Battlefield 3 performance thread

[Veriitas]

Since BF3 comes out in some countries tomorrow, I would like to start a thread about PC performances.
I don't know which GPU to buy. So before the game comes out in the Netherlands, I would like to know which GPU works best in the game.

First off all: I will keep updating this thread so you don't have to keep scrolling to find the right combo.

Fill in;
CPU:
GPU:
Mobo:
Ram:

Resolution:

Average graphic settings in BF3: Low/Medium/High/Ultra

Antialiasing deferred:
Antialiasing post:
Motion blur:
Motion blur amount:
Anisotropic filter:
Ambient occlusion:

Thanks to hondaf17: Hitting F11 to record will create two excel files. One tells you the FPS for each moment. The other summarizes it in min, max, and average. So, it does the math for you.
Max fps:
Min fps:
Average:


Please take the time to fill in this form. It will help a lot of people.
I hope you can find some time to do this, because as we all know; you are going to play this game non-stop.

Thanks in advance.



please, feel free to give advice or comments.


My benchmark:
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
GPU: 6950 2GB CFX
Mobo: ASrock Z68
Ram: 8 gb

Resolution: 1920x1080

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: 50%
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Min: 41
Max: 139
Average: 75
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CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.0ghz
GPU: Powercolor HD Radeon 6950 (with extra shaders unlocked) @ 880/1325
Mobo: MSI P67A-G43
Ram: 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600

Resolution: 1680x1050

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: 50%
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Max fps: 82
Min fps: 35
Average: 52.16

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CPU: Phenom II, 3 cores at 3.6 Ghz
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr II 2GB 6950 @ stock
Mobo: Gigabyte AM3
Ram: 8GB DDR3 1600

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: Default
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Overall though like the above poster my brand new 2GB 6950 is performing a lot better than I expected.

Max fps: 77
Min fps: 22
Average: 38

Same settings as above, except MSAA is OFF
Max fps: 76
Min fps: 22
Average: 52

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CPU: i5 2500k at 4.1 GHZ
GPU: Galaxy GTX 480
Mobo: ASRock z68 pro-m
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Resolution: 2048x1152

Level: Grand Bazaar Multiplayer

Settings Set 1
V-Sync: On
FOV: 70
Motion Blur: 50%
Texture Quality: Ultra
Shadow Quality: Medium
Effects Quality: Ultra
Mesh Quality: High
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Terrain Decoration: High
2x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion Blur: On
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: SSAO
Setting 1 Results: Min 25 Max 62 Avg 53.629

Ultra Settings
V-Sync: On
FOV: 70
Motion Blur: 50%
Texture Quality: Ultra
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Effects Quality: Ultra
Mesh Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Terrain Decoration: Ultra
4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion Blur: On
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO
Ultra results: Min 25 Max 53 Avg 40.814

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CPU: i7 920
GPU: GTX 260 216
Ram: 6 Gigs

Settings: Medium
FPS: 40

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CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
GPU: Gigabyte HD 5770 1GB (some Superclocked model that is factory-overclocked)
GPU Drive: Stock ATI Catalyst 11.9 (latest as of 10/21/11)
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68 mATX model (baseline model)
RAM: G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB)

Resolution: 1920x1200

Video Settings (Auto-detected):

All on High
AA Off
AF 16x
Motion Blur: On
FOV: 70
Ambient Occlusion: HBAO

FPS : none yet.

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Phenom II 965BE @4GHz
Radeon HD5750 512MB (overclocked a bit)
MSI 790GX-G65
4GB DDR3
And I am using the 11.9 drivers. Th 11.10 previews give me BSOD's.

I have the game set to:
1920x1080
Everything set to low or off except geometric detail (medium) and textures (medium).

I averaged 40-50fps on even large outdoor maps. And hit 65ish in the subway on Metro (conquest). This is quite an improvement over the beta for me.

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CPU: Phenom II X6 ar 4.1Ghz
GPU: Radeon 6970
Mobo: Asus M4A79 Deluxe
Ram: 8GB DDR2-1066

Resolution: 1920x1200

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred:Off
Antialiasing post:High
Motion blur:On
Motion blur amount: ~25%
Anisotropic filter:16x
Ambient occlusion:SSAO

In single-player: Min: 25(HDD access is causing the large dip) Max:78 Avg: 59

Multi-player on Caspian with 64 players(quick match, joined late): Min:32 Max:69 Avg: 52

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i7 950 clocked at 2.9ghz, 12gb ram, and a Radeon 6870, running at everything maxed, 2x AA, High Shadows, and everything looks great at 1080 and a steady FPS of 30-60.

