Is this setup good enough for battlefield 3?

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 21:37

I'm looking to play battlefield 3 at 1400x900 at medium when it comes out later in the year but was wondering whether this setup would be good enough for around 40-60fps.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz Black Edition (would overclock if necessary)
Sapphire 512mb HD5670
4gb DDR3 ram 1333

Could anyone also recommend a motherboard that would be good for overclocking this cpu for around £60-75.

arc@css · 17 Feb 2011 at 21:57

I appreciate you only game at 1400x900 but me personally I would still lean towards a video card with a bit more memory, something like a 460gtx 768mb would be nice.

morguk · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:00

It's a close call but you could do with a slighly better card, even at that res. It's all opinion though until the game is out.

Just re-read, yup better card if your looking for 40-50 fps at medium. I think your card will run it at low-med.

Cookeh · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:00

Erm, I would doubt that the graphics card would cope!

Might be worth dropping down to an Athlon II.

Whats the overall budget?

danzhang16 · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:01

I third (?) that proposal. I have a gtx 460 768mb and it runs games pretty well, bfbc2 on all high settings with some AA, should manage battlefield 3 reasonably well

morguk · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:02

I'm also waiting for BF3, building a new rig for it. I would keep the quad, just save for a better GPU.

Cookeh · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:04

£310 will get you this, and it can be overclocked to around 3.7GHz (3.8 if lucky

) - obviously not on stock cooling!

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£99.99) £119.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
(£66.66) £79.99

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard
(£58.32) £69.98

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK)
(£25.99) £31.19

Sub Total : £250.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.09
Total : £312.55

shannowdr · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:10

Processor and memory should be fine.

Can't really say until the game is out if the graphics card but if it can cope with bad company at those settings you may be lucky.

Foxconn 790gx for £55 would be a good shout but its out of stock at the mo. I would be temped to hang off a month or two and wait on the the bulldozer / 9 series motherboards to come out.

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:14

The budget is around £220 I'm afraid so the Hd5670 will have to stay. I'd live with 30fps.

On another note how much of a difference would this bring over a x2 5000+?

Pighardia · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:15

i reckon the lowest card i would go for to achieve what the OP states would be a 5770, but there is not much of a price jump to a 460 768mb tbh.

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:15

I won't be buying this until November/October time so maybe prices will have fallen on the processor and motherboard by then

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:18

This might come in use.

Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

skylineboy · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:18

I would return september October time. If you can build up your post count you will be able to get free shipping!! So stick around but repeat question in september in all honesty.

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:19

Does it give free shipping to northern ireland?

skylineboy · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:21

I am not sure. so heres a link.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&posted=1&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner

mufcmark · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:23

Mainland only

skylineboy · 17 Feb 2011 at 22:24

Sorry. If you return later in the year we will gladly help. Components move too fast in prices and upgrades to really spec more than 2-3 months ahead really.

d_brennen · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:01

mufcmark said:
Mainland only

I get free shipping on some items. Seems like pot luck

Kanpai · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:40

You'll only really know once the game is officially released and there are some benchmarks for it.

J-FRO · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:45

And to be honest, even with their recommended system configuration, you always want to go a bit better if you can.