Best card for bf3?

[dakoko]

hi, i plan on building my first pc this summer and i'm a huge gamer. i would like to know what is the best card ($300 or below) that i can get to run bf3. it will be accompanied by an i5-2500k in the build. i would like bf3 to run at 60+ fps at ultra high on 1080p. help?

 

[ricardois]

for that price i would go with a:
560 ti 448 cores.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127615

 

[Sunius]

No card for $300 can run BF3 maxed out 60fps+ on 1080p. You're looking at $450-500 price range.

 

[venur]

hi, i plan on building my first pc this summer and i'm a huge gamer. i would like to know what is the best card ($300 or below) that i can get to run bf3. it will be accompanied by an i5-2500k in the build. i would like bf3 to run at 60+ fps at ultra high on 1080p. help?

60+ fps you need a hd6990 (wich is basicaly 2 card).

Best bet for your money is the 6970 before it get out of stock everywere. A 350$GPU and run the game at 45fps on ultra quality with 4AA: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-10.html

a HD7970 or a 680gtx would do bether then a 6970 but worst then a 6990 and at the 500$+ price tag.

The 6970 is a realy great money/value GPU and would run any other game beside BF3 at 60fps+ in 1080p

Also BF3 ultra quality with no AA on a 6970 will be around 55fps in 1080p.

I doubt that you'll be disapointed with the hd6970 for the price tag realy.

Edit: some poeple posted video about lagging on BF3 ultra quality 4aa with a 1gb GPU due to last of Vram.

The HD6970 might be 50$ over your price compared to the 560ti but it totaly worth the extra $.

 

[mfleming001]

An even better option would be to spring for a 7870 as they outperform the 6970 and currently cost around the same ($350ish.) If you can wait, many are expecting a price drop as a result of the GTX680 and subsequent cards in the 6xx series.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7870-review-benchmark,3148-6.html

 

[ricardois]

i agree with everyone, bf3 will not run at 60+ fps on ultra on any 300U$ video card, but like i've said, for that price, the best solution is a 560 ti 448 cores, for that resolution i think that you will get really good frames and really i don't think that you will need anything over that for playing at only 1080p.

Nvidia Chart of performance, what you are looking for is actually a 580 or above but you can't go at that price range:
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Nvidia-s-Upcoming-GTX-560-Ti-448-Cores-Smiles-for-the-Camera-3.png

if you can expand that the 6970 is a good option:
http://media.bestofmicro.com/G/J/316819/original/Avg.png

 

[_Pez_]

go for a 7850 or 7870 and you are good to go with average FPS!

 

[DelroyMonjo]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063.html
You better get a bigger budget if you want a single video card to give you 60FPS on Ultra.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

...and another review...http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-review-benchmark,3161-8.html