Battlefield 3 Benchmarked, GPU and CPU Performance Tested

Thanks for the comprehensive review.

Very sharp...both the content and the review layout

Ouch! my poor 560ti QQ

Wonder if this will push me to upgrade from my 2 x 5850s... hmm.
I mean at 1920x1200 I really find that AA is something I value less than other quality settings. I used to consider it to be of more importance back in the days of ~1024 resolutions.

Well, for some more details/info check the Tom's hardware:
AMD cards and CrossFire scaling

Nice review. For the record, since you guys didn't include it, I'm playing with a i7 950 at 4ghz and SLI GTX465 (odd set up right?) and I can play at 1080p with High Settings with v-sync on and it NEVER drops below 60fps. No AA, honestly, it doesnt look like I need it. I'm gonna try some ultra settings soon.

My rig is running smooth, (my internet could be better though...DSL) so if ya wanna buddy up shoot me a PM

I'm sorry this is ridiculous marketing rubbish. My specs aren't even on there and I can play the game on medium at 1680 x 1050 with a THREE-YEAR-OLD PC! (Core 2 duo 3.16 GHz, 4GB, GTX 280).

The game looks amazing at this resolution and quality, but more importantly plays fluidly and is joyful.

If you NEED amazing graphics, sure fork out, but if you're like me and you just need to play BF3, stick with what you have.

So my Nvidia EVGA GTX570 Classified Edition will handle this game on ultra at 1920x1080?!
AWESOME! Plus the fact that it will be coupled with an i7 2600K I think this game is going to run very well

Although I do have one question, I noticed that it is recommended to run this game using a 64-bit processor in order to use more RAM, does this game run any different with 8GB of RAM compared to 4GB?

Hey burty,
this may interest you.
http://www.geeks3d.com/20111025/the-secrets-behind-battlefield-3-and-frostbite-2/#more-8060
They apparently were very sensitive with memory load and streaming, and the use of instancing to mitigate the effects of memory use. It is very interesting. watch all 5 parts if you have time.

Thanks for the Link Red, will make a good watch while on lunch at work

Amd has released CAP 4 that includes BF3 improvements, so maybe they wont suck, or look foolish.:rolleyes:

It's not marketing rubbish. It's a good performance analysis to let you know what you'll need in terms of recent hardware if you want to be able to play it at high/ultra settings.

I too, don't have a top-of-the-line PC, and can play the game just fine at slightly higher than medium settings with my Core i7 920, 6GB RAM, GTX 260 at 1920x1200. I haven't once had any framerate issues.

However, if you do have an older video card, don't update to the latest NVIDIA drivers (285.65 I think) as it causes some bizzaire stuttery animations when you move your mouse and run/walk. Also, if you have an amBX speaker setup, you'll have to kill the amBXFXgen (or something like that) process or else you will get a DirectX error upon game startup.

Thanks for the link Stupido. I'll have to grab latest AMD drivers and CAP and see how it performs myself. Hopefully this evening as it took most of my entire lunch break to install! Origin was doing an update when I left it to go back to work

Nice review! The game only got release here last night at mindnight. But it took me a whole hour to get through the crap that is origin/EA servers. Eventually got in an hour of gaming between 1 and 2am before deciding to crash out for the night as to avoid being a zombie at work today (kinda failed).

Anyway from what I did see.. wow! The game is beautiful. Still not a fan of the web front end at all however once you're past that and in the game it's just stunning. I'm running an i7 920 with a GTX 580 and 12gb DDR3 ram, so am lucky enough to enjoy some pretty high settings. Might crack them all up to ultra later and see how it copes (runing 1920 x 1200)

Running a i7 920 at stock speed, 9gb 1066mhz ddr3, 460gtx. Settings on auto, all looks very smooth and sexy. No ultra for me but the difference between the beta and the release is massive. Very happy.

Phenom 9850 BE, 8 Gb 1066 ddr2, gtx 275 sli

Ultra settings -41 fps avg
High - 58 fps avg

According to nvidia my system would be not be able to even run it.. i smell bs

As a side note, both gpus never push past 85% useage.

for one, your cards are not DX 11 capable, and the DX 11 features (tessellation for one) use a lot of horsepower. your GPU's are not rendering any of those.

where are you seeing Nvidia saying 2 x GTX 275's wont run BF3?