i already said 40-60
the odd dip down to 38/39someone else was saying my game was probably jerky but its perfectly smooth and very playable and theres obviously a lot of headroom to turn settings down from ultra
The cost of Battlefield 3 (to upgrade)
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i already said 40-60
the odd dip down to 38/39someone else was saying my game was probably jerky but its perfectly smooth and very playable and theres obviously a lot of headroom to turn settings down from ultra
I don’t think its very fair to call the PS3 version gimped or something…. I’ve heard DICE have done all they can to ensure the console counterparts are decent enough..
My comparisons to F1 2011 are to the fact codemasters didn’t do a very good job optimising the PS3 version when compared to a 360 or PC.
Not everyone can afford to buy £500 - £1000 worth of PC gaming kit to play a game. It’s not fair to say one version is better over the other unless the developers were lazy and didn’t optimise as best for each platform as they could. BF3 is the first game for a long time where each platform can show of how well it can be pushed, many PC gamers have had to endure endless console ports that aren’t well optimised or take advantage of the hardware available..
BF3 is a title PC gamers have been looking forward to, and if a PC gamer can afford to fork out hundreds, of not thousands on a gaming rig to really show it off then fine, but some can’t and this is where the PS3 version will come in… I assumed the game will not be playable with a 360 pad on the PC, my laptop wouldn’t handle it and lets face it… PC gamers are bit elitist at times in regards to gamepad players who, lets face it do enjoy playing games on a large screen TV in their living rooms. I do..
So, I’ll just buy it for the platform where I can enjoy it to its full potential with the kit I’ve already got..
My PC is a Q6600 with a 5870 and 4GB of ram, my laptop is a i5 with a ATI mobile 5650 4GB of ram and a PS3… I want to play mostly with a control pad on my TV, easiest way for me if I want to play on PC is my laptop and I don’t think my laptop will be powerful enough, so looks like it’ll be PS3… I don’t tend to like scrunching up over a desk at a desk chair playing games anymore. I like to chill out on my leather sofa, feet up with a pad on a 42” TV and enjoy from 5 feet away – not with my face up against a 19” or whatever display.. Its down to preference. I know pro PC gamers love their super uber high res modes.. Sadly we can't all afford huge spec GPU's etc...
This isn’t in anyway a moan at pro PC gamers… If the game runs on my laptop at a decent framerate with a 360 pad I’d be buying it for PC without questions asked. As option to use keyboard and mouse for online would be nice.. now that’s where a PC does come into its own…
My comparisons to F1 2011 are to the fact codemasters didn’t do a very good job optimising the PS3 version when compared to a 360 or PC.
Not everyone can afford to buy £500 - £1000 worth of PC gaming kit to play a game. It’s not fair to say one version is better over the other unless the developers were lazy and didn’t optimise as best for each platform as they could. BF3 is the first game for a long time where each platform can show of how well it can be pushed, many PC gamers have had to endure endless console ports that aren’t well optimised or take advantage of the hardware available..
BF3 is a title PC gamers have been looking forward to, and if a PC gamer can afford to fork out hundreds, of not thousands on a gaming rig to really show it off then fine, but some can’t and this is where the PS3 version will come in… I assumed the game will not be playable with a 360 pad on the PC, my laptop wouldn’t handle it and lets face it… PC gamers are bit elitist at times in regards to gamepad players who, lets face it do enjoy playing games on a large screen TV in their living rooms. I do..
So, I’ll just buy it for the platform where I can enjoy it to its full potential with the kit I’ve already got..
My PC is a Q6600 with a 5870 and 4GB of ram, my laptop is a i5 with a ATI mobile 5650 4GB of ram and a PS3… I want to play mostly with a control pad on my TV, easiest way for me if I want to play on PC is my laptop and I don’t think my laptop will be powerful enough, so looks like it’ll be PS3… I don’t tend to like scrunching up over a desk at a desk chair playing games anymore. I like to chill out on my leather sofa, feet up with a pad on a 42” TV and enjoy from 5 feet away – not with my face up against a 19” or whatever display.. Its down to preference. I know pro PC gamers love their super uber high res modes.. Sadly we can't all afford huge spec GPU's etc...
