What upgrade is needed for Battlefield 3???

Inn3rs3lf

Inn3rs3lf

Expert Member
Joined
Mar 18, 2010
Messages
2,337
Reaction score
194
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hi guys,

So after watching the e3 demo of BF3 all I can say is WOW!!!! Its mindblowing!!!

So, I was wondering, with my current setup, what needs to be changed to run it at a decent fps rate? Stats of setup:

CPU: i3 dual core (1156 socket)
GPU: Gigabyte gtx460 OC 1gig
RAM: 4 Gigs
OS: Windows 7 32-bit

I am thinking of either getting an i5 quad on the 1156, or an AM3 mobo with a AMD quad. The latter will be basically the same price. Plus i could always get another Gtx460 and hit it sli in the future?

What are your thoughts and suggestions? My budget is around R2000-R2500 no more for now.......sigh.
 
I'd say wait till you have the game.

Then you can run fraps, Process Explorer (from Microsoft) & MSI Afterburner to monitor your framerate, CPU usage & GPU usage respectively.

By overclocking your GPU with about 20% above stock speeds, you can get quite a bit more performance.
 
Inn3rs3lf said:
Hi guys,

So after watching the e3 demo of BF3 all I can say is WOW!!!! Its mindblowing!!!

So, I was wondering, with my current setup, what needs to be changed to run it at a decent fps rate? Stats of setup:

CPU: i3 dual core (1156 socket)
GPU: Gigabyte gtx460 OC 1gig
RAM: 4 Gigs
OS: Windows 7 32-bit

I am thinking of either getting an i5 quad on the 1156, or an AM3 mobo with a AMD quad. The latter will be basically the same price. Plus i could always get another Gtx460 and hit it sli in the future?

What are your thoughts and suggestions? My budget is around R2000-R2500 no more for now.......sigh.
Click to expand...

Your 460 should be fine. You just need a quad.
 
Another GTX460 for now... keep your eyes out for specials or second hand cards.
Save for a sandybridge setup.
 
What you've got should be more than enough to play it very decently. But yes, wait.
 
You need sandy bridge quadcore for sure.

Although it is being made for pc and not ported from a console so perhaps the quadcore won't make that much difference.

Keep your setup and upgrade if you need to. No point upgrading now when your pc could handle it fairly easily.
 
killadoob said:
You need sandy bridge quadcore for sure.

Although it is being made for pc and not ported from a console so perhaps the quadcore won't make that much difference.

Keep your setup and upgrade if you need to. No point upgrading now when your pc could handle it fairly easily.
Click to expand...

Bad Company 2 already needed a quad and you want him to try BF3 with a dual?
 
Qwikslver said:
Bad Company 2 already needed a quad and you want him to try BF3 with a dual?
Click to expand...

Bad company was ported from console onto pc if i am not mistaken. So that is why it ran better on a quadcore, will bf 3 which is said to be made specifically for the pc make use of 4 cores?

Would be a sad day in my life if i upgraded my decent dual core for a quadcore and blew cash on shyte i never needed :D. 2.6k can get you an epic gpu

It is fairly easy to upgrade when you know without a doubt you need the upgrade :D. Slap in new mobo and cpu, reload windows if needed and you are up and running.
 
killadoob said:
Bad company was ported from console onto pc if i am not mistaken. So that is why it ran better on a quadcore, will bf 3 which is said to be made specifically for the pc make use of 4 cores?

Would be a sad day in my life if i upgraded my decent dual core for a quadcore and blew cash on shyte i never needed :D. 2.6k can get you an epic gpu

It is fairly easy to upgrade when you know without a doubt you need the upgrade :D. Slap in new mobo and cpu, reload windows if needed and you are up and running.
Click to expand...

Most games these days need a quad core and with all the physics (not physx) taking place in BF3 I'm sure it'll be pretty CPU heavy.
 
BF3 will definitely be more quad friendly. Remember that it doesn't support DX9 and that DX11 has great multithreading support.
 
Qwikslver said:
Bad Company 2 already needed a quad and you want him to try BF3 with a dual?
Click to expand...

BF2 ran perfectly fine on my dual. granted there were some screen tears here and there but it kept up with it none the less.


You dont suppose just the upgrade to the i5 1156 instead of the new mobo and cpu? Only reason for the new mobo is for sli in the future.
 
you need DX 11, think about getting a another 460 to SLI, otherwise go for a 560 Ti or 570 or something.

Quad core is needed without a doubt. Would recommend you hold on until the release though, then plan upgrade accordingly.
 
My friend has a E6500 Dual Core CPU (clocked to 3GHz) and he wasn't even able to make use of 70% of my GTX 460's capacity (monitored with Afterburner) in Bad Company 2, so I'd guess that your CPU will restraint your framerate even more in BC3.
 
Inn3rs3lf said:
Hi guys,

So after watching the e3 demo of BF3 all I can say is WOW!!!! Its mindblowing!!!

So, I was wondering, with my current setup, what needs to be changed to run it at a decent fps rate? Stats of setup:

CPU: i3 dual core (1156 socket)
GPU: Gigabyte gtx460 OC 1gig
RAM: 4 Gigs
OS: Windows 7 32-bit

I am thinking of either getting an i5 quad on the 1156, or an AM3 mobo with a AMD quad. The latter will be basically the same price. Plus i could always get another Gtx460 and hit it sli in the future?

What are your thoughts and suggestions? My budget is around R2000-R2500 no more for now.......sigh.
Click to expand...

One question.. why?
 
doobyscoo said:
Most games these days need a quad core and with all the physics (not physx) taking place in BF3 I'm sure it'll be pretty CPU heavy.
Click to expand...

Sure enough to recommend that someone should upgrade and spend 3-4k? :p

Who knows maybe by the time bf 3 is released amd have something half decent at a decent price which will mean intel will be nice and cheap :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X