bf3 pc requirements

alex1997123

will this specs be able to play bf3 on medium requirements

intel i3 core 2.53ghz
4gb ram
ati radeon hd 5650 1gb
500gh hard drive

this is a laptop iam thinking of buying

Korvanica

what spec?...

BULLER

How much is that laptop?! You'll get 30mins battery life, low to medium settings and maybe heat/burnout issues if playing all day. They're really not meant for gaming...
I recommend buying a €500 pc that can play it on high settings and a cheap laptop for traveling.

B0X

I have a simlar spec laptop (i5 instead of an i3) and I can run all the games I have on medium-high settings (including BC2). I would imagine that Battlefield 3 would run pretty well on it at medium and still look great.

The 5650 is a great little card for the price. What's the price of the laptop out of curiosity.

alex1997123

the price is 600euro from dell

alex1997123

any way i found a different laptop with these specs

intel core i5 2.66ghz[overclocked 2.93]
6gb ram
500gb hard drive
nvidia geforce gt 425m 1gb

this one from ebay here the link to it:http://cgi.ebay.com/MSI-FX603-i5-480M-Gaming-laptop-Nvidia-425-1-GIG-DDR3-/300548467411?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item45fa15aad3

Jonny7

Woah, don't buy from US, you'll get eaten by customs

aand yeah best not to touch ebay for gaming laptop

alex1997123

thanks for the heads up so what shops should i look to.

seyeM

If it's a viable option, I second the recommendation to build a PC. You get much better value for money compared to a laptop when it comes to gaming.

alex1997123

i was thinking of getting a gaming pc but i was going to sell my current laptop to buy the new one and i am not going to sell it to buy a pc

the_syco

alex1997123 wrote: »

i was thinking of getting a gaming pc but i was going to sell my current laptop to buy the new one and i am not going to sell it to buy a pc

This makes no sense. You were going to get a PC, but going to sell your laptop to get a new one, but you will not do so to buy the PC?

Anyhoo's, bare in mind that once you buy the laptop, you won't be able to upgrade it easily, so don't buy it until after Battlefield3 comes out, and after someone does a review of it on a laptop, as the video cards in laptops are sometimes the weak version of the video card you'd see in a PC.

alex1997123

good point i am going to try buy a gaming pc can u give me some good places to shop in and my bugit is 700euro:cool::cool:

alex1997123

here is a gaming pc i put together off komplett.ie

Specs
Cooler Master Elite 310 - Mid tower
ASUS M4A78LT-M LE - Motherboard - micro
850 watt power supply
Amd athlon II x2 3.2ghz
750gb hard drive
4gb ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

TOTAL :563.85euro

Spear

alex1997123 wrote: »

here is a gaming pc i put together off komplett.ie

Specs
Cooler Master Elite 310 - Mid tower
ASUS M4A78LT-M LE - Motherboard - micro
850 watt power supply
Amd athlon II x2 3.2ghz
750gb hard drive
4gb ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

TOTAL :563.85euro

Buying a dual core now is false economy and you'll only pay more for the quad core you'll need later on. There's still 6 months till release, you have time to save more.

alex1997123

thanks for the heads up I am new at pc gaming just buying one just 4 bf3 no other games dat i am thinking of

alex1997123

what about 3 core

Blazer

alex1997123 wrote: »

what about 3 core

3 core is AMD...cheap and affordable and can be overclockable.
By DICE saying that BF3 will be quad-core compatible it simply means that if you have from 2-4 cores then BF3 will use them.
It doesn't mean that it will use all 4 cores on a quad core but only 1-2 on the AMD 3 core.

Right now Intel have the performance crown but you do pay for it
although they are a lot cheaper thanks to AMD

alex1997123

Here one with the same specs with a quad core processor

SPECS:
Cooler Master Elite 310 - Mid tower
ASUS M4A78LT-M LE - Motherboard - micro
850 watt power supply
AMD Black Edition - Processor - 1 x AMD Phenom II [quad core]
750gb hard drive
4gb ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

TOTAL : 596.35EURO !!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D!!!!!!!!!!

Spear

You should compare against the builds in the budget gaming PC thread here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055278463&page=68

Some of the builds there are almost the same yet 40% cheaper.

