Battlefield 3 and the GT 555m

So my question is: what type of settings do you guys think the M14x will be able to achieve for Battlefield 3? OC'ed and not OC'ed? 1600x900 and 1368x768?

 

Well im guessing since it uses a new frostbite engine the perfomance might be improved allot. Also the gameplays seen so far resemble a littlebit bad company 2. Also this laptop is kinda the main reason im buying it for BATTLEFIELD 3

 

funny u post this now cause im looking at the BF3 system req's online and it looks like we should be able to handle med - high on atleast the 900P screen

 

YES!! So that means at 720p I can probably play at high settings!!!!

 

One of the reason I buy this M14x is also because of this BF3, I hope that it can run at an acceptable fps.

 

should be able to. def at 720p

 

I would say medium on 1600x900, high on 1366x768.

 

Your avatar is creeping me the hell out.

 

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char10

 

Bahaha you guys are funny. Have you seen what the graphics look like? 720p on low might run well, but I doubt it.

Buying a laptop now to play BF3 is just stupid. The game isn't coming out for another 4 months. My guess is that the M14x will struggle.

 

My guess is medium settings or maybe medium/high (low shadows, no SSAO, no Vysnc)

 

Are these settings you guys keep saying, with or without overclocking?

 

HAHAHAHA you are the one that is funny. The m14x can play crysis 2 on hardcore settings at about 30 fps avg. never dipping below 26. Battlefield 3 will be MUCH better optimized than crysis 2 because battlefield 3, will be made for pc, then ported to consoles. Crysis 2 was made for consoles, then ported to pc. Like most games. Please do your research before you post a comment like this and dont judge how a game will perform purely on its looks.

 

Dude, history is not on your side. Remember when Battlefield was PC only? Remember when it was super optimized? Yeah. It's only one of the most notoriously buggy franchises in PC gaming...

Also, BF3 is a new engine, so why are people here saying it's going to run smoother than Battlefield Bad Co. 2? New engine = new features. For instance, PC supports 64 players, instead of Bad Co. 2's 32. That alone is going to increase the hardware demand a ton.

Battlefield 3 is going to require a beast of a machine to run, even in terms of desktops. I would honestly expect the m14x to struggle to play it with a smooth framerate and a good resolution at anything other than low settings.

Also, depending on the quality of a port, you could probably expect a port to run better. PCs can have insane hardware now. The Xbox is six years old. If a game is developed for the 360 first (example: Dead Space 2) and has a decent enough port it's going to run great on a PC because the game is designed for what amounts to a six year old computer. BF3 is going to be an entirely different story.

 

You may be right but only time will tell. Personaly I think it will run fine with a small oc.

 

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/10char

 

I'm thinking with the 555m oc'd to maybe 700 core 1000 memory. Very easy and stable overclock with a nice performance boost.

 

My M14x is a 1600x900 native, so may be I'll run it at a lower res then, I can and willing to sacrifice res for fps.

lol, how is it creep you out?

 

If you can run BC2 in DX11 you can run BF3 with similar effects.

The E3 demo was run on an i7/580 and all settings were maxed.

580 specs:
GPU Engine Specs:
CUDA Cores 512
Graphics Clock (MHz) 772 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1544 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 49.4

Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz) 2004
Standard Memory Config 1536 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 192.4

555 Specs:
GPU Engine Specs: GT 555M - SDDR3
CUDA Cores 144
Graphics Clock (MHz) 590-675
Processor Clock (MHz) 1180 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) Up to 16.2

Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz) 900 MHz
Standard Memory Config DDR3
Memory Interface Width Up to 192 bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 43.2


My guess is you will be able to run the game at 900 with a mix of High/Med settings.

 

Hmmm... do you think a preorder would safe, or should I wait?

 

Graphics arent everything

Im sure medium will be playable with 750/1080

This game isnt a slideshow of real life pictures, its still a game made for current hardware lol

 

The GT555m struggles to play BF:BC2 smoothly on high settings at 900p. How can you expect similar performance from BF3, which has farther draw distances, real lighting effects, full destruction, twice as many players, many more vehicles, much larger maps and looks an order of magnitude better? I'm sticking to my low-medium prediction. You guys are in denial Remember Crysis? It was made for PC. And it brought PC's to their knees if you turned the eye candy up. I'm betting BF3 will be the same.

 

Yeah, but crysis was baaadly optimalized for pc .. just look at crysis and crysis warhead who went a lot more smoother, and that was 2007 with another company, this is 2011, im sure they have learned.

 

I disagree in here, BF3 doesnt use any new Engine but an "Upgrade engine" it use the Frostbite 3.0 upgrade from BFBC2's Frostbite 2.0. As in a DICE interview they said BF3 is going to be the PC exclusive as for BFBC series is console exclusive.

And yes BF3 is going to need a beast to run it smoothly, but that doesnt mean you cant run it, you can always lower the resolution and increase the setting. For Crysis, I'm not sure where you get the 30 fps, as on my laptop, it will just stay around 20-30fps if on hardcore and max resolution, unless I overclock the GPU, like now I have just overclock the GPU 3-4 days ago, and yes I can run it between 30-38fps max out setting.

If you overclock your GPU to somewhere between 680-750 (Core), and 900-950(Mem), sure you will run it very very smooth as what I did, my clock setting is 700/945 it run very very smooth at High setting + 900p, but if you do the overclocking make sure to monitor its temp, for me I got 72C max which I think it is good.

 

BFBC2 is really like a Frostbite 2.5. I would expect similar performance with DirectX 9 and 10 as you get with BFBC2, only need high end to enable DirectX 11 features and highest detail. If I can find the link I will, but the developer said there isn't a machine out right now that can play it at maximum detail. But they did say that if your machine is comparable to a console, then expect to play it well with reduced detail. No details other than that.

 

I guess I am confused as to why their is so much speculation over BF3. You can play Bfbc2 on the m11xr2 or 3 easy on Low or medium. It's still a fun game right? You know you will at least be able to play BF3 on low no matter what on the m14x. Just expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised (which Im sure we will be) when you can play it at medium or high.

 

I wouldn't say BFBC2 is playable on the R2. It's tolerable, but not playable. Better on the R3 because of CPU. But still lags like a sonnofagun with lots of explosions and such.

 

Well, I dont know about you but for me I want to get the most out of it, eg this M14x and games like BF3, because even you set the game on low, the price of the game still the same, so it like you pay for 100 buck but use only 40 buck of its full potential.

As for this laptop I pay thousand of dollars so I also want it to run at its best performance plus the ads said This is a gaming laptop if it run at low, so why need to pay thousand dollars?

 

Machines with a GT 210m are marketed as gaming laptops. Usually that just means it has a dedicated GPU. Alienware can't predict performance of future games if a company decides to make outrageous system requirements.

 

Where did you get it barely runs BFBC2? I get 40-80fps on average. Never ever below 35, even on the most intensive of moments. (OC @ 750/1080)

 

Think he was talking about the m11x R2 or R3 Gears.

 

Yes, I was referring to the M11x. It's tolerable but I wouldn't consider it playable all the time. I have no doubt the M14x can handle it, especially with an overclocked GPU.

 

Was talking about humjaba, second post of last page

 

Haha go on to steam and discover that the game now sells for $40 strictly for low-settings, $70 for medium and full price for high. I see potential business here

 

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