Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked

[cangelini]

Are you wondering how your PC will handle Battlefield 3 before buying the game? We pulled a series of all-nighters to get almost every graphics card in our lab tested, in addition to a handful of processors, to answer your performance-oriented questions.

Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked : Read more

 

[kyosuke]

pffft. My HD 6870 handles Ultra maxed just fine!

 

[jrnyfan]

Great review, thank you very much!

 

[Guest]

great review. but I am curious if a gtx 560ti can run ultra on a playable fps? because I am about to buy one 😀

 

[orellius]

nevermind my comment about 560 Ti, I see it in the benchmarks (high) but it is not on the main page list of cards (missed putting it there?) (yes, I used the search feature in my browser, no 560 to speak of)

 

[orellius]

blah, I guess my first comment didnt come through, nevermind then! ha

 

[spentshells]

Wow does it look good, I played the demo on Xbox did it ever look dumb

 

[m0th2]

[citation][nom]sirus3020[/nom]great review. but I am curious if a gtx 560ti can run ultra on a playable fps? because I am about to buy one[/citation]

Without any form of AA you can run it on ultra and get over 30fps on every map @ 1920x1080 easily (over 60 when close quarters). Depends on your cpu and if you OC your gpu though. i have mine at 940/2100 and its always above 40fps.

 

[kcorp2003]

AWESOME! thank you very much for this. looks like i wont have to upgrade my CPU then. i have HD4870 and i play this on medium settings but still i want the ultra settings.

 

[aznshinobi]

Great read, lovely to see a wide assortment tested, specially my 5850. Thanks for taking the time Chris, I'm sure it must've taken FOREVER to bench and swap all those cards.

 

[canadian87]

Frikkin' finally, now I can upgrade safely.

 

[alhanelem]

looks like my e8500 and gtx 460 can pull through this game (hopefully)

 

[Guest]

I run BF3 in 1920x1080 ultra MSAA4x with my X4 955+HD5770 and it works fine. Playable 30fps 😀

 

[the torso]

running x fire 6950's and besting 78FPS avg fps on ultra, i5 2500k W/ Thank God no problems with multi GPU

 

[saratj1]

For anyone interested I get
min - 21 Fps
Max - 71 Fps
Avg - 41.2 Fps
Everything maxed at 1080P
I7-2600k @ 4.3 + Sapphire 6950 2gb Flashed to 6970 with stock clocks 880 1250

 

[saratj1]

For anyone interested I get
min - 21 Fps
Max - 71 Fps
Avg - 41.2 Fps
Everything maxed at 1080P
I7-2600k @ 4.3 + Sapphire 6950 2gb Flashed to 6970 with stock clocks 880 1250

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Great article and I love that picture with a pile of graphics cards 😀 Just one obvious thing missing: WHERE ARE SLI 560 Tis??? I was kind of considering picking up a second card for this game... come on, I'm sick of Tom's ignoring that card so often.

Though I think my 560 Ti still doesn't need a pair if I tone down the settings a tiny bit Good to see that. And yet I hear the game looks great... kudos to DICE for optimizing the game nicely!

Also, 6950 kicked the 560 Ti nicely in this game 😀

P.S. So the FX 8150 now has a Phenom name tag on it?

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]Great article and I love that picture with a pile of graphics cards Just one obvious thing missing: WHERE ARE SLI 560 Tis??? I was kind of considering picking up a second card for this game... come on, I'm sick of Tom's ignoring that card so often.Though I think my 560 Ti still doesn't need a pair if I tone down the settings a tiny bit Good to see that. And yet I hear the game looks great... kudos to DICE for optimizing the game nicely! Also, 6950 kicked the 560 Ti nicely in this game P.S. So the FX 8150 now has a Phenom name tag on it?[/citation]

I actually don't even have two 560 Tis to show you, unfortunately.

Phenom? FX? Where? =)

 

[amirp]

Hey Chris, quick question, did you notice any micro-stuttering with the 6870 cards in crossfire? (kind of like that previous article that was up on toms a while ago). The performance of 6870x2 seems amazing for the price, and am really tempted to pick another one up for my system.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]aznshinobi[/nom]Great read, lovely to see a wide assortment tested, specially my 5850. Thanks for taking the time Chris, I'm sure it must've taken FOREVER to bench and swap all those cards.[/citation]

Very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Didn't take forever, just four very long days ;-)

 

[sentinelspark]

Okay how is the HD5850 better than the HD6850. The HD6850 has better memory clock speeds. I was able to play the game in 1080p and AAx2 and all but two on ultra high, and i was getting 35fps average. I am calling Bulls**t on this one.

 

[Gamer-girl]

Processor-wise, it doesn’t really matter. I could pick an AMD FX, an Intel Core i3, or a Core i7 and get the same performance.

Surprising since some people where saying how BF3 was CPU intensive...

 

[wolfram23]

Man I wish my 5850s scaled like the 6xxx series! Still, looks like I'll get to play on Ultra given my OCs 😀

Thanks Chris and Toms!

(PS: Maybe you could send me one of those spare GTX 590s??)

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]cangelini[/nom]I actually don't even have two 560 Tis to show you, unfortunately. Phenom? FX? Where? =)[/citation]

What? You don't have two 560 Tis??? That's blasphemy! 😀

Phenom FX? Why, right here....

EDIT: Chris >>>>> Wolfgang

 

[Guest]

E6700 non OC with 460 GTX gets no huge FPS drops mostly in the 40fps range.

I'm sure I'd get +10 fps if I got some new fancy CPU but looks like I'll do just fine for now until I get some money!