Help BF3 on old computers

lyndonguitar · Dec 8, 2011

does BF3 runs well on older spec computers?

We have a friend whom we really wanted to play with, he might buy a copy tomorrow but im afraid that his PC might not run it.

His specs

Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.20 GHz)
Nvidia 9500 GT 1GB
Intel DG31PR
2GB DDR2

one of my friends lend him his account and files so that he can try to play it. he said he played the campaign and it was laggy.

I asked him what the graphics settings or resolutions were when he played but he doesn't know and he had a reformat so he cant try it anytime soon.

from what I've seen from youtube videos with similar specs it runs pretty well(playable) so I assumed his graphics settings and computer were not fine tuned so it was laggy.

So did any of you guys had experience with BF3 with specs similar to his or can he run it??
any tips?? :respect:

technicks · Dec 8, 2011

Nope.

Frick · Dec 8, 2011

Imma say no as well. I could play the beta at high no problem, at 1280x1024. I don't know, he might be able to get playable FPS if he puts everything, including resolution to lowest possible. But probably not.

lyndonguitar · Dec 8, 2011

Frick said:
Imma say no as well. I could play the beta at high no problem, at 1280x1024. I don't know, he might be able to get playable FPS if he puts everything, including resolution to lowest possible. But probably not.

what if he puts everything to low even the resolution, 800 x 600. (he only plays on small 15" 4:3 monitor) and he cant upgrade anytime soon cause believe it or not, he just UPGRADED!!! :laugh:

he said that it was playable when he tried it. only laggy(i say 20 FPS)

FordGT90Concept · Dec 8, 2011

http://bf3blog.com/battlefield-3-system-requirements/

Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.20 GHz) --> Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Nvidia 9500 GT 1GB --> DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.

Those are under minimum and would have to be updated to play it smoothly.

twicksisted · Dec 8, 2011

My backup gaming rig is a core2duo E7400 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb DDR2 1066 & ATi HD4890 gfx card and it struggles to play BF3 smoothely and its especially stutterry on the multiplayer online games.

Dent1 · Dec 8, 2011

lyndonrakista said:
does BF3 runs well on older spec computers?

We have a friend whom we really wanted to play with, he might buy a copy tomorrow but im afraid that his PC might not run it.

His specs

Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.20 GHz)
Nvidia 9500 GT 1GB
Intel DG31PR
2GB DDR2

one of my friends lend him his account and files so that he can try to play it. he said he played the campaign and it was laggy.

I asked him what the graphics settings or resolutions were when he played but he doesn't know and he had a reformat so he cant try it anytime soon.

from what I've seen from youtube videos with similar specs it runs pretty well(playable) so I assumed his graphics settings and computer were not fine tuned so it was laggy.

So did any of you guys had experience with BF3 with specs similar to his or can he run it??
any tips??

The game will not run well. Even on very low settings and low resolution the game will be pretty much unplayable. He falls way below the recommended, ram, processor and video card threshold even for low settings. Multiplayer will be even more taxing than compaign due to the scale of the maps and unpredictable CPU count. Tell him to put his money together if he is serious about playing.

Also a youtube video with his specs. Playable? Your mates chatting absolute rubbush, it isnt playable. Anyways unless the video has fraps in the background showing the frame rate how can he really tell?

Jetster · Dec 8, 2011

Not even close

white phantom · Dec 8, 2011

nope no chance i just downloaded it to try it before buying on a q6600@2.92ghz , 9600gt 512 oc edition, 4gig ddr2 and it ran very very laggy on lowest settings possible was only getting 20fps after the big man in red (santa) comes im for a 560ti to play it

assaulter_99 · Dec 8, 2011

Entry level on BF3 would be the 8800/9800's. Had some folks say its unplayable on 9600's. Plays fine on my rig (only during the beta) @ 1920x1080 now knowing the 9500 (which by any means, ain't a gaming card), gotta say it will be unplayable. Now when I say fine, I mean barely 30-40 fps, that's all.

Volkszorn88 · Dec 8, 2011

BF3 and old computers shouldn't be in the same sentence. You might as well be playing on console. It's practically the same thing.

Frick · Dec 8, 2011

Volkszorn88 said:
BF3 and old computers shouldn't be in the same sentence. You might as well be playing on console. It's practically the same thing.

Naah, it'll run better on the console.

brandonwh64 · Dec 8, 2011

I say about 15-20FPS with everything on the lowest setting at 1280x1024

KingPing · Dec 8, 2011

A friend with a C2D e4400, 2GB ram, HD5770, play it, everything minimum and at 800x600 :pimp:

Runs? hell yeah!

