Battlefield 3 Requirements Leaked?

Lol, I'm jealous of you! It's an amazing rig you have.

Mr. Mysterious

 

My bet is the mid range cards like the 5870m or desktop equiv. the 5770, will be able to run this at mid to high, they'd be cutting their pc market in half if they didn't try and support a wider variety of DX11 cards and would be foolish other wise. I think high end cards will benifit from extra effects granted but theres no reason this game can't be optmized for a mid range. If anything hopefully the game is super pc customizable allowing to make a config file that works best and keeps the eye candy, a crysis situation if you will.

 

haha, TY man!

 

BF2 and BFBC2 both required near top end machines to be playable, I wouldn't doubt if BF3 is the same.

 

Maybe playable on high settings but still playable on low cards, you'll just miss out on some special effects, which some people will argue that you'll miss out on the whole experience.

 

Depends. I was playing Bad Company 2 on my Core 2 Quad with HD 4670 and I'd say it's barely passable as playable online even at 720p with low-medium detail because even at lowest detail, smoke and explosions slow things down considerably.

 

Then would you say that its an optimization problem on EA's part, the game isn't mind blowingly amazing in graphics even for the time it was released, UE3 is a good looking engine and runs on a wide variety of hardware. Im just speculating here, do you think its the classic case of crysis then were its just poorly optimized?

 

Well I think BC2 looks phenomenal but do think it's a bit unoptimized. Quad core is almost required to make it enjoyable.

 

I am getting kind of nervous knowing Dirt 3 lags pretty bad, graphics wise on my laptop, do you guys think my specs for my g53sw will be able to handle BF3?? see below ......
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Your laptop handles Dirt 3 just fine. I was running Dirt 3 on my G73JH with a 5870m before at 50-60 FPS with everything maxed, 4x AA @ 1080p.

If you want a big performance gain, simply turn Shadows to High and Ambient Occlusion to High. Turning Shadows or AO to Ultra causes a 15-25 FPS hit and doesn't really look better.

 

In all honesty my laptop aint doing much better with Dirt 3. I haven't benchmarked, but at average I'd say I'm getting between 25 to 30FPS which is quite weak in my opinion. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the otherhand runs relatively well at high settings while sometimes visually it looks much better as well. At any rate there's no doubt that most of us will need an upgrade to be able to enjoy BF3 in its fullest. On several occasions I've been pretty tempted to purchase a HD 6970M, but so-far the only successful upgrade with a ASUS G series has been to a MSi HD 5870M, so the risk isn't quite worth the cost. Which is exactly why my next laptop will be an Alienware. On the bright side, you have a second generation Core i7 which should do you fine.

 

If you want upgradability, then get a Clevo or Sager. Designed for ease of updating components and doesn't void warranty. Only issue with Sager is their quite sparse BIOS for any overclocking possibilities.

 

I've looked into Sager as well, but originally I wasn't very impressed by my friends Sager NP9280. Very bulky and generally not that attractive of a machine. I do however like the newer Sager/Clevo models, so I might consider that an option if the price is right.

 

I'm considering upgrading to the 6970m myself, but I am a bit worried it might not be enough to max the game.

The other route is building a vidock, but this will be more expensive as I don't have an external monitor and I'd at least have to get a 460 to match the 6970m. Paired with a 920xm a vidock would last considerably longer and be more upgrade though..

Decisions, decisions...

 

I get a feeling my three year old Kobalt notebook will struggle with this game, although it was high end when it was released, it's probably more middle entry now. I just wish I could afford to upgrade.

 

Ah... I think my acer i5 + 5650 will explode trying to run this on anything other than very low...lucky I have a decent desktop!

Does any one have confirmation of a beta/demo possibly being released that we can use to trial how the game runs? Has Dice/EA mentioned anything about this at all?

 

Such is technology I guess. Your best bet would be to put in a quad core CPU. Actually anyone who bought an 8800m GPU bought at a good time because the 9800m and 260m were more or less same chip, a few extra pixel shaders. If you can overclock a decent amount with a quad core you'll probably be able to run mix of low-medium at a decent framerate. Of course probably at 720p.

 

Neither, I just don't like replacing hardware often. It doesn't like I got the GPU so long ago, and outdated electronics typically end up in one place: a landfill.

 

If you want to max out a game and feel comfortable with the ability to do so for at least a year on everything, build a desktop. Laptops, even gaming laptops, just aren't made for that. They're a compromise. Turn down a few settings and I'm sure BF3 will run fine and still look beautiful.

 

The GPU I'm referring to is the Radeon 3870x2, which is in my desktop. I do all my gaming and multi-document work on my desktop and use the Mac for mobile work at school.