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BF3

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:11 am
by Swatt
Coming from ET:QW, Tribes2, UT2K3/4 I've always liked the vehicle supported FPSs. I played Battlefield 1942, but other games pulled me from following the series. Following the Brink train wreck, anyone pulling the trigger on BF3? I see the egg has a nice promo for it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 130284-L0A

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:09 pm
by Swatt
Reviews look good, StonedSmurf been playing of for the last week and says its solid...so I broke down over the weekend and ordered from the egg...anyone else planning on buying?

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:56 pm
by -sentry-
Hi, i picked up bf3 yesterday, fantastic imho.. but i can barely run it, graphics requirments are worse than brink... just had to order a new gfx card... recommended is a geforce 560 and up... vehicle play reminds me of etqw.

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:51 am
by Swatt
I just upgraded in anticipation for Brink...hope I don't have to do it again :P

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:43 am
by Zeus
Nobody have any concerns over EA's Origin tool? Seems the original EULA gave them access to your entire system to do with as they wish. :huh:

Couple articles say they are slowly changing it but I would still be cautious.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments ... ting_will/

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:03 pm
by KrispyKritter
Swatt wrote:I just upgraded in anticipation for Brink...hope I don't have to do it again :P
Read the "SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" carefully:
http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/bf3-faq
(Second Column, last question)

WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM AND RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAYING ON PC?

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:20 pm
by Swatt
KrispyKritter wrote:
Swatt wrote:I just upgraded in anticipation for Brink...hope I don't have to do it again :P
Read the "SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" carefully:
http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/bf3-faq
(Second Column, last question)

WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM AND RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAYING ON PC?

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
Should be good...meet all the recommended accept the ATI 5750 vid card...hard to believe this thing is over a year old already, seems like I just bought it.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:41 pm
by -sentry-
my geforce 9800gt is getting old lol... ordering a new gtx 560.. i have a quad core
win 7 64bit
8 gigs in quad channel
wd black hdd.
but the old girl (9800gt) just cant handle it, i cant move!! lol

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:46 pm
by Swatt
9800GT...wow! I think I have one in my daughter's computer, which would mean two upgrades ago :)

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:13 pm
by Swatt
time to see if the 5750 cuts it, or if NewEgg is making another early x-mas delivery

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:41 am
by Swatt
The game is simply the most detailed game I have ever played...in the one campaign map I was playing it was a small platoon trying to rescue prisoners held in building in Iraq...freaking crazy realism as we worked through the streets, thought I was interacting in a CNN live feed. The climbing, jumping, sliding make the Brink engine seem old.

As far as hardware, my quad core, 4 gig of ram and ATI 5750 run the game smooth without any tweaking in the setup.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:34 pm
by -sentry-
well just overnighted my new video card... my old geforce served me well but yes its time lol... picked up this one hope it runs bf3 in ultra

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130657

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:50 pm
by -sentry-
anyone talking about a BBA bf3 server?.. simply love playing on bba.... would love to see it.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:18 pm
by Sissyboy
Glad it's working for you Swatt! Let us know what you think when you start playing it Sentry! Always good to have you on the server my friend!

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:51 pm
by Zeus
-sentry- wrote:anyone talking about a BBA bf3 server?.. simply love playing on bba.... would love to see it.
Like any game, if we had enough interest, is something we could look into further.

I dont have the game but reviews look great so anyone reading this who wants to send me an early christmas present..... :wink: :lol: