Battlefield V Beta is Open

[AlphaAtlas]

The Battlefield V Beta opens today. While the battle royale mode advertised in the latest trailer isn't available yet, players can jump into the classic Conquest mode or try the new multi-round "Grand Operations" mode, where each round is based on specific day in WWII and previous rounds have an impact on future ones. There's also a five part "Tides of War" event players can participate in. Some sites found that the game runs better in DX11 than it does in DX12 mode, and others say there are matchmaking issues, so be cautious when you jump into the beta.

 

[F.E.A.R.]

I'm ready to try it out for myself this morning. From watching the videos it seems a bit underwhelming. We shall see.

 

[schlitzbull]

Level design is better than I remember. I haven't played a battlefield game since 4 though. I'm not mad at it.

 

[Bigdady92]

Waiting for the reports of being a Cyborg Katana Warrior Princess while fighting nazi's.

 

[Lazorz_Go_PewPew]

I've been playing the last few day. Its a lot more fun than I though.
That Time To Kill is fantastic!

 

[Schtask]

I lost 15 fps using DX12 in BF1, so the DX12 news on BF V doesn't surprise me.

 

[katanaD]

Waiting for the reports of being a Cyborg Katana Warrior Princess while fighting nazi's.

as long as the higher level her armor is, the less skin it covers.. im not seeing an issue

 

[Dan]

Ill see if its 5760x1080 compatible

 

[djoye]

Does anything run better in DX12 than DX11? I played QUBE 2 in DX12, it ran great but it's not exactly a particularly demanding game.

 

[Geforcepat]

The Battlefield Fantasy beta opens today.

 

[Ragenrok]

Cool downloading now, I loved BF1 regardless of what everyone else on this forum seemed to think so im excited to try this one out. Open beta will give me a good chance to pick between the PC and PS4 version

 

[Dahkoht]

Curious are tanks modeled at all in reality ? As in heavily armored portions are actually armored and not going to be penetrated at all except by heavy ap rounds and tracks , turret etc are separate parts that get affected differently ?

Or are they one big hp pool period and doesn’t matter where you shoot them ?

 

[STEvil]

Tanks are hollywood

 

[DKS]

You will get your ass whupped right off the bat. Beta is better than the alpha.

 

[caddys83]

We want more bf4 maps!!!

 

[bizzmeister]

When is this going live? 1pm PST ?

 

[EdKiefer]

The demo runs good, smooth like BF1, I get about the same performance as BF1.

I really like the changes, I didn't like older BF1, BF4 were you need to empty a whole magazine to kill someone.
The pace is slower than older versions, which is good IMO.

There were issues the first day with matchmaking but "seem" to be fixed.
I also saw a loss of spawn points on the first day after while of playing, that seems fixed too.

The game visually is very good IMO, even w/o RTX stuff.

Hopefully, they have time to polish it up a bit before release.

 

[Spidey329]

Preloaded last night. Today, COX is celebrating this by having a very large outage in my area. Been down since 8:55am PST (right as I was going to give this a whirl) and their status page (latest update) is estimating a return to service of midnight.

Perfect timing on their part. I'm really hoping someone fatfingered the status notice update and they meant PM, not AM.

 

[IcePickFreak]

I knew better, but I wasted time DL'ing this to try it out since I haven't touched BF in ages. Already uninstalled.

 

[drutman]

DX 12 not worth a crap,a stuttering mess, plays at 60 fps @ 4K on a mix of ultra and high settings.(DX 11) with my 390X.

Enjoy it but it could easily be a expansion pack/dlc for $20, not worth 60 feels like a re skin of BF1.

 

[Accursed]

Gonna play tonight, was initially Meh about it.

Now that I've played Black-Ops 4 and I think its a step back from WW2, I don't think I'll buy it. Not planning on playing Forsaken for D2, and Anthem has been pushed back to next year. Could care less about RDR2.

So now I'm sitting here praying it's good and fun or else this year is gonna be kinda slow.

 

[Sparky]

There is a bug if you die while getting resurrected you will not be able to spawn in. You have to leave the server or wait till it ends.

 

[another-user]

DX 12 not worth a crap,a stuttering mess, plays at 60 fps @ 4K on a mix of ultra and high settings.(DX 11) with my 390X.

your kidding, right? im getting about 30-40fps (at best) on high at 4k with my 1080. the only way im getting a solid 60fps on high is on 1080p. because 1440p refuses to run.... it gives black bars all around it in full screen mode. or in windowless border i get about 20fps.

 

[Flogger23m]

Played shortly. Feels more casual like BF1. A good bit of stuttering.

The one mode that wasn't Conquest was trash. You only get two mags worth of ammo, pretty much no vehicles (or none). Don't know if there are more than two modes.

Shooting is loose, spreads a lot, and not very precise. Similar to BF1.

 

[Armenius]

your kidding, right? im getting about 30-40fps (at best) on high at 4k with my 1080. the only way im getting a solid 60fps on high is on 1080p. because 1440p refuses to run.... it gives black bars all around it in full screen mode. or in windowless border i get about 20fps.

He forgot to mention that's with 50% scaling .

 

[Furious_Styles]

Really only interested in the BR mode, sad to see it's not included. I will play this some anyway to see what I think of the engine/performance. I did the same in BF1 and it was a terrific looking game, but the gameplay sadly did not reflect the era at all and was the same as it usually is.

 

[EdKiefer]

No way you can run 4k@60 on 390 but getting back to reality, there is one big issue and this is not only a BFx problem but all the new tech that will come out will be part of DX12.
This game and seems many others show how much work needs to be done to get smoother gameplay than what DX11.
So this will hinder a lot of new stuff and this isn't a Nvidia or AMD thing, it affects both.

 

[Spidey329]

No way you can run 4k@60 on 390 but getting back to reality, there is one big issue and this is not only a BFx problem but all the new tech that will come out will be part of DX12.
This game and seems many others show how much work needs to be done to get smoother gameplay than what DX11.
So this will hinder a lot of new stuff and this isn't a Nvidia or AMD thing, it affects both.

If I recall correctly, DICE used to be teamed with AMD (since 2013?) and leaned into DX12/Vulkan/etc. as far as tech went, so you'd expect better DX12 performance in those titles and access to AMD stuff (FreeSync, etc.).

At some point in the past few years they've switched to being an Nvidia GameWorks studio. Seems they're too busy implenting new proprietary Nvidia tech than getting proper DX12 working. I believe BF:V is the first GameWorks title for DICE in a very long time.

 

[Upgrayedd]

I get about 80-100fps @1080p w/ GTX 970. Turn postprocessing down, its too much of a hog. Everything else is on high though, not ultra.

 

[EdKiefer]

If I recall correctly, DICE used to be teamed with AMD (since 2013?) and leaned into DX12/Vulkan/etc. as far as tech went, so you'd expect better DX12 performance in those titles and access to AMD stuff (FreeSync, etc.).

At some point in the past few years they've switched to being an Nvidia GameWorks studio. Seems they're too busy implenting new proprietary Nvidia tech than getting proper DX12 working. I believe BF:V is the first GameWorks title for DICE in a very long time.

I don't know on switching but DX12 is bad for either AMD or Nvidia, yeh AMD Dx11 is bad so it might improve a bit for them but all tests I have seen say frame times are bad even on AMD HW.

So my point was if big AAA Dev team like Dice have trouble putting in the time to make it good, that says a lot for overall work needed to be put into DX12.
Maybe with more DX12 feature, it will get more love but IMO I don't expect it to improve much in BFV but maybe I am wrong.

 

[EdKiefer]

I get about 80-100fps @1080p w/ GTX 970. Turn postprocessing down, its too much of a hog. Everything else is on high though, not ultra.

What CPU are you running?
What I do is set a cap to like 65-70 depending on the game. I think I have BF1 on 70 and BFV on 65, I do this to keep it smooth as CPU% has a lot to smooth play.
Setting wise I run a mix of med and high.

If I was to remove cap my 3570k would sometimes go to 95-100% and then the gameplay is laggy, with cap my fps are a flat line in MSI AB.

 

[JRUHg]

Cool downloading now, I loved BF1 regardless of what everyone else on this forum seemed to think so im excited to try this one out. Open beta will give me a good chance to pick between the PC and PS4 version

PC is dead after launch.

 

[JavaLava]

Played a few hours tonight...really enjoying the beta. The game play is smooth, weapons more predictable compared to BF1, liking the fact you start with more limited resources, and also liking the changes to the spotting system (pressing Q). Unfortunately, im still pessimistic about the future of this game and if the community is going to die within the first 3 to 6 months. Even the chats in the beta...everyone is using there history degree and still bitching about the inaccuracies of the game. Its just a game...could care less about the stupid comments of DICE defending the "history accuracy" of the game they created. If its fun...its fun...and im enjoying the beta.

 

[Accursed]

Hmm odd, doesn't even launch for me, game looks like it's about to start then takes me right back to the origin games menu. Guess I'll be googling more before I start playing.

 

[Evil Scooter]

Played 2 rounds.. maybe an hour total. Not hating it so far.

 

[readeh]

I've been having a lot of fun playing it. Every class seems well balanced as well.
The M30 Drilling is amazing except for a weird bug that makes the gun float and makes it impossible to use while iron sighting.. I think Dice made a smart move with delaying it to fix the many bugs.

 

[Upgrayedd]

What CPU are you running?
What I do is set a cap to like 65-70 depending on the game. I think I have BF1 on 70 and BFV on 65, I do this to keep it smooth as CPU% has a lot to smooth play.
Setting wise I run a mix of med and high.

If I was to remove cap my 3570k would sometimes go to 95-100% and then the gameplay is laggy, with cap my fps are a flat line in MSI AB.

4790K and a G-Sync screen so I don't ever cap it unless its going over 144Hz then I cap to 141fps in game if I can or if I can't I use NVInspector. I played earlier and was mostly 90-105fps.

 

[EdKiefer]

4790K and a G-Sync screen so I don't ever cap it unless its going over 144Hz then I cap to 141fps in game if I can or if I can't I use NVInspector. I played earlier and was mostly 90-105fps.

Ok, that makes sense, I play with Vsync off and my display is only 60hz so that is why I cap it just above.

PS: Here is one performance review, also some DX11 vers Dx12 in there.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pag...-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,4.html

 

[Riccochet]

Hmm odd, doesn't even launch for me, game looks like it's about to start then takes me right back to the origin games menu. Guess I'll be googling more before I start playing.

I was only able to play for about 5 minutes then it bombs back to desktop. No error, no message, just boom, desktop. I wasn't finding anything that would indicate a resource issue. 1080Ti and 32GB of system RAM, everything looked good.

Then I found this:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/BFV-Beta-Keeps-Crashing/td-p/7019534

It may help you. I haven't had a crash since.

 

[Dayaks]

What stops me is BF1 is dead because of rampant hacking. I see no reason BFV wouldn’t be the same.. or worse because of how they handled PR.