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| Author: | fatlazyhomer [ 21 Oct 2011, 06:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Should I cancel my BF3 preorder until better GPUs come out? |
This is a crazy gaming season, and I barely have time for the games I do have. For whatever reason, I decided to preorder BF3 too. But it seems like my trusty ol 5870s isnt going to cut it at 57x12 resolutions, and I don't have a second slot for Xfire/SLI either. Should I just wait till the 7000s come out at this point? Seems like they should be out soon. |
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| Author: | JohnnyWakko [ 21 Oct 2011, 09:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Personally I would not play |
Personally I would not play BF3 if I were you. Cause if you run into me I am going own your unknowncultural arse! |
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| Author: | sixshot [ 21 Oct 2011, 09:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Hmm... it's hard to say if |
Hmm... it's hard to say if you should upgrade or not. I was able to run a 5850 in 5040x1050 in Bad Company 2 with okay framerate, but I had to cut back on a lot of the effects. That was until I had to cut back on almost everything because of the frequent crashing I get from heavy rendering. By the time they actually fixed that, I was already on dual 6950. I wish I could give you a suggestion on the matter. I did a system upgrade from a Core2 Q9450 to a i7 2600k and went with dual-cards right from the start. If I was struggling for extra cash for upgrades, I would have stuck with the single card to the very end. But I would not cancel any preorder for any games. I would check it out to see how well it performs, see what tweaks I can apply, and determine what is a good compromise to get that framerate up. |
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| Author: | fatlazyhomer [ 21 Oct 2011, 19:14 ] |
| Post subject: | lol damn, I didn't realize it |
lol damn, I didn't realize it came out today. Too late. |
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| Author: | MEAHT [ 24 Oct 2011, 19:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Are you nuts?! Dont cancel |
Are you nuts?! Dont cancel your preorder. The game will still look good, as it did when I was running one 5870 in Eyefinity. That was in the alpha, I installed a second 5870 right before the beta arrived and it looked even better but definitely not worth not playing. Do yourself a favor bud and hang on to that bf3 :D Dont give up! |
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| Author: | Hanmat [ 26 Oct 2011, 22:10 ] |
| Post subject: | How do your 5870 scale ? I |
How do your 5870 scale ? I heard from others that it wasnt working and had to revert to single screen ? |
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| Author: | MEAHT [ 26 Oct 2011, 22:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Hanmat wrote:How do your 5870 |
How do your 5870 scale ? I heard from others that it wasnt working and had to revert to single screen ? Hello Hanmat, The game works perfectly in crossfire mode. I actually had to remove the profiles I downloaded specifically for BF3 because the game was stuterring every 2 seconds. Now everything is up on ULTRA settings but with no AA. No complaints here. thanks MEAHT |
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| Author: | sixshot [ 26 Oct 2011, 23:16 ] |
| Post subject: | MEAHT wrote:Hanmat wrote:How |
[quote]How do your 5870 scale ? I heard from others that it wasnt working and had to revert to single screen ? Hello Hanmat, The game works perfectly in crossfire mode. I actually had to remove the profiles I downloaded specifically for BF3 because the game was stuterring every 2 seconds. Now everything is up on ULTRA settings but with no AA. No complaints here. thanks MEAHT What's your gaming res on your dual 5870? I run mine on medium on majority of the settings due to Grand Bazaar taking a massive hit on framerate. |
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| Author: | Hanmat [ 27 Oct 2011, 00:23 ] |
| Post subject: | I have Nvidia 480 in SLi and |
I have Nvidia 480 in SLi and get terrible frames . approx 30-50 :( Can you explain what profiles are ? Cheers |
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| Author: | MEAHT [ 27 Oct 2011, 16:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Hanmat wrote:I have Nvidia |
I have Nvidia 480 in SLi and get terrible frames . approx 30-50 :( Hello Hanmat, Profiles are ATI Catalyst Application Profiles, or CAP. Specific settings for games to improve crossfire performance. Heres an example of the latest update: New profiles added to this release: - Battlefield 3 – Provides great CrossFire scaling and resolves stuttering issues when running in CrossFire mode - Deus Ex Missing Link: Improves CrossFire performance - F1 2011: Improves CrossFire performance - Dead Island: Improves CrossFire performance - Batman Arkham City (DX9 version): Improves CrossFire performance - NBA 2012: Disables CrossFire More info: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx Unfortunately, this is ATI only :( Sorry mate |
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