Intel Pentium G860 can't handle BF3?

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kassuba39

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Hello! I just upgraded my system with a new graphics card. I put in the ASUS GTX 650 Ti and I absolutely love it. Of course the first game I bought when I got the card was Battlefield 3 because with my older card, the GT 620, there was no way in playing it.

I am really surprised of the performance that I'm getting, in a bad way. When I play it, even on low settings, my frame rate jumps everywhere. From 40 to 20 to 30 to 45 to 25. <<<--Just an example. Curious to see if it was my video card that was having troubles, I checked out my ASUS GPU Tweak software that came with my video card to see if my GPU usage was at 100%. It just so happened that it idled around 55% when I played. Then, I concluded that it was most likely my CPU and sure enough, my CPU usage is 100% when I play it.

Does anyone have any luck with this dual core or other dual cores and BF3? Or is what I am experiencing completely normal?
 
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diellur

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The G860 is a budget CPU...fine for desktop tasks but it'll struggle with serious gaming. I'm surprised it's struggling that much mind you. A Core CPU would be a better bet...I think an i3 would be fine. Of course, an i5 would be better.
 
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haider95

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Lol usage suggests a cpu bottleneck. Try increasing the resolution and settings in game
 
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that seems unusual. I used to get good frames on high with an i3 (from what i understand is a pentium with hyperthreading) and a 560ti 448, which is probably a little stronger gpu, but you should be able to play the game just fine on medium at least
 
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J_E_D_70

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I tried playing BF3 on a 2.66 Core2 Duo and it was a laggy framerate thrashing mess. It's just more than a dual core can handle well. The specific reason I run 4.1GHz on all cores is that is what it takes to get BF3 under 100% utilization on some 64-player maps.
 
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Wouldn't recommend an i3 since the performance gap from your cpu to that one isn't all that IMO. I'd recommend an 3570k even if you're not overclocking. It'll last you 2-3 years and when it starts to show its age you can always overclock it
 
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