BF3

[DT-525]

Hi guys

Been playing the Battlefield 3 open beta since it cam out and i loved it. But i felt that my computer needed a bit more grunt. So i decided to but a new Graphics card. I have a budget of £300 give or take a few quid but i don't know what to get there are so many good cards out which one should i chose.

These are my current system specifications:

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]CPU:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Intel Core i3 540 @ 4.4Ghz [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Motherboard:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Gigabyte H55M-USB3 [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Graphics Card:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]XFX 6870 Black Edition [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Memory:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Mushkin Black line 1600MHz [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Cooling:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Gelid Tranquillo 120mm [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Power Supply:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Corsair TX Series 650W [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Monitor:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Samsung SyncMaster B2430H [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Operating System:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Windows 7 64bit Ultimate[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]

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[/font]I have been looking at these cards tell me what you think and what you think is the best and i will buy one before BF3 is released on the 28th

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6900+Series/XFX+ATI+Radeon+6970+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%28HD-697A-CNFC%29+?productId=43156





http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+570+Series/EVGA+1280MB+GeForce+GTX+570+HD+Superclocked+NVIDIA+Graphics+Card+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=46086





http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+570+Series/EVGA+GeForce+GTX+570+%22HD%22+1280MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%5B012-P3-1571-KR%5D+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=45237

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+560+Series/MSI+GeForce+GTX+560Ti+Twin+FrozR+III+HAWK+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=44469

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6900+Series/MSI+ATI+Radeon+HD+6950+OC+Twin+FrozR+III+Power+Edition+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=44455

http://www.ebuyer.com/283724-zotac-gtx-570-synergy-edition-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-zt-50205-10p

http://www.ebuyer.com/260714-zotac-gtx-570-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-zt-50203-10m

http://www.ebuyer.com/266657-asus-gtx-570-directcu-ii-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-gtx570dcii-2dis-1md5

http://www.ebuyer.com/287104-evga-gtx-570-classified-1280mb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-012-p3-1578-kr





Thanks for any help you guys give. I have been looking at the most the EVGA GTX 570 Classified what do u guys think.

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[JezEngland]

SCAN 'TODAY ONLY' section has the HD superclocked cheaper @ £245.99 compared to ARIA's £275.99, and better EVGA cards, and to get the deal you must use this specific section and not the main page for the card, so here's a link to the section: http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/index.aspx and below is links to the cards specific SCAN page:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280...gpu-797mhz-shader-1594mhz-480-cores-plusfree-

EVGA Classified 570: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280...22mhz-shader-1645mhz-480-cores-dp-hdmi-plusfr

this has 2.5 GB memory, i like

: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/25gb...er-1464mhz-480-cores-2x-dvi-dp-hdmi-plusfree-

These 3 look excellent, I think the extra memory is needed

+ with EVGA is their warranty covers overclockin and overvolting, well it does for my 480 so I hope the 570 gets the same respect, and for 10 years.

The AMD look good value but I don't trust it enough

 

[Excalabur50]

Don.t know if you have looked at it but the msi 560ti hawk would be a very good card for bf3 not too cheap not to expensive

 

[Azurite]

Hi guys

Been playing the Battlefield 3 open beta since it cam out and i loved it. But i felt that my computer needed a bit more grunt. So i decided to but a new Graphics card. I have a budget of £300 give or take a few quid but i don't know what to get there are so many good cards out which one should i chose.

These are my current system specifications:

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]CPU:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Intel Core i3 540 @ 4.4Ghz [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Motherboard:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Gigabyte H55M-USB3 [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Graphics Card:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]XFX 6870 Black Edition [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Memory:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Mushkin Black line 1600MHz [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Cooling:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Gelid Tranquillo 120mm [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Power Supply:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Corsair TX Series 650W [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Monitor:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Samsung SyncMaster B2430H [/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Operating System:[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Windows 7 64bit Ultimate[/font][font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]

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[/font]I have been looking at these cards tell me what you think and what you think is the best and i will buy one before BF3 is released on the 28th

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6900+Series/XFX+ATI+Radeon+6970+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%28HD-697A-CNFC%29+?productId=43156





http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+570+Series/EVGA+1280MB+GeForce+GTX+570+HD+Superclocked+NVIDIA+Graphics+Card+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=46086





http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+570+Series/EVGA+GeForce+GTX+570+%22HD%22+1280MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%5B012-P3-1571-KR%5D+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=45237

