BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
On September 24th, 2011 in News
A few days ago we reported that Nvidia will release special drivers optimized for Battlefield 3, which will bring enhanced stability and performance for the upcoming beta.
Not to be outdone, rival graphics card maker AMD has announced that they too will be releasing special drivers for their Radeon graphics cards just in time for the Battlefield 3 beta. The new Radeon Catalyst drivers will be custom made for Battlefield 3, much like Nvidia’s drivers. Both drivers are set to be released next week, a day ahead of the beta which drops on September 27.
Console scrubs UNITE!!
say that to Microsoft and Sony
I can’t wait for new consoles, where devs arent constantly saying, “Were using %100 of it’s power!” or “Theres simply not enough resources for us to add that.”
i find it funny how pc players say “screw microsoft and sony” when chances are theyre using some sony part in their cpu and probably windows OS
Nearly all the market, especially for gaming, is on a Windows OS. And I’m pretty confident all Sony products are made by some OEM, such as their TVs are. The only reason for people saying that is becuase it is a known fact that the current gen. of consoles are holding back games in many areas, most blatantly graphics.
I don’t know how “current” the current gen consoles are actually. Personally I am rather lost since I have checked my PS3 it has 3.2 GHz it is a bit more complicated than that but in essence it behaves like a single core processor. It has 256MB memory for the system and separate 256MB for the graphics. My gpu clocked at ~500 Mhz it varied a bit.
Frankly I have an 8 year old PC that is very similar. With a single core running at 3 GHz and 768MB of DDR RAM and 512MB video memory with the graphics clocking at ~600Mhz. The two should perform pretty much exactly the same as the memory on the PS3 is a bit faster.
Good news, everyone! The computer graphics industry is pushing forward with the release of a video game! This hasn’t happened in four years!
You mean Crysis or Half life?
Crysis… what other game raped the PC´s hardware to the degree that hardware manufacturers till this day still use crysis as a “look what our hardware can do” example!
That is because the entire game still works like a synthetic benchmark and stubbornly renders everything real time.
I read this in Professor Farnsworth’s voice.
As did I, and as I do for all things beginning with “good news everyone!”
lol yup, me too.
Pardon me for a moment but…
<3 AMD.
my reaction-
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
As the original poster of the “<3 Nvidia" comment, I approve of this as well.
I am getting it for 360,don’t need to worry about unnecessary upgrades,saves money plus keyboard mouse sucks,they are not meant to play video games,they are meant to type letters on the websites for trolling!Controllers and 42 inch tv FTW!
Exactly, so wait pc gets 40 more noobs and hackers to play with,with a extra 300 dots added to the screen,and twice as fast.
lol
300 dots?
you suck at maths, huh?
trolollololololololol
Battlefield is truely a PC-Game. with shitty gamepad u cant play as fast as with keyboard and mouse ^^
You know I can have whatever amount of “dots” I want right?
You know I don’t have to run it at max settings right?
You know consoles are showing there age right?
You know you’ll pay >$500 for a 720/PS3 right?
Did you know I can build a new PC to at that price?
A PC for that price will only be able to run Minesweeper
@Kierenblade nah it could probably run pac-man. mabye even doom if you poured icy cold water in it to cool it down.
An 80$ Graphics Card, a Dual-Core i5 Sandy Bridge and the most Basic Motherboard from Asus. Hard Drive is like 80$ for 1 TB, a CD Drive or not, a low-end PSU, and you’re set. A Machine like that could run Battlefield 3 on near-Minimum Graphics Settings, the same settings you’d be playing on if you had a Console. Difference is, with that 500$ PC, you could buy yourself a new Graphics Card next year, and profit, since you’d have better Graphics than a Console. Doh.
Who the hell wants to buy all that just to run the most beautiful game in the world right now at minimum settings, when a console can at least run it at high settings at 30 fps… what the hell are you smoking? I’ll stick with my console thank you very much…
My friend built his PC for 600. It ran everything on medium, Some things on high. But he upgraded to a 2gb 6950 for BF3 after I bugged him about it. Also Skrillex, 600 dollars PC show the same quality textures to what a Console does.
