Battlefield 3 on M18x - Discussion Thread

[skygunner27]

These are the fake specs released from gamestop, which they got from a BF3 forum.

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Interesting....thanks for clearing that up.

[daveh98]

The thing is that the game will look good even at a lower resolution. Also if you look at some very grahically intensive games, the differences between high and ultra are not usually HUGE compared to a "low to high."

A lot is personal preference. I personally like "high" at native resolution vs "ultra" at 1280 by 720. Some view that the opposite. 1080P is still a LOT of pixels and if you lower the amount of pixels than you can increase the demands. Or if you do play 1080p then you really don't have to worry about AA at the resolution.

Hopefully we get some nice settings with the current offering we have in our systems as I really don't plan any upgrades until the next gen consoles are out for a few years. I tend to be die hard pc gamer and then switch to console gaming for a few years and then upgrade my PC's.

Either way, this game looks BEAST and will definitely be my go to game for awhile. I was really hoping the 6970CF would handle this game well but after looking closely at the footage....may be wishful thinking!

[iPhantomhives]

6970M CF will not max this game, quote me on that : p

How about 6990?

[daveh98]

How about 6990?

It's all speculation. The differences seen in game between the two wont be shocking. I mean when CS:S came on the scene in 2004 my XPS lappy with a pentium and MR 9800 (8 pixel pipelines) could run the game relatively well. Now after all the patches and updates, that thing couldn't run that game nearly as well. I think the laptops will play the game well but not maxed.

I remember when Crysis was being ran by "two 7800 GTXs in SLI." When it debuted people were struggling with Desktop 8800 GTXs. I ran it on my old M15x with a combination of medium/high at 1400 by 900 and did not really enjoy the experience. Fast forward 4 years and I can finally enjoy it with 5870s in CF on my old R2. Now I am going to try on my m18x.

So I am "hopeful" that BF3 can run well and look good but I don't expect any current notebook GPU's to be maxing the game. Time will tell. Hopefully the 7 series AMD cards will fit the m18x as that would be a pretty sweet upgrade path for current Gen 1 adopters of the m18x with 6970s/6990s. 28nm fab process would be pretty sweet.

[Shaden]

AMD has already noted that the 7 Series cards will be mxm 3.0 ... so they should fit right in the m18x no problem.



m17x R2 owners are the luckiest sons of Bs ever ... considering they too will probably be able to use the 7 series ... crazy longevity in those laptops.

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AMD has already noted that the 7 Series cards will be mxm 3.0 ... so they should fit right in the m18x no problem.



m17x R2 owners are the luckiest sons of Bs ever ... considering they too will probably be able to use the 7 series ... crazy longevity in those laptops.

What is this R1, R2, and R3? Is that just the different generation of Alienware notebook? If so I take it all current Alienware are R3? Also what is Aliensmudge?

Oh dam I'm not asking about 6990m vs 580m no more...

[Shaden]

lol r1,2,3 refer to revisions of the m17x. the M18x is ... just that ... I guess you could call it an R1 ...

ALiensmudge refers to damage on the exterior of my unit when it was shipped ...

I posted pics in another thread, it was pretty crazy

[serialsid]

Hi guys,

Just seen the required system specs for Battlefield 3,

Battlefield 3 system requirements announced | bit-gamer.net

Be interesting to see how our machines handle the game eh, especially in DX11.

20GB install though

[mharidas]

If their recommended specs are HD 6950, We should say a 6970 should deliver playable frame rates with all the eye candy on bar MSAA settings. Maybe we can have 2X 4X and still be ok, remains to be seen what sort of demands its highest settings will place on a 6970 desktop card.

Two 6970Ms definitely eclipses the single desktop 6970 and in the worst case match it. So 6990M dual users are sitting pretty, the same for dual 580M GTXs.

The 20GB install is good news which means lesser compressed textures.

[Shaden]

Fricken awesome, glad to see I will be gaming at the top of the peak until the 7Ks come out, and maybe beyond. I was really only worried about this game since this and D3 will be chewing up my time for the next year most likely.