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    Battlefield 3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Sir_Gawain, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Sir_Gawain

    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    So now that we have a little more info on BF3, Battlefield 3 : BF3 - EA , I wanted to ask your thoughts on how you think R1's and R2's will be able to handle the new Frostbite 2 engine.

    Aside from that, is this a game were ATI users will definitely have the upper hand because the 5870's support DX11 opposed to NVIDIA only supporting DX10 (and if so what differences can you expect).

    I know this game is still months away, but I am eagerly awaiting its release!. If ATI performance is leaps ahead of NVIDIAs i'd probably keep my eyes out for a good price on dual 5870s. But I wonder if i'd better benifit a CPU upgrade instead...?
     
    Sir_Gawain, Feb 15, 2011
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  2. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    It's kind of early to say how a non released game will run on our machine. But performance wise i would say that in game you will almost always get better performance improvement with gpu upgrade rather than cpu.
     
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  3. Sir_Gawain

    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    Ya, I guess what im really wondering about is mainly the difference in performance with a DX11 based engine running on my DX10 cards.
     
    Sir_Gawain, Feb 15, 2011
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    I'm sure the HD5870 cards in XFire will run the game easily enough................ the concern is the drivers!
     
    Mooneyd, Feb 15, 2011
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    Is there going to be a demo for this?
     
    Phat4rd, Feb 15, 2011
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  6. Mark121

    Mark121 Notebook Consultant

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    Nvidia does support directX 11 with the 400 series and 500 series AKA GTX460 GTX470 GTX480 GTX560 GTX570 GTX580
     
    Mark121, Feb 15, 2011
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    frozenarcticguy Notebook Deity

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    I want this game to ROCK! I played BF2 for years and I'm so stoked for this game to come out. The R2's should have no problem running this game....hopefully
     
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  8. Sir_Gawain

    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    Ya i got that, take a look at my original post please. Im referring to R1's and R2's (so 200m series).
     
    Sir_Gawain, Feb 15, 2011
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    Mark121 Notebook Consultant

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    oops sry about.
     
    Mark121, Feb 15, 2011
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BatBoy, Feb 15, 2011
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