Buffalo Bad Asses

Post by **Swatt** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:11 am

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

Post by **Swatt** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:09 pm

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?

Post by **-sentry-** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:56 pm

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.

Post by **Swatt** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:51 am

I just upgraded in anticipation for Brink...hope I don't have to do it again :P

Post by **Zeus** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:43 am

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.

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

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

Post by **KrispyKritter** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:03 pm

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

Post by **Swatt** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:20 pm

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.

Post by **-sentry-** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:41 pm

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

Post by **Swatt** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:46 pm

9800GT...wow! I think I have one in my daughter's computer, which would mean two upgrades ago :)

Post by **Swatt** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:13 pm

time to see if the 5750 cuts it, or if NewEgg is making another early x-mas delivery

Post by **Swatt** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:41 am

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.

Post by **-sentry-** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:34 pm

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

Post by **-sentry-** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:50 pm

anyone talking about a BBA bf3 server?.. simply love playing on bba.... would love to see it.

Post by **Sissyboy** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:18 pm

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!

Post by **Zeus** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:51 pm

-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.....