Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

So how come some are having issues with HT and some are reporting its fine with HT on?
 
BF3 is running terribly on my Alienware M11x R1... it is at stock settings really, I had to lower resolution to like 800x600 and put everything on Low :(

Getting ~ 30FPS
 
Originally Posted by Vorret View Post
Will I be able to max it at 1650x1080 on a 6950 2gb ?
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I can run game maxed out with 1920x1080 res, using 11.10 p3 drivers, just fine with 6950 unlocked.
 
lathorus said:
I can run game maxed out with 1920x1080 res, using 11.10 p3 drivers, just fine with 6950 unlocked.
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What settings? And what are your framerates like? Takes me two 6950(stock clocks/unlocked shaders) to get 50-80fps(avg 72fps) with 1920x1200/4xaa/16xaf, Ultra, HBAO & Motion Blur On.
 
lathorus said:
I can run game maxed out with 1920x1080 res, using 11.10 p3 drivers, just fine with 6950 unlocked.
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At what FPS? I can't even do that with my overclocked 6970 without getting into the 30s on the beta.. I think I have 11.10 p2 drivers though.
 
Texture - Ultra
Shadow - Ultra
Effects - Ultra
Mesh Quality - Ultra
Terrain Quality - Ultra
Terrain Decoration - Ultra
AA Defered - Off
AntAliasing Post - High
Motion Blur - On
Anisotropic Filter -16x
Ambient Occlusion -HBAO

I normally hate motion blur, but in this game it seems to get rid of the jaggies and so i really see no difference with aa on or off. Also i noticed a massive difference going from preview 2 drivers to 3.

Not sure what my average FPS is, never really cared, it runs pretty smooth.
 
This game fucking rocks. Played infantry only with no regen and that was some intense shit. It was the metro map(conquest mode) and my team had a firefight in the main hall that lasted well over 7 minutes. Nobody was able to push. Debris flying everywhere, cover being destroyed, haven't had that much fun in an FPS in a long time. Also thank god for prone again.

Had a lock up on my the first server I joined but was solved by updating my drivers. Battlelog is pretty good. Loaded into a server pretty fast and was NO different then an in game browser. Swapping servers was painless. No marketing videos was a plus.

Complaints so far:
In game map kinda sucks. Seems useless...
No sunglass perk...sun glare owns me
 
quikt said:
PC kept blue screening while playing, disabled HT and its been playing like a champ. Multiplayer is quite entertaining. glad they fixed squad management. still having some issues joining on friends. i have far better luck joining some random server my friends are not on. ok back to shooting :).
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Probably your overclock as BF3 will use up to 12 threads I believe. So if its crashing with HT on, thats not a good sign of stability for your rig.
 
Originally Posted by lathorus View Post
I can run game maxed out with 1920x1080 res, using 11.10 p3 drivers, just fine with 6950 unlocked.
At what FPS? I can't even do that with my overclocked 6970 without getting into the 30s on the beta.. I think I have 11.10 p2 drivers though.
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I just looked at my fps on mission called Rock and a hard place, and my fps is in the 50's and dips to 40's when explosions go off, I would recommend installing the preview 3 drivers, it makes a huge difference
 
Goddamn...all this buildup and couldn't wait for release, then after last night with no sleep I'm going straight to bed after work. :(
 
lathorus said:
I just looked at my fps on mission called Rock and a hard place, and my fps is in the 50's and dips to 40's when explosions go off, I would recommend installing the preview 3 drivers, it makes a huge difference
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Ah, I am on 11.10. I will try the 11.9 prev3 drivers tonight. That and not running 4x aa probably helps a lot.
 
The dirt smudges on the camera are really annoying.

"Hey, I have a GREAT idea. Let's create a very good looking game but only let the gamer see half of it because the other half is blocked by dirt on the camera!"
 
lathorus said:
Texture - Ultra
Shadow - Ultra
Effects - Ultra
Mesh Quality - Ultra
Terrain Quality - Ultra
Terrain Decoration - Ultra
AA Defered - Off
AntAliasing Post - High
Motion Blur - On
Anisotropic Filter -16x
Ambient Occlusion -HBAO

I normally hate motion blur, but in this game it seems to get rid of the jaggies and so i really see no difference with aa on or off. Also i noticed a massive difference going from preview 2 drivers to 3.