Frick · Dec 8, 2011

KingPing said:
A friend with a C2D e4400, 2GB ram, HD5770, play it, everything minimum and at 800x600

Runs? hell yeah!

Heh, I ran the beta on high on 1280x1024. Very smooth.

Dent1 · Dec 8, 2011

Frick said:
Heh, I ran the beta on high on 1280x1024. Very smooth.

Semi modern unlocked quadcore Athlon II X3 450 @ 3.2 Ghz vs a ancient dual core C2D e4400 @ 2GHz

Feel good about yourself? lol

douglatins · Dec 8, 2011

YOu could help that computer with a proper upgrade, like keeping its space or name. And replacing the rest

brandonwh64 · Dec 8, 2011

I play on a OCed Athlon quad with a 5770 on medium very well when im at work

erocker · Dec 8, 2011

FordGT90Concept said:
http://bf3blog.com/battlefield-3-system-requirements/

Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.20 GHz) --> Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Nvidia 9500 GT 1GB --> DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.

Those are under minimum and would have to be updated to play it smoothly.

^This

lyndonrakista said:
he said that it was playable when he tried it. only laggy(i say 20 FPS)

Sounds about right.

lyndonguitar · Dec 10, 2011

thanks for the input guys, guess he really needs to upgrade, anyway he still bought the game and should try to play it soon.

8rubberduck · Jan 1, 2012

Yes it will run!!

Ok, many of you will call me a liar but I could care less.
I was... just upgraded to a new rig... running at 20-25fps.
It was less than your friends rig. SINGLE CORE hahahahaha
Specs.
3.8 single core intel oc to 4.28 (2 threads)
aerocool something 1000 gold plated 6 pipe heatsink
4gb ddr2
P5ad2-e Premium MOBO
gt 240 512 ddr5
win 7 64bit.

I will say that it took me a while and a cpu upgrade from a 3.2 (3.2 worked ok oc to 3.78 but not enough at the time) but it worked fine.
The game ran great on 16 servers up to 32. Anything over that was more of a sniper system. 64 was not what I would call playable.
The only reason I upgraded was because I was greedy for more.
The system was cpu restricted which means the Graphics card was not being used in total but it still looked fine to me on low settings.
I optimized the system with gamebooster, only installed the game, and OC'ed to the max. Actually I could have gotten a little more out of the CPU but it became so playable that I did not care. The youtube videos of P4 gameplay were WAY worse than my rig.
Now I'm running an 1100t, stock cooler

, same video card, 8gb 1866, gigabyte 790 mobo, and the same 420 power supply.
I was proud of the system but as you guys know, BF3 is worth the upgrade. My K/D avg after tweaking was around 1/1, depending on how stupid I played.
Oh and one more thing, the res was at 1024/768 which is not friggin bad for a P4.

8rubberduck · Jan 1, 2012

AHHHHHH, I can't wait. The new system is almost done installing BF3, downloading the 4gb patch. I want my BF3!!!

Ok, I take everything back. Just played with the new system. UPGRADE!!!
Wow what a difference, and it was nice to click in that little 64 box in the server selection screen.

This game is buggy as hell. I was running smooth with the other system. Out of 2 maps played, the game froze twice. I have not updated my graphics driver but surely this is not the cause. I guess I will have to work on this later.
One more thing, on the old system, I would have the same gun setup up the same way as the previous map. Now I have to change my gun, and change the way the gun is equiped each time. What is that all about?

francis511 · Jan 1, 2012

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/battlefield-3-tweak-guide

cdawall · Jan 1, 2012

Drop everything down and try 1024x768 it will more than likely play. I can play COD4 on my netbooks X1270 and watch people play Borderlands on HD3200m iGPU's. Most games knocked down to low low settings will play games.

ShiBDiB · Jan 1, 2012

No chance.. You need a decently new quad to play this game smoothly. My buddy could not play this on a dual core that blows his junk out of the water.

Tell ur friend to save the money from the game and upgrade from the dell.

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Help BF3 on old computers

lyndonguitar

I play games

technicks

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

lyndonguitar

I play games

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

twicksisted

Dent1

Jetster

white phantom

assaulter_99

Volkszorn88

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!

KingPing

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Dent1

douglatins

brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!

erocker

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lyndonguitar

I play games

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cdawall

where the hell are my stars

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