Trevor451

Do you think BF3 will run well at 1920X1080p res on :

AMD phenom x6 1090T @ 3.2GHZ
Radeon 6850
4GB ram

Thanks

Spear

Trevor451 wrote: »

Do you think BF3 will run well at 1920X1080p res on :

AMD phenom x6 1090T @ 3.2GHZ
Radeon 6850
4GB ram

Thanks

I would imagine it should. What's BC2 run like on it?

alex1997123

that gaming pc thread is good but all there items listed are either without p&p or vat which from experience can add 100euro maybe even 200euro in some cases so thanks for the suggestion but komplett.ie from free shipping and vat is alreadly included on the items price so i am happy with the specs i have :D:D

alex1997123

TREVOR451 SPECS:
AMD phenom x6 1090T @ 3.2GHz
Radeon 6850
4GB ram

yes they run bf3 on medium but i dont think at that res [1920X1080p]

I mean look at the specs i am looking to buy:D:D

AMD Black Edition - Processor - 1 x AMD Phenom II [quad core]
750gb hard drive
4gb ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

by look at what i am looking to buy is really only the graphics card i mean this card can run crysis
on maxed out setting and i am 100 percent sure it will run bf3 maxed out

crysis is a very demending game trust me

Trevor451

Spear wrote: »

I would imagine it should. What's BC2 run like on it?

Really good however when there is lots of smoke on screen it kind of lags a bit

alex1997123

is that in all games or just some

Spunge

No less than a decent quad core for BF3 imo.

alex1997123

just found a new and better gaming pc

SPECS:
Intel Core i3-2100, 2x 3.10GHz[sandybridge]
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
4gb ram
1tb hard drive[1000gb]
windows 7 32bit

TOTAL:590euro

$=====:D:D:D:D=====$

Spear

That's still a dual core though, it is worth paying the extra for a quad core.

alex1997123

does it really matter dual or core

BULLER

I found a better one...

SPECS:
Intel Core i7-3800, 8x 3.10GHz [sandyriver]
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 785 4GB
4gb ddr5 ram
1pb hard drive
windows 8 256bit

TOTAL:590euro

partyatmygaff

alex1997123 wrote: »

does it really matter dual or core

If BF3 is mulithreaded (I.e. can fully utilise all four cores) then you'd be mad to buy a CPU with only two cores instead of four.

It's not "Double the power" as such but it's a huge leap from dual core anyway.

alex1997123

here once again new specs i found this time on aria.co.uk

NEW SPECS
Intel® Core™ i3-540 Processor overclocked [4.70ghz]
nivdia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
4GB ram
1tb hard drive
windows 7

Total=678.48EURO

Spear

An i3-540 is dual core only.

BULLER

alex1997123 wrote: »

here once again new specs i found this time on aria.co.uk

NEW SPECS
Intel® Core™ i3-540 Processor overclocked [4.70ghz]
nivdia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
4GB ram
1tb hard drive
windows 7

Total=678.48EURO

At that price range I'd be more inclined to go with AMD phenomII X4. Will deliver nearly the same performance but with 4 cores.

Still that looks very nippy for the price!

shootermacg

BULLER wrote: »

At that price range I'd be more inclined to go with AMD phenomII X4. Will deliver nearly the same performance but with 4 cores.

Still that looks very nippy for the price!

Just read this:

However, the limitations of the cut-down GPU of the GTX 550 Ti 1GB are still there to see, especially if you have a 1,920 x 1,080 screen and want to play your games at their best. In Bad Company 2 the GeForce GTX 460 1GB offers 20-30 per cent more performance, from a card that’s roughly 30 per cent more expensive (based on the estimated price of £100 for the GTX 550 Ti 1GB

Oops copied the wrong quote >.<

Dublin_Gunner

alex1997123 wrote: »

here once again new specs i found this time on aria.co.uk

NEW SPECS
Intel® Core™ i3-540 Processor overclocked [4.70ghz]
nivdia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
4GB ram
1tb hard drive
windows 7

Total=678.48EURO

BF3 low settings if you're lucky.

Here's what I'd buy instead:

Phenom II x4 840 - €85
4GB DDR 3 - €80
880/890 based mobo - €80
1Tb Samsung F3 - €50
DVD rw drive - €20
PSU - €80
HD5850 - €109
Case - €50
Win 7 - €100

Total: €654 and would blow that other PC out of the water. Any site would have those parts at those prices (though the HD5850 extreme seem to be hard to find, but pixmania defo have them).

Total

cherryghost

Why do you people turn down a PC build on the ASSUMPTION of system requirements? Makes no sense imo. I say wait until the specs are released, THEN build/upgrade a PC if required.

Dublin_Gunner

cherryghost wrote: »

Why do you people turn down a PC build on the ASSUMPTION of system requirements? Makes no sense imo. I say wait until the specs are released, THEN build/upgrade a PC if required.

That system would barely run BC2 on low / medium (due to the gfx card - the 550ti is an awful card for the price).

