BF3 - Gcard setup advise please

_Jimlad_ · 8 Jan 2012 at 10:48

im trying to find a good setup, had it on high with my system and it was ok, followed this guide here, but get a bit of stuttering, what is the best to turn down a little, but keep the good looks of BF3?

what i have is this according to the guide

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/Battlefield-3-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-570-OPS

my spec is this

SH67H7 Shuttle, Intel i7 2600k, 16gb Crucial DDR3 Ballistix PC3-10600, Nvidia GTX 570 , Intel X25-M 80GB SSD, WD 1TB, Windows 7 Pro.

_Jimlad_ · 8 Jan 2012 at 10:57

SpudMaster said:
I found that turning shadows down to medium made a good difference and I didnt really notice much change to how it looks

ok mate will give that a blast, i kinda wish i just left it at default, but boy it looks nicer, so wanna keep the quality as best i can now, without losing game play.

_Jimlad_ · 8 Jan 2012 at 11:11

BaDBoY_uK said:
Try this link mate

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/battlefield-3-tweak-guide

You can see the big hogs of FPS! Shadows isn't one of them

yeah that's where i got the settings, from had to go back to default as was getting major stutter,

_Jimlad_ · 8 Jan 2012 at 11:15

DJ_Enigma said:
Can you check how much VRAM is being used whilst playing?

it says 22%

yeah just had a quick blast, between 20% - 30%

_Jimlad_ · 8 Jan 2012 at 11:26

DJ_Enigma said:
Video ram yeah? Not your 16GB

yeah using these widgets, dunno how good they are

PapaLazaru said:
Jimlad, your rig should be ok on Ultra tbh, are you sure it is not another problem, ie overheating? Have you tried it on Ultra with your case open?

That is a lot of rig for a shuttle.

yeah heat is ok, got a MSI card with a rear exhauster, temps got going above 70 and i have the window open being a dirty smoker,