Well you just proved my point then Meece… Why spend $600 for a PC when you could spend $250 for a brand new Xbox or PS3, and play on High settings with 30 fps?
Good Question. Hm… Let’s see now. Maybe, just maybe, because instead of buying a Wanna-Be Mac, a year later you can upgrade the GPU and get better Graphics in the future, compared to the Console which is locked down as tight as a Mac, and which offers zero Graphics Upgrade Options except “sorry, wait until next Gen Console. Then dish out cash for that one.”
Yeah, I think that might be it. Doh :O
Yes thats why PC´s are better they can do more stuff than consoles and are still better for gaming saying that mouse and keyobard suck is a biased opinion.
A troll just got trolled…
stupid ass, new LCD’s and LED tvs have a spot on the back to plug in a computer. way to let everyone know how stupid you are.
I know you can plug your my laptop to your tv to play games,but what if you have a desktop?And you can also use an xbox 360 controller to play games but battlefield won’t support xbox 360 controller.It’s better to just turn on your console,sit on the couch and start playing than bring you computer to your living room,plug in,start,download,it’s frustrating.(I used to do it but not anymore).Plus you need at least $1000 to buy a new gaming pc where you can play the same game on a $300 console.I had a $1800 gaming pc but I sold it and bought a new ps3(I already had an xbox 360)and bought a laptop for $600.
$300 for a console to play games plus $300 for a PC to write this comment from. That gives you a $600 budget that is more than enough for a good gaming PC.
Welcome to the world of Economics.
Love how console people always forget that part. They have a crappy computer and a console… as opposed to one sweet fully integrated gaming/computing machine. Let’s not forget, a console is just a specialized computer. So if you look at it that way all you really have is two crappy computers that you can’t upgrade and are therefore both destined for the landfill some day… PC isn’t for everyone, I didn’t think it was for me… I really got into gaming playing HALO with my friends on xbox… it took an epic game like BF2 for me to realize the joys of gaming on a pc. It wasn’t available on console so I had no choice but to switch to PC and I haven’t looked back since. Now I’m rocking a watercooled, overclocked, quad core sli rig I built myself. Not only will it bitch slap BF3 but my girlfriend thinks it’s sexy and it word processes to boot
actually… im typing this on a $15 keyboard on my playstation 3…
like you said, the playstation 3 is a specialized computer, therefore, you can go on internet and pretty much most of the things you can do on a computer… it may not be open platform, but hell, its close enough for me
@Goalieguy , you’ve never played PC… have you?
Can you listen to music while you play a game? No
Can you dual screen? No
Can you upgrade the components? Lol, no.
Can you change the video settings? No (Not really important)
And in what way are consoles close to PCs?
actually i have played on a pc,
and you can listen to music on ps3 while playing a game, u just hit the ps button go to music and hit x on wat u want to listen to.
dual screen, ok just buy a second ps3 and it still costs about as much as a a decent gaming computer.
the point with consoles is that you dont have to upgrade the hardware, all you have to do is buy the new console wen it comes out. u spend money once and dont have to worry about upgrading your hardware every couple years.
why would you need to change the video settings? most games run at 720 or 1080p, and on screens less than 30″, you cant even tell the difference between 720 and 1080p.
Consoles are affordable gaming machines, the air force picked up on that and built a supercomputer out of them. cant post links so just search “air force supercomputer out of ps3″
@Goalieguy buy another ps3 for dual screen, really?
thats like when the ipad came out and it couldnt multitask so some people would actually buy a second ipad to do it.
or like saying, i can make my car run twice as fast if i put two gas pedals in it!
even if you did buy a second ps3 it wouldnt combine the computing power and wouldnt play the same game.
also, any supercomputer could easily outdo one made with ps3`s.go ask IBM.
that guy
the point of dual screen is game on one and something else on the other, u take 2 ps3s, play a game on 1 and do something else like browse bf3blog for the latest on bf3, the exact same thing as a dual screen computer, just cheaper.
and of course ibm can make a better supercomputer, the point is the air forces ps3 one was 10-20 times cheaper than an equivalent one made by lets say… IBM! thats why they did it
First of all, you wouldn’t be playing Battlefield, or any FPSs with Dual Screens, the Crosshairs/Scopes would be exactly in the middle and would most likely be covered by the Bezels, so yeah. No.
