[Battlefield 3] M11x Video/Gameplay/Benchmark (All inclusive) Thread

Yeah it does happen. Especially with a rocket launcher or tank.

 

it CAN run well, i run Witcher 2 on my r1 at about 25-30fps AND it looks good

 

I agree with you. 25fps sounds unplayable but it is actually surprising smooth for what 25fps normally feels like. I don't know, it sort of reminds me of the original Crysis which is one of the only games that has been acceptable for me at < 30fps.

 

For me 25fps feels great if its a good 25. Meaning never dipping below it. ;( Unfortunately if you are running at 25 chances are you will hit that 24.

 

anything under about 18-20 fps is unplayable for me.

 

Battlefield 3 [PC] - Multiplayer: Operation Firestorm (64 Player Map) - M11x R3 - YouTube

Updated front with 64 player map (Operation Firestorm).

One of my best games ended up going 10-0 [4040 points + 2000 in awards]

 

Nice vid Deevu. I think it may time to chop in this r2 for an r3.

 

I still get around 16-20 fps even on the lowest settings with my R2, which is unplayable to me.

Trying to boost it up to at least >25 fps, but I haven't managed to do so yet. I'm only level 2 on multiplayer because I can't enjoy the game enough yet to play it regularly with the framerate I'm getting.

It's odd how the game is very playable on some R2's but not on others. I've followed all suggestions in this thread and optimized it the best I can, but my performance in-game still sucks.

 

Aye, just had a quick blast now. Some maps are playable (Tehran), most are not. Real shame. As the game is incredible. Guess I'll have to enjoy it on the desktop only.

 

I really like how optimized Operation Firestorm is for its size.

 

I suggest you should reinstall your Windows. Maybe some registry keys of yours has been messed up and that causes the problem. That's the last option I supposed.

 

I have MX11 R2 i7 640um 8GB, Set my option mostly all high and medium, no shadow, blur and anti-xxx, Playable smoothly Surprise that it can run around 30 FPS
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This just depresses me :cry:

 

For those of you who are having problems I wanted to ask if you are running setpll. During the beta I noticed if I used setpll I would have low frame rates and general poor performance. Presently I just use the overclocking in the BIOS to 166. The way I understand it setpll uses the same hardware mechanism that setpll does. Try experimenting with lowering any overclocking in the BIOS you may have and see if performance increases with lower settings. I hope that all can play this game as well as I am...

Rigek

 

Update!!

I am currently (as of a few hours ago) playing Multiplayer (Level 6) and Campaign with no issues. consistent 25-30 FPS with my R1... The best part?

Current resolution: 1366 x 768
Textures: High
Everything else low/off.

I think the Auto settings really are the best settings... when I lower my resolution or lower textures, I get a lower framerate... strange! I have been playing on my 54 inch Panasonic Plasma via HDMI and I must say, I love it!

It looks almost as good as my buddy's xbox version to me. While I do hit the occasional laggy spot in VERY intense situations, it definately playable for me. I know ~25 FPS isn't workable for everyone, but I really don't mind.

I don't get a whole lot of time to play, but when I do, its not too shabby... now if I didn't suck at FPS on PC it would be awesome. I need more practice.

 

what exactly is evga?

 

EVGA precision is a tool to overclock your GPU

 

im running on Low Med settings.. I think it looks great.. only getting around 30 FPS a second but honeslty thats fine. No problems.. I have an R2 i7 with 8gb ram. Nothing overclocked. all stock

i suck at the game.. just having fun...
Battlefield 3 - Alienware M11x R2 - YouTube

 

Something I am curious about

if you set the settings all the way to the lowest on the R3, what FPS do you get playing in the most intense online games?

 

17-20 on low settings, native resolution, with throttlestop.

Unplayable if you ask me, but some people enjoy playing games at 17 fps I guess.

 

I get well above 40 depending on the map

that isn't the R3 is it...? Im guessing its the R2 as you mentioned TS.

 

R3 is getting 20 fps on low? Some (including my) R2's are getting around that framerate on medium/high.

 

I seem to read a lot of mixed reactions about BF3 and the m11x, I think people arent being clear enough about what revision they are using or something...

 

There seems to be discrepancy even with the same revision (mostly the R2). Some systems are performing great while others not so, but that makes sense since there is variation in the hardware itself.

 

Hi Deevu, sorry to bug but would you mind posting your exact graphics settings for your mid/high/ultra benchmark bf3 vid? I want to do as close to the same test as possible on my i5 to give people an idea of the difference in performance. Also, I know you overclocked by 100mhz, was that just the core or the shaders/memory as well? Thanks.