This isn’t in anyway a moan at pro PC gamers… If the game runs on my laptop at a decent framerate with a 360 pad I’d be buying it for PC without questions asked. As option to use keyboard and mouse for online would be nice.. now that’s where a PC does come into its own…
I'm happy with my performance on E8500 @ 3.8ghz, GX560ti, 8gb DDR2.
Was initially bricking it about having to upgrade to i7 for the game. After using the beta Nvidia drivers, I'm running on all high, motion blur off 4xAA on 1920x1080. Haven't checked the FPS but it plays smooth all the way.
Was initially bricking it about having to upgrade to i7 for the game. After using the beta Nvidia drivers, I'm running on all high, motion blur off 4xAA on 1920x1080. Haven't checked the FPS but it plays smooth all the way.
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I will be upgrading but not in the manner one would expect.
I have some new case fans to be fitted. I am going to mod my case to improve airflow and I am in the market for a new modular PSU to aid airflow as well.
Then I am going on an OC'ing rampage. Possible with a new larger SSD to stick the game on as well as my OS.
I have some new case fans to be fitted. I am going to mod my case to improve airflow and I am in the market for a new modular PSU to aid airflow as well.
Then I am going on an OC'ing rampage. Possible with a new larger SSD to stick the game on as well as my OS.
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i already said 40-60
someone else was saying my game was probably jerky but its perfectly smooth and very playable and theres obviously a lot of headroom to turn settings down from ultra
You're right. I missed that somehow.
Sli 580s run 1080P flawlessly (150fps or so) with everything sel to ultra.
Set the res to 2560x1600 and the VRAM exceeds the 1.5gb of the cards. This means 20fps
even one card shows 20fps so its a VRAM issue. 3GB 580s will be required, any "dual card" with 3GB of ram will also fail due to the card only using 1.5GB per GPU (this means 590 owners wont be able to rock it out at that res).
My 580s are clocked at 1003/2006/4600 so are far from slow!
Glad i thought to research some more now, after reading this i may have to change my mind again, was just about to order 2 6950 2gb's cos my 1.5gb 580 struggled with the beta @ 2560x1440, i thought 2x2gb cards would be the same as running 1x4gb. but will i be safe with 1x3gb 580?
Aside from buying the game, the only money ive spent on upgrades was £28.00, on two silverstone air penetrator 140mm intake fans. Need them to help with my gpu cooling, the rest of my system will do as it is, probably till i replace the gpu's next year.
i already said 40-60
someone else was saying my game was probably jerky but its perfectly smooth and very playable and theres obviously a lot of headroom to turn settings down from ultra
That six core must be making a lot of difference. My rig is pretty much the same except the 460 is OC'd to 850mhz and using an old e6850 OC'd to 3.7ghz. I could only get 35 to 45 ish fps with some dips down into the 20's.
Around about £400 so far.
BTW Arknor i'm not saying i don't believe you or anything but there's no way my system would play BF3 that well on metro with all those settings. Not consistently playable anyway. Both our systems are pretty similar and i've got my 460 clocked to 845/2010.
I can play caspian spot on with all settings on high at 1920x1080 with hbao off and a maybe about x2 AA.
Ultra in retail with a 460, be it a 768mb or 1gb version.... forget it
BTW Arknor i'm not saying i don't believe you or anything but there's no way my system would play BF3 that well on metro with all those settings. Not consistently playable anyway. Both our systems are pretty similar and i've got my 460 clocked to 845/2010.
I can play caspian spot on with all settings on high at 1920x1080 with hbao off and a maybe about x2 AA.
Ultra in retail with a 460, be it a 768mb or 1gb version.... forget it
Although its not that demanding on the cpu compared to the graphics card it does love a quad or better.
Well i bought the pc in my sig, cost about £1100... I am wondering if i should sli the 580 lol, but that will mean upgrading the PSU! I am so stupid, should have got big PSU from the start...
Also not sure if i should sell my 1.5gb 580 and get the 3gb one, i play at 1920x1080.
Considering a SSD, crucial m4 128gb.
I think at the end of November BF3 will have cost me around £1500 + BF3
Damn it!
Also not sure if i should sell my 1.5gb 580 and get the 3gb one, i play at 1920x1080.
Considering a SSD, crucial m4 128gb.
I think at the end of November BF3 will have cost me around £1500 + BF3
Damn it!
