU you don't, the guy above gets avg 60fps with SLI 480's. Run the benchmark and make sure after you apply the Ultra settings that you exit the game and restart it.
 
Hi I'm getting strange performance on Caspian's border. I've got a Q6600 oc to 3.0 ghz 4 gig or ram and a gtx 580 lightning. I get about 35 to as low as 20 fps, I've oc to 3.4 ghz and tryed running at 2.4 ghz (stock) but it makes no difference. Ive installed latest drivers for chipset and soundcard, and i have the latest beta drivers installed for bf3. It must be a cpu bottleneck coz i get 90% cpu uasage and around 30% gpu usage. But the only thing that has got me stumped is that if it was a cpu bottleneck why do i see not much performance gain from 2.4 to 3.4?
 
i5 2500K @ 4.5ghz

8GB Corsair RAM

2x6950 2GB's MSI OC.

All ultra / Maxed out.

Managing around 70fps when out in Caspian border, However close combat and driving through fire is around 30fps. To be honest I can't notice the 'slowdown' in fps and I think I'm averaging around 35 - 45fps on that setup above. Metro seems to be rock solid around 50fps though ! :).

edit: However today I have been getting either blue or sometiems green flashes when running or driving fast. VERY annoying. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this ? Usually have large amounts of screen tearing during some bits as well.
 
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blackice8r said:
I was thinking to try BF3 first on my GTX 260 and then upgrade if needed...but I don't think I'll be able to play it at all on 260...
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I have just replaced my old GTX260 with a GTX480, out of curiosity, I tried the 260 with my sig spec, it was laughable.

<15fps @ low! - its abysmal.

By comparison, my GTX480 mullers romps through the beta with no issues for me.

Ditch the 260.
 
Nymins said:
/\ Game runs very well on pretty much all setups when in a jet or helicopter. Better to test it down on the ground around the forests and zooming in the distance with a sniper/scope.
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there you go benchmarks for forest area as a recon
Ultra and High with 2xAA 16XAF Shadows low and Post anti aliasing low

frames 6613
time (ms) 97532
Min 42
Max 123
Avg 67.803


i5 2500k @ 4.6ghz
motherboard z68 asrock extreme4 gen3
8gb 1600mhz ram
Crossfire HD4890 powercolor pcs+ 970 gpu clock 1070 memory clock
Graphic Driver Version 11.10 preview (did just try 11.10 preview version2 and had higher frames but occasional stutter so went back to 11.10 preview)
WIN7 64bit
PSU Corsair 850 watt
RAID0 3xAgility SSD 60gb
Case Antec 900

Nymins said:
Not with that GPU you don't, the guy above gets avg 60fps with SLI 480's. Run the benchmark and make sure after you apply the Ultra settings that you exit the game and restart it.
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the fps is correct like it or lump it i dont care
btw the 480 guy is running dx11
 
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DX11 doesn't improve frame rate that much. I don't believe that even with a mixture of high and ultra that you can get an average of 67fps at 1920x1080, when people with SLI 480's are getting just 60fps at almost the same resolution and slightly higher settings.

Unless you are looking at your feet. Play a full round of CB, 97 seconds isn't enough. The spawn area I get around 70-80fps, go out into the middle of the map, play a round and see what you get.
 
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What settings could I get away with at 1920x1080? Here's my full spec.

Windows 7 64bit
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4GHz
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366)
MSI Geforce 470 1280Mb GDDR5.
RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB.
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB.

Wish I could get the open beta, but hey hoo.

Cheers guys
 
I just switched my settings to below and noticed a HUGE increase in FPS and the game still looks beautiful. 65FPS average with a 5850.

FRAPS benchmark gave me
Min Max Avg
39 111 64.784


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Nymins said:
DX11 doesn't improve frame rate that much. I don't believe that even with a mixture of high and ultra that you can get an average of 67fps at 1920x1080, when people with SLI 480's are getting just 60fps at almost the same resolution and slightly higher settings.

Unless you are looking at your feet. Play a full round of CB, 97 seconds isn't enough. The spawn area I get around 70-80fps, go out into the middle of the map, play a round and see what you get.
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well i just benched it again playing caspian on foot started at the forest and captured several objectives on foot not looking at my feet or the sky just playing.
i dont think dx11 gives more fps over dx10

I hope my score does not upset you too much

settings

texture quality ultra
shadows low
effects high
mesh high
terrain medium(wont go higher)
terrain decoration high
AA Deffered 2xMSAA
Antialiasing post low
Motion blur off (cos i hate it)
Anistropic filter 16x
Ambient Occlusion off(dont need rays blinding me)

Benchmark result
Frames 20112
Time 346322
Min 38
Max 135
Avg 58.073




i5 2500k @ 4.6ghz
motherboard z68 asrock extreme4 gen3
8gb 1600mhz ram
Crossfire HD4890 powercolor pcs+ 970 gpu clock 1070 memory clock
Graphic Driver Version 11.10 preview (did just try 11.10 preview version2 and had a lot higher frames but occasional stutter so went back to 11.10 preview)
WIN7 64bit
PSU Corsair 850 watt
RAID0 3xAgility SSD 60gb
Case Antec 900
 
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B&W said:
well i just benched it again playing caspian on foot started at the forest and captured several objectives on foot not looking at my feet or the sky just playing.

I hope my score does not upset you too much

settings

texture quality ultra
shadows low
effects high
mesh high
terrain medium(wont go higher)
terrain decoration high
AA Deffered 2xMSAA
Antialiasing post low
Motion blur off (cos i hate it)
Anistropic filter 16x
Ambient Occlusion off

Benchmark result
Frames 20112
Time 346322
Min 38
Max 135
Avg 58.073
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Low shadows, ambient occlusion off and motion blur off... Of course you're not going to be struggling for FPS with it set like that. Turn them up to what everyone else is playing at and THEN try comparing.
 
B&W said:
well i just benched it again playing caspian on foot started at the forest and captured several objectives on foot not looking at my feet or the sky just playing.
i dont think dx11 gives more fps over dx10

I hope my score does not upset you too much

settings

texture quality ultra
shadows low
effects high
mesh high
terrain medium(wont go higher)
terrain decoration high
AA Deffered 2xMSAA
Antialiasing post low
Motion blur off (cos i hate it)
Anistropic filter 16x
Ambient Occlusion off(dont need rays blinding me)

Benchmark result
Frames 20112
Time 346322
Min 38
Max 135
Avg 58.073
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Well **** I wonder why. Put everythng on Ultra then play, maybe we can have a fair comparison.

I just tried it with Shadows and AA Post on Low and 2xMSAA, rest on Ultra:

Code: 
Min = 26	 
Max = 99	 
Avg = 47.889

Same spec as yours but with a 6950 2Gb.
 
What apps/programs are you using to display FPS & GPU Temps overlayed in the game? I know you can do CTRL+ALT+S to see your FPS but you can hardly run around at the same time to get a realistic FPS

Thanks
 
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