M14x Battlefield 3 Perfomance & Discussion Thread

[Orion123]

Updated to 296.10 just recently, playing BF3 right now, noticed after each death the screen flashes on and off. Also noticed it takes much longer to alt + tab out of the game to see web pages and what not. Anyone else experiencing this?

[darbsllim]

Updated to 296.10 just recently, playing BF3 right now, noticed after each death the screen flashes on and off. Also noticed it takes much longer to alt + tab out of the game to see web pages and what not. Anyone else experiencing this?

I get that screen flash and slow alt tabbing issue with the earlier driver.

When i Play Bf3, without charger plug in, my temp stay in 75 ~ 80, and when i plug in the charger my temp goes to 85 ~ 80

turbo boost off.

that is normally?

whats your fps? I can't even play bf3 without the charger! it crashes

[Voodooi]

whats your fps? I can't even play bf3 without the charger! it crashes

Your battery can't deliver the amount of wattage that the external power supply can, so it's never going to deliver the kind of performance that it would when it's plugged. On battery, you should always lower the settings of every game played, however a certain amount of games will not function properly with recent BIOS.

What's the point of playing one of the most demanding games on battery anyways when you'd get around 45 minutes of gaming or less

Personally, I only play older games on battery that utilize the Intel GPU. This way, I can squeeze 3 hours+ of gaming out of it. My favourite is Heroes of Might & Magic III ...such a masterpiece for its time

Here's a response to a previous inquiry:

The M14x's BIOS automatically limits the GPU on battery to reduce power draw as the GPU drains power too fast at full clocks for the battery to give. If you want to game on battery try flashing BIOS A02 or earlier, but you can't game for long as the M14x will automatically power down due to the excessive power draw.

...so there's the answer for BF3

[darbsllim]

is it really smart to flash the bios back to a previous version though? Don't they update the bios with important things?

[Voodooi]

is it really smart to flash the bios back to a previous version though? Don't they update the bios with important things?

Many users have flashed from current to AO5 and 6 with no issues.

The problem is that I don't think you can even find BIOS AO1 and 2 unless someone can link you it. If playing current demanding games on battery is very important to you, you should cross-compare the current BIOS and the older BIOS (1 & 2) to see what you would be losing from the rollback.

Personally, I don't think it's worth it because you'd be rolling back, what ...7 revisions?

[gneccao]

whats your fps? I can't even play bf3 without the charger! it crashes

i have change the battery settings to play without charger.

Ultra settings
Battery: 15 ~ 17
chareger 19 ~ 21

[Pete- 7r0jan]

Ive been playing bf3 since day one, ive turned down the settings to low..
i was getting about 25-35 fps..
ive aplied the a08 volt mod and a light oc and now im hitting 50-65 fps.

the temps are maxing at 75 without a cooler..

this is a member of my clan in action
http://youtube.com/v/bf_BjlxXWD0

[Sethers]

Been playing Battlefield on and off for the past month now, and the one thing that keeps bugging me is the loading screens, they are really slow to load the levels, there is a slight jump in time when its the same level being played but each new level takes an unhealthy amount of time. I know its longer then others as when I finally connect the game has already commenced. any help?

[Voodooi]

Been playing Battlefield on and off for the past month now, and the one thing that keeps bugging me is the loading screens, they are really slow to load the levels, there is a slight jump in time when its the same level being played but each new level takes an unhealthy amount of time. I know its longer then others as when I finally connect the game has already commenced. any help?

Long loading screens are generally associated with the hard drive.

5400rpm = Takes an eternity to load
7200rpm = Average load speeds (what we have)
SSD = Super fast loading

A friend of mine has an SSD and he always loads nearly instantly into games (like SWTOR) while I'm still at the loading bar waiting. Makes me so jealous

[Pete- 7r0jan]

Been playing Battlefield on and off for the past month now, and the one thing that keeps bugging me is the loading screens, they are really slow to load the levels, there is a slight jump in time when its the same level being played but each new level takes an unhealthy amount of time. I know its longer then others as when I finally connect the game has already commenced. any help?

Long loading screens are generally associated with the hard drive.

5400rpm = Takes an eternity to load
7200rpm = Average load speeds (what we have)
SSD = Super fast loading

A friend of mine has an SSD and he always loads nearly instantly into games (like SWTOR) while I'm still at the loading bar waiting. Makes me so jealous

That sounds plausable, i know guys im my clan that take so long to load up the the first target has already been set before they can get backin after a map change.

I assumed it was down to memory.. as these guys are only running low ram 2/3 gb. I sapose i could be hdd speed i didnt think about it tbh..

One of our guys is installing an ssd today, ill let you know if its any better for him.
Ive also got a 120gb ocz agility ssd to install and try out when i get a chance..