Battlefield 3 to be revealed

5uspect · 10-10-2011 12:22PM

I've got RAGE to keep me going.

Doge · 10-10-2011 01:03PM

This may have been mentioned already, but when using the AA guns in Caspian Border,
the only way you can score points is by shooting an aircraft out of the sky.

If the aircraft hits the ground even though you did 90% of the damage, you don't seem to be rewarded with any points.

However i haven't kept my eye on the points text, the only notification is for 100 points when you take one out while its still airborne.

If this is so, there should be another notification for taking an aircraft down.

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

So how is everyone filling their time now that the BETA is over ?

Is it definitely over in Europe now?
Managed to squeeze 10 mins in before work this morning

BlitzKrieg · 10-10-2011 01:04PM

the breakdown for jets is

-100 points for disabling

-50 points for destroying the jet

-100 points for killing the pilot

ktulu123 · 10-10-2011 03:55PM

Gonna get back on BC2 for a while and maybe get RAGE. The 28th cant come quick enough

sink · 10-10-2011 03:55PM

I just bought Rage on my lunch break. Gonna miss BF3 for these next couple of weeks.

Spunge · 10-10-2011 04:00PM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

So how is everyone filling their time now that the BETA is over ?

This month:
Dark Souls and RO2.

Next month:
BF3 and Skyrim

Raze_them_all · 10-10-2011 04:04PM

Dark souls till bf3 comes out. Dark souls is hard, so very hard!

Grim. · 10-10-2011 04:47PM

Forza 4 about the only time that my xbox will be switched on this year, then maybe some hardware changes to the pc

Gunmonkey · 10-10-2011 06:07PM

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Dark souls till bf3 comes out. Dark souls is hard, so very hard!

But SOOOOOOO very satisfying when you kill a boss or finish an area.

Between that, some more Gears 3 MP and Guardian Heroes on Wednesday

, I think I have enough to keep me going till the 28th.

BULLER · 10-10-2011 06:10PM

Miss Caspian Border already!!

gonna buy Rage to fill this void...

Sisko · 10-10-2011 06:12PM

.ak wrote: »

I would've thought that a PS3 would give a decent set up a run for its money.

...... I would've thought that a reasonably high spec machine would be on par with a PS3? Or have they 'dumbed down' the PS3 version?

Maybe around 2006 or 2007 at best. I was playing oblivion on a 6800GS back in 06. On medium/high it looked better than the PS3 version. And when that came out on PS3 a lot of people considered it to be the best looking game on the PS3.

A 6800GS was a medium range card in 2006....

.ak wrote: »

Ah, dang.

Aghh. So, would this MBP (+8GB DDR3 ram) run it better?

miles better, though do you have that already? Cause if not buying a mac book for gaming is a bit nuts - price wise and everything. You could get a better spec PC for half the price.

5uspect · 10-10-2011 07:01PM

Just for fun. The entire PS3 has a performance of about 200 GFLOPs, in single precision.
A single mid range GTX 560 card is running at about 1000 GFLOPs (1TFLOP) with a high end card hitting over 2 TFLOPs. There is an order of magnitude in terms of raw computing power.

The problem is that most PC games are heavily reliant on APIs like Direct X which are high level tools and easy to code but not as optimised as the low level approach to developing on consoles like the PS3. The drawback is that the PS3 can be horrendous to code for when you're used to high level work so we've some abysmal performances compared to the 360. But it has also done quite well in the right hands.

In terms of BF3 it's simply isn't powerful enough to match the lowest spec PCs.

Dublin_Gunner · 10-10-2011 07:08PM

5uspect wrote: »

Just for fun. The entire PS3 has a performance of about 200 GFLOPs, in single precision.
A single mid range GTX 560 card is running at about 1000 GFLOPs (1TFLOP) with a high end card hitting over 2 TFLOPs. There is an order of magnitude in terms of raw computing power.

The problem is that most PC games are heavily reliant on APIs like Direct X which are high level tools and easy to code but not as optimised as the low level approach to developing on consoles like the PS3. The drawback is that the PS3 can be horrendous to code for when you're used to high level work so we've some abysmal performances compared to the 360. But it has also done quite well in the right hands.

In terms of BF3 it's simply isn't powerful enough to match the lowest spec PCs.

They often call it 'coding direct to metal' or something similar when you can create processor specific code rather than using a catch-it-all solution of using an API.

One major drawback PC's have is the VAST array of hardware they use, even when just talking GPU's.

This is sort of how PS3 / X360 can actually look VERY decent compared to high end PC hardware - they are being coded directly to the metal. No silly API's to work around (well, of course there are API's, but they are designed to convert that code directly for the hardware beneath).

Its much more efficient.

PC's just have the brute force to make up for the inneficiency.

BlitzKrieg · 10-10-2011 07:15PM

hmm metro 2033 for 5 euro on steam...could bridge the gap a bit

Grim. · 10-10-2011 08:50PM

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

hmm metro 2033 for 5 euro on steam

and so it begins

sink · 10-10-2011 09:37PM

sink wrote: »

I just bought Rage on my lunch break. Gonna miss BF3 for these next couple of weeks.

I bought rage on my lunch break and have spent 3 hours since I got home trying to get the game to launch. This is the type of shit that puts people off PC gaming.

Br4tPr1nc3 · 10-10-2011 09:46PM

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

hmm metro 2033 for 5 euro on steam...could bridge the gap a bit

good point.

anyone any ideas on a good game to play until launch?

Burgo · 11-10-2011 07:05AM

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

good point.

anyone any ideas on a good game to play until launch?

Probably go back to some tf2, might give rage a whirl.

Dcully · 11-10-2011 08:50AM

Ill most likely get back into red orchestra 2 now that they fixed a lot of issues while i was enjoying BF3 beta

Ive tonnes of single player games ive yet to complete too.

Krieg · 11-10-2011 09:03AM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

So how is everyone filling their time now that the BETA is over ?

Going on hols and will be back on the 24th, which was the day before the original release date. 24th- 27th will be dark days for me

mozattack · 11-10-2011 12:20PM

I haven't played a different game from Bad Company 2 since November 2010 (excluding BF3 Beta)... what the hell am I going to do?

I played BC2 last night but it is like getting into your old car after driving a new shiny new car... didn't car if it got dumped and bruised cos I will be scrapping it in two weeks anyway (at least for a year or so I expect)

Was thinking MW2 as I can get a loan of it for 2 weeks or so but I hate the look of the game as it is better suited for my 7 year old.

I don't play single player either so I am lost for a game... is Socom good?

Genghiz Cohen · 11-10-2011 03:13PM

Team Fortress 2.
How is it even necessary to point this out?!?!

cherryghost · 11-10-2011 03:27PM

Dcully wrote: »

Ill most likely get back into red orchestra 2 now that they fixed a lot of issues while i was enjoying BF3 beta
Ive tonnes of single player games ive yet to complete too.

It's still buggy.... was playing it last night. Made me depressed how little its progressed since I played it last.

Wonda-Boy · 11-10-2011 07:58PM

I got RAGE its not great TBH...if you really want to bridge the gap I recommend OMSI Bus Simulator :eek::eek:

Got very good reviews.....PMSL

Metro 2033 is a great game...monster to run but I cleared it back when I had the trusty ATi 5990. Well worth the money if cheap on steam....but you better have a meaty PC.