How will I run BF3 and Arma 2 with these specs?

[Jasonlittle90]

Hey guys, I am new to this site and computer world so I might sound a little noobish.

I just ordered a Evga Geforce gtx 560 ti. My specs are:
AMD Phenom x6 1045T 6 core 2.8Ghz
Windows 64 Bit
650W corsair PSU
8 GB ram
1 TB memory
GTX 560 ti
1600x900 resolution

I mostly play games like Arma 2 and BF3 and I know both of these need good processors, but I heard mine might be able to OC to 3.4 Ghz. But if I do not OC would I be able to play these games at most settings on highest with some at high?

 

[13thmonkey]

BF3 some high, some medium i'd suggest, it'll still look great

 

[Jasonlittle90]

It wouldnt be able to run all high?

 

[13thmonkey]

my 470 runs high and medium.
one of the people i recently helped on here had a 560ti was convinved that he could run on ultra, but didn't like the frame drops, well thats what ultra does, I think the biggest issue is just 1GB of texture memory, I use all of mine, and it would use more if it could.

I say a mix of high and medium, depending on resolution of course, because thats what I think based on fault finding experience and my card.

 

[Jasonlittle90]

Ah okay I see, well what is your FPS at your settings? I know some people cant stand it if its under 40, but I usually don't mind and cant tell much of a difference. And I run it at 1600x900 which I read has really good FPS for BF3.

 

[13thmonkey]

16x9 is a lot better than 2048x1153 or 1920x1080, you might be mid 40's to low 50's but it so much depends on the map and how full it is.

 

[Jasonlittle90]

Sounds pretty good, also Im just confused because I have seen these people on youtube running 470's 560's and 570's with High/ultra settings with around 40-50 FPS with FRAPS on. Shouldnt their fps drop a lot? (sorry still knew to computers lol)

 

[13thmonkey]

no idea the previous posters said the same thing, but had problems, lowered settings problems went away.