Its fairly safe to assume it will struggle with BF3, considering its an updated, fully DX11 engine, which has been shown to run on GTX580's so far in the videos.

Its called an 'educated guess'. Though it's obvious you'll want at least a mid range card for it.

Plus, the build I quickly threw together off the top of my head is not only cheaper, but more powerful.

Why does your sig area take up so much space on the screen?

cherryghost

Well I'm just saying in general. I don't see the point in helping people build PCs solely for BF3 when the sys req. haven't even been released yet. It's running on a completely new engine, topped with the fact that BF3 won't be a port of a console game, so you could also assume it'll be more optimized for PC hardware.

Spear

cherryghost wrote: »

Well I'm just saying in general. I don't see the point in helping people build PCs solely for BF3 when the sys req. haven't even been released yet. It's running on a completely new engine, topped with the fact that BF3 won't be a port of a console game, so you could also assume it'll be more optimized for PC hardware.

Not precise requirements, but Dice have said that if it can run BC2 happily, it'll run BF3 happily, so we do have a good guideline if that's a reliable statement from them.

shootermacg

cherryghost wrote: »

Why do you people turn down a PC build on the ASSUMPTION of system requirements? Makes no sense imo. I say wait until the specs are released, THEN build/upgrade a PC if required.

Lemme see, dubs just gave a better specced machine for the same price, I'd call that being helpful.
I'm hoping to upgrade soon, so this thread is a great help, given the cashflow the wife allows I'll be settling for scraps.

cherryghost

Sweet zombie jesus an AMD quad core under 80 euro. Build a PC around that :P

shootermacg

What's with all the AMD love? Aren't the new intel I 5 K quads way better? And reasonably priced? or am I missing something?

cherryghost

Well they are, I have an i7 myself, but for the price, budget builders should really have a look at the AMD range. Intel's i series CPUs would be more mid-high budget (quad i5's and i7's that is)

Dublin_Gunner

cherryghost wrote: »

Sweet zombie jesus an AMD quad core under 80 euro. Build a PC around that :P

I assumed that was gonna be the Phenom II x4 840 (pretty much an Athlon II x4), but its a fully fledged x4 955 BE.

Incredible price.

shootermacg

I wouldn't begrudge an extra few quid for the i5K 4.6ghz OC, and you have a cpu that outlasts your graphics card and maybe the one after that ^ ^.
Spending a bit more cash on the core will usually save cash in the long run.
What are the I5's now 130 yoyos?

alex1997123

Hey is this what I need to build a gaming pc

https://www.aria.co.uk/myAria/ShoppingBasket

The total price would be 600euro that includes p&p to ireland

Spear

alex1997123 wrote: »

Hey is this what I need to build a gaming pc

https://www.aria.co.uk/myAria/ShoppingBasket

The total price would be 600euro that includes p&p to ireland

You can't link to that, it's cookie or session based.

alex1997123

Here is the links to everything I am thinking of buying the total is 465EURO

CASE
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Arianet+2016+Midi+Chassis+?productId=44298
CPU[3.80GHZ]+4GB RAM BUNDLE
https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Systems/Bundles/AMD+Overclocked+Bundles/Gladiator+Phenom+II+X4+955+Black+Edition+3.80GHz+Overclocked+Bundle+?productId=43902
POWER SUPPLY
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/650W+or+less/600W+Corsair+GS600+ATX2.3+SLI%2FCrossfire+Compliant+Power+Supply+?productId=44344
GRAPHIC CARD
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6700+Series/XFX+ATI+Radeon+HD+6770+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card++with+FREE+Shogun+2+Game+?productId=44386
HARD DRIVE
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/SATA+(Serial+ATA)/500GB+to+1TB/500GB+Seagate+ST3500413AS+Barracuda+7200.12+Hard+Drive+-+HDD+?productId=44127[/U]
DVD DRIVE
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Blu-Ray+%2F+DVD+Drives/DVD%C2%B1RW+Dual+Layer+Writers/Sony+Optical+DVD+Writer%2C+AD-5260S-0B%2C+SATA%2C+Black%2C+OEM+?productId=40716

Dublin_Gunner

Interesting, I haven't seen a review of the HD 6770 yet. It actually appears to be faster than the HD 5870 (according to leaked specs) - which means it would be faster than the HD 6870...

Very odd indeed. HD 68xx series going EOL?

Scratch that. Leaked specs were wrong. Its merely a re-branded HD 5770.

Spend €20 more and get the HD 6850. You won't regret it.

MSI HD 6850 with free Shogun 2 game

alex1997123

here u go heres the amd wedsite
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6770/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6770-overview.aspx