Battle field 3

[brent10soccer10]

i have a 4890, 8gb ddr3 1600, athlon ii 270 (3.4ghz @ 3.6). im thinking about buying battle field 3. i know this pc could run it but could i max it out at 1280x1024 with no AA ??

 

[purple stain]

BF 3 is a very CPU demanding game just as much as it is GPU demanding and it's fully optimized for 4 or more cores.A dual core is the bare minimum for the game to run.It seriously won't even start on a single core.Every benchmark I've seen has all of the dual cores completely maxed out.With such a low resolution it will require the CPU to do even more work.You can definity play the game but you won't max it out.

Is that your monitors native resolution?

 

[brent10soccer10]

yes that is my monitors native res so with a lower res my cpu does more work? i can push this cpu to 4ghz stable if that will help any. thanks for the quick feedback

 

[jijoslin]

maybe try an amd 955be cpu as they can be had for a bargain right now

 

[brent10soccer10]

true, but with my power supply (500 watt) it would need to be upgraded. so ill wait a little more till a new line of cpus come out before upgrading

 

[purple stain]

The benchmarks show little improvement even with a 1ghz O.C. or more.BF3 likes cores not speed.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-13.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

 

[brent10soccer10]

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