You’d have 3 Screens. So what, you’d buy 3 PS3s? Besides, that’s not the point. With EyeFinity you get rid of Tunnel Vision, you get to see people coming at you from the side, its useful.
If you have Dual Screens you should be only Gaming on 1 Screen, so you might as well just buy an iPad and plug it into your HDTV instead of a second Monitor.
@Goalieguy, I have a PS3 (Never use it), and you can’t multitask. It asks you to exit the game before you can do that.
And Dual Screen is not only to do something else on the other. You can watch videos, check on a certain program while you gaming, check your Resource usage and so on…
Not to game or do something on different systems… that is not dual screen, that is a totally different system. They are not connected in any way.
And if the consoles don’t get upgraded soon, these new games just won’t be able to run on consoles, unless they take down the graphics… ALOT! And it doesn’t look like new consoles will be out soon…
And you have played on a PC before, it couldn’t of been a gaming PC. If it was, and you played BC2 on it, you would ditch your PS3!
I own both a Xbox 360 and a PS3, I used them a lot until I bought a gaming PC…
@Impy, That is not the case with Dual Screens. Games don’t stretch onto your secondary screen, unless the game allows “Secondary Adapters” like on Supreme Commander where your Map is on the secondary screen and your main battle is on the primary.
Anyway… you need 3 screens with the same resolution for the game to stretch over all the screens. And believe me, it requires LOADS of Graphics Card power to run 3 screens.
Yeah takes at least 2 GPUs to run 3 Monitors, I know. Never played with 2 though, interesting. At most I’ve plugged a Monitor into my Laptop, but that just Mirrors it. Seem some vids of people doing MMOs on Dual Screens figured it was the case across the board, but just like Games need true EyeFinity Support guess they need support for 2 Monitor Setups as well.
@Golieguy The reason why you argue for is more to the fact that you don’t know any better than to that you prefer the way it works. It truly is not cheaper to have a console, but about the same. Secondly improved graphics and processing means a lot more than games, you render anything better than you would on a console ( multi screens are either mirrored images or merged, so essentially you get a higher res screen), whether it is a video or RAW images, or uncompressed music (consoles don’t read them as far as I know), and you is to do a ton more stuff like work and hobbies. Hell, I need an absolute powerhouse, in gaming terms, for some of the stuff I need do and compering it to actual workstation (PCs meant for work) it is cheap and rubbish.
A 600$ spent today would really go far into making a good gaming PC, but when we say that we really mean a good PC.
PS. The supercomputer made out of a PS3s is not uncommon as PS3 pack IBM cell processors, so you can buy up a lot and essentially hack them thoroughly for their processors. Creating a cloud of them brings a lot of power, however tapping into the PCs scientists usually get better results simply because PCs can handle more data whilst maintaining similar or in some cases better calculation. Also it rarely need any hardware or even software as sites like Amazon normally runs test programs using their visitors – like the recent monkey on typewriter experiment. Similarly Steam’s cloud takes some of your power to contribute to everybody including yourself.
Consoles for me are best for Sport games or driving simulators, but fps and strategy NOPE! Graphics are not sharp, they are never high always at medium of all settings. Its cooler to have an badass pc then only an console. Everyone agrees with me if they have an fast pc.
i disagree kindly sir.
graphics are just fine as is. I still play bad company 2 on ps3 and i could give a rats ass about the graphics as long as their destructible
I think, wow, that bush looks extremely unrealistic, it bothers me. Im just gonna shoot it with this M136 AT… *bush goes poof* ahhh thats better.
