Battlefield 3
How to squeeze out a few more FPS in Battlefield 3?
- Follow system requirements posted for the PC game here.
“FPS” I am talking about here his Frame Rate or Frames Per Second. A higher frame rate produces smoother graphics. A low frame rate will appear laggy/chuggy/slow/choppy and can make a game unplayable as ingame actions take far too long to complete with far too few frames. Anything over 35 fps in Battlefield 3 I suppose is playable. FPS below 30 or will not run well.
To check in game FPS press & hold Ctrl + Alt + S. The screen’s upper left corner will show your frame rate.
Download the newest Video card Drivers
10-25-11 Nvidia Driver Released for Battlefield is 285.62
Current NEW Nvidia Beta Driver Released 11-10-11 285.79
Personally, I had my system running BF3 game fine on the 10-25-11 285.62 Nvidia drivers. I installed the new 285.79 Beta Nvidia drivers on 11-10-11, 2 days later uninstalled and went back to 285.62. The Beta drivers caused me problems (on a GTX 560) when running the game such as: green stripes across screen at times on various maps, and my screen kept blacking out on me. The 285.62 Nvidia drivers are running fine for me. Many are having problems with the game or pc crashing out, on line disconnects and all sorts of problems, and some cannot even install the game. The 11-10-11 285.79 Beta drivers are suppose to fix that, some say it helped, others still having problems. I initially had a constant DirectX11 crash from the get go when attempting to run the game for about the first week, have since worked that out and the 10-25-11 285.62 driver does the job for me.
GeForce Drivers
Geforce Optimize Analysis
Graphics Card Gaming Performance Calculator
“The latest drivers by Nvidia & AMD are optimized for the final release of Battlefield 3. AMD have also released a new preview driver 11.10 Version 3, which they say already includes updates for Battlefield 3. Update your drivers to gain a fps advantage over your opponents!”
AMD 11.10 Drivers:
AMD Radeon Win 7 64 Bit
AMD Radeon Win 7 32 Bit
If you are using Crossfire also install 11.9 CAP4 (Crossfire Application Profile):
11.9 CAP4 Crossfire Application Profile
When installing new video drivers, “CLEAN INSTALL” new drivers is very important! Use Driver Sweeper to clean out all old driver files. Follow directions on that Driver Sweeper link page to uninstall old Nvidia video driver & driver files.
Nvidia Control Panel:
With Nvidia video card, in Nvidia control panel set, in “3D Settings\ Adjust image settings with preview” set set level at mid range or lower on “Performance”.
Click on “Manage 3D Settings, Program Settings, Battlefield 3:
Anisotropic Filtering = App Controled
Antialiasing Mode = App Control
Thread Optimization – ON
Vertical Sync – Off
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames – Change From default 3 to 2
Everything else at default settings In Nvidia Control Panel.
BattleField 3 In Game Video Settings:
- Turn Off Motion Blur
If you do not have a dual core gpu, turn “Motion Blur” off. Good idea to turn this off anyway.
- Turn HBOA settings Off
- Turn MSAA to lower settings OR OFF completely. MSAA is the culprit in everyone’s chugging fps issues.
“The people who tested this game at Hard OCP noticed, with their settings on ultra, putting even 2x MSAA dropped their fps from 60 to about 30 on a single GPU card.”
- Lowering in game screen resolution will increase FPS
- “Shadows” to medium or lower
- Antialias Post – Low to Medium
- Antialias Deferred – OFF
When making any in game adjustments, you should quit BF3 and restart the game in order for the changes to be loaded.
Operating System:
Make sure your system is “tuned” for peak performnce: virus/malware free, defragment your hard drive and high memory programs disabled or off your system. For example Norton or Mcafee Anti Virus, BOTH are very high memory programs. Keeping startup programs to a minimum.
If you are actually running Fraps (on screen FPS display) through out the game,, Fraps will actually lower your FPS while running. So just use it to tweak your video game settings, check average FPS, and turn Fraps off, you should see a boost after exiting Fraps. MSI Afterburner is a video graphics card overclocking and monitoring program, this will also give you on screen “FPS” display with tweaking the settings within the program.
Note: Battlefield 3 won’t support DirecX 9, meaning it won’t run on Windows XP. It requires DirectX 10 support at a minimum, which only Windows Vista and Windows 7.
My recommendations, you don’t need dual video cards, if you have the money to “blow” go for it.
The following system I built 2 months ago for under $800 in components:
- AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2 Ghz (Stock Speed)
- Cooler Master Hyper 212+ DC Heatsink, Dual 120mm Fans
- ASUS Matrix Geforce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1 GB DDR5 Ram
- ASUS M5A97 EVO AMD Motherboard
- Cooler Master 700 Watt PSU, 52 Amps 12 Volt Rail
- Windows 7 Premium 64 Bit
- 500 GB Sata Hard Drive (Had This On Hand)
- 120mm Fans – 5
- 140mm Fan – 1
- Fan Controler
- 8 GB G. Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1333 Memory
- Cooler Master CM690 Case
This Quad AMD above runs Battlefield 3 on in game ULTRA settings at 55-75 FPS smooth, on a 24″ with 1920 x 1080p resolution. In game HIGH settings at 65-90 FPS.
You don’t really need a $1500-$2000+ computer to run this game. This game does take some “horsepower” or a good system to run well though. Due to the amazing graphics and audio on Battlefield 3, it puts great load mainly on your graphics card & cpu. Cooling is important! Laptops, even a current “gaming laptop”, with limited cooling you’ll probably overheat easily. Older pc’s would seriously be in need of some upgrades. Any thing at minimum requirements will struggle to run this game on pc.
Back to Karkand expansion pack was released December 13 on the pc, included with all BF3 pre-orders and the Limited Edition. Also hopefully a major patch to fix some of the major glitches & bugs within the game.
Graphics AND audio are amazing, just what you see in the video. How good is the audio? Just like your on a real battlefield, as in video. Was in a building that was hit with a tank shell and C-4, the entire building came down, it about knocked me out of my seat behind my computer. Other times I’m ducked down behind my monitor – LOL!. Action is fast, and at times a “slaughter house”. Best to teamup with a squad and work together as a unit. There SO MUCH going on, and on a 64 player map with tanks, jets, and helicopters above and everything else, it’s crazy!
Battlefield 3: The Game
With a good pc meeting recommended requirements, the Graphics and Audio are amazing!
The game IS NOT new player friendly at all! Very team based, you cannot lone wolf in this game. Join a squad within the game, and work as a squad & team to achieve the objectives.
- Origin, needed for game play, is bad news filled with problems ( I personally have had none but MANY are still having major problems trying to play)
- The Campaign is short, repetitious over and over again… not really worth the price of game at all.
- Coop Play – 2 Player Mode only, and only through Origin/Battle Log servers which is browser based. Coop is not bad at all. Worth the price… NO!
- Multiplayer / On Line Play: this is where the real action is at. But for new players at this game, and even experienced fps players you’ll become very frustrated & discouraged very quickly. IF you enjoy getting “nailed” or owned as they say, and gamers telling there good and you “suck” then you will have a good time. On line play is very teamed based, and the one goal for your team top win!
- Local network play.. NO, none totally ridiculous if you ask me. No way for a small group of friends to play at same experience level at all. Your fed to the wolves from the start, especially now 2 months after game release. Experienced players that can zero in on your head for a one shot kill, shoot through walls boulders, concrete blocks. Basically if you cannot get a head shot, you’ll empty an entire mag into the enemies body trying to put him down. Meanwhile this experience ego loaded player is “bunny hopping” all over the damn place. Very realistic military moves there, I’d say. And these same ego loaded bunny hoppers are the ones calling others noob when THEY get owned finally. Yes, I’m a noob, get use to it buddy, I’ll be in your face all day with that RPG any chance I get! There is basically NO cover in this game, everything is destructible basically. On the PC, you cannot create your own server. You cannot play on local network with group of friends. You can have friends join you, and squad up on a server if open slots are available. The servers must be rented, paid through authorized hosting services. 16 slot server approximate cost $21-$25 per month
- Hit Detection with the on line multiplayer is TERRIBLE! The worst I, and many, many others in the forums have experienced in ANY FPS (first person shooter) game. It is so frustrating, and it is so bad it ruins the on line multiplayer game! Does not matter if have a $2000 computer, does not matter if you play on the lowest ping server, or have a good solid internet connection the lag or latency in the network and actual hits registering is pathetic!
HIT DETECTION I am talking about here is:
You snap out real quick and fire a shot at the enemy, you quickly duck back behind cover, and even run back down the opposite way reloading, and you take several hits AFTER quickly ducking back, you die. Kill cam shows the attacker in the same position you were firing at. Which is up a stair case around a corner and now thru 2 of the corner walls you popped out from! I’m talking about several steps back from that corner you snapped out from! Not from a RPG, not from a heavy machine gun, but a pistol or light assault rifle! Also happens when behind huge boulders In Caspian Border map. It is as if the game sees you still out from cover, but the hits register on you 3-5 seconds later after you ducked back in and turned a second corner. How can you play a game like this?
I’ve been point blank with enemy, using the “pig”, the M60, uses a 7.62mm x .51mm Nato round, (so it states on Battlelog) takes about 5-7 rounds to the body to drop the enemy? Yes it does, at least in this poorly coded, programmed what ever game! I would think in real life, taking 1-2 shots from a M60 would drop you instantly. Using a bipod, every one of my shots are hitting the body and head. My sites are dead on, and I’m controling the recoil. Hit markers are all over his body as I am firing, his body movements reflect the hits, kill cam shows the hits including a head shot WITH blood splatter, 1/2 magazine later he finally drops?? Or worse he kills you and kill cam shows 100% health on the bad guy you just filled with lead.
Hit Detection, your shots or the enemies shots registering as a “HIT” in Battlefield 3 on line multiplayer is real bad. So bad, everygame I play I say this is the last time I’m playing this crap. But I continue to play, why I don’t know. Every game I have at least 20 “WTF” moments. They need to fix this, now 2 months in EA or Dice seem to be ignoring it completely.
- In Game Voice….? Nope, not for the PC unless you use Teamspeak, Mumble, Skype or something like that.
On Line Battelog & Origin Forums: completely out of control, total joke if you want my opinion. My advice stay away from the origin or EA BF3 forums, and don’t dare post anything like a question unless you are prepared to be blasted by all. The forums are of no help what so ever. Filled with nothing but ego loaded players that talk trash and whine about everything. Whine about the some weapons being over powered. Ahhhhhh, did the high rank player get killed a few times by the F2000??? Noob this, noob that, “mortor noob”, “grenade noob”, “smoke noob” all that kind of crap. I’d say maybe 25% of the on line gamers are good people and willing help you and back you up. The other 75% are nothing trash talking whiners that will do anything to get, and keep the upper hand on you, and that includes activating a cheat or in game hack. My own opinion, and experience the last 2 months of BF3.
Another word that comes up very often is the word “camper”. There is no shame in playing defense! Basically if you are not running across an open area all the time for these “pro’s” to kill you, pick you off, you are classified as a “camper noob”. Making a kill because you were “camped” down behind cover, and not running wide open for them to pick you off with there amazing aiming skills or aimbot they are using? Now siting or “camped” the entire game in one spot is not smart either, they will find you and end up shot dead.
Now going on 2 months, in the last 2 weeks (as of 12-13-11) I have run into MANY cheaters, hackers, aimbots whatever that are now ruining the game completely on the variuous servers I have played on. Did see any up until 2 weeks ago. Punkbuster has 1000′s caught and banned, but checked one of there lists and searched the user name up on Battlelog. Out of 50 banned for cheating on servers by Punkbuster, 44 of them were still listed on Battlelog, playing. There stats, scores and Kill/Death ratio are all very obvious. EA and Dice don’t seem to care and allow it. If anything they have there stats reset, but still playing & cheating in the game. They ruin game play for everybody. I’m already turned off by what I have encountered in the last 2 weeks with aimbots & cheaters.
NOW THIS IS TEAMWORK:
In this video below, you will see how fast paced this particular map is. You will see how a squad is suppose to work. You will see how they work together to achieve the objectives to arm the MCOM stations in rush. You will see the Defibrillator is use, to revive fallen teammates, and med packs, ammo packs being dropped.
This is one squad of 4 players, not only the communication & teamwork, BUT.. you’ll notice each one has chosen a different “Squad Perk”: Squad Ammo, Squad Flak, Squad Suppress, Squad Cover. Squad Sprint etc. When a “Squad Perk” is chosen and in a Squad this gives your entire squad that “perk”. Have seen way to many squads with all 3-4 players (for example) using the same “perk”. Makes no sense when all 4 squad players are using “Squad Ammo” for example. One squad player can provide this perk for the entire squad. If I join a squad and later notice that 2 of us are using the same perk, I change up to another squad perk on re-spawn, for the squad. So if you have the Squad Perks unlocked, each member of the squad should be using different perks, not the same to be beneficial to the entire squad.
