BF3-What rig are you going to play it on?

[rivo101]

Hey guys i thought it would be nice to see what kind of rigs people will have for the upcoming BF3,

I know the game hasnt come out yet but theres a rough idea out there on what we will need to run it.

Please only post in here if your going to play it and no trolling either hahaha

Ill go 1st -

CPU- Intel Core i7 2600K LGA1155 @4.5ghz
CPU COOLER- CoolerMaster V8 Cooler
MOTHERBOARD- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5B3
GPU- 2x GeForce GTX580 1536Mb DDR5 in SLI
RAM- 8Gb Dual DDR3 1600Mhz Gskill
PSU- Cosair HX 1000w
SSD- 60Gb OCZ Vertex II SSD
HDD- 2Tb WD Caviar Green
CASE- Antec 1200

Im planning on playing on 1920x1080 resolution- HD

I built this just for BF3 to run on High-Ultra

Thanks, Rob

 

[Gman450]

An 8800, is still a great card, and yes you're going to have to upgrade to a DX11 card though.

 

[sarinaide]

I will have a new rig by the coming month, likely a GTX 560 TI. Alternatively if the 8800 doesn't bottleneck my 2500K (CPU after upgrade) then I will try hold out for the Nvidia 22nm GPU's.

 

[easymark26]

i7-930 @3.3
16 g ripjaw ram
1x sapphire hd6950 2g
2x500 hdd raid 0
logitech g15 keyboard
logitech g35 headset
razor naga molten.
Im thinking I should be able to play on high (not max) just fine.

 

[kashifme21]

@Sarinaide

Read one of tomshardwares CPU - GPU bottleneck comparisons. Even a I7 at 2.4ghz is pretty much GPU bound (GPU being tested was a GTX 480 which is quite powerful).

The I5 2500k has alot of potential even if you leave it stock. If you overclocked that beast to something like 4.5ghz, you will be GPU bound for a very long time to come (asuming you are atleast playing at 1920*1080 with decent AA), it would take maybe 580GTX in Sli to shift the bottle neck back to the CPU. By which time you would be thinking of going tripple screen for which even 3 GTX 580s would be GPU bound.

Check this article out, tomshardware has Xeon cpu running at 2.4ghz and oced to 4ghz. In games that stress the GPU like metro 2033 the game is pretty much GPU bound even though a GTX 480 was used:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/xeon-e5620-overclocking-westmere-ep,2767.html

The CPU overclock makes virtually no difference.

 

[tjosborne]

i5 2500k
8gb ram
r6970 lightning
asrock extreme4 p67
a mix of high and ultra i hope

 

[xupaguy]

Personally,i like threads like this, it shows that people are passionate about pc gaming, which dev's
need to take notice of!
Here's mine:

Cpu - i5 2500k oc'd to 4'7
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Mem - 8 gig Corsair XMS3@1600mgz
Gpu - 2x Nvidia GTX470 sli
Gelid Icy Vision coolers for the Gpu's
Corsair H70 water cooling
3Tb of Samsung F serise Hdd
64 gb Kingston V100+ Ssd(can't remember its silk name)
750 Ocz Fatality Psu

 

[trogdor796]

An 8800, is still a great card, and yes you're going to have to upgrade to a DX11 card though.

BF3 will NOT require DX11. It simply won't support DX9.

 

[cbrunnem]

I guess i was expecting it though, there are plenty of these threads around, i just wanted to see what other people where going to play it on.

did you want to see what other people are playing it on or did you just want to show everyone how much money you spent on your rig? either way there are way too many bf3 threads so i am in agreement with flint.

 

[tjosborne]

did you want to see what other people are playing it on or did you just want to show everyone how much money you spent on your rig? either way there are way too many bf3 threads so i am in agreement with flint.

ya their are. just in the first two pages alone there is like ten or more posts.

 

[sarinaide]

I can understand that developers will want to make things flawless, but to me games and mostly FPS games are losing content, continuity and playability by pure and simply ramping up system minimum specs to play the game. So it is in part Developers that force people to upgrade just to play a game.

The only games I have on pre-order are rather less than graphically stellar games, Mass Effect 3, Elder Scrolls v Skyrim, and F1 2011.

 

[akataria7]

intel i10 30000ghz
7680mb RAM
nvidia FTW 780
Asus P674343
2.789TB HDD
Antec 4ft case
2300W cooler
Apple DVD drive

 

[akataria7]

on ultra settings

 

[HEXiT]

will be getting a second 5870 the week its released so i should be able to get close to maxing it out... i still think i will have isses with the dx11 side of the game as both cards are only 1gig.

 

[Gman450]

BF3 will NOT require DX11. It simply won't support DX9.

When I meant that he had to upgrade, it means that he just had to upgrade it as an entire overall. Not just for BF3.

 

[akataria7]

Hey guys i thought it would be nice to see what kind of rigs people will have for the upcoming BF3,

I know the game hasnt come out yet but theres a rough idea out there on what we will need to run it.

Please only post in here if your going to play it and no trolling either hahaha

Ill go 1st -

CPU- Intel Core i7 2600K LGA1155 @4.5ghz
CPU COOLER- CoolerMaster V8 Cooler
MOTHERBOARD- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5B3
GPU- 2x GeForce GTX580 1536Mb DDR5 in SLI
RAM- 8Gb Dual DDR3 1600Mhz Gskill
PSU- Cosair HX 1000w
SSD- 60Gb OCZ Vertex II SSD
HDD- 2Tb WD Caviar Green
CASE- Antec 1200

Im planning on playing on 1920x1080 resolution- HD

I built this just for BF3 to run on High-Ultra

Thanks, Rob

i think i have the best rig here