Radeon HD 4890

[ryantfc175]

Evening everyone,

I currently have a Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 graphics card with 870 Core Speed and 1050 Mem clock speed and I am trying to play BF3 on my system.

My system follows
CPU- Core 2 Quad Q6600
Mobo- Intel DG965WH
Ram- 4 Gb Corsair DDR2
PSU- Corsair 750 Watt
Windows 7

I know my system is getting old but it is well beyond the minimum specs and I only get on average 30-35 fps on low. I feel i should be getting a little higher at least 45-50 on low settings. I am fine with low because I come from the 360 where low even looks better than xbox version. Thanks for the help

 

[mace200200]

This is a little out of my area of knowledge but I believe this is caused because your card will only run DX 9, BF3 uses DX 11 which runs more efficently, since the game is running with DX 9 instead it slows it down.

 

[gamerkila57]

you never stated your res

Edit: the problem is your cpu if it was oced it would do a lot better

 

[gamerkila57]

you still never stated your res and no it can not run DX 11

 

[ryantfc175]

The gpu can run in directx 10 and even 11. I have a Mobo that I can not OC so that really isn't an option until I replace my componets. I am trying to keep the system going for another year or two.

 

[ryantfc175]

my resolution is currently 1280x768 on a Dell LCD 30in display. And you are correct I view the wrong card when looking the directx capability. It can only do 10 which is fine for bf3

 

[gamerkila57]

you defiantly have a cpu bottleneck

I play BF3 at 1280x720 everything set to high and i get 40-70 FPS and i have a HD 4870 1GB

 

[ryantfc175]

damn I really didnt want to have to upgrade my mobo and cpu at the moment. any recommendations for those?

 

[gamerkila57]

what's your budget

 

[ryantfc175]

honestly as cheap as possible maybe under 200$ would be ideal

 

[gamerkila57]

Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775

ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157303

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311

Total: $238

 

[ryantfc175]

Even though it is a Dual core it will still run smoothly? sorry I have not kept up with pc improvements a lot since I started playing 360 ha so I am relearning all this

 

[gamerkila57]

yes the i3 is a very power cpu even though its a dual core

 

[ryantfc175]

How long would this system last if I added those upgrades?

 

[gamerkila57]

i'll say 2-3 years if you later upgrade the gpu

 

[ryantfc175]

cool thanks for the advice

 

[gamerkila57]

your very welcome

 

[Kamen_BG]

No. Just NO.Battlefield 3 uses uses so many cores, that FX Series CPU's perform as well as Core i5's!
http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/14650-prestandaanalys-battlefield-3/5#pagehead
If you play multiplayer with a lot of players a dual core just won't cut it.

AMD FX 8120 - 145 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961&Tpk=fx%208120

JetWay JTA98MG - 65 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153246

And yes it IS a good motherboard
http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboard-vrm-information-list

 

[gamerkila57]

i would not waist money on that board when this one is only $69.99

ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280



Edit

 

[Smeg45]

That i3 will likely last a year at best. I would not recommend anything lower than a quad anymore. New games will require quad. Dual core simply doesn't cut it anymore. Its not "very powerful".