Kb/m doesn’t suck, you do.
ummm PCs can use XBOX 360 as well as PS3 controls. WTF are u on about?? The very first First Person Shooter “DOOM” for u guys who are too young and only know COD was made for the PC. So any retard knows that FPS games were originally made for PCs and not consoles. A mouse is more accurate than a control and its just that people who do not have the brain power to control 2 devices with both hands, you are just primitive much like your console. Better graphics, more players, better physics and 64 players=better platform. THE END
Don’t bother, they’ve spent too long with Games that include Auto-Aim/extra large hit boxes for Controller in-accuracy (which they don’t even know about), so Mouse Precision to them is like trying to explain how to play an MMO to a 5 year old.
I was playing DOOM and Duke Nukem when I was 9 years old. =D
You do realize you get nowhere the accuracy and precision you do with a controller compared to a mouse/keyboard? Look at many of the console games on the market, say Black Ops. “Extra large” hitboxes in the registry due to that fact.
Do not care
Haha, playing this game on a console is like driving a Ferrari in 1st gear only. I mean… it’ll still get you there, just minus all the fun and cool factor.
Not really, I would just be lucky to own a fucking ferrari if that’s the case.
Right, because all games on console just aren’t fun and cool in any way shape or form.
Love the sarcasm! xD
Oh are we talking about every console game? Weird I thought this was a BF3 blog, my bad.
I play tons of console games. NHL12, FIFA12, Gears3, Street Fighter, Forza. FPS games on the other hand, designed for DX11 technology and 1080p resolutions or more, they belong on PC’s not an 8 year old console.
Thanks, come again.
Quit giving PC players a bad name…
Yes 3rd person shooters, racing games and turn based strategy are generally more fun on a controller. Fps and rts games on the other hand require that extra precision and full range of buttons to really be the best.
That’s the main argument a console gaming peasant can have: “Generalization of Everything.”
Yesterday, I wrote a comment about A FEW SPECIFICALLY console boys, and came one with this: “right, EVERY console owner is a kid”
Some of them know, if we sit down and discuss in detail, they have no flexibility to expand the discussion much.
YES, both have some advantages and disadvantages. Every sane person could admit it. But likewise, every sane person can admit that Consoles are inferiors in many aspects, especially since they don’t get upgraded. Anyway, I’m tired of. Especially when they say keyboards and mice are crap, like one above, but he’s using it to troll us.
Another example of a PC elitist. Why are you putting us down for playing FPS games on our “8 year old consoles”? Some people can’t afford to be a PC gamer and play on console for less money and quality. We still have fun even though we aren’t getting the real deal. FPS games aren’t only for PC.
How much did you spend on your Console? 300? And the PC you’re using to type that comment right now? 300? 500? With 600$ you can buy a Mediocre Gaming Rig + Gamepad, plug it into your TV and still have better Graphics than the Console you’re playing with right now.
You keep whining about how expensive PCs are and yet you fail to realize that the money you just spent on yours could have bought you better (and upgradable) Graphics if you hadn’t bought a Console with the rest of your money.
I payed $600 for my current laptop and couldn’t even run the fucking Alpha… YOu have got to be out of your mind to say that $600 can even play Battlefield 3 at minimum settings. Just spend that $600 on a PS3 or Xbox and be able to play at High settings with 30 fps. God, I swear some PC players are just fucking ignorant to their own surroundings… I own a gaming rig, and I hate the fuckign keyboard and mouse… of course you can do more, but that’s just it… you HAVE to do more with your hands. With the Xbox and the PS3, everything is all there. Yeah we may not get as good as graphics, but I mean seriously… Go look at BC2 Xbox or PS3 gameplay vs BC2 PC gameplay… The ONLY difference, is that BC2 on the PC can run at 60fps or higher. But WHO CARES? Is it really worth stressing yourself out, bending over oyur keyboard like a fucking hunchback or a troll? I’d rather lay back in my lazychair with my controller in my hands where every control is right there already pre set for me, instead of buying a controller for my gaming rig and having to set it up my self, and smoke some weed or have a beer and talk with my buddies and play BC2 all night long. You can’t have a life and own a gaming rig, it just doesn’t work out like that. It’s either have a girlfreind and freinds and own a console, or be a fuckign 40 year old virgin looking at catalogs loooking for the next $250 graphics card to replace the one you just bought 6 months ago.
