M17x - Battlefield 3 Discussion Thread

turbo boost is automatic when the cpu needs more power it will overclock itself.there is an application from intel which monitor the cpu
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3052&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng

 

How does having max motion blur smooth the fps ?

 

It doesn't. Motionblur just makes things look a bit more fluid. Try it for yourself. Have it completely off, then put it on full and observe te difference. It doesn't do anything for the frame rate just that quick panning and swinging around, you'll see a much fluid more film like motion.

 

how did you get THAT cpu lol?

 

So I don't know how to monitor cpu and gpu temps and what is happening while they are under stress but I was monitoring my FPS in battlefield 3 just now. I had my m17x r3 lifted about and inch and it seemed to help and then after an hour my fps dropped to about 4-7 after being between 30-50 and the fans went on heavy. Is this considered throttling? It only happened once today I dont know if lifting my pc had anything to do with it? Also widezu69 I believe you said you can run on ULTRA with perfect FPS. Do you use a cooling mat or just lift the back end of your pc up? I just want to make sure this isn't a permanent problem and that your throttle fix will in doubt fix my problem.

...also how do i monitor temps of gpu and cpus to see whats going on with the card and processor

 

i use HWINFO
http://www.hwinfo.com/

 

Yes exactly!! HOW

 

Get an XM CPU (2920xm or 2960xm) and overclock it. It's not that difficult.

 

BF3 plays better on my R2 with 11.10 without the 11.2 caps. Lag free (ish)
12.1 made me jerk around like a jack in the box.

 

My R3 runs BF3 quite well... 2630/580m/SSD!!! UTLRA all the way...

 

Agreed, on my R2, I play with ALL settings to max. It's a thing of beauty. RGB Beauty

What can I say...I'm an R2 Junky/Fan boi!

 

It's kinda difficult to say whether or not I prefer my desktop or R3 for BF3... running 6970's CXF on my desktop is kinda nice as well. Trying to decide if I'm going to keep the R3 or not. Makes the LAN parties easy on the back!!!

 

Hey guys , ever since i started playing BF3 (this christmas), i've been having these spike-like FPS drops similar to those that us R1 users used to get with our CPU throttling before BIOS A06/A07.

Fortunately, or unfortunately , i don't know, it's not CPU nor GPU throttling.

I used ThottleStop to monitor the CPU and got 100% CKMOD all the time , and GPU-Z to monitor the GPU and got full clocks during gameplay. So hardware throttling should be out of discussion.

It's much better with the 290.53 nvidia driver which is supposed to clear the stuttering in BF3, but FPS drops are still very present and annoying. It's totally killing my gameplay experience. It will just go from 40-50 fps down to 1-10 fps for a few seconds, then come back struggling in a few framerate ups and downs.

Graphic settings don't matter. It's absolutely the same both on Low and High. I have tried console commands like disabling triple buffering and renderdevice.forcerenderaheadlimit 1, disabling Dx11, disabling v-sync.

I'd also like to mention that i noticed my Battlefield 3 is running under DX11 (using the console command Renderdevice.dx11, it came back as true) , even though my cards support only DX10.1

Anyone else have this problem? Any advice would be appreciated too

Edit - It's similar to this. Mine is not as often Battlefield 3 FPS Spiking/Stuttering #4 - YouTube

I aplogize for initially starting a new thread but i thought posting here would seem like hijacking o.o Thanks for moving it here

Edit 2 - I added pictures of my problem with during the spike and after the spike.

During the spike 1
After the spike 1
During the spike 2
After the spike 2

As you can see, they are quite short but extremely deadly and annoying.

 

guys, did anybody like the campaign of BF3, I finally had the time to play it, even though it is very very short, I think it was good, especially the final mission where things connect was good, definitely it was not like MW1 good, but it was better than all previous BF campaigns, just my thoughts

 

sounds to me like a latency issue. Do you have lag issues playing on other online games as well?

 

I played some of it and i found it more enjoyable than the Call Of Duty Modern Warfare series. It simply feels better.

The other only online game i play is APB : Reloaded , and my latency issues are very rare. In BF3 i always join the servers with the lowest ping (30-32ms). I also played from two different locations with different ISPs and it's the same. It just feels like it's not a lag problem. It runs perfectly until these fps spikes occur. It's like the CPU/GPU finds something else to focus on rather than the game for a few seconds.

