Battlefield 3 Performance low for system (i5, 6950)

airsoftspock

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Hi,

Ever since I've been playing BF3 (from yesterday), I feel like my performance isn't up to scratch. On High settings without any AA I average about 50 FPS on large/medium size maps. I can only sustain 60FPS if my settings are on medium. I should note that this is after I installed a modified user file that was oriented for performance. Before this I was averaging about 40-45 FPS on High. My drivers are up to date and I've killed background processes etc.

I know these threads pop up a lot and believe me I've looked around but I can't find anything that really helps. Has anyone got any specific ideas for me? They'd be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I also have an FXAA injector installed, which also made the game run smoother than what it was at.

PC:

Motherboard: ASRock B75 Pro3 ATX

Monitor: 23" LG Flatron W2361V LCD @ 1920x1080

CPU: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.3 (x4) Ghz (Ivy Bridge)

GPU: SAPPHIRE AMD HD 6950 OC 2GB GDDR5 @ 820/1250

RAM: 2 x 4 GB Corsair Vengeance LP Dual Channel DDR3 - 1600mhz

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower

PSU: OCZ StealthXStreme 600w

OS: Windows 7 x64
 

airsoftspock

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Yeah I am playing at 1080p. It's annoying, I just feel like it should be a lot better. I'm going to format my HDD later and reinstall everything. A lot of the time that helps somewhat, probably because it removes any clashing drivers etc.