Ultra settings

[Dacrim]

hey guys.just saw this. thought u may find it interesting.

@j_smedley At high yes. We also have an Ultra mode that is designed for cards not even out yet

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/222456631647145984

I assume he just means it takes a very good setup to run ultra, not that it can literally only be run on cards that have yet to be released

[NewSith]

hey guys.just saw this. thought u may find it interesting.

@j_smedley At high yes. We also have an Ultra mode that is designed for cards not even out yet

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/222456631647145984

I assume he just means it takes a very good setup to run ultra, not that it can literally only be run on cards that have yet to be released

Shaders 33.0

[Littleman]

Game with an expected long term lifespan. Makes sense to include graphics beyond what can be handled by all but the beefiest systems.

[haticK]

I fully expect to be able to run the game on max settings with my GTX 680. The game has good graphics but they aren't anything better than what BF3 has.

[maradine]

If Smedley's tweet is taken at face value, I'd say Max will be pushing dual 670 territory. Won't know 'til we get to crank it up.

[Goku]

I fully expect to be able to run the game on max settings with my GTX 680. The game has good graphics but they aren't anything better than what BF3 has.

Does BF3 have 2000 playes on a map? Last I checked it was capped at 64.

[WiteBeam]

Does BF3 have 2000 playes on a map? Last I checked it was capped at 64.

burn

[TheDAWinz]

Why does everyone have GTX cards? They are not as good as AMD IMO and experiences.

[Landtank]

Smart move by them, this will ensure a really ridiculously long lifetime for this game assuming all goes well.

[TheDAWinz]

I run arma 2 at max settings with 2000+ ai on the map where you have to render everything in 225km2.. ill handle this at max settings.

[LegioX]

my GTX 580 better run this on max.

[SGT Apone]

Does BF3 have 2000 playes on a map? Last I checked it was capped at 64.

number of players doesn't all determine how hard a engine is on requirements to run however.

PS2 engine does not have destruction while frostbite does. PS2 engine designed to run alot more players yes.. but none of us know how demanding either is in comparison.. and number of players alone won't tell the whole story honestly.

So far to date frostbite 2.0 engine is one of the most demanding on the market to run.. and that's why it runs like crap for most... and also sucks up a ton of bandwidth

[OhFiddlesticks]

Why does everyone have GTX cards? They are not as good as AMD IMO and experiences.

Personal preference, really.

[maradine]

Why does everyone have GTX cards? They are not as good as AMD IMO and experiences.

I go back and forth every few years as they trade who's got the shittiest drivers.

[Jeepo]

Hoping my GTX 570 holds up nice!

[Landtank]

Smed said the game was more CPU heavy than GPU heavy, sounds good to me!

[Sirisian]

I'm gonna turn on the fans for my 485m and cross my fingers it doesn't hover before melting. :lol:

[FuzzyandBlue]

My card crapped out on me last week here's hoping I get a new one in time. I'm using my families old Radeon HD 4650. I'll be lucky if I can run the game on min settings.

[Luieburger]

My nVidia Riva TNT2 handles Half Life at 1024x768 and 30fps... why can't it run this game on ultra?

[Stew]

GTX680 yeah ;) and iam glad the card ill buy in a years or so will have a planetside 2 suport :D

GTX 680 DcuII For planetside 2 Ultra setting here i come - YouTube

[maradine]

My nVidia Riva TNT2 handles Half Life at 1024x768 and 30fps... why can't it run this game on ultra?

Offhand, I'd say because it can only cram 4 or 5 textures into local memory. :D

[Ailos]

He probably means that you need quad-sli'd 670s to run it on ultra currently (the capability of which will, with time, be enabled by one card, eventually).

[Knightwyvern]

The latest Beta drivers from nVidia have an SLI profile for PS2 :) This bodes well for my dual 465s.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

Smed said the game was more CPU heavy than GPU heavy, sounds good to me!

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that. I have an ASUS G53SX DH71 (The best G53), and while with a GTX 560m 2g DDR5 I'm not worried about graphics (BF3 runs fine on ultra with a couple tiny consessions), I am worried about my processor. Mobile processors don't typically handle CPU intensive things wonderfully, especially MMO-type content. However I run TERA super cranked and only have to slow it down a bit during Nexus events when the player count is in the 100's rendered on top of eachother all on one screen.

Does BF3 have 2000 playes on a map? Last I checked it was capped at 64.