Also regarding latency, BF3 doesn't let you see your own ping , so i always asked people on the server. It always came back as less than 50ms so it's definitely not ping.

 

Meh I still haven't finished it. Just didn't feel that drawn in. Mainly because I've been too preoccupied with the multiplayer. That stuff is awesome. Although I finished MW3 in 2 sittings. I guess I prefer the story in CoD and the gameplay in BF3.

 

I am also more like a CoD person, I go crazy about MW series, however widezu, really finish it, especially at the end, they connect all the thing very well, it felt like something genuine, not a joke

 

So.. back to my issue.. Nobody else ever experiencing such FPS spikes?

 

it maybe because of DX11, seriously how the hell the game is running on DX11 when you have 280m??

 

I played halfway, lost my saved game, and never play since then. Well, I guess I am too addicted with the MP.

 

I have absolutely no idea. I tried disabling DX11 from the console but it won't do the trick. Is there any way to disable it externally?

 

man, this may help you

Solved: Battlefield 3 lag issue with DirectX-10-Geforce cards - - PC Games Hardware

 

Thanks, but as i metioned, i already tried this fix. :-S

I really believe it's a CPU issue unfortunately.. The yellow spikes are the CPU. And they start first. It's so weird..

 

damn good luck man!

 

Well , luck seems to have struck me. I have seen someone on youtube saying they turned on HPET in the BIOS. I have no such thing , i turned off Intel Virtualization Technology. I also disabled my antivirus and firewall , provided by ESET Smart Security , and closed a few background programs.

It seems to have done the trick.

Edit : This did not fix them completely, but reduced stuttering drastically.

What i did to fix them was setting priority of bf3.exe in task manager to High , and in Set Affinity , disabling the first CPU, while leaving the other three enabled.

 

glad to hear that dude! add me at battlelog, wailofbanshee

 

Sure! Done.

 

config like this
[email protected] QC + single 5870m @ 850/1200 + WUXGA
I can play low details without AA/AF etc.

How many fps can I reach in BF3 multi?

 

I'm not sure but you should be able to keep over 50 fps with no problems.

 

it would be grateful.

 

hi all,

i just bought my first alienware m17x r3 :
cpu i7-2670qm 2,2 ghz , 12 gig, m4 crucial, 580 gtm

However, i'm a bit disapointed with the performance. I tried to run battlefield 3 on ultra setting, but framerate is quite low. 25 - 35 frames per second. Also on high settings, it goes around 35 and sometimes dropped to 12.

I already installed a8 bios and put the throttle fix also in place. Also installed the new drivers of nvidia , but it doesn't help

What i'm doing wrong ?

 

Maybe make sure Stealth mode is turned off?

 

Stealth mode doesn't exists in the R3. @supercoase what were you expecting your BF3 performance to be? I get around 40fps OC'd. Seriously your expectations are way too high.

 

I'm sorry for that , i didn't know Stealth mode doesn't exist in the R3. Now is see that button is used for command center..

 

is it normal to be getting like from 70+ FPS to around 40FPS sometimes??

Heres my specs:

i7 940xm
4GB RAM
RAID 0 7200RPM hard drive setup
SLI GTX 285m

Im using the auto settings too which turned almost everything on Low and OFF. Only texture is on High (the first settings) running at 1920x1200 also. This seems really low IMO, i feel like on low settings i should be getting like 80FPS constant or something.....not dipping into 40's. Im running the latest Nvidia beta drivers also.

 

You might be getting FPS drops, try writing render.perfoverlayenable 1 in the console. The performance graph should show in the left corner. See if you get big spikes in the CPU. If you do , try and disable Hyperthreading in the BIOS , setting priority of bf3.exe to high and in Set Affinity, disabling the first cpu (CPU0) for bf3, in task manager. If it's the GPUs causing you trouble, in Nvidia Control Panel , set maximum pre-rendered frames to 0 , enable threaded optimization, and maybe try single-gpu mode.

Hope this helps. But don't worry , i'm getting similar performance. I think it is the game coding itself.

