Battlefield 3 Thread

linkin said:
Is your card a 2GB? You you use GPU-Z to log VRAM usage? (make sure you tick keep refreshing in background) Cheers :)
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Yep I have the 2gb version.

I have not gotten very far in the single player but I am using about 700+ mb of vram. I can't say anything for multiplayer yet. If I am going to go over 1gb in this game, I bet it would be there. I'll keep you posted if anything changes.

EDIT: On the second level I hit 1340mb used, about 1100mb+ constantly and the dog fight mission I was around 950-1100mb for most of the mission.

On Caspian Border I am nearing 1600mb used all the time.

EDIT 2: The latest beta (beta 8) of MSI afterburner can track GPU memory usage in real time if that is easier for people.
 
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salvage-this said:
EDIT: On the second level I hit 1340mb used, about 1100mb+ constantly and the dog fight mission I was around 950-1100mb for most of the mission.

On Caspian Border I am nearing 1600mb used all the time.

EDIT 2: The latest beta (beta 8) of MSI afterburner can track GPU memory usage in real time if that is easier for people.
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Glad i choose the 2gb version of the 6950. :P
 
Yeah me too. The 6950 has the power to play the game just fine. I would hate to be limited by the memory when the GPU has enough power to play the game just fine.

I feel really bad for GTX 570 owners
 
salvage-this said:
Yeah me too. The 6950 has the power to play the game just fine. I would hate to be limited by the memory when the GPU has enough power to play the game just fine.
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This is the reason why i recommend either a 6950 2gb or gtx 560ti 2gb when people ask about upgrading their GPU to play BF3 maxed.
Lots of people still argue that running games at 1920x1080 does not require over a Gigabyte of vram. :P

Of topic i know, But GTA IV is another example, 1920x1080 maxed settings it uses 1.3-1.4 Gb of Vram on my system...i know its poorly optimised but at least the memory is there for it to use.
 
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skidude said:
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I still think it will run very well, though. Will find out soon.
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It will. The 570 is still a hell of a card. Not going to argue that at all. I am thinking that with the OC on my card I am getting close to the performance of a 570 will at stock. I just hope that the memory usage in BF3 will not be a problem for most users. ;)

Nevakonaza said:
This is the reason why i recommend either a 6950 2gb or gtx 560ti 2gb when people ask about upgrading their GPU to play BF3 maxed.
Lots of people still argue that running games at 1920x1080 does not require over a Gigabyte of vram. :P
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Same here. It is way better to have more than you need. Especially since you can't upgrade it like you can regular RAM.
 
I just hope that the memory usage in BF3 will not be a problem for most users.
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That's what I'm hoping for as well. I currently don't have a 1920x1080 monitor so it won't be an issue for me but I will be getting one soon.

I absolutely hate the browser-based menu thing as well.
 
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It must be something like that because I'm getting very smooth FPS, haven't noticed any pauses or random drops.
 
Anyone else having constant trouble trying to connect to servers? It either sits at "joining server" forever or, when it says "logging in" it errors out and gives me a message like "connection to login server failed". This happens 9/10 times I try to join a game.
 
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skidude said:
Anyone else having constant trouble trying to connect to servers? It either sits at "joining server" forever or, when it says "logging in" it errors out and gives me a message like "connection to login server failed". This happens 9/10 times I try to join a game.
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Negative. No problems at all.
 
WTF? I bought the disc and it is downloading the game. I know this because it is going at a whopping 1.2 mbps and the disc isn't in the drive.
 
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