I started off REAL bad on 10-25-11 game release, but have managed to rank up as of 12-15-11 to Colonel Service Star 6, Rank 51. My “death ratio” sky rocketed from the beginning. I’m talking about 700 deaths to maybe 100 kills. Kill / Death Ratio back then of .20%!! Now at 1.22%, turned it around some, but that is basically on one easy map, no skill needed, all out shoot out called Metro. The 8 or 10 other on line maps I still struggle bad with, I don’t bother with them anymore. I can’t fly the jets, can’t fly the helicopters (no maps to train on by yourself), can’t see the enemy, not very fun at all to me. Not very fun ending up with 40 deaths and 5 kills on these maps every match. The highly “skilled players” and cheaters will be playing together real soon. If your new to “First Person Shooters” you probably become very frustrated, but hang in there and practice, practice and practice! If you are a experienced “FPS” player, you might still have a hard time.
MY Game Advice:
- Assault Class:, part of your kit is medic packs, and eventually the “defibrillator”.
DROP these medic packs at your feet AND team or Squad mates feet, this will replenish there health when hit, and your health much quicker, AND will earn you points and help your team/squad.
Defibrillator: use to revive fallen squad mates or teammates, helps your squad, team, and also earns you points. And might keep you alive, by keeping your squad and teammates alive to!
- Support Class: Gives you access to Ammo packs, once again DROP these on or near your squad mates or teammates, THIS IS IMPORTANT! They run out of ammo there in trouble, and you will be next. If support class and you have a teammate standing right at your face, jumping up & down, shooting you or at your feet… DROP AMMO BOX!!!! Each player will show a small classification above there heads in game, they see your “support class” they need ammo, they are coming to you. Don’t wait for them to ask, just drop ammo boxes all the time near or on them.
On some maps you can really help your team, squad by dropping medic packs, ammo packs, and reviving down players, and earn a ton of points.
- Squad up within the game (Squad Tab), look for an opening, click join.
- Spawn in on your squad mates when possible, stick with them. Watch how they play, move and cover there backs,, AND: Every time I spawn in on my squad I immediately drop either a medic pack or ammo box at there feet. Depending on what class I am.
- “Spotting”: Very important for you to learn how to do this, and do it all the time. On pc, aim at enemy, tap “Q” on keyboard quickly”, once spotted fire when possible. You have now “spotted” the enemy for your entire team to see. This enemy “spot” puts a red flag so to speak above enemies head, your entire team will see this easily IF he stays out from cover. If a teammate makes the kill on a “spotted enemy” by you, you get a few points for the “spot”. MY “ring finger” constantly hovers the “Q” on PC keyboard. I can scan an area left to right, up down, while quickly tapping “Q”, and I can bring up many enemy “spots” that I did not see, and now the entire team, squad can see them, and where they are at. If you are killed by this spotted enemy, good chance another teammate might knock this enemy off by your spot, and revive you back next. “SPOTTING” is Very important, and helps you AND YOUR team greatly!
- Single shot or burst fire at medium to long range. Learn bullet drop at longer ranges. Lead your enemy at medium to long range.
- Get familiar with one or 2 maps first. Learn the flow of the map, and objectives. Stick with your squad and team.
- Learn how to use the Mini Map to your advantage. When an enemy fires he will show up on Mini Map for a few seconds, IF his weapon is not suppressed or using a flash suppressor.
Took a bit getting use to but I leave the mini map open on screen 75% of the time.
- Change Class when situation calls for it. If me, squad, team are getting hammered by tanks, or we are trying to take flag that is heavily defended by enemy tanks for example. I’m spawning back in and switching up to “Engineer” which gives you the RPG or other simliar weapons (tank mines) to take the tanks out. I’m not coming back in with rifle, grenades and a knife against a tank!
Battlefield 3 Overall Impression:
- Amazing graphics and Audio!
- Many had and still having major crashes with the game. Most likely there pc.
- Many bugs, glitches and problems still
- On Line Hit Detection = Very Bad
- On line play is not new player friendly, evejn the experienced will have a frustrating time at it.
Can be a great game if they actually finish developing it, fine tuning and correcting all the problems, glitches and game play.
My BattleLog ID: SledgeHammer1945
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/SledgeHammer1945/
Look me up if you would like to team up, going “lone wolf” other than recon/sniper from a far distance on the battlefield is not advised. Admin & member of Furnetics Grid Clan & Battelog Platoon
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