What sort of PC you think needed for BF3?

[Arsinek]

As you can see from my sig below my system is pretty dated. What do you think will be needed for BF3? And also Diablo3?

 

[aigomorla]

has to be able to play crysis!

Sarcasm...

im sure if you just change your gpu to a 6900 or a 500GTX series, and keep resolution within 1080p, you should be ok on your config.

 

[CVSiN]

getting a little old on a processor and chipset as well..

runs great on an i7 x58 or i7 SB setup...

even i5's but dual cores are on the way out for sure..

The Alpha was pretty hardware intensive..
it played well on my i7 systems but that is with SLI 460s on 1 and a single 580 on the other..

and both systems are running 12gigs of DDR3 1600 ram

 

[Arsinek]

I guess really all I can do is wait until they come out and go from there.

 

[RebelCapitalist]

From the FAQ here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2141077

Minimum PC Specifications for BF3/Frostbite 2:
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz OR Athlon X2 2.7 Ghz
Main memory: 2 Gb
Graphics card: Supporting DirectX 10 or 11. DX9 NOT supported!
AMD : DirectX 10.1 (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance)
NVIDIA: DirectX 10.0 compatible (Nvidia GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 series with Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
Graphics memory: 512 MB
OS: Windows Vista (Service pack 2) 32-BIT. Windows XP not supported!
Free HDD space: 20 GB
Sound Card : DirectX X compatible
Keyboard and mouse
DVD ROM drive

 

[fire400]

how many people are waiting with their newly built rigs?

i7 quadcore oc'd
8-12gb ddr3 oc'd
570gtx sli oc'd
quad SSD raid
1080p led

$2K - +$3K

after a year or less, the hype will wash away.

 

[Arsinek]

how many people are waiting with their newly built rigs?

i7 quadcore oc'd
8-12gb ddr3 oc'd
570gtx sli oc'd
quad SSD raid
1080p led

$2K - +$3K

after a year or less, the hype will wash away.

lol. the joys of pc gaming.

 

[crisium]

Looks like you're basically at the minimum requirements. I'd say it's time for Quad Core and minimum of GTX 460 / Radeon 6850.

 

[shortylickens]

lol. the joys of pc gaming.

One of the real joys is learning not to piss away money just to play ONE game. Also learning to not upgrade before its even out. Even worse is asking a bunch of nerds what they think the game will need. These kinds of threads should be banned for the same reason we dont allow price checks.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

depends what resolution! what rez is your monitor?

 

[soccerballtux]

based on the russian alpha benchmark results any AMD quad core with L3 cache at 3ghz+ and any Intel quad core will be plenty sufficient on the CPU size of things. Quad core is definitely mandatory, and so is having L3 cache for AMD.
GPU, 5870, 6970, or GTX570, GTX 580 to be at HQ settings on 1920x1200.

http://translate.google.com/transla...est-GPU.html&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=651&prmd=ivns

 

[soccerballtux]

lol. the joys of pc gaming.

One of the real joys is learning not to piss away money just to play ONE game. Also learning to not upgrade before its even out. Even worse is asking a bunch of nerds what they think the game will need. These kinds of threads should be banned for the same reason we dont allow price checks.

1 reason why pc piracy so high people think wtf I already bought a kick butt pc I have a right to play this game!!

 

[goobernoodles]

One of the real joys is learning not to piss away money just to play ONE game. Also learning to not upgrade before its even out. Even worse is asking a bunch of nerds what they think the game will need. These kinds of threads should be banned for the same reason we dont allow price checks.

Agreed.

With that said, I was running a e6750 before and it was definitely a huge bottleneck for bc2. You're not going to want to try to play bf3 without a quad core more than likely. The video card side is total speculation.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

My GTX 560 Ti (OC'd) performs close to a stock GTX 570. Ran the game on Ultra with 4x AA, 16x AF and I was surprised with the performance. I believe this will change since Ultra doesn't seem to be much different than Low. If you want to have all the settings cranked at 1080p, I recommend a GTX 580. Personally, I'm going to SLI my cards. That should handle anything that game can throw at it and more.

 

[Barfo]

Quad core is definitely mandatoryhttp://translate.google.com/transla...est-GPU.html&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=651&prmd=ivns

Based on my beta experience so far, it's not. I get playable fps with my rig on low/med.

 

[Peppered]

I think it will be hard to say, AMD may release new drivers that will get it closer to the GTX 580

 

[zerocool84]

My rig in my sig plays it just fine @ 1080 Ultra settings 2xAA. Haven't noticed any slowdowns at all.

 

[happy medium]

A decent quad core like a , q9xxx @3.0, q6600 @ 3.2, Phenom II x4/x6 @ 3.2, i7/i5 @ 3.0 with a 5850,5870, 6870 or better or gtx 560, gtx560ti,gtx470, or better, should run it at high detail @ 1080p at a steady 40fps+.

 

[KaOTiK]

Game runs smooth on my system with everything max'd.

2x Xeon5355's @2.66 and GTX 480 OC edition
I play at 1080p

 

[soccerballtux]

Based on my beta experience so far, it's not. I get playable fps with my rig on low/med.

what do you define as playable?

 

[Barfo]

what do you define as playable?

I didn't measure but 30 fps is playable for me.

 

[eBauer]

I'm still running an 8800 GTS 512 - it will be interesting to see what the card can do at 1024x768 @ 150Hz. That low of a resolution doesn't bother me since I'm still using a Trinitron CRT.

Like others have stated, upgrade hardware after the game is released, not before.

 

[crisium]

I'm still running an 8800 GTS 512 - it will be interesting to see what the card can do at 1024x768 @ 150Hz. That low of a resolution doesn't bother me since I'm still using a Trinitron CRT.

Like others have stated, upgrade hardware after the game is released, not before.

Eek, 4:3 should be avoided if possible. You should letterbox the game to 1280x800 to get a wilder field of vision. Just adjust your monitor buttons to make it the proper 16:10 ratio. You could try 16:9 @ 1280x720, but it my experience 16:9 can be too small on a CRT for a long range game like Battlefield.

That's what I do with my 21-inch CRT. I play BC2 at 1920x1200, and will probably try for 1680x1050 on BF3.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I'm still running an 8800 GTS 512 - it will be interesting to see what the card can do at 1024x768 @ 150Hz. That low of a resolution doesn't bother me since I'm still using a Trinitron CRT.

Like others have stated, upgrade hardware after the game is released, not before.

My 9800gtx was able to play at 1600x900 on low but 1280x1024 with some options on medium and low ended up giving the best results and didn't look half bad .

 

[toyota]

My 9800gtx was able to play at 1600x900 on low but 1280x1024 with some options on medium and low ended up giving the best results and didn't look half bad .

if your monitor does 16:9 then why would you ever run 1280x1024 which is 5:4? you literally are cutting off 1/3 of your field of view in games. you should use another 16:9 res like 1280x720.