 

Can anyone give me the average R2 frame rate on BF3?
For me, I got it around 20- 32 average is staying around 24-25 . i7640um 8gb ram and ssd. using 290 driver no OC. used turbo boost 3. Any suggestion should i try to increase my FPS!?
Thank guys!

 

First of all use throttlestop to keep your processor using its maximum power. im not sure how to use it because i have an r1 but theres a thread here explaning it. you can overclock your GPU too, I use msi afterburner because it's simple and easy to understand. To use it google it, download and install it. Open it up and you see 3 bars to adjust to your hearts content to overclock the gpu. I recommend 550/1350/875 for best results but it may or may not work for you, if not bring the bars down slowly 5 to 10 MHz at a time and test it. You can test it with the other program that comes with msi afterburner, it's called kombustor. Use the gpu burn in option to test your overclock. If the numbers on the right clock down to 405/324/810 or something similar, you went to far, reboot your cOmputer and try a lower overclock.
note: just because your OC is stable with Kombustor doesnt necessarily mean it will work with every game, my GPU is stable @ 605/1500/910 but I have yet to find a game that will take that OC. Hope this helps goodluck!

 

not sure u can use Throttle stop with an R1? has to do with the turbo on the I-series i believe.

 

yea, it locks you turboboost to maximum all the time but sadly us C2D folk dont have it :'(

 

With my m11xr2 i5 I'm getting playable frame rates, but as some other people have mentioned the audio cuts out all too often ruining the experience. I realize this isn't just limited to the m11x but is there any fix out there for the random stuttering or partial/total loss of audio?

 

I noticed many people have stated this. The reason for it (I could be completely wrong though ) is that the registry edit that places network priority over sound, means that at times, the sound will cut out so that your ping will not increase. Therefore, the sacrifice is loss of sound (happens only for a second for me, and occurs once a game, so not a big issue) or you sacrifice your ping (making it harder to shoot people (if they are standing still its the same, only moving targets will be effected))
Hopefully that explains the problem and is correct info

 

This makes sense, but my problem is much more frequent then once per match. Kinda happens almost all the time... For example, I'll pop in a helicopter and its just silent with random bursts of audio.

Its making me want to not return my r3(unopened w/ full refund waiting) that I ordered believing my r2 had fully succumbed to water damage(long story, it worked after a week of drying just fine).

Thanks for the response though much appreciated, I can't keep my CPU temps below 85C playing BF3 either without a laptop cooler so I'll keep to my desktop to enjoy the game.

 

Here's the fix that solved my audio issue.

Go to your BF3 profile settings (C: Documents/Battlefield3/settings/blahblahblahPROFILE), open with WordPad, and change the value of the first line of code from 0 to 1. Worked like a charm in my case and sounds 10x better.

 

Problem solved! Thanks

 

Wow ! How are you doing this, I've got the same spec as your 6800 3dMark06 but can't get more thant 20 fps multiplayer game.

I'm using Gamebooster en OC my 335m even using some tweaks I saw online.

 

The most I've managed to push BF3 on my M11x R2 was 20-30 fps with 800 x 600 with low settings across the board. I am using the 258.62 driver. Any ideas?

 

Try using the newer drivers. Nvidia updated their drivers several times after BF3's release optimizing performance. I'm currently using 289.75, and I'm getting roughly the same frames as you with higher settings. Also, if you aren't, TS and OC'ing are a must.

 

I was thinking of getting Battlefield 3 for my M11xR1. Do you guys think it will run smoothly on it at 30fps or maybe even higher?

 

It runs, but not so great on the r1.

 

How well will the r3 run BF3 on high settings with AA off?

 

Better... check youtube, tons of videos on this.

 

What framerates are you guys getting on the R1? I would prefer 25fps at minimum at least.

 

I only get 30fps on all lowest details with my R3. I personally find it unplayable next to my desktop...

 

Im barely getting 25 fps with BF:BC2 so i havnt even bothered to get it

Have you tried OCing your GPU a bit? It will help some.

 

R2 i7 trottlestop 2.3ghz gpu at 525mhz everything on low 1366x768 getting between 20 to 35 fps. Not same thing like a desktop but for once in a while lan with lots of beer that ok.

 

Which driver do you guys think is best for a non-pinmodded R1, the 285.62, 295.73, or 296.10?

