Battlefield 3 on M18x - Discussion Thread

[Lason]

PLayed SP for about 3 hours yesterday before I boxed my M18X and sent it back to re-order. On Ultra settings I was getting 35-40fps, turned AA down to 2X and got about 40-45 and then turned AA completely off and was getting 45-50fps. Was running 11.9 w/cap 3 and radeon pro.

Great game though, Im thinking about getting it on console to tie me over till I can re-order another M18X. My kid really wants it for xbox 360 anyway.

[DR650SE]

Lason, I believe there are known issues with CAP 3.

Also, has anyone tried overriding tesselation by turning it off in CCC? May help boost FPS. I'll try it when I get home, see how it looks and how it affects gameplay.

[daveh98]

Lason, I believe there are known issues with CAP 3.

Also, has anyone tried overriding tesselation by turning it off in CCC? May help boost FPS. I'll try it when I get home, see how it looks and how it affects gameplay.

Eh whats the point? That's like buying a ferrari and trying to fit a Camry bodykit on it. I turned off AA and changed HBAO to SSAO and it increased FPS by 20; so that will give anyone blazing performance without sacrificing a huge amount of visual fidelity. I actually really like the tessellation in this game

[DR650SE]

Hmm, somone in the gaming section said that there was no tesselation in the game. But you are right, and I won't be doing it. At least not permanantly. Thats the reason I got 6990s But I was wondering if it would infact boost FPS. I'll try it out just out of curiosity, but all it is is an experiment to see how it affects performance. It is a pretty sweet game thought. I havn't played FPS online in forever.

[Zero989]

This driver is crashing my system badly. Cannot system restore successfully and can't access safe mode. What do I do??

Edit: still trying to get a successful login. Now system is checking one of my disks for consistency and auto correcting errors. Please use this driver at your own risk! Never had such problems trying to restore. Any input appreciated. Typing from iPhone

mine wasn't crashing badly but i just now had to uninstall them due to a BSOD. my issues aren't as severe as yours though. that's really bad.

they work better than 11.10 pre 3 + cap 3 11.9 except for the BSODs.

[daveh98]

Hmm, somone in the gaming section said that there was no tesselation in the game. But you are right, and I won't be doing it. At least not permanantly. Thats the reason I got 6990s But I was wondering if it would infact boost FPS. I'll try it out just out of curiosity, but all it is is an experiment to see how it affects performance. It is a pretty sweet game thought. I havn't played FPS online in forever.

Wow; just goes to show what the eye is perceiving as tessellation then! I could have sworn the way the buildings and ground surfaces work that there is decent use of tessellation in the game.

With that though, "using application settings" for AMD probably will not be having any impact on FPS for tessellation but may be worth looking at for the heck of it. Still have to say this is the best looking game visually to date; but nothing extraordinary from a playing perspective. Relatively Ho Hum single player and multiplayer has a lot of work to do from a server standpoint.

[Straffa]

Me playing BF3 on Alienware M18x

Alienware M18x Battlefield 3 - YouTube

[daveh98]

Me playing BF3 on Alienware M18x

Alienware M18x Battlefield 3 - YouTube

Great video and very nice setup. What is your configuration? +rep

[creagan1]

Hey all,

I have been playing BF3 since the release the other night and I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I can't seem to break around 30-35fps even when I change my video settings from high to medium or anything!

My specs are below:

i7 2.2ghz (3.3ghz turbo boost)
4GB ram
nVidia GTX560m (1.5gb)

What settings in the video should I have off or turned down? Anyone have any suggestions I'd appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,
Chris

[Lord-Anubis]

I have everything ultra except for AA, which i turned off. Smooth as glass now.