GPU 4 BF3

QlimaxUK · 2 Sep 2011 at 18:16

LinktoInsanity said:
Hey Qlimax, what graphics card are you running at the moment?

GTS250 1 GB (palit version)

other specs:
Q6600
4 GB ram 800Mhz
600w PSU (arctic) modular
JW-ip35-PRO

also i will need to know what power cables any new cards i get will need (2x6 pin is good, i dont want one that uses a 8pin+6pin)
and is there a card that carries HDMI audio across the card instead of using the pin audio lead?

pgi947 · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:39

PaulC2K said:
As for upgrading for 1 game... BF3 looks to be worth buying an entire system for

Sigh, this way of thinking for BF3 resulted in my sig rig

C64 · 2 Sep 2011 at 22:21

I would imagine a 5850 + level of performance is going to be needed to run this reasonably well with a good amount of details at 1680 + resolution.

Angel_Rex · 3 Sep 2011 at 09:29

I'm still on xp... I need win 7 so no funds for a new gpu.... I'm hoping my power colour pcs+ 4890 overclocked version will suffice....

Thoughts?

PakJai · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:11

I am still using 5850 in crossfire and it is all good. It will soon be two generations old but it still beats a single 6970.

Mr.Fantastic · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:27

PakJai said:
I am still using 5850 in crossfire and it is all good. It will soon be two generations old but it still beats a single 6970.

I have a mate who has gone the 6870 crossfire route for BF3 so i will borrowing his 5770 (for crossfire) for the time being when i upgrade to those cards, even though i don't struggle to run games fine now with my lonely 5770 at 1080 res (hell i even did a 10min benchmark when playing BC2 one night settings all on medium 4AA/16AF,Min 47, Max 94, Avg 62)

Guest2 · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:43

Nymins said:
Oh yea I agree. I'm hoping to upgrade from my 5770 to a 6950 for the new releases. Could wait for the 7 series, but I'm too impatient! I wantz it nowz!

Wouldnt a GTX 570 be better than a 6950?

I'm coming from a 5770 too for BF3. Not an nvidia or ATI 'fanboy' so just whichever is best

Nymins · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:47

570 is a bit better, but the price difference between the two is too much for me to warrant it.

QlimaxUK · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:44

so 5850 will be good for BF3? i get confused with AMD/ATI as anything 'after' the 5850 seems to be a backstep with the main difference being less 'cores'...
i also know that 5850's are the most popular cards for bincoin so are very hard to get right now

Nymins · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:50

I wouldn't get a 5850 if you don't have one already. if you want similar performance, get the 6870.

Depending on resolution and CPU speed, the 6870/5850 should cope pretty well with BF3 going by the alpha. We will know a lot more on final performance once the beta comes out this month. Remember, BFBC2 was very CPU dependent, it loved multiple cores, so expect BF3 to be the same. A quad core with 3.4GHz+ would be recommended imo.

Adster3000 · 5 Sep 2011 at 21:07

Nymins said:
I wouldn't get a 5850 if you don't have one already. if you want similar performance, get the 6870.

Depending on resolution and CPU speed, the 6870/5850 should cope pretty well with BF3 going by the alpha. We will know a lot more on final performance once the beta comes out this month. Remember, BFBC2 was very CPU dependent, it loved multiple cores, so expect BF3 to be the same. A quad core with 3.4GHz+ would be recommended imo.

BF3 isn't a console port though. I don't think it'll be as dependent on the CPU. But then again, what do I know?

Nymins · 5 Sep 2011 at 21:11

Doesn't have to be a console port to make use of more than 2 cores. It will obviously perform a lot better on 4. Problem I've seen recently is that those with something like the Q6600 leave it a stock speeds.

Guardsmon · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:04

Nymins said:
Doesn't have to be a console port to make use of more than 2 cores. It will obviously perform a lot better on 4. Problem I've seen recently is that those with something like the Q6600 leave it a stock speeds.

That be me

My Q6600 has been running it nicely at stock combined with my 5770 running at 1920x1200 on medium. Think my board is coming to its EOL as whenever I overclock it now it resets, used to run at 3.0 - 3.2 no probs. Still I'm happy with it

starmanwarz · 6 Sep 2011 at 10:08

I will personally wait for the beta to see how my current system performs.My 8800GTX was able to run all games at the highest settings without or low AA/AF (Crysis 1+2,BC2 etc)without any stuttering,everything was smooth.If BF3 is unplayable I will probably get a 6950 Twin Frozr III

QlimaxUK · 7 Sep 2011 at 17:18

question: what card would also run GTA 4 at good FPS with high/max settings? and is AMD or Nvidia better for this game?

Nymins · 7 Sep 2011 at 17:20

CPU is a massive factor in GTAIV. Needs a quad and clocked pretty high to get decent fps. Of course the higher the better for the GPU, but VRAM is important for this game, at least 1Gb with 1.5Gb+ recommended.

Witcher1979 · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:38

QlimaxUK said:
question: what card would also run GTA 4 at good FPS with high/max settings? and is AMD or Nvidia better for this game?

[email protected] running 2gb 6950 runs GTA 4 like a dream on max settings.

Adster3000 · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:03

voorhees1979 said:
[email protected] running 2gb 6950 runs GTA 4 like a dream on max settings.

I wonder what your definition of "like a dream" is.

Witcher1979 · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:21

Adster3000 said:
I wonder what your definition of "like a dream" is.

hehe well its 100% playable put it that way. If you turn of the record thing it runs smooth on almost anything. To many people underestimate the q6600 with a decent GPU.