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bf3 - cpu irrelevant

SeeKified said:
That's quite interesting - if you look here (Swedish site) they got quite poor results with Phenom II quads and dual-cores.
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Yes, but keep in mind they used a 6990, when you use a single 6970, you'd find that the gpu's wouldn't be able to keep up with that framerate, if framerate drops by, say 70-80%, then you can clearly see the Phenom x4 is clearly capable of that lower framerate.

EDIT:- Its also worth noting that, if you can afford a 6990 then a 2500k isn't going to be a problem, but when you're on a 6950/560/maybe 570/6970, essentially gaming that the vast majority of people do, on a budget, then a £80 quad core Phenom x4 is MORE than enough.

Thing is, how many people run say quadfire 6990's, or quad sli 580gtx's, few and far between and not a single one of them would be using an £80 cpu. In terms of the majority of people, infact the vast majority of gamers, and BF3 players will be on something like a 5770 or slower, then a £100+ cpu is a waste and a "budget" cpu like a £60 dual or £80 quad, is going to be more than enough. This has always, always been the case for gaming.
 
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Has anyone seen test done on 64 Player CQ maps? I don't thing the single player is anywhere near as demanding a the mutliplayer.

I can play the single player on Ultra but the multi is a complete no go.

i3 (dual core) @ 3.7 Ghz, 4GB ram + HD 5850
 
drunkenmaster said:
Yes, but keep in mind they used a 6990, when you use a single 6970, you'd find that the gpu's wouldn't be able to keep up with that framerate, if framerate drops by, say 70-80%, then you can clearly see the Phenom x4 is clearly capable of that lower framerate.

EDIT:- Its also worth noting that, if you can afford a 6990 then a 2500k isn't going to be a problem, but when you're on a 6950/560/maybe 570/6970, essentially gaming that the vast majority of people do, on a budget, then a £80 quad core Phenom x4 is MORE than enough.

Thing is, how many people run say quadfire 6990's, or quad sli 580gtx's, few and far between and not a single one of them would be using an £80 cpu. In terms of the majority of people, infact the vast majority of gamers, and BF3 players will be on something like a 5770 or slower, then a £100+ cpu is a waste and a "budget" cpu like a £60 dual or £80 quad, is going to be more than enough. This has always, always been the case for gaming.
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You make some valid points, but if you look further down on the site I linked, you'll see that the differences are more pronounced at Medium settings, where the graphics card(s) are largely irrelevant. While I agree that if one has x then one can afford y, but when simply looking at number crunching Thuban proves that the game does like more than four cores, and Intel's products proves just how slow Phenom II (and Bulldozer for that matter) is and probably will be in future games. ;)
 
So I guess it goes to show... BF3 is heavily GPU reliant? Is this the new Crysis? :p Maybe if new GPUs could come out and make the CPU the bottleneck, we could start seeing some differences...
 
Would be interesting to see what cpu speeds start causing bottle necks and how much of an overclock makes a difference. I definitely think my OC isnt needed right now but its good to know what you can achieve!
 
It's been long since known that cutting edge CPU's rarely benefit gaming, back in the i7 920/Phenom days the AMD crowd pointed to gaming benchmarks but it was clear which was the faster CPU outside of them.
 
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My Q9650 @ 4Ghz hits 70-80% in BF3 @ 1920x1200, yet people with the same card at the same res on an i7 report that their CPU is hitting nowhere near this.

Would be better if they benched at a higher res.
 
Nice benchmarks, in terms of single player.
I'm curious how the results would change in MP, let's say 20 players in private session following the same procedures ;-)
 
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thats my perf graph. and it should be flat apparently. heh.
 
Was going to get a 2500K, now gonna get the i3-2100 for nearly half that and still get roughly the same FPS at 1920x1080 with 2x GTX560Ti's. On Ultra! =D

Glad I waited.
 
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