DICE: Only 5%-7% of PC Players of Battlefield 3 will be able to run it MAXED out

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Just my reaction when I read that. If constantly upgrading to max out makes you happy then I'm happy for you.KC_Hokie

What the hell is "Constantly upgrading" about this?

DX 10 cards are 5 years old, windows xp is over a decade old.

Explain to me how this is true.

'cause it's not.

That´s great news!

[QUOTE="Harisemo"]

wow PC is holding back PC now

CwlHeddwyn

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

What the hell is "Constantly upgrading" about this?

DX 10 cards are 5 years old, windows xp is over a decade old.

Kinthalis

Explain to me how this is true.

'cause it's not.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

If you went and bought a $1000 gaming PC today it won't max out BF3 when it comes out. That's what I mean.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

KC_Hokie

If BF3 can be maxed out on a single GTX 580, then you definitely can. especially by the time it comes out.

I think any high end car will run the game fine at 1080p or lower res at max.... You will need something like a HD 6970/6950 or GTX 570/580. Or a mid range card like the GTX 560Ti. You can also expect newer mid range cards by early 2012, so maxing out the game is not really going to be a problem, nothing like the original Crysis was at least.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Because they decided to push forward in tech but still let people with old hardware play?

What? do you want them to make a generic looking game or something just like Bad Company 2?

millerlight89

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]If you bought a half decent gaming PC today you're probably going to have to upgrade to max out BF3. KC_Hokie

Explain to me how this is true.

'cause it's not.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

If you went and bought a $1000 gaming PC today it won't max out BF3 when it comes out. That's what I mean.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

ChubbyGuy40

If BF3 can be maxed out on a single GTX 580, then you definitely can. especially by the time it comes out.

WHOOO! That's great. I get to buy a game that I have to wait a year to play at it's fullest potential.

Why is this a good thing again?

heretrix

Because we want old games to look good by comparison as years pass by? :P I don't know.

Quick edit: It's all about choice. You can choose to have your favourite graphics-related things in extreme quality and have other things at just high quality. That is what PC gamers promote, right? Choice? :P

PC games can be future-proofed unlike consoles as hardware changes all the time so if they start pushing hardware a little too far, they don't have to completely scrap the effort they put into their ridiculously high polygon count models or whatever it is that's causing framerate issues. Leave them in but create less hardware demanding versions as well.

I am guessing my GTX 570 will be just short of maxing it with 60 FPS. I would imagine I could max it with a constant 30, but I am not sure about 60. If not...well I guess I am buying another graphcis card :P.

Oh hell yeah.

Playing online most people who can run it maxed out won't actually run it maxed out anyways.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

Explain to me how this is true.

'cause it's not.

MrSelf-Destruct

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

The more people who can't max the game, the better.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

If you went and bought a $1000 gaming PC today it won't max out BF3 when it comes out. That's what I mean.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

KC_Hokie

If BF3 can be maxed out on a single GTX 580, then you definitely can. especially by the time it comes out.

Are you reading the link, or just making stuff up as you go along.

DICE NEVER MADE THIS STAEMENT.

It was an uninformed comment by the author of the news article.

All you need ot max this game is likely a GTX 560 Ti or 6950 vidoe card. And you CAN get one of those in a $1,000 PC build. Hell Nvidia posted a $600 build with the GTX 560 Ti.

So quit trolling.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

If you went and bought a $1000 gaming PC today it won't max out BF3 when it comes out. That's what I mean.

If the upgrading is fun and makes you happy then awesome.

KC_Hokie

If BF3 can be maxed out on a single GTX 580, then you definitely can. especially by the time it comes out.

My computer, I'm guessing, is not part of that 5-7%. I've just got a 5770.

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

[QUOTE="edidili"]

Why is it wasted? The game will not stop existing 2 years later. It's future proof, like Crysis. 4 years later you can still start the game and it will not feel dated at all.

MrSelf-Destruct

Well, have fun waiting 2 years waiting to play it maxed out.

Well as long as the game still looks spectacular on Medium/High settings it's not really a problem and the game will get prettier with time too. :)

As you can see the mentality and customs between PC Gamers and Console Gamers is shown here.

PC Gaming = Capitalism

Console Gaming = Socialism

On PC, you game at the settings you want to play at. If you want to spend 1,500 on PC, more power to you and you get more Eye Candy. If you want to spend $600 on a PC, you get what you spend and Still Get LOADS of Eye Candy.

On consoles, everyone games at the same settings. You don't get freedom and developers are limited to the hardware used in them.

I'm glad they are pushing thier game to a good bar. AWESOME!! =D

The console game will prob. run at PC low settings...haha. A $500 PC will prob. run this game on Med.

I think I can get it near maxed out if I get a Good SLI Profile. CAN'T WAIT!!!

I hope its true. BF3 will probably be played for the next decade. And about a year on console:roll:

How is this a good thing?II_Seraphim_II

How is this a good thing?II_Seraphim_II

Yes, I'm so upgrading to this game to be one of those percent.