Player count has always been a CPU issue (specifically with mmo's), having little to do with GPU, which is concerned with rendering. Your CPU has to know something's there, on screen or not, and process the information. He referred to his GPU. Battlefield's engine will be much more graphically intensive than PS2 with things like frosbite, lighting and the much more detailed textures. PS2, as smedley said, will be CPU intensive. Two completely different beasts from a tech standpoint.

While I'm sure the game will be graphically intensive and utilize high-end GPU's, the real issue for a lot of people will be processor speed.

[Landtank]

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that. I have an ASUS G53SX DH71 (The best G53), and while with a GTX 560m 2g DDR5 I'm not worried about graphics (BF3 runs fine on ultra with a couple tiny consessions), I am worried about my processor. Mobile processors don't typically handle CPU intensive things wonderfully, especially MMO-type content. However I run TERA super cranked and only have to slow it down a bit during Nexus events when the player count is in the 100's rendered on top of eachother all on one screen.

Indeed, I can run very processor intensive games on high or ultra such as Shogun II and Anno 2071 with my Intel i5 2410 dual core, so hopefully I'll be fine. I don't really play too many MMO's anymore, but it ran SWTOR fine before I realized how terribad that game was, even with 200+ people on screen. Hopefully that's an indicator!

[Baneblade]

The Droid 15 and iPhone 69Z will be able to run it on Ultra Mega Super Duper Smedlonius Maximus Settings.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

Indeed, I can run very processor intensive games on high or ultra such as Shogun II and Anno 2071 with my Intel i5 2410 dual core, so hopefully I'll be fine. I don't really play too many MMO's anymore, but it ran SWTOR fine before I realized how terribad that game was, even with 200+ people on screen. Hopefully that's an indicator!

Indeed!

[LegioX]

He probably means that you need quad-sli'd 670s to run it on ultra currently (the capability of which will, with time, be enabled by one card, eventually).

Why would you need frecking Quad 670's? Waste of money BIG TIME. It all depends on what your resoultion is. If your running 1920x1080 and you have quad 670's then that is a waste of money. Now running eyefinity with 4 monitors.....different story.

People really need to understand the difference in resolutions and the stress they put on the GPU before spouting off random info.

[Goku]

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that. I have an ASUS G53SX DH71 (The best G53), and while with a GTX 560m 2g DDR5 I'm not worried about graphics (BF3 runs fine on ultra with a couple tiny consessions), I am worried about my processor. Mobile processors don't typically handle CPU intensive things wonderfully, especially MMO-type content. However I run TERA super cranked and only have to slow it down a bit during Nexus events when the player count is in the 100's rendered on top of eachother all on one screen.



Player count has always been a CPU issue (specifically with mmo's), having little to do with GPU, which is concerned with rendering. Your CPU has to know something's there, on screen or not, and process the information. He referred to his GPU. Battlefield's engine will be much more graphically intensive than PS2 with things like frosbite, lighting and the much more detailed textures. PS2, as smedley said, will be CPU intensive. Two completely different beasts from a tech standpoint.

While I'm sure the game will be graphically intensive and utilize high-end GPU's, the real issue for a lot of people will be processor speed.

I don't totally agree with this. Smed already said a 8800 GT level card won't be fun playing with and that there is a graphic setting for unreleased GPUs (pointing out it will be intense). I do see this being a stress on GPUs not only CPUs.

[Xyntech]

It's good that they are partially future proofing the game by adding some ultra high settings, just so long as the lower settings levels look good enough that people don't get pissed that their hardware can't run the game acceptably like when Crysis came out.

Hopefully Forgelight is robust enough that they can also modify the engine and improve Planetside 2 over time to further help keep the graphics relevant. A few minor graphics improvements every several months, along with a minor graphics overhaul every several years should be enough to keep PS2 competitive graphically for a good 5 years, even if it's no longer cutting edge after the first couple.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

I don't totally agree with this. Smed already said a 8800 GT level card won't be fun playing with and that there is a graphic setting for unreleased GPUs (pointing out it will be intense). I do see this being a stress on GPUs not only CPUs.

That's why the last line is there, to acknowledge that point. :P

[Broadside]

I've got a 580....hopefully that can at least make it looks shiny.

[Poser]

Why does everyone have GTX cards? They are not as good as AMD IMO and experiences.

My dual AMD cards crapped out after two years... so fuck them.

[Pancake]

I hope my 6870 can run PS2 on high. Any thoughts?