Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked

[Inferno1217]

Correction on page 10 is needed for the heading as they are AMD cards not Nvidia.

 

[Maziar]

wow awesome review Chris !
just one typo though. in thr table of contents. number 10 is "AMD" not "Nvidia"

 

[iseeyou]

Where is the clock speed scaling benchmark?
It would be helpful for laptop users...

 

[paperfox]

Just to throw out some numbers:
5760x1200 on a 5870 eyefinity6 edition, i7 930 @ 3.8ghz, gives ~38 ave on low preset and med about gives ~31, ccc 10.9 though.

 

[9_breaker]

this is one of the best articles ever. thanks .
my 6850 overclocked will play bf3 well.

 

[xxchocotacoxx]

We have a mess to clean up...

After seeing that picture, I now have a mess to clean up too.

 

[arcus_doom]

I'm getting 30-60 FPS with my GTX 460 in 1440x900 resolution. I guess that's good enough.

 

[Dyjon54]

6850 still holding strong =)

 

[rylan]

This is a very well written, thorough article. Thanks for the hard work.

 

[paperfox]

Forgot to mention that my friend reports with his 5760x1200 setup:
2600k stock, 11.10 preview drivers, crossfire 6970 msi lightnings
48 med and 39 ultra presets
He is also having trouble with the graphics menu as described in the article.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]What? You don't have two 560 Tis??? That's blasphemy! Phenom FX? Why, right here....

EDIT: Chris >>>>> Wolfgang[/citation]

Oh, that's the damn price engine. Nothing I can do about that. It's a Pricegrabber typo :-/

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]sentinelspark[/nom]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.[/citation]

Believe it, friend. Why do you think we were so tweaked when Barts came out and AMD's naming sounded so deceptive? 5850 is faster than 6850, just like 5870 is faster than 6870!

 

[spentshells]

More shaders on the 5850 I bet that is why sentinelspark.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

Thanks for the great review. I've been waiting for Tom's to do a BF3 performance article, and this pretty much sums up my expectations. Good job.

Rocking out with an i7-950 and GTX480 at 1920x1200 and near maxed out settings. It's definitely playable, but it also isn't silky smooth. Benchmarking with fraps I recorded min frame rates as low as 31 across several runs. I think I'm fine as long as the minimum doesn't dip below 30, and overall I'm pleased with the performance results. Prior to the beta, after watching all the ridiculous in-game footage released online, I definitely wasn't expecting to be able to max out this game.

The game play and graphics are phenomenal, it's by far the most intense multi-player fps experience I've ever had. But then again, the last first person shooter I played extensively was BF2.

 

[xyster]

thanks for the review, chris.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]kyosuke[/nom]pffft. My HD 6870 handles Ultra maxed just fine![/citation]
hmmm... either you're running at a relatively low resolution (1680x1050?), or you have a high tolerance for lag.

 

[xxchocotacoxx]

Great review! I'll definitely have these findings in mind to help shape the direction of my next build.

Have fun with the game.

 

[darkrydr3]

So AMD kicks Nvidia's butt in almost everything here including Crossfire/SLI, but when one changes the graphics to ultra high settings it sucks? What the heck...

 

[darkrydr3]

Nm omit that, the 5970 and 6990 weren't used :/

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Nice review. Unfortunately my card isn't up there. I have the GTX 460 SE. Not sure how much different that is than the GTX 460.

I'm glad at least one developer is putting PC gaming ahead of the consoles. Unfortunately it's the same company that makes me use that Origin software. I hate it. Blah. Secondly I have to launch it from the browser, and the plugin is not compatible with the browser I mainly use, which is Firefox Nightly build.

 

[cyberkuberiah]

thanks for the comprehensive article

 

[Doug Rochford]

Repost because I do not see submitted comment displaying. Use this one if the other one is lagged.

I am running Battlefield 3 on Medium / High default settings. I am not getting 60 fps constant with High default settings at 1920x1080. I almost prefer medium to get the stable high framerate. I am using 3.5 i7, 1600 Ram, 6970's in crossfire (4 GB total) 10.9 drivers

I just wanted to contribute. thanks...

-Douglas Rochford

 

[cats_Paw]

Oh man, thats a lot of GPUS .

 

[pro-gamer]

wow! bf3 is going more demanding game but i love gtx 580 this can handle with maxed out with a decent fps gain

 

[cats_Paw]

Sad there is no 775 and AM2/3 versions. WE area almost guaranteed good frames with those processors so it might have made more sence to move to a bit older sockets .