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Would an i3 stand up to BF3?

ATIorNvidia said:
No. Just because it utilizes SMT that doesn't mean it isn't a "normal" dual core.
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Okay, I'll make sure to tell anyone that asks if Deus Ex or BF3 will be fine on a dual core that it will be fine since an i3 with hyper-threading can handle it okay, even though the majority of dual core CPU's don't utilise SMT and will handle both games horribly because they are optimized for 4 threads.
 
ATIorNvidia said:
No. Just because it utilizes SMT that doesn't mean it isn't a "normal" dual core.
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When HT becomes the Norm, Then a dualcore processor with it can be considered Normal. But

1. It's an Intel tech, So no AMD processors have it
2. Not all Intel Processor have it

So I would say your statement is incorrect.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
is that a joke?
why are you gaming on a server???
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No joke. I bought the ML115 as an ESX server but no longer use it for that purpose. With the addition of a GTX460 it has handled everything I have been able to throw at it (including BFBC2) and has become my default gaming PC.
With all this talk of BF3 only liking highly clocked quad cores I am genuinely worried that the opteron 1354 which only runs at 2.2ghz will struggle. Upgrading the CPU is impossible, and as I desperately want to play BF3 when it arrives I may end up needing to buy an entire new gaming PC.

Where's the joke?
 
Broken Hope said:
Okay, I'll make sure to tell anyone that asks if Deus Ex or BF3 will be fine on a dual core that it will be fine since an i3 with hyper-threading can handle it okay, even though the majority of dual core CPU's don't utilise SMT and will handle both games horribly because they are optimized for 4 threads.
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Instead you should tell people that Deus Ex or BF3 will be fine on a good dual core.

If you were to say those two games run fine on quad cores, would that include lower end ones like a Phenom I 9550 for example?

wannabedamned said:
When HT becomes the Norm, Then a dualcore processor with it can be considered Normal. But

1. It's an Intel tech, So no AMD processors have it
2. Not all Intel Processor have it

So I would say your statement is incorrect.
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Again, the addition of HT doesn't suddenly make it an abnormal dual core that deserves special treatment when being compared with other CPU's.
 
System requirements for battlefield 3
http://www.frostbite2.com/?tag=system
This is for all you guys that are not blessed with large bank rolls, and can afford the high end everything. For the guy on a budget it will run on a duel core with a good mid range GPU. Just on lower settings running on DX10. But they do recommend a quad core and above for good game play and use of DX11. ( INTEL and AMD)
 
aye, i think the term dual/quad etc cores have been blurred over the years, intel with their smt and now amd with bulldozer, they market it as a octo core but it isnt really as it shares a fpu between two, so cant really be called classically a true 8 core chip.
 
tbh guys if you are going to try and run bf3 on low settings i wouldnt bother. save the £40 and start building on it for a new system. these new games need to be played the way they should be, max powered. no sense spending £40 on a game that will look like Quake 1 by the time youve stripped it naked to get 20fps.
 
Broken Hope said:
If some games run like crap on all dual cores except certain i3's then why wouldn't you give them special treatment?
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That's because "most" dual cores aren't good anymore (Core 2 Duo's and Phenom II X2's are old and have low IPC) Dual core i5's, and a couple Pentiums (with that cheeky Intel update) have HT as well, not just i3's . As newer CPU's arrive and IPC increases I'm betting non-HT dual cores will fair OK in 4-threaded games aswell.

BTW you dodged an earlier question.

ATIorNvidia said:
If you were to say those two games run fine on quad cores, would that include lower end ones like a Phenom I 9550 for example?
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jakesnake said:
tbh guys if you are going to try and run bf3 on low settings i wouldnt bother. save the £40 and start building on it for a new system. these new games need to be played the way they should be, max powered. no sense spending £40 on a game that will look like Quake 1 by the time youve stripped it naked to get 20fps.
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Perfectly put my friend.
 
max51 said:
http://www.techspot.com/review/418-amd-a8-3850-apu/page10.html
Here are some benches for bfbc2 with AMD and Intel
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"The results we recorded in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 were similar to Dirt 3's. We find that as long as this game is powered using a quad-core processor, the performance is satisfactory"

Seems like a sensible assessment to me, even the Athlon II X4 gets over 80fps when paired with a high-end graphics card @ 1920x1200.
 
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