official Battlefield 3

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

DICE employees are the most childish and arrogant people judging from their twitter replies.

damn right about that.....bunch of trolls.

[ViperAFK]

Recommended requirements are even higher than I thought they would be.

[sopharine]

Asia gamers are not eligible to participate the beta. Confirmed by EA reps. ****ing ridiculous.

[epk]

Recommended requirements are even higher than I thought they would be.

Yeah, but I bet with that you can play with most stuff on.

[idioot]

Q:So can you tell us if the recommended system requirements are enough to run the game on ultra?

A:Recommended is usually medium.

[SimplySchizo]

Didn't expect the beta to be so far off.

[Cyplex]

d****mn that is later than I thought so too!!!

[gkl]

Very disappointing that they went with Op. Metro, VERY. Caspian Border would have worked as a fantastic preview of BF awesomeness, especially to lure new customers in with amazing footage via YouTube (lots of people will be uploading videos and lots will watch them...). Meh, DICE's loss.

But that said, too many gamers act like hostile 12 year old dip****s that are apparently entitled to anything and everything. DICE aren't really obliged to deliver an open beta/demo (only obligatory towards MoH pre-orders), but they did. A disappointing one, yes, but still.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Yeah, those recommended specs, considering they claim that is what will run the game on Medium, are a bit higher than I expected. I have decided though i really want to get more life out of my SLi'd 460's, so all of this talk of me possibly getting a new card is slowly starting to sound crazy to myself. That and although I know there is no definite release date and they have been pushed back to at least Q1 of next year, I am holding out on Nvidia releasing their 600 series. At least I really want to try and do so. Decisions, Decisions. Will see. But going to see if I can get away with running the game on my 2 460's instead of purchasing a 580 sometime soon, that I have definitely pretty much decided on.

[GilgaMesh]

Yeah, those recommended specs, considering they claim that is what will run the game on Medium, are a bit higher than I expected. I have decided though i really want to get more life out of my SLi'd 460's, so all of this talk of me possibly getting a new card is slowly starting to sound crazy to myself. That and although I know there is no definite release date and they have been pushed back to at least Q1 of next year, I am holding out on Nvidia releasing their 600 series. At least I really want to try and do so. Decisions, Decisions. Will see. But going to see if I can get away with running the game on my 2 460's instead of purchasing a 580 sometime soon, that I have definitely pretty much decided on.

I'm going to be running on one 460 so hopefully I won't have any troubles :) The Alpha ran fine.

[Digitalx]

Yeah, those recommended specs, considering they claim that is what will run the game on Medium, are a bit higher than I expected. I have decided though i really want to get more life out of my SLi'd 460's, so all of this talk of me possibly getting a new card is slowly starting to sound crazy to myself. That and although I know there is no definite release date and they have been pushed back to at least Q1 of next year, I am holding out on Nvidia releasing their 600 series. At least I really want to try and do so. Decisions, Decisions. Will see. But going to see if I can get away with running the game on my 2 460's instead of purchasing a 580 sometime soon, that I have definitely pretty much decided on.

Same here, though on AMD side of things. I thought 6950 would be plenty (well exceed rest of specs) but looks like will have to wait for HD7000 to hopefully get it cranking on 'ultra/maximum' but I guess we'll wait and see how retail version is before making absolute final judgement.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I'm going to be running on one 460 so hopefully I won't have any troubles :) The Alpha ran fine.

Well good luck to you, but I do think we may have two different definitions of what running fine means. When the Alpha first launched SLi was not enabled the first day, and it ran horrible for me. I was lucky to get 30 frames per second. and it dropped well below 30 at times for me, into the teens actually. Once SLi was enabled, I was able to get around 50-75 depending on what was going on at the time. Personally on the PC, I pretty much need to have a shooter running at at least 60 frames per second to consider it running fine.

[trag3dy]

The only part of the system reqs that looks a bit high is the video card. If you're into pc gaming and not running a quad-core cpu today that just seems a bit silly. lol

How much faster is a gtx 560 compared to a gtx 470 superclocked? I haven't been paying attention to that kind of stuff in a while.

[Digitalx]

How much faster is a gtx 560 compared to a gtx 470 superclocked? I haven't been paying attention to that kind of stuff in a while.

Not much pretty much near the same I believe.

[Singh400]

Jesus, I just about meet the requirements :\

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I'm somewhat disappointed that DICE decided to allow only one map and one game mode for the open beta. It's a shame because conquest mode (on Caspian Border) would have really showed off what Battlefield 3 was about.

As for the system requirements, I think Battlefield 3 will be the first game where I just meet the minimum (dual core Intel + Radeon HD 4870).

[BoneyardBrew Member]

I meet the recommended requirements, but according to DICE's community manager that'll only buy me Medium settings. Damn...

How much faster is a gtx 560 compared to a gtx 470 superclocked? I haven't been paying attention to that kind of stuff in a while.

An overclocked 470 should beat a stock-clocked 560 in pretty much every situation. I'm assuming they're referring to the newer 560 though, rather than the more powerful Ti.

[SimplySchizo]

But will it run BF3?

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[Tekkerson]

But will it run BF3?

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Haha, I wonder how it'll compare to Crysis, it sounds like a lot to run at max!

[PixilEyes]

Oh my. I can feel my 5770 over heating now.

LOW SETTINGS FTW! :D I'm trying to hold out for a new rig around Ivy bridge.

[PaulCabby]

Ahh yes.

Kinda hoping for Caspian Border as well... To follow the Gulf of Oman demo from all those years back.

[rajputwarrior]

1 map? BC2 beta owns this one...

[Crisp]

Oh it just keeps getting better. Jets in BF3 wont have bomb.

[ViperAFK]

1 map? BC2 beta owns this one...

Wasn't the only map in the bc2 beta port valdez?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

1 map? BC2 beta owns this one...

How so? The BC2 beta also had one map; however, it wasn't the same on all platforms. If I remember correctly, the PC version featured Port Valdez and the PS3 version featured Arica Harbor.

Oh it just keeps getting better. Jets in BF3 wont have bomb.

I don't think it's that bad. If I remember correctly, you have to choose an air-to-air or air-to-ground specialization. I guess that's closer to the real thing.

EDIT: I think this is what I read last time.

[...]

Vehicle customization in Battlefield 3 is just as deep and tactical as the weapon customization showcased here on the blog last week. For every choice you make in vehicle customization, you are effectively gearing up for a specific combat role and leaving something else out. In the Russian fighter jet, do you go with anti-air missiles to dogfight enemy air targets, or would you rather mount a handful of laser guided air to ground missiles as your secondary weapon to harass opposing tanks? Do you equip it with IR flares to avoid missiles, or would you rather take your chances with the fire extinguisher in case you get hit?

[...]

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/09/01/battleblog-9-online-vehicle-warfare-refined.aspx

Wasn't the only map in the bc2 beta port valdez?

Port Valdez was the map for the PC beta. The PS3 beta featured Arica Harbor.