Recent content by Arum

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    BF3 CPU bottleneck? Really?

    Yeah, after I posted that I checked out some benchmarks and realized just what you said... Bummer... Well, looks like I will tweak my FOV and Mesh setting to try and get up to 55 min... IIRC I think setting Mesh to low will keep me at 55 MIN, but DANG!!! Mesh on low is very ugly... too much...
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    BF3 CPU bottleneck? Really?

    I did have a thought about this... Does it make sense to just abandon a SLI / CROSSFIRE setup and get a single powerful GTX 680? Wouldn't that, theoretically, alleviate the added work load to the CPU and a min 60 FPS be attainable? I might be able to do some testing with my dual 6970s and see...
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    BF3 CPU bottleneck? Really?

    Yeah, I think you are right, I'll just stick with what I have... I have been trying to figure out how to get rid of the min FPS issue for a while. I had a Phenom X4 970 before the FX and the min was about the same, but overall the average is much higher now. I love BF3 but I hate how it's...
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    BF3 CPU bottleneck? Really?

    Like others here I had to register to join in on the conversation. Moonbogg - thanks for posting all your findings, it's been very helpful. Pink FLoyd, Hrrnggh - thanks as well, good to see some others having drops. I haven't done as extensive testing as others here but I can confirm that I...