Battlefield 3 - Page 3

I don't know if someone else has experience this but the FOV as default (70) made me sick. I set mine to 90 and now i'ts all good.

So need some AVS origin buddies, add me for BF3 stuup1dmofo

im stuck on my laptop till friday wont be playing till then. I will just have to watch through you guys

I played 4 hours tonight, I REALLY am not liking the smaller maps much at all. Like the subway or the bazarr etc. The big ones I still feel are to small for 64 players. You can barely move before you run into someone. I wish it had Joint Operations sized maps, that would make a world of difference.

it's still a big meh for me.

Do they have maps as big as that huge damn level in BF2? There not all smaller are they? Hate small maps...

I'm so surprised that the crossfire scaling is extremely good. With the new catalyst profiles installed, my overclocked 2gb HD6950 crossfired can run this game at Ultra with a resolution of 1920x1080 without any real dips in FPS. In fact, my GPU temperatures have not gone above 74 degrees Celsius after 3 hours of play. To put that in perspective, Metro 2033 on highest settings pushes my cards to 80-81 after 1 hour.

The game is absolutely gorgeous on ultra. Funny how a $1000 rig can absolutely max out this game.

No need for xfire/SLI, I am running 1080p Ultra with a single OC'd 6970 2GB and it's smooth as glass. It's just that the graphics are very inconsistent, some aspects look amazing and then others look like something from 5 years ago.

Jason

Cool, good to hear people are running BF3 on a single card well. I checked my fps and i don't dip below 60 during intense firefights on large maps.

To check FPS, just hit Ctrl+Alt+S simultaneously and hold it.

I'm running on a single HD6950 2gb. On Ultra I was getting about 45 fps. I set it to auto and I'm getting 60fps. Most settings remained on ultra, I didn't really pay close attention to see what settings it knocked down to get the frame rate up.

The frame rate made a huge difference in how it felt though. Still looks great, but I'll probably end up getting a second 6950. I've been wanting to anyway.

Do most people get BF3 for multiplayer? The single player looks too linear and scripted to make it worth getting for that.

Try triple monitor setup, you wont be singing the same tune. lol I can get eyefinity on medium settings. Considering it 4800x900 resolution, I would consider that damn good. I can live with 30-40 frames per sec to be surrounded in BF glory.

According to the folks on Guru3D forums Crossfire (as usual) doesn't work on the latest drivers. With BF3 you are only getting one card working.

Was anyone else having issues with the Active X control plugin for IE9 on Windows 7? This thing loads so slooooow and is a major headache for me right now. Why couldn't they make these in game application menus?

On a lighter note, I'm down for some MP! My origin name is Evangelo2 so please add me to any list of AVSers gaming

-Evangelo2

Good to hear people run this game well with single-card... I might have to upgrade my PSU and GPU to max it...

I'm running i7 with 10 Gb ram and HD Radeon 6770 1 Gb but 1650 x 1050 rez... so I should be able to run it well at High..... what do you think about ultra?

I'm running with a quad core 3 GHZ, 8 GB RAM, Win 7 64 bit, NVidia GTX570 HD Superclocked.

Forgot to say, running at 1900*1200 resolution, most things on high...

69xx's in CF are having problems.

I believe it's stuttering problems, as there's no way im running this game on ultra with 60fps average using only a single 6950. They say it's from the new catalyst application profiles.

Yeah i can see the appeal in that, however eyefinity would not be an option for me as i'm running my desktop on a Sony 55hx800 at about 7 feet away as my primary display device. Triple 55 inch televisions is not an option. I don't plan on buying a monitor anytime soon as my 2 year old vaio laptop is used as my word processor/internet browser.

Someday i might consider eyefinity, but that will only come when bezels are a thing of the past.

Man, i love the sound design for this game. Never ceases to amaze me. My PB13 ultra and SCS/SBS-01 speakers hooked up to a denon with audyssey multeq and room treatments gives so much punch and detail when sound is set to home cinema. Makes me wonder how it will sound next week with 2 more bass traps and multeq xt added in.

So far, My 2560x1600 has been great with the 580's sli'd. I still find the maps way to small for planes and 64 people.

What percentage of the maps are located in cities or human populated settings (ie, the park/metro map), vs industrial or wilderness settings?

If you find the MP boring then do not go near the SP, it's a snore fest.

Jason

Anyone know if it's possible to use the keyboard/mouse when on foot and just pick up the 360 controller for vehicles? I find it almost impossible to fly a chopper with the keyboard and mouse. I usually keep a 360 controller on my desk, but last night when I plugged it in mid game, it didn't seem to be recognized so I gave up on it.

Is the SP that bad?? I read comments about how emotional it was and the character being great....

Haha good ole JO. The game was fun cuz the 100+ player counts and you didnt have to be pro to fly. I remeber playin the co-op missions online and LAN w/ friends. Good times..