I'm confident that my rig will be able to rise to the occasion. :wink:

How is this a good thing?II_Seraphim_II

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

Wait, we have another Crysis and Metro 2033 in DX11 on our hands.:o

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

What the hell is "Constantly upgrading" about this?

DX 10 cards are 5 years old, windows xp is over a decade old.

Kinthalis

Explain to me how this is true.

'cause it's not.

Even if it is true so what? Medium-high settings will still look awesome and theirs all the other benefits of playing the pc version. Medium-high will probably look and run better than Bad Company 2 since BF 3 isnt an unoptimized port.

My guess is that you'll need a top end dx11 card, probably a 580 or better for good fps on max with aa.

If you bought a mid range pc 6 months before Doom 3 came out you'd have trouble maxing that as well. You needed a 6800gt which was high end for good performance maxed

Good to know that I belong to this 5%-7% :P

Modern Warfare 3 > Battlefield 3
Not that i wont be getting BF3 (My 965 =+ 5770 will prolly have to run it on med-high no AA), i just think that MW3 will be a better game, since more people will be able to run it. This was the same story that happened with Crysis, it may have been a better "technically" but most couldn't run it, and it came out around the same time COD4 did, the difference was that COD playable by more people, and it was more fun to play than Crysis.

the more people can't run a game, the more Graphics King it is. lol PC gamers

monster-hunt

"Still, the PC version will look the best if you have the hardware and graphics card to run it. Sources suggest that maybe only 5% to 7% of the PC players of Battlefield 3 will have the hardware capable of pushing the PC version to the max when Battlefield arrives this fall."

Read inbetween the lines people..Dice didn't say this officially

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

"DICE: Only 5%-7% of PC Players of Battlefield 3 will be able to run it MAXED out"

When I read stuff like that it reminds me why I stopped being primarily a PC gamer.

ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]How is this a good thing?Raymundo_Manuel

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

Modern Warfare 3 > Battlefield 3
Not that i wont be getting BF3 (My 965 =+ 5770 will prolly have to run it on med-high no AA), i just think that MW3 will be a better game, since more people will be able to run it.

TheAcountantMan

If consoles can run it than a lot of PCs will. You don't have to max every freaking game.

[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]How is this a good thing?WilliamRLBaker

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]How is this a good thing?WilliamRLBaker

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

The advancement of tech doesn't translate into better graphics only.

Modern Warfare 3 > Battlefield 3 Not that i wont be getting BF3, i just think that MW3 will be a better game, since more people will be able to run it. This was the same story that happened with Crysis, it may have been a better "technically" but most couldn't run it, and it came out around the same time COD4 did, the difference was that COD playable by more people, and it was more fun to play than Crysis.TheAcountantMan

"Still, the PC version will look the best if you have the hardware and graphics card to run it. Sources suggest that maybe only 5% to 7% of the PC players of Battlefield 3 will have the hardware capable of pushing the PC version to the max when Battlefield arrives this fall."

Read inbetween the lines people..Dice didn't say this officially

lawlessx

[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

How is this a good thing?II_Seraphim_II

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

What's wrong about it?

It'd be like complaining that the 360 and PS3 play games that the 100+ million PS2/Xbox owners couldn't play at the start of this gen. We need to advance sometime you know?

I'd rather see the advancement of games than see the same old engine, and graphics reused over and over again and again on the consoles/PC.

The advancement of tech doesn't translate into better graphics only.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

"Still, the PC version will look the best if you have the hardware and graphics card to run it. Sources suggest that maybe only 5% to 7% of the PC players of Battlefield 3 will have the hardware capable of pushing the PC version to the max when Battlefield arrives this fall."

Read inbetween the lines people..Dice didn't say this officially

mitu123

This is just a lame attempt at ownage

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

"Still, the PC version will look the best if you have the hardware and graphics card to run it. Sources suggest that maybe only 5% to 7% of the PC players of Battlefield 3 will have the hardware capable of pushing the PC version to the max when Battlefield arrives this fall."

Read inbetween the lines people..Dice didn't say this officially

lawlessx

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

"DICE: Only 5%-7% of PC Players of Battlefield 3 will be able to run it MAXED out"

When I read stuff like that it reminds me why I stopped being primarily a PC gamer.

WilliamRLBaker

Is'nt that awesome though? You can set your resolutin to 720p ad abslutey destroy consles settings at 60 fps. You can also adjust the settings and absolutely destroy consles in comparison. Or MAX it and abslutely destroy consoles in comparison.

Worst case scenario for anyone actually gaming on their PC:

Slightly better gfx with much better fps and it just gets better there.. Keep clinging on to Fear 2, erhm I mean Crysis 2.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="mitu123"] It depends on the res as well, if you go at 1080p or above then I'll know it'll take more hardware.

mitu123