Console = Simplicity
PC = let’s face it… Nerdiness, and OCD.
So yeah, I’d rather pay $600 for the new console, and not have to worry about paying that much for a very long time, instead of Upgrading my PC for $300+ every year just so it can play one game at maximum settings at 60fps. I’ll stick with my xbox. *used to have a ps3… long story.
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And like I said, I own a gaming rig, to be honest, it set me back a pretty penny. But I also own a little Dell laptop for the family to use. My gaming rig has cost me about $2,500 in total, and that’s just over that last 2 years. It started out as about $1,100, but it got outdated quick. So I’m not being one sided on this issue, don’t get me wrong, BF2 was fucking amazing with 32 players on Strike at Karkand, *which was my favorite amount of players to play on my favorite map* but it got old very quickly, and the console just gives me that satisfaction of being able to say, “Wow, I can play this at very good graphics, at a solid frame rate, and still being able to play with all of my freind who play the same thing as I do, and then meeting them later at a party to chat about the amazing games we had…”
Excuse me sir, but I believe you’re an idiot.
GOOD DAY.
at ϞKRI||ƩX. You said you spent $600 on a laptop and can’t play BF3. Yea are you stupid!!! There are only a few gaming laptops that could, because of the size of the laptop and heat created by graphics cards it is hard to have a laptop to run top end games. This is why we are talking about Gaming rigs. This is exactly why you should stay with consoles. You are clueless!!!! Its so damn funny!!
“But I also own a little Dell laptop for the family to use…”
Next time, use your eyes, and not your Brown Eye (your asshole) to read next time, and maybe you’ll be able to find out why I couldn’t play on my LAPTOP. I clearly sated i own a $2,500+ gaming rig, and played the Alpha. You lose, once again, just like anyone who tries to argue with me.
Your arguments, will always be invalid.
@ϞKRI||ƩX The animals advertised as “gaming” laptops don’t exist because they are grossly overpriced. So are pre-built machines which is why companies that do that are thriving. It is such an easy market like the pharmacy. Most people have no clue what they are buying. For instance a pharmacist can sell you some vitamin A that has gone trough an oven for an hour for 5 times the price, in the same way large chains can sell pre-built machines that are ludicrously overpriced (my build is at ~2000$ Alienware’s flagship builds at ~5000$ fall short of performance, quote “let the bragging begin” ) . The only difference is mine has no useless liquid cooling (we are way past the era of when that was a requirement since CPUs and GPUs have gotten a lot more efficient) and no excess of LED lights and other bling.
Douche-bags like you either try to justify the high price they paid for their pc saying “oooh it just cost 300 $$ to run this game on high setting eventho they know it aint true” or try to shove it up others’ faces saying “oooh loook at me i just blew 2 grand on a gaming pc”. In either case, you need to get a life.
I’m planning to blow 5000$, roughly translated into 3.8K Euros into upgrading my Gaming Rig next year. New CPU, Motherboard, GPU, Triple-27″ Monitor EyeFinity Setup, and much more. Lot of people will call that overkill. I don’t, because I know the advantage EyeFinity brings to the playing field, an advantage that when playing Hardcore Mode on BC2 I sorely enjoyed having while playing on a friend’s Rig, and I miss not having on my own. Yet.
