Windows 7 64 bit
Intel i5 @ 2.80GHz (stock fans)
10 GB RAM Kingston KVR PC1333
mechanical HDD 1TB
Asus ENGTS 450 DirectCU (only intended to get this to run Starcraft II)


Resolution: 1680 X 1050
Texture: HIGH
Shadow: HIGH
Effects: HIGH
Mesh: HIGH
Terrain: HIGH
Terrain Decor: HIGH
Antialiasing Deffered: OFF
Antialiasing Post: MEDIUM
Motion Blur: ON
Anisotropic: 4x
Ambient Occlusion: HBAO


Average FPS on 64 player servers: 33-35 FPS, dips lowest at about +-29FPS on heavy scenes. Stable & smooth enough for me.

This is not autodetect settings, I pushed it higher until it gets noticeably laggy then I dropped it back down to somewhere comfortably smooth.

Going to autodetect settings at some high some medium gave me 45 FPS.

So yes, you don't need to spend so much to get a good enough rig. RM 440 for this performance at only 31% of the cost of a dual SLI Rig for 6870 or only 18% of the cost of a high end 6990.

This post has been edited by slickz: Nov 5 2011, 02:41 PM

The single, cheapest and the best upgrade you can give yourself is more RAM.10 GB on my system made BF3 playable.

This post has been edited by slickz: Nov 30 2011, 09:54 PM