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djnsmith7

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Has the demo release date of September 11th been confirmed?

Would someone mind pointing me in the direction of someone playing the Alpha "confirming" that C2D's running at ≥3.5 Ghz won't cut it, even when combined with a suitable (think ≥GTX470 or ≥5850) GPU?

I've seen the reports of folks claiming that C2D's won't run the game adequately, but I'd like to read it from someone who's actually tried it.
 

Termie

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Has the demo release date of September 11th been confirmed?

Would someone mind pointing me in the direction of someone playing the Alpha "confirming" that C2D's running at ≥3.5 Ghz won't cut it, even when combined with a suitable (think ≥GTX470 or ≥5850) GPU?

I've seen the reports of folks claiming that C2D's won't run the game adequately, but I'd like to read it from someone who's actually tried it.

How well does BC2 run on your systems? That will probably answer the question for you, as BF3 will be a step up from BC2 in regard to system requirements. IMO, a C2D doesn't provide adequate performance with a 5850/470 class card in BC2.
 

djnsmith7

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To be honest, I haven't bothered with BC2 since I still play BF2 all the time. Figured I'd skip it & just go straight for BF3 when it came out.

Was hoping to read some input from someone playing Alpha who actually tried it. Not going to do any upgrades until I've had the chance to play the beta, but figured I'd ask for the hell of it.
 
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If you're talking about performance, I have heard that it's only slightly more demanding than BC2. It could go either way with release - on the one hand there will probably be optimizations before release that aren't in the alpha; on the other hand, we still don't know how it performs in 64-player large maps.
 
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I think it's safe to assume it's optimized for 64 bit machines hence the extra ram should actually do something. I'm wondering if my 260gtx is up to the task, I have a 9650 CPU.
 

Demo24

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To be honest, I haven't bothered with BC2 since I still play BF2 all the time. Figured I'd skip it & just go straight for BF3 when it came out.

Was hoping to read some input from someone playing Alpha who actually tried it. Not going to do any upgrades until I've had the chance to play the beta, but figured I'd ask for the hell of it.


I would wait and see how things perform in the beta. However BC2 preferred quad cores, so BF3 should as well.
 

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I have an E8400 at 3.6.
Running 6850/6870 xfire.
Played on low settings at 1920x1200.
Was barely smooth, and struggled to stay at 30 frames.
There were only 3 options for graphics. Low, medium, and high.
Medium and high weren't playable.
Just my personal experience.
If i wasn't buying an engagement ring in the near future, I would be buying a brand new computer for this game.
 

maniacalpha1-1

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twitter.com/gustavhalling: "@IncensedCape @Demize99 @ChristinaCoffin play as recon and put out a radio beacon to spawn on Free choice for everyone!"

Really? Recon?
I'm interested to know more about that. So there will be 15+ radio beacons running around? Knowing as we do that there will be that many snipers.

I preordered it but i think i will hate this game.

It's not all bad, PC gets commo rose and 3D wallhack spotting will apparently be toned down in wallhackness.
 

GullyFoyle

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Battlefieldo.com - Battlelog Page is back up

Looks like DICE and EA are preparing for the upcoming BF3 Beta launch in September. Alpha Trial members should already know that the Subdomain battlelog.battlefield.com redirected to the official Battlelog website. The Battlelog went offline just at the end of the Alpha Trial and just today the Site popped up again, showing a Message that Battlelog will be back in "September".

 

djnsmith7

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Apr 13, 2004
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I have an E8400 at 3.6.
Running 6850/6870 xfire.
Played on low settings at 1920x1200.
Was barely smooth, and struggled to stay at 30 frames.
There were only 3 options for graphics. Low, medium, and high.
Medium and high weren't playable.
Just my personal experience.
If i wasn't buying an engagement ring in the near future, I would be buying a brand new computer for this game.

Much appreciated. This is pretty much what I was looking for.
 
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