At the same time however, I know that for 600$ (since I already have a 50″ HDTV) I can buy myself a Gamepad, an older gen GPU, a low-end Dual Core i5 Sandy Bridge CPU, a mediocre Motherboard, a 300 Watt PSU, a 1TB HDD, a CD Drive that reads Blu-Ray and a Case which will be ugly as shit but will still have better airflow and Temperatures than a Console. Then I’ll put everything together, stick the HDMI Cable into my HDTV, and still have better Graphics than your 300$ Console + 300$ PC put together. Although, I’d skip the Gamepad and go for Mouse/Keyboard anyway.
Know why I don’t? Because I prefer to spend my time in front of a 3-Way 27″ HD Monitor EyeFinity Setup on my Desk instead of on my Couch. And the Dual GPU that’ll be powering those 3 Monitors, actually, my whole setup will last me 3 solid years without a single upgrade necessary, full-out DX11 + Ultra Settings. Settings you will never play on because your Console doesn’t have the power to play them. And sure, next year you’ll dish out another 300$ for the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox 720, and for a while you’ll enjoy having equal Graphics power as a PC (excluding SLi/CrossFire PC Setups) and then, oops. You’ll fall behind. Again. Just like your PS3, or your Xbox 360 has done now.
And while it might not happen that soon, since Microsoft might not be dishing out DX12 with Windows 8, at some point, the new DX will come out, and you’ll fall behind. Instantly. Because you can’t upgrade. And then, once again, Developers will be forced to compromise on Graphics for their Console Ports.
- Because that’s just how it is.
you impy, are exactly why capitalism is bad. everyone always needs the next ‘new’ thing. I really dont see the problem with ps3 gameplay. It functions. its fun. the graphics arent bad at all. and the community is fun.
u go ahead and spend $5000 on a new gaming pc. But honestly its quite ridiculous…
just give a good reason you NEED to buy a $5000 gaming rig.
So what if everyone needs the next new thing? That’s what powers innovation and advancement of technology. The same logic you’re trying to fight is the same one you’re guilty of too. Why does he have to spend $5000? Becuase he wants to. Why did I spend nearly as much? Becuase I want to. Did you have to spend $300 or any money on a console? No. But you wanted to.
Consoles are fine, I can care less about them. But it IS A KNOWN fact that they are holding back said advancement of technology. If Microsoft and Sony would finally release the new systems, stuff would quiet down for awhile.
I (for one) don’t need “every new thing,” I’m spending 5K only because I’m building a whole machine from scratch. Last time I bought a Desktop was in ’06, after a couple of years I started to travel so I switched to Laptops. Now I can finally switch back to Desktops, so I’m building from scratch. Its easier, but its more expensive. In the long term however, I’ll cost me less.
I’ll be set for 2-3 years. Then I’ll spend some cash upgrading my GPU, CPU and Motherboard, and I’ll be set, again. Of course, a Hard Drive could crash or something could break, but that could happen to a Console too. Everything else will probably stay, unless 25xx Resolution Monitors become Mainstream in the upcoming years or something.
If you go instead for a 600$ PC instead of a Console and a 300$ PC, you’ll have Mediocre Hardware, and you’ll be upgrading it around once a year. Possibly less, possibly more. And you get to keep the Gamepad if you believe that Mouse and Keyboards aren’t for Gaming (funny, people used to say that when we were using Joysticks too, and yet here we are now…).
If you go for a 300$ PC and a 300$ Console, you’ll probably still have a Square 4:3 Ratio Monitor (unless you use your TV), and a Console with 6 year old Hardware which you can’t upgrade.
Battlefield 3 will look fine to you, but that’s the problem. It’ll look fine, it won’t look great. You’ll see most of what Frostbite 2 can do, but not all of it, because your Hardware is too old for it.
Did you know that even today the PS3 has sold less than the PS2? Yeah. The PS2 sold I believe around 150 Million, more than any other Console in History so far. The PS3 had just barely broken 51.8 Million Wordwide last time Sony announced sales a couple of weeks back.
ooh impy are we doing random-completely-insignificant fact of the day?
ummm lemme see… ooh i got one!!! the average american eats 27 lbs of bananas a year!
what does the ps2 have to do with u buying a $5000 computer?
