BF 4: multi-player CPU bottlenecks

[SPBHM]

doesn't look like it's a big gain

(I think this is the newest version, since it's from the Mantle test, also it's Mp64 I think)

 

[coolpurplefan]

Looks like there isn't that much difference between the i5-3570 and i5-4670 except I read weird messages saying Haswell was HasFail and other messages about higher temperatures... I'd still have to read more to figure out what's going on.

Maybe that will be irrelevant once DDR4 and other processors come out.

 

[tential]

Without Mantle, he will need to OC past 4.5GHz in order to be fine. I have my Core i7 3770K at 4441MHz with an HD7950 @ 1GHz. At 4GHz there were times that fps where going below 60fps. It all depends on the map and the number of players.
At Operation Locker he will be fine, in open maps like Siege Of Shanghai he will need to OC at least to 4.4-4.5GHz if he wants to stay at or above 60fps.

Also depends on settings. I don't play on Ultra on BF4. I just see so little visual improvement that it's not really worth it. I've seen the screenshot differences and it was so tiny for the FPS hit, I decided that I'd rather have better FPS. With my i7 4770k, running at stock, I've never seen a point where I've had a "stutter" or any sort.

So it all depends on the settings. Drop a setting that has low visual improvement to FPS impact and you'll be fine.

Most people ITT that are stating "You need XYZ to run the game!!!!" Are talking about running it at the highest settings possible.

Does anyone with a GTX 780Ti will play at 1080p and turn off Anisotropic Filtering and MSAA ????
Does anyone playing Multiplayer leaves Motion Blur ON ?? :whiste:
Even if you need 120fps, a 4GHz FX6300 will do the job at the same settings.

Those graphs are nice to get an idea of how the CPUs are performing. But the performance completely changes with different settings and different GPUs.
Same applies for every game.

http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/battlefield-4-second-assault-test-gpu.html

Basically what I'm trying to say. The issue is many people worry about ALL THE SETTINGS.
If you want to turn every single thing all the way up, then you should just own the top of the line of everything. But if you just want to run the game with 98% of the visual quality and ignore the last 2% that gives large FPS drops then you'll get vastly improved frame rates.

 

[coolpurplefan]

Hahaha! What the hell is 59.94Hz? (Just noticed that in the screencap.) A little odd they wouldn't just put it at 60Hz.

 

[BrightCandle]

Hahaha! What the hell is 59.94Hz? (Just noticed that in the screencap.) A little odd they wouldn't just put it at 60Hz.

But its not 60hz, its 59.9. That is actually a lot more common that most people realise, a lot of monitors really aren't actually 60hz and it can cause problems if the game tries to run 60hz and the monitor doesn't technically support it.

 

[MrK6]

BF4 multiplayer needs physical cores, no way around it. My i5 2500K @ 4.8GHz can still bottlenecks my 7970 @ 1.3GHz even at 2560x1600 and all the options on highest. Thankfully it's generally around the 60FPS range so it's nothing staggering.

 

[AtenRa]

BF4 multiplayer needs physical cores, no way around it. My i5 2500K @ 4.8GHz can still bottlenecks my 7970 @ 1.3GHz even at 2560x1600 and all the options on highest. Thankfully it's generally around the 60FPS range so it's nothing staggering.

Have you used Mantle to see if works as advertized ??
After the second BF4 upgrade it seams to work fine with my 3770K OCed to 4441MHz and HD7950 @ 1GHz.

 

[MrK6]

Have you used Mantle to see if works as advertized ??
After the second BF4 upgrade it seams to work fine with my 3770K OCed to 4441MHz and HD7950 @ 1GHz.

Nah cause I'd lose SweetFX and the SMAA is glorious. Right now I don't mind it because I'd say the CPU and GPU are evenly matched and my FPS stays around 60, so I'm happy. If some type of injector for Mantle comes out I'll definitely check it out though.