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA/NVIDIA+GTX+560+Series/MSI+GeForce+GTX+560Ti+Twin+FrozR+III+HAWK+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+w%2F+FREE+Steam+Voucher+Batman%3A+Arkham+City%21+?productId=44469

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6900+Series/MSI+ATI+Radeon+HD+6950+OC+Twin+FrozR+III+Power+Edition+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=44455

http://www.ebuyer.com/283724-zotac-gtx-570-synergy-edition-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-zt-50205-10p

http://www.ebuyer.com/260714-zotac-gtx-570-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-zt-50203-10m

http://www.ebuyer.com/266657-asus-gtx-570-directcu-ii-1280mb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-gtx570dcii-2dis-1md5

http://www.ebuyer.com/287104-evga-gtx-570-classified-1280mb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-012-p3-1578-kr





Thanks for any help you guys give. I have been looking at the most the EVGA GTX 570 Classified what do u guys think.

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Dude you should make a list of everyithing and then links if neceserry. Klicking all these links are a pin for old folks/drunk folks/grumpy rebellions...

Its almost the only thing i demand when people need help. Make it viewable and try post the INFO out...

 

[JezEngland]

Don.t know if you have looked at it but the msi 560ti hawk would be a very good card for bf3 not too cheap not to expensive

This EVGA 2GB 560Ti is £229. Again it's the extra memory that's unique and very needed I think, BF3 is packed full of data to process. Though the 570's better, especialy with another 500MB memory(again go to 'TODAY ONLY' section for the special price): http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...r-1645mhz-384-cores-2x-dl-dvi-i-mhdmi-plusfre

 

[SkinToxicated]

300 notes put you comfortably in the 570 ball park. i got a MSI 570 Twin frozr III for about £270 and its a cracking card, frames never dropped below the mid 40s on ultra on the BF3 beta

 

[Lollipop]

Get the 570 over the 560ti.... i wish i had bought the 570 instead of the 560ti it is just so much better imo

 

[yassarikhan786]

A 570 would be a perfect choice

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[KING_OF_SAND]

Obviously you are going to want a GPU for more than BF3 but just to keep in mind BF3 is AMD optimized.

 

[Lollipop]

Obviously you are going to want a GPU for more than BF3 but just to keep in mind BF3 is AMD optimized.

It is not, and if it is link a source please

 

[yassarikhan786]

Obviously you are going to want a GPU for more than BF3 but just to keep in mind BF3 is AMD optimized.

There is no evidence that I have seen that suggests that the game is AMD optimized. Like Lollipop I would like to seem some sources.

 

[JezEngland]

shed light on the fact that AMD optimised means not that they dropped optimisation for nVidia

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfACbF5aR2E

How could you guys not have known this?

 

[piotrekhc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfACbF5aR2E

How could you guys not have known this?

At what point he said that bf3 is amd optimised lol ?

 

[Dr.House]

Hey i have A MSI 570 Hawk and when i play BF3 everything full never get under 42fps and i have overcloaked my card to 900/1800 and 2400 on memory... so my frames sit at 50-56 fps and temps are 71 never more

 

[yassarikhan786]

Hey i have A MSI 570 Hawk and when i play BF3 everything full never get under 42fps and i have overcloaked my card to 900/1800 and 2400 on memory... so my frames sit at 50-56 fps and temps are 71 never more

overcloaked? Lmao I remember you writing that on another thread.

 

[Dr.House]

overcloaked? Lmao I remember you writing that on another thread.

whats ur point??

 

[yassarikhan786]

whats ur point??

Nothing mate, I just found it funny

. I'm not having a go at you

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[equk]

I think it might be worth waiting for the retail version to be released to see some real benchmarks.

On the BETA with high textures but no AA etc I was getting 50-80fps on my HD5770 @ 1080p with the fps averaging at around 60 on metro. On caspian I was seeing fps drops on different areas of the maps and floating buildings etc which is why I think it's probably best to wait for retail.

To me, from playing the BETA the main strain on the graphics was all the lighting effects.

I'm pretty oldschool so don't really see the need for all the blinding lighting effects & reflections on the water in puddles etc. (so if there is an option to disable the majority of this I will use it, more into the competitive play of games like cs:s where people focus more on gameplay than pretty leaves and shiny puddles)

When the game comes out it should be a lot more optimised and a lot less buggy than the BETA.

 

[Ya93sin]

Well if you are looking for the best card for that budget, I'd say the 570 is definitely worth the money, it overclocks well, as does the 560Ti. AMD 6970 or 6950 isn't a bad choice, but the nVidia cards, especially when coupled to a Twin Frozr cooler, are insane.