And thats the exact reason I bought a console, i dont have to upgrade it!
My money can go towards more important things, like food groceries, or giving money to charity.
i will be fine with bf3 on my ps3, and honestly, wen i watched pc video and ps3 video of the game, i didnt really notice a huge difference…
u go on and flame about how much better pc is than console, but think, does anyone really give a shit?
rob, everyone needing the next best thing is why the average american is in about $16,000 in credit card debt. My family is in none because we’re fine with what we have.
Does anyone really give a shit about what you think people give a shit about? Oh right, no they don’t. Or did someone name you God? I didn’t get the Memo. Sorry. Hold up a sec while I call the Vatican and check with the Pope.
The differences you don’t notice simply by watching the Videos which all show totally different footage: ttp://beefjack.com/news/battlefield-3-platform-comparison-ps3-vs-xbox-360-vs-pc/
Far as the point I was trying to make was that the Console Population has gone way down compared to what it was at the start of the Millennium. People keep dissing PC Gaming saying its dead, and yet the Console Population seems to have taken a very big hit too.
the reason the console population has dropped is because of how revolutionary the playstation 2 was and how it was one of very few ways to game.
the playstation 3 wasnt revolutionary like the 2, and now there are many more ways to game(ipod, i
the reason the console population has dropped is because of how revolutionary the playstation 2 was and how it was one of very few ways to game.
the playstation 3 wasnt revolutionary like the 2, and now there are many more ways to game(ipod, ipad, psp, and soon the ps vita and wii u)
its not that consoles are losing popularity, its that other ways of gaming are gaining it, and pc gaming is not as popular as ur making it out to be. pc isnt gaining a ton of new gamers, it just has extremely dedicated fans.
lets find somethig we can actually agree on, are you a dog person or a cat person?
I dont get it, Why do people flame eachother over the latforms? We are playing the same game after all -.-
I have a $1000 PC and I can say that some people just dont care about graphics or how modern their systems are. My friend bought his PS3 slim for $250 and he is equally happy with his machine. There are however differences that we both see and they are:
PC´s are more hardcore due to the fact that you cant buy a perfect gaming rig, you have to build it yourself from scratch.
Consoles have generally worse graphics
Consoles are more fun and social in the sence that you dont need 2 consoles to play with 2 players (split screen <3)
PC´s will always have better hardware and software in the long run
PC´s are more useful than a console but when it comes to games specifically its just a matter of taste. I like FPS on PC´s because im from the "CS 1.5" generation so to speak, but I like my racing games on my Xbox 360.
There are lots of things but consoles and PC´s are two different things with remotely identical purposes.
frus trick, i completely agree with you, i was just pointing out the fact, why in hell would you spend $5000 on a gaming computer if your just going to have to upgrade in 2-3 years anyway. i can understand buying a $1000 gaming computer, maybe even a $1500 gaming computer, but $5000?!??!?!?!
Like I said, most of the things will last beyond 2-3 years. Unless a PSU breaks down or a Hard Drive crashes, things that could also happen to a Console, then in 2-3 years I’ll simply upgrade my GPU, and my CPU/Motherboard so its not bottle-necking my GPU, and I’ll be done. The rest stays, unless 25xx Resolution Monitors become Mainstream or something.
I have no reason to buy a new SSD, PSU, CD Drive, Case, Water Cooling Set, Monitors, Cables, etc. each time I upgrade one component. I spend 5000, then 2-3 years later I upgrade 3 pieces and I’m set.
Consoles are like Laptops. Or like Macs if you like. You buy it, but you can barely upgrade it.Change the Hard Drive, sure. But that’s usually about it. Gaming Rigs on the other hand, you can upgrade any tiny part of that you want, at a time.
Again Goalie, there is no logic as to why to spend $5000 or any amount. It’s purely all a luxury. None of us had to buy a PC, xbox, etc. but we did because we wanted to and had the money to be able to do so with ease.
