Battlefield 3 Clubhouse

[Crap Daddy]

Because most benches are done single player for consistency man. Multiplayer is more CPU intensive. Its impossible to bench for multiplayer.

I understand, but nevertheless somebody should tell people that certain CPUs are not quite what they need if they want to have a nice multiplayer experience in BF3.

Anyway, how's the Nvidia drivers?

 

[TheMailMan78]

Yeah...there's no good means to bench multi in any kind of scientific, properly comparative way. Which sucks big time. I mean, you can collect data but it really won't be much use to anyone else.

What Reayth and I did is go to a spot on the map and face the same direction. Aim at a radar dish or something. Then we called out our FPS. It was amazing the FPS difference.

Cadaveca was there also with his crossfire.

I understand, but nevertheless somebody should tell people that certain CPUs are not quite what they need if they want to have a nice multiplayer experience in BF3.

Anyway, how's the Nvidia drivers?

Rock F#$King solid so far. Only had one lil issue but I am not sure its the drivers or something else. When I open the services window and hit expand the expanded part is black until I click on it. Then it goes "bing" and shows everything. lol I have no idea.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Multiplayer performance can also be affected by network latency and such. Maybe not a direct link to FPS but there are other factors in play that do not effect SP.

 

[El_Mayo]

Where your pew pew goes. The bigger the pew, pewer the better the pew.

Wait, what?

I thought the bullet went wherever the crosshairs were aimed?
I understand accuracy when it comes to hip firing, but not when you're aiming down the sight

 

[TheMailMan78]

Wait, what?

I thought the bullet went wherever the crosshairs were aimed?
I understand accuracy when it comes to hip firing, but not when you're aiming down the sight

Your grouping is tighter father out. Thats what the heavy barrel is for.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

I think perhaps the heavy barrel affects the bullet drop e.g. in this case it doesn't drop as soon and/or as much? Thus being more "accurate" at distances?

 

[TheMailMan78]

This is what I mean crap daddy....

If I click that black area it turns normal. Only does this with the services window.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

I would have liked to have known the perf diff with your 570 compared to your 5850 on your old system.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I would have liked to have known the perf diff with your 570 compared to your 5850 on your old system.

Reayth got 20 FPS more with his.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Are you running Ultra now or (more specifically) 4x MSAA?

 

[TheMailMan78]

Are you running Ultra now or (more specifically) 4x MSAA?

2xMSAA. Which IMO is enough at 1920x1080.

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

I found this card which is nicely in my price range.Thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0068R2BGA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1328652498&sr=1-14&condition=new


I'm looking at my cooler options and Im looking at my bank accounts too. I may update my selling thread with some new stuff.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I found this card which is nicely in my price range.Thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0068R2BGA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1328652498&sr=1-14&condition=new


I'm looking at my cooler options and Im looking at my bank accounts too. I may update my selling thread with some new stuff.

Thats to expensive. 180 bucks for a 3 generation old card?

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

Thats to expensive. 180 bucks for a 3 generation old card?

i think it is a reference card. Newegg does not carry 5850s or 5870s anymore.

If i crossfire my 5850, I should be able to get enough boost to go big on my graphics?

there is a way to OC my card. It involves flashing the Bios to the 5870 version of the card.

 

[TheMailMan78]

i think it is a reference card. Newegg does not carry 5850s or 5870s anymore.

If i crossfire my 5850, I should be able to get enough boost to go big on my graphics?

there is a way to OC my card. It involves flashing the Bios to the 5870 version of the card.

Afterburner. I told you ALL of this before.

Also even a reference card shouldn't be that expensive.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

2xMSAA. Which IMO is enough at 1920x1080.

Not for me; wish it were. I'm not being an eye candy snob it's simply still too jaggy and blurryish at a distance most noticeable on maps with lots of flora like Caspian.

Afterburner. I told you ALL of this before.

Or Wiz's Trixx. Can also just use CCC Overdrive but there's a limit.

 

[cadaveca]

Not for me; wish it were. I'm not being an eye candy snob it's simply still too jaggy and blurryish at a distance most noticeable on maps with lots of flora like Caspian.

Actually, to be honest, i asked them to run 2xAA. Although our testing wasn't entirely "scientific" so to speak, the three of us have done this a few times through the months since the game has launched, and seems entirely fair, especially since I've been able to see these guys both go through hardware changes, as have I.

At the same time, they've served as a blind test for my own peice of mind, to make sure my conclusions aren't biased. There is a considerable difference between some CPUs for gaming.

Mailman went from 1090T to 2600k.

Reayth went from 955BE to FX-8150.

hopefully we can get Reayth running Intel, too.

The key point is that these guys run their CPUs at stock, although memory clocking to match memory specs I'm sure both have done.

Or Wiz's Trixx. Can also just use CCC Overdrive but there's a limit.

Limits are made ot be broken. The "RacerX" mod breaks CCC's limits.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Actually, to be honest, i asked them to run 2xAA. Although our testing wasn't entirely "scientific" so to speak, the three of us have done this a few times through the months since the game has launched, and seems entirely fair, especially since I've been able to see these guys both go through hardware changes, as have I.

At the same time, they've served as a blind test for my own peice of mind, to make sure my conclusions aren't biased. There is a considerable difference between some CPUs for gaming.

Mailman went from 1090T to 2600k.

Reayth went from 955BE to FX-8150.

hopefully we can get Reayth running Intel, too.



Limits are made ot be broken. The "RacerX" mod breaks CCC's limits.

Apparently we are Daves guinea pigs.

 

[cadaveca]

Apparently we are Daves guinea pigs.

Yeah, just like I have to answer all your questions, you need to answer mine too.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Not for me; wish it were. I'm not being an eye candy snob it's simply still too jaggy and blurryish at a distance most noticeable on maps with lots of flora like Caspian.




Or Wiz's Trixx. Can also just use CCC Overdrive but there's a limit.

Have you tried 2x MSAA and Low post-process AA? That's what I run and it gets rid of jaggies plenty for me at 1080 on a 23.6 incher.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Even Low Post I find too "uncrisp" and kind of washed-out looking color-wise (for lack of a better description) unfortunately. And this is a game that is art directed to kinda look that way in the first place but Post just makes it look shitty to me relative to it being off.

Update: Man just had a kick ass game everything worked out incl. my first knife swipe for kill on some dude that must not have been on full health. And it was close the whole time and we rallied for the come-from-behind win.

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

Afterburner. I told you ALL of this before.

Also even a reference card shouldn't be that expensive.

where can i find a good one then that is not "too expensive"? and what is not expensive?

 

[MT Alex]

What about his old card?

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

What about his old card?

my old card will not oc with either of those tools mentioned as it is an odd one. i tried both tools and it OCs but quickly BSODs;

 

[MT Alex]

What the hell does that have to do with his old card, or the price of tea in China, for that matter?