BF3, High, 1440p - GPU spec?

jumeeno · 24 Nov 2011 at 22:20

To achieve a minimum of say 40 FPS, what current card would I need for the following settings?

HIGH graphics preset
No AA applied
2560x1440

I currently get this @ 1920x1080 on my OC'd 5850 (which was a nice suprise), but a new monitor beckons so am curious

stulid · 24 Nov 2011 at 23:06

I would say a 3GB GTX580 looking at results of BF3 GFX tests at 2560x1600

ChrisD. · 24 Nov 2011 at 23:50

stulid said:
I would say a 3GB GTX580 looking at results of BF3 GFX tests at 2560x1600

Would have to agree here.

Stonedofmoo · 25 Nov 2011 at 07:32

Defo what they said. However to run it properly you need more horse power than that, i.e. SLI 570/580's OR if you can afford to wait 1-2 months a next gen card from AMD or after that Nvidia. If you're not in any urgent rush I'd wait...

Devrij · 25 Nov 2011 at 08:07

All lies. I run it at that setting (I'll admit I knocked shadows to medium as well as effects), and I get at least 40fps minimum at 1440p, with an average of 50fps. I have my card at 950/1200, what's yours at? This is high, not ultra to clarify.

jumeeno · 25 Nov 2011 at 09:00

Devrij said:
All lies. I run it at that setting (I'll admit I knocked shadows to medium as well as effects), and I get at least 40fps minimum at 1440p, with an average of 50fps. I have my card at 950/1200, what's yours at? This is high, not ultra to clarify.

Presuming you mean my 5850, it's running @ 875MHz. Very keen on getting the monitor ASAP, and will then upgrade to a new AMD card in the next couple of months.

I must admit that while a 3GB 580 would be nice, I was suprised to hear that's what I need for HIGH only (not Ultra) and NO anti-aliasing. To be honest, it's too close to the new cards for me to put my hand in my pocket for a 3GB 580 now anyway!

Devrij · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:09

That's what I thought. Monitor will benefit you anyway, and you can always drop to 1080p if you don't want to play with settings and overclock your card further (although I would do both of those things). Then when 7xxx come out swoop down upon them with great joy

jumeeno · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:20

Devrij said:
That's what I thought. Monitor will benefit you anyway, and you can always drop to 1080p if you don't want to play with settings and overclock your card further (although I would do both of those things). Then when 7xxx come out swoop down upon them with great joy

Sound advice Devrij. Ridiculous as it seems, I'd not even thought about lowering the resolution if required, so good point!

Do you have a Hazro or Dell by chance?

PS - 875MHz is max OC, not a great card I have (1.26v needed for that fully stable)

schnipps · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:26

2560x1600 here all ultra, 16xAF, HBAO and high AA (the processing one) i dont have MSAA on though and i get 40+ never gets choppy ever.

Vir · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:39

I've got a Hazro 27" 2560x1440, great monitor. Lowering the resolution for me felt really bad... it's so blurry :| but yeah, a possibility.

arc@css · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:53

Vir said:
I've got a Hazro 27" 2560x1440, great monitor. Lowering the resolution for me felt really bad... it's so blurry :| but yeah, a possibility.

Do you find your gtx480 cuts it ok at that res? I assume you like to have quite high graphics settings enabled in games?

Vir · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:56

arc@css said:
Do you find your gtx480 cuts it ok at that res? I assume you like to have quite high graphics settings enabled in games?

Well... in BF3, 1920x1080 High and Ultra are fine and smooth.... 2560x1440 High and Ultra are not in my opinion. And I don't want to play 1920x1080 with the screen all blurry.

jumeeno · 25 Nov 2011 at 13:29

Vir said:
I've got a Hazro 27" 2560x1440, great monitor. Lowering the resolution for me felt really bad... it's so blurry :| but yeah, a possibility.

Yeah, I can totally imagine. A stop-gap if nothing else as and when required I guess. That said, I think I'd usually prefer high res and lower settings given the choice.

Do you have the glass or plastic Hazro?

Vir · 25 Nov 2011 at 13:36

I have the glass version. One of the best buys I've ever done together with my SSD.
I've tried 2560x1440 @ low and medium, it's indeed a bit better... I'll see what I'm gonna do with the graphics cards, I really wanna wait for kepler tbh... but on the other hands this isn't great right now and how long is it gonna take for Kepler to come out.

jumeeno · 25 Nov 2011 at 13:39

Vir said:
I have the glass version. One of the best buys I've ever done together with my SSD.
I've tried 2560x1440 @ low and medium, it's indeed a bit better... I'll see what I'm gonna do with the graphics cards, I really wanna wait for kepler tbh... but on the other hands this isn't great right now and how long is it gonna take for Kepler to come out.

The only thing that's slightly putting me off is the aftersales support, and the threads I've seen regarding dust getting in behind the glass screen. Do you mind if I ask what swung it for you with the glass over the plastic?

Vir · 25 Nov 2011 at 13:46

jumeeno said:
The only thing that's slightly putting me off is the aftersales support, and the threads I've seen regarding dust getting in behind the glass screen. Do you mind if I ask what swung it for you with the glass over the plastic?

I have one of the first batch of OCUK, I was very quick to press the buy button

at that time there was no non-glass version so I didn't have choice. I've had luck with the dust and dead/lazy pixels as I don't have that. I've just accepted the risk with aftersales, not yet had to use it and I hope it stays this way. If I can't return it when it's needed ... then so be it ... I'll buy another monitor. But that's for yourself to decide and if you have the cash

oulton · 25 Nov 2011 at 14:34

6950's unlock, sweet as a nut with all settings maxxed out at 55-80 fps at 1440p is where it's at

maxzuk · 26 Nov 2011 at 09:22

Suprised that its not been mentioned that although nvidia cards are the better card an AMD actually runs better for you @ 1440p.

Have the same screen and an AMD 6970

BF3 runs between 40 to 60 FPS @1440p with settings

All setting maxed except

motion blur off
AA off
AF down from x16 to x8

And then prepare to own the battlefield at that res you really do get an advantage. :cool:

Mr. May · 26 Nov 2011 at 10:12

Running that res with 3x470's only clocked to 666 as the game crashes witha high over clock but on high iam getting 80-100fps and on ultra iam getting 60-80 fps so goes to show vram isnt such an issue but you do need a lot of gpu hourse power