official Battlefield 3

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Nope, I have had quite a few cards that got that high, and even a bit hotter, under a full load as I was overclocking. Basically if your card gets to hot, you will know it. There will either be artifacts (squares of color, in my experience usually green or purple) and/or the game will just lock-up or crash.

Just to clarify, we are talking Fahrenheit and not Celsius correct?

Ah no, I was referring to Celsius. But this is all for naught as I went back to driver 277.33 as I started getting TDR while just browsing the net. Many users are. I contacted Nvidia though their Forum and they sent me a PM wanting me to send them My VC. I declined as there is nothing wrong with it or I would be having TDR's using 277.33. The 28X.XX drivers IMHO were rushed to market to meet the release of BF3. If you get a chance go to their forum and check out all of the complaints. There are hundreds of them. I will attempt to play BF3 at it's lowest level with 277.33 and see what happens. There has to be an issue with these drivers as my WEI for Graphics/Gaming went from 7.7 with the 277.33 to 6.0 with 285.62

[gkl]

Seriously?? When I am responding from my iPad I make a ton of spelling mistakes, and quite frankly I could care less if my spelling is wrong in a thread about a video game, especially if the overall message of whatever I was saying still makes sense.

Way to contribute to the thread as well, real stellar observation. :rolleyes:

Surely you meant couldn't.

:p

[chevyordeath]

The game looks great. The guys in the office are giving me crap for not getting it yet. I am just concerned if I can run the game decently. I've got an i7 920, 6GB DDR3 1600, and 2 x 4870 crossfire. Would this be enough to run at respectable settings? I think I am about due for a video card upgrade.

[ILikeTobacco]

The game looks great. The guys in the office are giving me crap for not getting it yet. I am just concerned if I can run the game decently. I've got an i7 920, 6GB DDR3 1600, and 2 x 4870 crossfire. Would this be enough to run at respectable settings? I think I am about due for a video card upgrade.

Not sure if serious... it runs on an xbox 360. just saying.

Beyond that, so far I am disappointed. The story line is a blatant ripoff of the the Black Ops story of a story being told in past tense while being interrogated. The characters you play have a habit of getting themselves killed(because that's never been done before) and a few other smaller issues that make the game feel like they didnt bother to turn their imaginations on. There are TONS of bugs in the single player game play also. Had 2 different xbox's have issues with getting stuck on save screens and a friend of mine had it happen on his pc. Mobs will run right in front of you and not see you. The part where you are a sniper covering a squad of marines, you are told to knife someone. Don't touch the walls, you'll instantly die with nobody around you. One of the fights, the game told me to press X, I pressed A on accident and it made no difference, I still instantly one the fight. The head shot hit box feels off. You can hit some mobs in the chin/mouth and not get a head shot, or you can barely but obviously miss to the right or left of the head and get a head shot. Very disappointed with the single player side. Hopefully the multiplayer will be better.

[chevyordeath]

I am serious. I know it will run - I am just curious if some one has a similar setup and how far they've pushed. The Battlefield franchise has never been famous for single player campaign. Multiplayer is always where it has shined.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

This is interesting.

Battlefield 3 On Steam? All Signs Point To ?Maybe??

Ever since we got wind that Battlefield 3 wouldn?t be released on Steam, we?ve heard multiple rumours that folks were working behind the scenes to make it happen. This is another of those rumours, backed with a smidgeon of evidence.

The first piece of evidence is this competition, found on the Sapphire Select Club website. One of the prizes in this competition is ?[o]ne (1) PC Game code for Battlefield 3, redeemable for the game on Steam?.

Now this could simply be a mistake on the part of those running the competition. In fact, Sapphire are probably so used to writing competition Ts and Cs that reference Steam codes that they just assumed it would be the same with this comp.

But there?s also this. One user found that the PBSetup.exe file, which is used to install Punk Buster for Battlefield Installs, has been updated with the following install files?

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3\

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\battlefield 3\

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\battlefield 3\

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3\

Despite this accumulating evidence, it could be difficult since Battlefield 3 is built into the Origin and Battlelog system ? but ultimately the audience available on Steam is just too overwhelmingly large to ignore. We believe it?ll only be a matter of time before we see Battlefield 3 on Steam.

Thanks Bluth54!

Source: Kotaku

[Rooster69]

Not sure if serious... it runs on an xbox 360. just saying.

Beyond that, so far I am disappointed. The story line is a blatant ripoff of the the Black Ops story of a story being told in past tense while being interrogated. The characters you play have a habit of getting themselves killed(because that's never been done before) and a few other smaller issues that make the game feel like they didnt bother to turn their imaginations on. There are TONS of bugs in the single player game play also. Had 2 different xbox's have issues with getting stuck on save screens and a friend of mine had it happen on his pc. Mobs will run right in front of you and not see you. The part where you are a sniper covering a squad of marines, you are told to knife someone. Don't touch the walls, you'll instantly die with nobody around you. One of the fights, the game told me to press X, I pressed A on accident and it made no difference, I still instantly one the fight. The head shot hit box feels off. You can hit some mobs in the chin/mouth and not get a head shot, or you can barely but obviously miss to the right or left of the head and get a head shot. Very disappointed with the single player side. Hopefully the multiplayer will be better.

