Battlefield 3How to squeeze out a few more FPS in Battlefield 3?
- Follow system requirements posted for the PC game here.
“FPS” I am talking about here his Frame Rate or Frames Per Second. A higher frame rate produces smoother graphics. A low frame rate will appear laggy/chuggy/slow/choppy and can make a game unplayable as ingame actions take far too long to complete with far too few frames. Anything over 35 fps in Battlefield 3 I suppose is playable. FPS below 30 or will not run well.
To check in game FPS press & hold Ctrl + Alt + S. The screen’s upper left corner will show your frame rate.
Download the newest Video card Drivers
10-25-11 Nvidia Driver Released for Battlefield is 285.62
Current NEW Nvidia Beta Driver Released 11-10-11 285.79
Personally, I had my system running BF3 game fine on the 10-25-11 285.62 Nvidia drivers. I installed the new 285.79 Beta Nvidia drivers on 11-10-11, 2 days later uninstalled and went back to 285.62. The Beta drivers caused me problems (on a GTX 560) when running the game such as: green stripes across screen at times on various maps, and my screen kept blacking out on me. The 285.62 Nvidia drivers are running fine for me. Many are having problems with the game or pc crashing out, on line disconnects and all sorts of problems, and some cannot even install the game. The 11-10-11 285.79 Beta drivers are suppose to fix that, some say it helped, others still having problems. I initially had a constant DirectX11 crash from the get go when attempting to run the game for about the first week, have since worked that out and the 10-25-11 285.62 driver does the job for me.
GeForce Drivers
Geforce Optimize Analysis
Graphics Card Gaming Performance Calculator
“The latest drivers by Nvidia & AMD are optimized for the final release of Battlefield 3. AMD have also released a new preview driver 11.10 Version 3, which they say already includes updates for Battlefield 3. Update your drivers to gain a fps advantage over your opponents!”
AMD 11.10 Drivers:
AMD Radeon Win 7 64 Bit
AMD Radeon Win 7 32 Bit
If you are using Crossfire also install 11.9 CAP4 (Crossfire Application Profile):
11.9 CAP4 Crossfire Application Profile
When installing new video drivers, “CLEAN INSTALL” new drivers is very important! Use Driver Sweeper to clean out all old driver files. Follow directions on that Driver Sweeper link page to uninstall old Nvidia video driver & driver files.
Nvidia Control Panel:
With Nvidia video card, in Nvidia control panel set, in “3D Settings\ Adjust image settings with preview” set set level at mid range or lower on “Performance”.
Click on “Manage 3D Settings, Program Settings, Battlefield 3:
Anisotropic Filtering = App Controled
Antialiasing Mode = App Control
Thread Optimization – ON
Vertical Sync – Off
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames – Change From default 3 to 2
Everything else at default settings In Nvidia Control Panel.
BattleField 3 In Game Video Settings:
- Turn Off Motion Blur
If you do not have a dual core gpu, turn “Motion Blur” off. Good idea to turn this off anyway.
- Turn HBOA settings Off
- Turn MSAA to lower settings OR OFF completely. MSAA is the culprit in everyone’s chugging fps issues.
“The people who tested this game at Hard OCP noticed, with their settings on ultra, putting even 2x MSAA dropped their fps from 60 to about 30 on a single GPU card.”
- Lowering in game screen resolution will increase FPS
- “Shadows” to medium or lower
- Antialias Post – Low to Medium
- Antialias Deferred – OFF
When making any in game adjustments, you should quit BF3 and restart the game in order for the changes to be loaded.
Operating System:
Make sure your system is “tuned” for peak performnce: virus/malware free, defragment your hard drive and high memory programs disabled or off your system. For example Norton or Mcafee Anti Virus, BOTH are very high memory programs. Keeping startup programs to a minimum.
If you are actually running Fraps (on screen FPS display) through out the game,, Fraps will actually lower your FPS while running. So just use it to tweak your video game settings, check average FPS, and turn Fraps off, you should see a boost after exiting Fraps. MSI Afterburner is a video graphics card overclocking and monitoring program, this will also give you on screen “FPS” display with tweaking the settings within the program.
Note: Battlefield 3 won’t support DirecX 9, meaning it won’t run on Windows XP. It requires DirectX 10 support at a minimum, which only Windows Vista and Windows 7.
My recommendations, you don’t need dual video cards, if you have the money to “blow” go for it.
The following system I built 2 months ago for under $800 in components:
- AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2 Ghz (Stock Speed)
- Cooler Master Hyper 212+ DC Heatsink, Dual 120mm Fans
- ASUS Matrix Geforce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1 GB DDR5 Ram
- ASUS M5A97 EVO AMD Motherboard
- Cooler Master 700 Watt PSU, 52 Amps 12 Volt Rail
- Windows 7 Premium 64 Bit
- 500 GB Sata Hard Drive (Had This On Hand)
- 120mm Fans – 5
- 140mm Fan – 1
- Fan Controler
- 8 GB G. Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1333 Memory
- Cooler Master CM690 Case
This Quad AMD above runs Battlefield 3 on in game ULTRA settings at 55-75 FPS smooth, on a 24? with 1920 x 1080p resolution. In game HIGH settings at 65-90 FPS.
You don’t really need a $1500-$2000+ computer to run this game. This game does take some “horsepower” or a good system to run well though. Due to the amazing graphics and audio on Battlefield 3, it puts great load mainly on your graphics card & cpu. Cooling is important! Laptops, even a current “gaming laptop”, with limited cooling you’ll probably overheat easily. Older pc’s would seriously be in need of some upgrades. Any thing at minimum requirements will struggle to run this game on pc.