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x2 555 stock clocked
4gb ddr3
8800gts 512mb

1024x768 low it was in the 35-63 or so range averaging 50 fps and in single player it was pretty smooth.

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CPU: i7 950@4Ghz
GPU: 570 SLI
Mobo: Sabertooth x58
Ram: 12GB
Resolution: 1920x1080
Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra minus motion blur
Antialiasing deferred: 4x
Antialiasing post: HIGH
Motion blur: OFF
Motion blur amount:0
Anisotropic filter:16
Ambient occlusion:HBAO
Average: 70

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CPU: AMD 1055t running @ 3.9 Ghz
GPU: 2x570GTX Reference (1 PNY, 1 Galaxy)
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Ram: 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600

Resolution: 1920x1080@120hz

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: Max
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO
FOV: 90

Max fps: 201
Min fps: 43
Average: 82

 

[Veriitas]

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[gorcorps]

I don't normally keep track of FPS so I'm unsure, but can FRAPS automatically track max/min/auto or will that be just a guess based on looking at it here and there?

 

[hondaf17]

I don't normally keep track of FPS so I'm unsure, but can FRAPS automatically track max/min/auto or will that be just a guess based on looking at it here and there?

Hitting F11 to record will create two excel files. One tells you the FPS for each moment. The other summarizes it in min, max, and average. So, it does the math for you.

 

[Veriitas]

Hitting F11 to record will create two excel files. One tells you the FPS for each moment. The other summarizes it in min, max, and average. So, it does the math for you.

Oh didn't know that! I usually just press f10 (with fraps on), makes a bunch of screenshots every 10 seconds.. add those up and devide by the number of screenshots taken, but your method is much much better, saves a lot of time haha

 

[dfuze]

Hitting F11 to record will create two excel files. One tells you the FPS for each moment. The other summarizes it in min, max, and average. So, it does the math for you.

Thanks for that, will sure be a lot better than getting killed as I keep peering to the top left to see what it's at! :biggrin:

 

[Clinkster]

Specs are below in my signature.

Settings: Ultra (with AA and all that)
Resolution: 1920x1080

Minimum: 53
Max: 62 (vsync at 60)
Avg: 58.6

The game is so fluid on this system it's awesome.

 

[cjbee]

Just did a 10 minute run of 32 player Grand Bazaar:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.0ghz
GPU: Powercolor HD Radeon 6950 (with extra shaders unlocked) @ 880/1325
Mobo: MSI P67A-G43
Ram: 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600

Resolution: 1680x1050

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: 50%
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Max fps: 82
Min fps: 35
Average: 52.16

Notes: Not one hiccup or any micro-stuttering at all...feels pretty damn smooth to me.

EDIT: Should add that I'm using the 11.10 v3 drivers.

 

[Veriitas]

Just did a 10 minute run of 32 player Grand Bazaar:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.0ghz
GPU: Powercolor HD Radeon 6950 (with extra shaders unlocked) @ 880/1325
Mobo: MSI P67A-G43
Ram: 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600

Resolution: 1680x1050

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: 50%
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Max fps: 82
Min fps: 35
Average: 52.16

Notes: Not one hiccup or any micro-stuttering at all...feels pretty damn smooth to me.

wow... that is with one 6950? are you sure?:awe:

 

[cjbee]

wow... that is with one 6950? are you sure?:awe:

Heh, yup.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I can't tell if I'm getting decent performance or not because the negative mouse acceleration makes my game feel like I'm getting 3 fps whenever I move my mouse.

 

[hondaf17]

CPU: Phenom II, 3 cores at 3.6 Ghz
GPU: MSI Twin Frozr II 2GB 6950 @ stock
Mobo: Gigabyte AM3
Ram: 8GB DDR3 1600

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: Default
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

Overall though like the above poster my brand new 2GB 6950 is performing a lot better than I expected.

Max fps: 77
Min fps: 22
Average: 38

Same settings as above, except MSAA is OFF
Max fps: 76
Min fps: 22
Average: 52

 

[CVSiN]

CPU: Intel i7 920 OCed to 3.8
GPU: 2x MSI Twin Frozr II 6950 2gs
Mobo: EVGA X58 SLI FTW
Ram: 16GB Corsair 1600 Dominator

Resolution: 5023x1020 Eyefinity 3x 22s

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred: 4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion blur: On
Motion blur amount: 50%
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO

FPS will get the log but it was very very smooth even on the worst biggest maps with all out warfare going on..

gotta love the Eyefinity!