 

more or less stayed the same, i'll just leave it be. Expected more from the laptop i guess

 

6990 Crossfire and I play with all settings maxed out

 

yea buy aren't 6990 crossfire basically desktop version of 6870 crossfire?? haha lot more powerful than my setup...may be selling my laptop and just stick with desktop and PS Vita FIFA soccer =)

 

Hey Alek, I was wondering if you ever got to solve your issue with the FPS drops as I also have the same problem. I have dual 280m like you with a new QX9300 upgrade. What does disabling the first CPU do? How does that help? Also, what settings are you playing on for BF3? I initially started playing with high settings, but it ran only 30-35 FPS average and with FPS drops, it would fall to less than 10. I've also overclocked my GPUs and CPUs to test it but it seems like it causes more problems for me. (doesn't seem like they're stable enough) Any suggestions/comments? Thanks!

My system specs are:
- Alienware M17x R1
- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 @ 3.06GHz (i've tried overclocking to 3.2 GHz which is stable except when I'm on BF3)
- Dual GTX 280m (clocked at 600/970/1460)
- 8 GB RAM 1066MHz

 

Hey there! I managed to fix my FPS drop spikes by going into Task Manager , setting priority for bf3.exe to high , and in Set Affinity, disabling CPU0.

I'm not sure how exactly it works but it does, i someone on the Battlelog forums suggested this, saying it worked for him. I believe there are optimization issues with Battlefield 3 and multi-core cpus, especially core 2 quads.

I play on Auto, which sets all to low except Textures, which are set to high, and 1900x1200 resolution. I mostly play Recon , and FPS is very important in sniping, so i prefer decent graphics and 50-60 fps rather than amazing graphics and ~35 fps. As for suggestions, go ahead and close all memory draining processes, maybe even turn off your firewall/antivirus. And very important, as you're a R1 user just like me, try and follow this guide by Batboy which will help increase overall system performance and should help with the drops in BF3 too.

And add me on Battlelog - Aleko123

Question : What did you use to overclock your GPUs and what is your impression? Is it worth it?

 

renderdevice.forcerenderaheadlimit 2

That helped a good amount with stutter for me, generally get good FPS with a 670mhz overclock. The marketplace map, can't remember the name is probably the worst in terms of FPS. Thats where i drop to 40's a lot. Everything else stays at a constant 60-70fps with some dips into 50's.

That console setting btw has 4 options, 0, 1, 2, 3. 2 worked the best for me

 

Hey guys quick question. How do you set bf3.exe to run in high priority. I know how to set it in the task manager but it only lasts until I close the game out. Does anybody know how to permantely set bf3.exe to high priority?

 

Try this man.

 

Guys what drivers are you using to play this? I am currently on 11.10 (the non BSOD version) and I am currently playing on medium settings as anything higher is pish. Also can anyone post their settings file? Joker did so a while back on BFBC2 and they worked flawlessly - which was odd since if I configured the same settings in-game it didn't work too well.

*Edit
anyone in the UK interested in doing the CoOp together - I need some of those nice guns!!! If so add me: Death_NazGul

 

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll give it a try and see where I end up! As for your question, I overclocked my GPUs with Nvidia's Ntune (which you can get from their drivers download). It then shows up on your NVIDIA control panel that you can adjust clock speeds on CPU, RAM as well as GPUs. Only thing you can't do with it is adjust voltage for any of them. I'm still not quite sure if its worth overclocking them at the moment since I am still messing around and experimenting with the numbers. I'll try to let you know as soon as I can find some good numbers that show improvement in FPS and seem stable

I'll also add you on battlelog when I have the chance to play again! (I am busy this weekend You can add me also if want - bbjai

 

I tried playing Battlefield in my R2 with 740 and 5870 CF. I had installed 11.10. I have frequent FPS drops and no gun bug.
The game runs perfectly fine in my R1 with 280M SLI.
What is the best driver for R2? Could anyone please give me the links for the drivers and caps?
I tried installing 11.12 but its not working at all.

Also any new BIOS out for this card? It has Dell A01 bios and I don't know if some new bios came out.

Update: the game crashes each and everytime with the Dell stock drivers in SP,MP or Coop.

 

@Mooneyd I'll add ya on battlelog

 

cheers buddy

whenever we are both online we can hookup and do some damage!!