BF3 has a single player?

[ahmz]

Does anyone know why my M16A3 sometimes is not in the menu and instead there's the AKS?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Does anyone know why my M16A3 sometimes is not in the menu and instead there's the AKS?

I think you meant the AK-74m. It's one of two faction-specific weapons. The US side has the M16A3 and the Russian side has the AK-74m.

[ahmz]

I think you meant the AK-74m. It's one of two faction-specific weapons. The US side has the M16A3 and the Russian side has the AK-74m.

Ah, thanks! No more thinking I'm going crazy.

[_neutrino Veteran]

Started playing the game last night and I have to say it is VERY cinematic almost as though it was made by Kojima

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Strange but this game is playing better on Nvidia driver 277.33 than it did on the recomened driver at the same level -low. My GTX 460 is also not getting as hot.

[Got3n]

Ah, thanks! No more thinking I'm going crazy.

FYI once you finish leveling up the kit, you get both factions starting weapons unlocked for the other faction. ^_^

[jerzdawg]

Finally ordered my 360 version, all the talk got me convinced. It was this or COD, no time for both.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Strange but this game is playing better on Nvidia driver 277.33 than it did on the recomened driver at the same level -low. My GTX 460 is also not getting as hot.

Good to hear. Cause yeah, if we were talking Celsius, that is starting to get a bit hot, for sure.

Finally ordered my 360 version, all the talk got me convinced. It was this or COD, no time for both.

What you need to do is build your new gaming PC already and get BF3 for it.

[jerzdawg]

What you need to do is build your new gaming PC already and get BF3 for it.

Agreed - now I have to wait for hard drive prices to come back down as im not paying $40 more for a 1TB hd... .picked it up for $40 from amazon.

[Pupik]

So, what exactly is the purpose of SOFLAM? Only to mark, or does it actually send strike as the description says?

Because so far, I can only mark targets with it. And when the target is marked, what exactly does it bring to the battlefield?

[Got3n]

So, what exactly is the purpose of SOFLAM? Only to mark, or does it actually send strike as the description says?

Because so far, I can only mark targets with it. And when the target is marked, what exactly does it bring to the battlefield?

This!!! I have yet to lvl up recon so I have no idea how it works yet :-(

[Jan Veteran]

Love multiplayer, hate the single player. Extremely boring and dull. One thing I also hate is the lighting effects, which whilst pretty, are extremely unrealistic and annoying when in a gun fight.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

So, what exactly is the purpose of SOFLAM? Only to mark, or does it actually send strike as the description says?

Because so far, I can only mark targets with it. And when the target is marked, what exactly does it bring to the battlefield?

I may be wrong but I think it has to be used in conjunction with guided missiles from jets. Once there's a target lock, a nearby jet can fire a missile without even looking at the target.

[trag3dy]

So, what exactly is the purpose of SOFLAM? Only to mark, or does it actually send strike as the description says?

Because so far, I can only mark targets with it. And when the target is marked, what exactly does it bring to the battlefield?

It can mark jets so you can use the javelin against them and I'm told that your javelin missiles do more damage to tanks when they are marked with soflam, too. I could be wrong about the jet part, not sure. But yeah, all in all the recon kit is pretty useless in BF3 seems like. It's hard to say really because at this point not many people have the soflam or the javelin missiles.

I want sensor balls from BC2 please, the TUGS is completely useless and the the flying thing they get is nearly useless, too. I drop the tugs near mcoms every time I go by one and I've yet to get a single sensor assist from it.

[Pupik]

I may be wrong but I think it has to be used in conjunction with guided missiles from jets. Once there's a target lock, a nearby jet can fire a missile without even looking at the target.

You don't know perhaps if the pilot has to be in your squad, or if it's working for the entire team?

It can mark jets so you can use the javelin against them and I'm told that your javelin missiles do more damage to tanks when they are marked with soflam, too. But yeah, all in all the recon kit is pretty useless in BF3 seems like. I want sensor balls from BC2 please.

Instead of the recon motion sensor balls from BC2, you got the T-UGS. Can't throw them, but on everything else works the same.

[trag3dy]

You don't know perhaps if the pilot has to be in your squad, or if it's working for the entire team?

Instead of the recon motion sensor balls from BC2, you got the T-UGS. Can't throw them, but on everything else works the same.

Except for they don't work. At all..

[joker999]

Except for they don't work. At all..

Works for me.

[Rooster69]

So, what exactly is the purpose of SOFLAM? Only to mark, or does it actually send strike as the description says?

Because so far, I can only mark targets with it. And when the target is marked, what exactly does it bring to the battlefield?

I set mine up down major avenues of approach for vehicles. It is autonomous so it will laze on it's own. Once a vehicle is lazed non guided weapons I believe are supposed to lock on and hit. I also noticed any vehicles lazed get a red indicator everyone can see. The one funny thing is when I laze a target forbad extended period the occupants seem to jump out. I have yet to see anyone shoot at one of my targets though.