Who upgraded for BF3?

Goku · 2011-10-03, 03:20 PM

Well I ended up upgrading for BF3.

I am coming from:

AMD AII X2 250 - MSI 880G 880GM-E41 - XFX ATI HD 4770

To:

Intel Core i5 2500K - MSI Z68-G45 - MSI GTX 560 Ti

I am hoping this is a nice boost as I can just barely run medium with my current setup at 1680x1050. I am hoping for 5 GHz on the 2500K and 1 GHz on the 560 Ti. Hamma you should be getting some $$$ from this too.

Anyone else grab anything for the game?

Bags · 2011-10-03, 05:03 PM

I might get some new ram soon but not for BF3.

Crator · 2011-10-03, 05:05 PM

So you say you've upgraded already or haven't yet? I was just curious how much a difference it made in-game.

Goku · 2011-10-03, 05:12 PM

Just ordered the parts today actually. Everything should be here by the end of the week.

Goku · 2011-10-06, 07:37 PM

My stuff came. Don't know if I am going to setup tonight though.

Hamma · 2011-10-06, 07:40 PM

Nice

Rbstr · 2011-10-06, 08:17 PM

I grabbed another 4gb of ram and a 570GTX...mostly for BF3 but also because I had a 275gtx and it was a bit long in the tooth and started to sound like a vacuum cleaner under load even after I air-canned it.

My i5 750 is holding up just fine - I run 1920x1080 mostly high settings, ultra textures, and don't notice frame rate issues.

I tend to find overclocking to be the fools' domain. It's rarely ever worth the effort from a playability standpoint...couple frames for a much less stable system, with potential longevity issues?

I'll take a big ass cooler though, run at stock speed with a quiet fan. Silence is golden.

SKYeXile · 2011-10-06, 08:20 PM

nah mine ran rather good...EXCEPT FOR THE SCREEN FLICKER!

I7 950, 6G DDR3, gigabyte 5970, still using velociraptors though.

Bags · 2011-10-06, 08:21 PM

I would have been concerned if you had to upgrade sky.

HawkEye · 2011-10-06, 08:25 PM

I got a new vid card. Picked up a EVGA GTX560 Superclocked. Using that with an i5-2500k and 8 gigs of ram, and my resolution is at 1920 x 1080. I run BF3 beta on high without a problem.

SKYeXile · 2011-10-06, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

I would have been concerned if you had to upgrade sky.

its hard to know where mine fits in these days with all these 678935's and X540s whatever and I7s with Ks in them...arg.

shit, just looked, my PC is almost 2 years old now.

Bags · 2011-10-06, 11:03 PM

Kids these days with their newfangled light-boxes.

SKYeXile · 2011-10-06, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

Kids these days with their newfangled light-boxes.

yea tried all that.

FUCK WATER COOLING.

Goku · 2011-10-07, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

yea tried all that.

FUCK WATER COOLING.

Agreed.

Anyway I got all my stuff setup. Going to try BF3 tomorrow. I had issues with my Win 7 install, so I installed Win 8 Preview. It works, but PS hates it quite a bit.

Bags · 2011-10-07, 12:36 AM

PS hates everything.