And don’t bring the debt crisis into this. That’s only happening because of selfish idiots who don’t do their job and the idiots that just keep digging their head into the dirt to ignore it. If more people were actually spending vast amounts of money and were able to afford it no problem, there would be more jobs out there because there would be more money out there.
Much appriciated!
Special drivers for beta, but what about full game?
Be patient
They are based on the same engine, they are basically the same, only the full game will be larger and contain more maps…
And that doesn’t require new drivers. But I’m not an expert so correct me if I’m wrong…
pfff! Slow news week
agree if you REALLY think they make these just because Frostbite 2.0 is overpowered
overpowered? thats called innovation
overkill? mabye, but why hole back
useful? hell yeah.
hold*
Will battelfield 3 support Trackir5 ?
Starts Singing “Anything you can do I can do better~~”
I remember the days when ATI used to be ATI…
NOT AMD… Those were the days.
Of course it’s still Radeon!
I was never bothered by the switch honestly.
my hd 6970 gonna eat that special driver nomnomnom
Old-ish news.
Still cool to see it here as well.
THANK YOU AMD. I almost wanted to refund my HD 6850 and stick in my old ass Nvidia Geforce 220. >.>
nice my 6990 thanks you allot for the news >:D
Do these drivers just optimize your graphics card for the game? I’ve got myself a new 6950
what would the opitimizer do?
New drivers fixes compatibility problems and increases the power for software. Most likely it’s so BF3 will run better/ with more fps
kwl hope the drivers include 5870 series gfx cards
well with my 6990 in bfbc2 I get bloom errors where I get black crap flashing around the screen. Temps fine at 32 degrees Celsius, and havent overclocked it at all. Hope these new drivers fix that crap. Unless its a game issue with bfbc2
Sounds like your seeing graphic artifacts. If its only BC2 then might be the game, but elsewise it sounds more like a card problem.
funny how when someone talks shit about consoles its highly rated but when its about the PC your comment has like 1000 thumbs down and 10 thumbs up.
I shall be updating my drivers so that i can play the beta on both XBOX 360 and PC so I can give myself a personal opinion of which one truly is better.
thumbs up if you want the new GTX 590, well i can wish in one and shit in the other and see which one fills up faster because according to wall mart it will cost me 600 bucks.
Can everyone shut the fuck up already about consoles and PCs? So many people give the PC community a bad reputation because all they can do is bitch and whine about consoles, BF3 is using PC as the lead platform and even then some people find a way to complain.
It’s as simple as this: some people like playing on their console because it gives you fantastic quality for your money plus you get exclusive games, some people like playing on PC because it gives them that extra edge on games like BF3. In the end, the quality between the two is not even anything dramatic, so can people get over it already? You’re not more of a man for playing BF3 on PC nor are you less of a man for playing it on consoles. It’s a seriously pathetic argument to have. Buy the game, enjoy the game and be happy that DICE created such a masterpiece.
as of right now, this is the comment of the week
I don’t see why consoles get so much hate. They’re easy to use, don’t need hardware updates and make for a more casual experience, such as having a few of your mates all playing because all you need is a few controllers and you’re good to go. Sure the graphics aren’t so great, but it’s still fun. Believe me, i’d love a good gaming PC, but I don’t have the time or knowledge to build one, or the money to buy one, seeing as im only 15, going on 16 (btw before you’s rip on me, 15 is the age limit for the equivalent to your M rating, over here in Australia)
my point exactly.
btw, u type like your australian, few of your mates
(good thing, not bad)
Why consoles get so much hate? Because they stagnate progression…Naughty Dog are the only ones that keep pushing the limits of those antique scrap piles.
How is technology supposed to evolve if most of the developers prefer releasing mediocre corridor shooters for a quick buck? And then they’re ported to the PC from an inferior platform hooray!
And then you get games developed on PC like BF3 (and Crysis back in ’07) which looks like alien technology…
I hate this gen.