will battlefield 3 really need that much resources

from the interviews i am starting to think that the graphics card wont be quite as important, but a solid state drive and a lot of ram may be very helpful with all the streaming tech that they are using

It doesn't scare me it excites me, I love it when games push hardware.Grey_Eyed_Elf

An SSD wont do anything except shorten load times and this game will probably use 4-6Gb of RAM at most. I'm guessing this will definitely need a lot of GPU muscle like SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's to run it on max settings. Of course we wont know for sure until we get closer to the launch date.

SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's

demonic_85

No. I highly doubt the hardware needed to run it max is set that high.

An SSD wont do anything except shorten load times and this game will probably use 4-6Gb of RAM at most. I'm guessing this will definitely need a lot of GPU muscle like SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's to run it on max settings. Of course we wont know for sure until we get closer to the launch date.

demonic_85

I thought that they said the trailers were running on a single 580. I could be wrong, but I think somebody mentioned that.

An SSD wont do anything except shorten load times and this game will probably use 4-6Gb of RAM at most. I'm guessing this will definitely need a lot of GPU muscle like SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's to run it on max settings. Of course we wont know for sure until we get closer to the launch date.

demonic_85

thats what i thought initially, but it seems like the core tech is alot like frostbite 1 with better physics, and the textures will be streamed from the hard drive as they are needed and not all loaded loaded up initially

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SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's

FrostMTG

No. I highly doubt the hardware needed to run it max is set that high.

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An SSD wont do anything except shorten load times and this game will probably use 4-6Gb of RAM at most. I'm guessing this will definitely need a lot of GPU muscle like SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's to run it on max settings. Of course we wont know for sure until we get closer to the launch date.

tmgwarrior72

thats what i thought initially, but it seems like the core tech is alot like frostbite 1 with better physics, and the textures will be streamed from the hard drive as they are needed and not all loaded loaded up initially

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SLI GTX 580's or CF Radeon 6970's

osan0

No. I highly doubt the hardware needed to run it max is set that high.

Max visual settings at your monitors native resolution, with enough AA so jaggies aren't noticable, this is in my opinion, maxing, as it is the highest level of image quality. 4-8x AA at 1920x1200 resolution.

if you dont have a flagship amd or nvidia gpu from 2011 or late 2010 your not maxing out bf3 they made that very clear cpu wise expect core 2 quad's/atalin II x4's and ram wise 3gb ram sounds baout right (if not more)

Not sure what exactly it will require. But after they said that only 5% of players will be able to max it, I set out with the goal to build a PC that will fit into that 5%. GTX 590 3GB, AMD Phenom II X4 overclocked to 4Ghz, 8GB DDR3.

from the interviews i am starting to think that the graphics card wont be quite as important, but a solid state drive and a lot of ram may be very helpful with all the streaming tech that they are using

tmgwarrior72

[QUOTE="Grey_Eyed_Elf"]It doesn't scare me it excites me, I love it when games push hardware.wolverine_97

[QUOTE="wolverine_97"][QUOTE="Grey_Eyed_Elf"]It doesn't scare me it excites me, I love it when games push hardware.darkfox101

I'm not to worried i mean it looked like the demo was running at 60+ FPS at either 1080p on 1600p not sure which one with a 580

The trailers are singleplayer gameplay at 6-fps on a single 580 and a quad core at 1080p. The videos are stuck at 30fps though

I'll be curious to see how a single 5870 handles the game. Based on BF2 the CPU might be nearly as important as the GPU.

Nah I still think that my 6870 will run this at max with no aa. I can dream can't I.:P

I'll be curious to see how a single 5870 handles the game. Based on BF2 the CPU might be nearly as important as the GPU.

whitey_rolls

To be honest it looks like both will be equally important, its annoying though because having quite recently purchased my gpu i was hoping i could max out most games, but when this is released I doubt i will max this one out smoothly xD

To be honest it looks like both will be equally important, its annoying though because having quite recently purchased my gpu i was hoping i could max out most games, but when this is released I doubt i will max this one out smoothly xD

sn4k3_64

I'm not that upset with my GPU purchase, I got a great deal on it ... I'm upset with my PSU purchase. I had the TX 750 in my hands which would allow me to crossfire my setup and the clerk at the store talked me out of it to save $20.00 ... what a mistake

It doesn't scare me it excites me, I love it when games push hardware.Grey_Eyed_Elf

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To be honest it looks like both will be equally important, its annoying though because having quite recently purchased my gpu i was hoping i could max out most games, but when this is released I doubt i will max this one out smoothly xD

whitey_rolls

I'm not that upset with my GPU purchase, I got a great deal on it ... I'm upset with my PSU purchase. I had the TX 750 in my hands which would allow me to crossfire my setup and the clerk at the store talked me out of it to save $20.00 ... what a mistake