A friend of mine has a 3770k and 3 7970s. He says BF4 runs beautifully. Good choice!
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***THE BF4 BENCHMARKS THREAD***
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A friend of mine has a 3770k and 3 7970s. He says BF4 runs beautifully. Good choice!
The 13.11 drivers have clearly had a lot of love and attention. Obviously for the benefit of the 290 & 290X. Very smooth performance in BF4 and higher synthetic benchmark scores all round from a quick test of Firestrike standard + extreme and Unigine Valley.
Bit more demanding cpu wise compared to bf3. Had to add a few notches of vcore to my 4770k, ran fine in bf3. Was getting a few 0x124 bsods in the beta. Tried messing with chipset voltages as my ram is also clocked to 2133mhz, but vcore seems so far to have worked.
Had a few blue screens with my 2700K @ 5.0GHz while playing BF4 Beta.. might try ur idea and add a few notches on the vcore but im already at 1.44v as it is although i noticed my temps were only in the mid 60's while on BF4.
I was running with 1.2526 in bios iirc, (1.264 in windows). Increased vcore two clicks, now at 1.264 in windows, 1.2800 in game. Temps in the low - mid 60's, not bad for this hot running chip tbh. In p95 it shot to 94c in seconds. Wont be running that again unless i pluck up the courage to delid it. What was the error code of the bsods you were getting Brains?
I struggle to notice a difference between my cpu (2700k) at 4ghz or 4.8ghz in BF4. But let me clarify im on Windows 8 and my CPU is benefitting from Directx 11.1.
This game is all about gpu grunt if you have a decent i7 or higher.
I struggle to notice a difference between my cpu (2700k) at 4ghz or 4.8ghz in BF4. But let me clarify im on Windows 8 and my CPU is benefitting from Directx 11.1.
This game is all about gpu grunt if you have a decent i7 or higher.
Well im running all the benches ok at 5.0GHz so something is going on in BF4.. maybe just the fact its a beta but maybe i need to try BF3 @ 5.0GHz but then i think i ran it ok there already. Hmm i have no clue
Edit.. And on a side note.. i ran BF4 (sound) through my NAD 5.1 surround and noticed no sound coming through the centre speaker. Anybody else get the same?
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I hope they are reference 7970's
He isnt naive or delusional. And he's educated. So yea, they're reference cards.
What's a good vcore for a [email protected] while its on the conversation?
Can't remember what mines at but its running considerably hotter in BF4.
Can't remember what mines at but its running considerably hotter in BF4.
I personally found 4.5ghz on my 3770k to be the sweetspot with sli'd 670's. So if need be i could drop the speed on the 4770k a few hundred mhz, where it would run pretty much the same as the old chip. But 4.5ghz has a nice ring to it.
Id like to actually push it higher, but in its current form with the garbage stock intel paste thats a no go due to temps.
@Tommy, mine was an extremely poor chip, 1.34 in bios for 4.5 and still not fully stable, sold it after a few months. 1.25 ono is pretty ok, anything lower and youve got a pretty good one. Theyre still hot chips but not near as bad as haswell.
Id like to actually push it higher, but in its current form with the garbage stock intel paste thats a no go due to temps.
@Tommy, mine was an extremely poor chip, 1.34 in bios for 4.5 and still not fully stable, sold it after a few months. 1.25 ono is pretty ok, anything lower and youve got a pretty good one. Theyre still hot chips but not near as bad as haswell.
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Well, it's a quick upgrade and since the z68 supports Ivy, may as well make the use of it. Allows me to get another 7970 for xFire without the worry of a bottleneck/performance issues.
I have noticed this also!
Thanks bud, I shall have a look and see what its at, been a while since I got my hands dirty in the bios.
Just make sure to flash to the latest bios that supports the 3770k and your good to go. Will be a nice upgrade and youll really notice the difference with xfire. Iirc idleman on the boards here made the same move. Reported very good gains with sli'd 560's.
No probs, hope you got lucky in the silicon lottery.Thanks bud, I shall have a look and see what its at, been a while since I got my hands dirty in the bios.
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just played it with update. must say its playing a lot better now!
got it on 1080p, FX6300 @ 4.6, 7850 @ 1050/1450. everything on high apart from MSAA.
im alittle happier now
got it on 1080p, FX6300 @ 4.6, 7850 @ 1050/1450. everything on high apart from MSAA.
im alittle happier now
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Just make sure to flash to the latest bios that supports the 3770k and your good to go. Will be a nice upgrade and youll really notice the difference with xfire. Iirc idleman on the boards here made the same move. Reported very good gains with sli'd 560's.
No probs, hope you got lucky in the silicon lottery.
Yes, i know i need to flash the bios to P2.10 but id rather not setup my overclock again, will wait till i have the chip and start again.
Never used post aa as it looks rubbish. Still the same to me image quality wise. Anyway 53 average is good enough for me. For now.
I don't think Bf4 does 5.1
Bf3 was the same.
Im sure BF3 is 5.1 but we'll see what other say about BF4 although i think most use headphones.
In fact there is a 'Home Cinema' option in the audio settings of both BF3 & BF4
So.. anybody else not have sound through their centre speaker? I know its a Beta lol
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Im sure BF3 is 5.1 but we'll see what other say about BF4 although i think most use headphones.
In fact there is a 'Home Cinema' option in the audio settings of both BF3 & BF4
So.. anybody else not have sound through their centre speaker? I know its a Beta lol
If you do find a solution let me know but I'm pretty sure that's just how they made the game.
The centre is just used for voices not any game sounds.