Back to Karkand map pack is suppose to be released in December, included with all BF3 pre-orders and the Limited Edition. Also hopefully a major patch to fix some of the major glitches including the hit detection. Many including myself have experienced this: empty clip into enemy almost at point blank range, screen hit markers register hits, enemy turns around and 1 shot kills you! The kill cam shows my shots hitting enemy, including on one I remember a shot to the right side of enemies head, WITH blood splatter,, and yet he killed me and was still standing? I do not burst fire anymore, I keep shooting until I see the enemy drop, and “enemy killed” on screen! Or getting shot right through a HUGE rock or boulder that I am down behind, not from the air mind you, but the player I spotted & fired at across the field! Have seen a few times someone take a direct hit from a RPG, and they were still standing! There are so many glitches, bugs in this game the list is long, very long. Many are having problems just installing the game. Almost 4 weeks out and no pc patch from Dice or EA, no information either. They released this game unfinished, ahead of MW3, I think for the sales I believe. There is no in game voice/voip, you cannot communicate to your team, unless you use teamspeak. I have used Skype in the background. And yes there have been many reports of cheaters using game hacks like “aimbot”. Was on a team just the other night, guy on my team at end of match his score showed 85 kills/0 deaths???? His stats show over 10,000 kills rank 58. Either this guy is really good or???
The tactical weapon light (flashlight) if used is WAY, WAY to blinding, more worse is a team member turns your way and blinds you completely. SO, friend or fo,,, if a flashlight is in my face your getting shot, even if I have to fire blind… aim towards the middle of the light! They are either suppose to take this tac light out completely, or tone it down alot. It will blind you even after ending the game! I have acquired the tac light but have not used it, many are, so this might change on my load out. It is almost a cheat, I’d rather play on skill than using a poorly applied, poorly developed blinding weapon attachment.
Graphics AND audio are amazing, just what you see in the video. How good is the audio? Just like your on a real battlefield, as in video. Was in a building that was hit with a tank shell and C-4, the entire building came down, it about knocked me out of my seat behind my computer. Other times I’m ducked down behind my monitor – LOL!. Action is fast, and at times a “slaughter house”. Best to teamup with a squad and work together as a unit. There SO MUCH going on, and on a 64 player map with tanks, jets, and helicopters above and everything else, it’s crazy!
Battlefield 3: The Game
- Campaign is short, maybe 10 missions
- Coop Play – 2 Player Mode only, and only through Battle Log servers which is browser based. Coop is not bad at all.
- Multiplayer/On Line Play is where this game shines. But very difficult, you are playing against very skilled fast players who are now ranked up to 50+, with 3000+ kills with every weapon and all customizations unlocked. New players getting this game, you will most likely become very frustrated: #1 – if you can install or get game to run, and #2 – after you get “owned” after 3 days with 400 deaths and maybe 5 kills for example you’ll become quickly turned off to the game, for most will not stand a chance. There are a few servers that list “Noob Friendly” or “Level 20 Max Rank”,,, bullshit, have played on a few of these, the “Noob Friendly” servers are training grounds for organized teams, clans that are 35-50+ in game ranks stats that will use these servers to increase there god all mighty stat numbers, and practice there game tactics on. Why are the 8 of the 12 players on that team, on the “Noob” Only server with rank of 35-45+, with 30+ kills and 2 deaths during that match? As I stated training grounds. And servers that list “Max Rank 25? for example …. then why are there rank 40+ playing on that game server?? There are a few good servers out there, you can check the players and stats before entering the match.
EA or Dice have not made this game new player friendly at all, at least the multiplayer on line play. For there is no option to create a small local private match between friends or lower level players with the same experience level. On the PC, you cannot create your own server. You cannot play on local network with group of friends. You can have friends join you, and squad up on a server if open slots are available. The servers must be rented, paid through authorized hosting services. 16 slot server approximate cost $21-$25 per month
In the EA and Origin forums, filled with people talkng down on “Noobs”, bragging about there $2500+ “rig”. Rig? They have a semi tractor trailor to?? LOL. They forget all about being a new player them selves at one time. The word “camper” comes up quite a bit to, excuse me but all the tips I have seen posted are: move slowly, use cover, check surroundings and run quickly zig zag when running across open areas etc. I call it playing defense. Making a kill because you were “camped” down behind cover, and not running wide open for them to pick you off with there amazing aiming skills or aimbot they are using? Or the “sniper” thats hiding way off the map watching through there high powered scope for any movement from far away. Entire team are snipers, but thats ok, they are not campers, they are “recon class” right? Remember in real life you don’t spawn back in or go home alive. These higher skilled game players would not stand a chance on a real battlefield, it’s just a game, they act like this is part of there job resume or something. My own opinion anyway.
My Origin BF3 ID: SledgeHammer1945
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/SledgeHammer1945/
Look me up if you would like to team up, going “lone wolf” other than recon/sniper from a far distance on the battlefield is not advised.
I started off REAL bad on 10-25-11 game release, but have managed to rank up as of 11-21-11 to rank 31. My “death ratio” sky rocketed from the beginning. If your new to “First Person Shooters” you probably become very frustrated, but hang in there and practice, practice and practice! If you are a experienced “FPS” player, you might still have a hard time. My advice, get familiar with 1 or 2 of the on line maps at first, spawn back in on the top rank players on your team, follow them watch how they move and play, cover there backs, provide med packs, ammo packs and revive them when they get hit… you do get points for this! Provide cover fire, “suppression fire” you get points for to. Remember it is a team objective game, your team wins, YOU get points!
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