Battlefield 1 Open Beta is live and supports DX12

[Annisman*]

Yeah I wont be buying it. It feels like Battlefront with a WW1 skin, except you die to snipers 9/10 times. Doesn't even remotely feel like the same series I was playing when 1942 came out.

Between the eventual hardcore game mode and new maps/servers limiting sniper slots it will be a very good game, right now I am enjoying the arcade feeling.

 

[Ranulf]

Yeah I wont be buying it. It feels like Battlefront with a WW1 skin, except you die to snipers 9/10 times. Doesn't even remotely feel like the same series I was playing when 1942 came out.

Thats the nature of the Sinai map. They opened up all weapons today no matter your rank. Definately made it easier to have a scoped semi auto rifle as a medic. When people are playing the game right, working as a team, the game is a lot of fun.

I had no serious crashes, some graphical bugs in game though. Floating boxes/rounds/etc in the air and stuff like that. A few times guns glitch out on revives and you can't shoot.

On medium (game auto select) settings with a 7870 @1080p 60hz the game was 20-80fps. RX 480 at ultra settings went from 35-90, usually hovering around 50-65fps. Latest AMD beta drivers.

 

[psolord]

Hello. I have peculiar question regarding BF1, fraps recording, GTX 970 and Radeon 7950.

Long story short, I did a quick fraps recorded gameplay video at Ultra settings on my GTX 970@1.5Ghz+2500k. Nothing serious. Just a quick browsing through the level, showing that the 970 can easily keep a steady 60fps with some cycles to spare, even with fraps recording which is not the best way to show performance (no software recording method is).

I tried to do the same for my 7950@1.1Ghz, which was also very capable running the game at 60fps, but when the recording started the framerate was dropping to less than 30fps.

The gpu load was still at 99% according to MSI Afterburner. It was the recording itself that tanked the performance. It was not the HDD speed, it was not the SSD speed and it was not the cpu speed. If it was any of them, the gpu load would drop, due to gpu cycles being wasted. So what was it?

For anyone interested however, 970@1.5Ghz and 7950@1.1Ghz seemed to have a carbon copy performance as my Star Wars Battlefront benhcmarks. Maybe a little lower since I couldn't do proper benchmarks at the time.

I only tested DX12 on the 7950 and the performance dropped to around 50s.

 

[Bacon1]

Hello. I have peculiar question regarding BF1, fraps recording, GTX 970 and Radeon 7950.

Don't use FRAPs to record, use Shadowplay (Nvidia) or Plays.Tv (installed with AMD Drivers, or stand alone). Fraps doesn't use the built in GPU hardware encoders (pretty sure 7950 has one but might only be newer GCN cards).

 

[guskline]

Looks like Beta is closed!

 

[psolord]

Don't use FRAPs to record, use Shadowplay (Nvidia) or Plays.Tv (installed with AMD Drivers, or stand alone). Fraps doesn't use the built in GPU hardware encoders (pretty sure 7950 has one but might only be newer GCN cards).

After years of trials, I still find Fraps very usable. It gets the job done if the cpu and hdd are fast enough. Huge files sure, but lossless and you can do whatever you want with them. Much more manageable than the hevc recordings the hardware encoders produce. Better and more controlled quality too, if you use your custom compression profile.

Speaking of which, the 7950 can only do 1080/30 or 720/60 which does not work for me.

OBS is nice. Maybe I should try its cpu based H264 encoding to see how that fairs.

I am opting for Vega and I will not stop using fraps at least for DX11 recordings. My fear is this. Does fraps has any issue with Win 10 and AMD cards when recording? I've been using my 970 the past couple of years for these jobs and maybe I have missed something.

I will of course do some thorough testing on the 7950 when I get back home. Just asking if anyone has caught somehting. Especially people with newer Radeons.

 

[Bacon1]

After years of trials, I still find Fraps very usable. It gets the job done if the cpu and hdd are fast enough. Huge files sure, but lossless and you can do whatever you want with them. Much more manageable than the hevc recordings the hardware encoders produce. Better and more controlled quality too, if you use your custom compression profile.

Ah ok, if you have the need then sure go for fraps, most people can get away with the hardware encoders

I haven't heard of any issues with fraps win 10 and amd though