EDIT: Using the 295.73 atm, framerate seems to have gone up by a few, currently at 17-33 fps, average 26 fps, but I'm getting some weird artifacts while playing. Not sure if it's because my gpu OC is too high (I haven't changed it since my old drivers) or what. I'll try lowering it by some and see if it helps. Might test other drivers later. ----- UPDATE: Artifacting has confirmed to be due to overheating issues. As my m11x heated up (into the mid 70s typically), I began having black lines come from all over the screen "pointing" towards the center of the screen. Performance also dropped by a considerable amount, maybe 30-50%. I would not recommend playing the game for more than a couple hours before letting it cool down. Otherwise, performance is good.

EDIT2: To all of those with R1's: I'm playing on 32-48 man servers with 25-30fps stable. Here are my settings. ----- UPDATE: I changed the BF3 settings around a bit, got the game to look much much better while keeping the fps about the same. (In fact, when servers had less people on, about 20 total, I found that the fps was actually higher with the below settings). Basically I switched 4x AF for Max AA Post. I also changed the resolution from 1280x720 to 1366x768. Texture quality is still at medium. This put more load on the GPU without stressing the CPU (which happens to be the bottleneck for the m11x), allowing for unaltered performance. Note that those of you who actually happen to have the GPU as their bottleneck probably shouldn't try the settings below for obvious reasons. The rest of us should find these to be pretty helpful. Also, AA deferred doesn't help at all, only post.

-Not pinmodded
-295.73 drivers
-Bios Volt Mod
-GPU OC of 550/1350/875
-UserFrequencyFactor 0.000000
-Set bf3.exe to high priority on loadup
-Beginning of each server change (not map change) type renderdevice.forcerenderaheadlimit 0 and renderdevice.triplebufferingenable false
-NVIDIA SETTINGS

Code:

Aniso Filtering - App settings
AA Gamma Correction - Off
AA Mode - Off
AA Setting - None
AA Transparency - Off
CUDA GPUs - All
Pre-rendered Frames - 0
Multi Display - Single
Power Management - Maximum Performance
Aniso Sample Optimization - On
Neg LOD Bias - Allow
Quality - High Performance
Trilin Optimization - On
Threaded Optimization - On
Trip Buffering - Off
Aniso Filter Optimization - Off
Vsync - Force Off

-CONFIG SETTINGS

Code:

GstAudio.AudioLanguage 5861806
GstAudio.AudioQuality 0
GstAudio.CarRadio 0
GstAudio.DialogueVolume 0.500000
GstAudio.MusicVolume 0.000000
GstAudio.SoundSystemSize 20
GstAudio.StereoMode 0
GstAudio.VOLanguage 0
GstAudio.Volume 0.300000
GstAudio.YourSoundSystem 0
GstRender.AmbientOcclusion 0
GstRender.AnisotropicFilter 0
GstRender.AntiAliasingDeferred 0
GstRender.AntiAliasingPost 3
GstRender.Brightness 0.600000
GstRender.Contrast 0.450000
GstRender.EffectsQuality 0
GstRender.Enlighten 0
GstRender.FieldOfView 80.000000
GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0
GstRender.MeshQuality 0
GstRender.MeshQualityOld 0.700000
GstRender.MotionBlur 0.000000
GstRender.MotionBlurEnabled 0
GstRender.OverallGraphicsQuality 5
GstRender.ResolutionHeight 768
GstRender.ResolutionHertz 1114650444
GstRender.ResolutionWidth 1366
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaHeight 0.950000
GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.950000
GstRender.ShaderQuality 0.000000
GstRender.ShadowQuality 0
GstRender.StereoConvergence 0.000000
GstRender.Stereoscopy 0
GstRender.TerrainQuality 0
GstRender.TextureQuality 1
GstRender.TransparentShadows 0
GstRender.UndergrowthQuality 0
GstRender.VSync 0

Hope this helps anyone struggling on an R1 (Maybe even R2/3)

 

Has anyone else with 4gb of RAM noticed MASSIVE lag problems with battlefield 3? I have 4gb of memory and after playing for a while the usage slowly creeps up to almost 100% usage! I enabled the perfoverlay chart and when this happens the game freezes and lags and the chart spikes off the screen! Anyone else notice this?

 

What fps in BF3 are you getting on the R1?

 

actually about the same as BC2, 25 fps i was suprised. On lowest settings the GPU isn't a bottleneck. The problem is that after some time playing (Maybe 5 minutes) I will get random stutters that can last up to 4 seconds and during this time the render.perfoverlay chart skyrockets. I looked at task manager performance and my RAM is at almost fully used. I was looking around and some people have said it might be memory leak that started with the last update.