Need an upgrade to BF3 spec!

Maxeh · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:20

Hi chaps,

My current set up is:

Asus P5E-VM
C2D E8600
512mb 9800GTX
4GB Ram

Been a while since I have checked out PC tech so I want to get your ideas on what to upgrade?

I don't want to spend a fortune, is something like £300 even do-able :confused:

Can you help me out!

Shadz · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:35

Well if you want to play BF3 m8 you need a better graphics card for sure,
you will need at least a 560ti http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

I would probably be inclined to upgrade the motherboard and processor as well get an
i5 2500k and a nice motherboard, which also means you will need new memory.

R088ieS86 · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:45

For £300 your best option is to look out for a cheap 775 quad like a Q6600 and get it clocked up to 3.4Ghz(ish). Then spend the rest on a good graphics card.
You can find a q6600 second hand for around £45. that £255 on a graphics card.
which is HD6950 / gtx570 territory.

King Damager · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:51

R088ieS86 said:
For £300 your best option is to look out for a cheap 775 quad like a Q6600 and get it clocked up to 3.4Ghz(ish). Then spend the rest on a good graphics card.
You can find a q6600 second hand for around £45. that £255 on a graphics card.
which is HD6950 / gtx570 territory.

Haven't looked at the actual figures for BF3, nor how much it utilises QC tech, but I'd be surprised if a Q6600 was a massive step up from an E8600...

Saying that, yeah, I reckon you're looking at MSI Twin Frozr 570 GPU wise

kd

spenncerr · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:58

Shadz said:
Well if you want to play BF3 m8 you need a better graphics card for sure,
you will need at least a 560ti http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

I would probably be inclined to upgrade the motherboard and processor as well get an
i5 2500k and a nice motherboard, which also means you will need new memory.

That is completely false information. There's no need for a 560ti for BF3. I'm running BF3 on a 64 player map with High settings at 50-60fps with a 6870. I'm sure it'd run fine on something cheaper than that still.

I would however recommend upgrading your mobo and cpu as the others have said.

R088ieS86 · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:59

Not sure how accurate it is but they seem to think dual cores aren't up to the task:
http://www.techspot.com/review/448-battlefield-3-beta-performance/page7.html

Marine-RX179 · 26 Oct 2011 at 18:02

spenncerr said:
That is completely false information. There's no need for a 560ti for BF3. I'm running BF3 on a 64 player map with High settings at 50-60fps with a 6870. I'm sure it'd run fine on something cheaper than that still.

It would depend on what CPU you got as well, as something like a SandyBridge CPU could deliver 10-20fps more on minimum fps on the same card, comparing to a Core2.

spenncerr · 26 Oct 2011 at 18:07

Marine-RX179 said:
I would depend on what CPU you got as well, as something like a SandyBridge CPU could deliver 10-20fps more on minimum fps on the same card, comparing to a Core2.

Yeah true enough, I'm running a 2500k atm

Maxeh · 26 Oct 2011 at 18:18

I think I will go for a 6600 and new graphics card, I can keep the ram that way I guess?

beejjacobs · 26 Oct 2011 at 20:47

What res are you running at?

Maxeh · 27 Oct 2011 at 13:03

At the moment I am running 1680x1050, but I want to go back to 1080p.