Not sure what my average FPS is, never really cared, it runs pretty smooth.
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Turn off HBAO, that sucks up about 10+ fps. And does jack shit from what i can see, never noticed a difference with it on or off.
 
I played 6 hours straight today to get the Mortar tube and it ROCKS! I have not had this much fin in a long time. The support you can give and the damage you can deal is incredible if you do it right. You can supress an entire area and cause mass chaos and confusion in the enemy if they are advancing or trying to hold an area.

The Mortar is going to require teamwork. Everyone on the team needs to spot or else you can't see anything on the Mortar map!

I am now an official Mortar Man!

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In single player, in the beginning, how do I get the shotgun stuck in the door handle, the "use" key doesn't work.

Thanks !
 
Chris_B said:
Turn off HBAO, that sucks up about 10+ fps. And does jack shit from what i can see, never noticed a difference with it on or off.
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Difference is glaringly obvious to me with HBAO on vs. off, at 2560x1600. Shadow detail and lighting is vastly improved with it on.
 
Never had less fun trying to play the best game ever. It's impossible to just start a game and play... and the few times I do get into a game the round soon ends and so it crashes and I'm back to trying to get the game to JUST FUCKING RUN. JUST FUCKING RUN WITHOUT MAKING ME KILL THE BF3.exe TEN TIMES IN A ROW FIRST... AND LET ME PLAY FOR MORE THAN ONE ROUND.

Origin is a piece of shit from what I've seen so far. Telling me my redemption codes are in use... re-applying the same patch over and over.

What a fucking cock-suck of a day. I knew there would be bugs and issues, but I didn't expect to be one of the worst examples while other people are just happily playing along.
 
GoldenTiger said:
Difference is glaringly obvious to me with HBAO on vs. off, at 2560x1600. Shadow detail and lighting is vastly improved with it on.
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It was in bc2 as well and even in that i barely noticed a difference. Maybe its more noticable in SP, for multi id prefer the fps that it takes.

Have to say though they did excel on the graphics, looks identical to the vids shown which isnt always the case with some games. Thunder-run put a beating on my system

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/BF3/bf3-thunder.jpg
 
I just did repair game and it's applying the 48.1 MB patch for the UMPTEENTH GODDAMN TIME. Origin is such a piece of shit. If I ever get the chance to ditch it.. even if it means having to buy a different copy of BF3, I will do it at the first opportunity.

FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID BULLSHIT EA.
 
Holy moly OC'ing my GTX 460 worked wonders. Now my CPU OC was unstable so I gotta redo that, but damn was it good, constant 40ish FPS with everything HIGH and HBAO on.
 
HardBytes said:
In single player, in the beginning, how do I get the shotgun stuck in the door handle, the "use" key doesn't work.

Thanks !
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Make sure you're holding it down and not just quick tapping it. If that doesn't help, you could try to rebind the Use key to something else and then change it back afterwards.
 
Chris_B said:
It was in bc2 as well and even in that i barely noticed a difference. Maybe its more noticable in SP, for multi id prefer the fps that it takes.

Have to say though they did excel on the graphics, looks identical to the vids shown which isnt always the case with some games. Thunder-run put a beating on my system

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/BF3/bf3-thunder.jpg
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It's very noticeable to me and I only play multiplayer...

ballpoint said:
I just did repair game and it's applying the 48.1 MB patch for the UMPTEENTH GODDAMN TIME. Origin is such a piece of shit. If I ever get the chance to ditch it.. even if it means having to buy a different copy of BF3, I will do it at the first opportunity.

FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID BULLSHIT EA.
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It's already been explained a million times, so stop yelling and actually read:

1) MOVE your BF3 folder.

2) Start a new download of BF3.

3) Once it starts downloading, CLOSE origin.

4) Move your BF3 folder from step 1 and copy/replace anything windows asks to when merging.

5) Launch Origin again.

6) Watch as Origin applies the patch, properly this time, after a minute.

7) Enjoy BF3.
 
Everything working great for me. No hitching or lockups and I have hyperthreading on.

edit- I had updated origin and used the new nvidia drivers. In Origin, I changed my default game and install folders to my games drive, not the default "c".
 
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If you do not have HT in your bios OR the manual in my MSI P67A mobo, wtf do you do to turn it off?
 
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