 

[dmoney1980]

CPU: i5 2500k at 4.1 GHZ
GPU: Galaxy GTX 480
Mobo: ASRock z68 pro-m
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Resolution: 2048x1152

Level: Grand Bazaar Multiplayer

Settings Set 1
V-Sync: On
FOV: 70
Motion Blur: 50%
Texture Quality: Ultra
Shadow Quality: Medium
Effects Quality: Ultra
Mesh Quality: High
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Terrain Decoration: High
2x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion Blur: On
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: SSAO
Setting 1 Results: Min 25 Max 62 Avg 53.629

Ultra Settings
V-Sync: On
FOV: 70
Motion Blur: 50%
Texture Quality: Ultra
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Effects Quality: Ultra
Mesh Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Terrain Decoration: Ultra
4x MSAA
Antialiasing post: High
Motion Blur: On
Anisotropic filter: 16x
Ambient occlusion: HBAO
Ultra results: Min 25 Max 53 Avg 40.814

 

[Northern Lawn]

Are you guys getting the "Sorry something technical went wrong" message? I then have to hit Home, Mulitplayer then refresh list etc.

 

[dmoney1980]

not me

 

[JTsyo]

CPU: i7 920
GPU: GTX 260 216
Ram: 6 Gigs

Settings: Medium
FPS: 40

 

[hellfire88]

Just tested out the game last night as was pleasantly surprised with the performance. The game just auto-detected the settings and I was able to join a 64man server (like 58 players in all or something like that at the time) and the performance was quite smooth on a 5770....dunno if the settings aren't really what is shown or something, but I was anticipating lots of stuttering etc. but I never noticed any.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
GPU: Gigabyte HD 5770 1GB (some Superclocked model that is factory-overclocked)
GPU Drive: Stock ATI Catalyst 11.9 (latest as of 10/21/11)
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68 mATX model (baseline model)
RAM: G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB)

Resolution: 1920x1200

Video Settings (Auto-detected):

All on High
AA Off
AF 16x
Motion Blur: On
FOV: 70
Ambient Occlusion: HBAO

Will try to get hard numbers maybe tonight but just playing it for 2hrs felt quite smooth to me. Guess my 5770 can last me for a bit longer.

 

[Veriitas]

List updated.

 

[Stuka87]

I was playing last night with pretty good results. Better than I expected.

Phenom II 965BE @4GHz
Radeon HD5750 512MB (overclocked a bit)
MSI 790GX-G65
4GB DDR3
And I am using the 11.9 drivers. Th 11.10 previews give me BSOD's.

I have the game set to:
1920x1080
Everything set to low or off except geometric detail (medium) and textures (medium).

I averaged 40-50fps on even large outdoor maps. And hit 65ish in the subway on Metro (conquest). This is quite an improvement over the beta for me.

Still wanting to upgrade my GPU though

EDIT: Oh yeah, if I set Textures to high, I get really bad frame drops at times. My guess is it runs out of VRAM. Will be cruising along at 50 or so, then drop to single digits for a few moments. Seems to go away with them set to medium.

 

[NaOH]

CPU: i7 920
GPU: GTX 260 216
Ram: 6 Gigs

Settings: Medium
FPS: 40

Damn talk about being GPU limited.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

CPU: Phenom II X6 ar 4.1Ghz
GPU: Radeon 6970
Mobo: Asus M4A79 Deluxe
Ram: 8GB DDR2-1066

Resolution: 1920x1200

Average graphic settings in BF3: Ultra

Antialiasing deferred:Off
Antialiasing post:High
Motion blur:On
Motion blur amount: ~25%
Anisotropic filter:16x
Ambient occlusion:SSAO

In single-player: Min: 25(HDD access is causing the large dip) Max:78 Avg: 59

Multi-player on Caspian with 64 players(quick match, joined late): Min:32 Max:69 Avg: 52

 

[sigurros81]

I have to say that I am very impressed with the performance of the game--is it just me or does the game seem to run faster than BC2 for anyone else?

I have an i7 950 clocked at 2.9ghz, 12gb ram, and a Radeon 6870, running at everything maxed, 2x AA, High Shadows, and everything looks great at 1080 and a steady FPS of 30-60. In BC2 I had to turn off SSAO and shadows on low to get equivalent FPS.

 

[Arsinek]

That looks like way too much work. But Ill tell you the game runs well on my system. I didnt have any trouble installing or connecting to servers. PC specs in sig.

 

[JTsyo]

Damn talk about being GPU limited.

yea, holding out for the Kepler. Maybe a 660. Medium settings is fine for now.