To all sifus,

My current rig,

CPU - Core 2 Duo 2.6ghz
GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB
RAM - 4GB DDR3
System - Win 7 64bit

I know this rig isnt recommended for BF3...i'm kinda in a tight budget now so if possible I dont want to spend so much cos I'm eyeing Alienware next year. To play BF3 smoothly irregardless of low,mid or high setting, do i need to change the whole rig or I can make do with a new processor, say like i3 or i5 ? I dont mind my graphic setting at mid or high. I just wanna play BF3 smoothly for now, well at least decent smoothness. Thx for all your advise in advance.

Cheers !!!

change to i5 2500k, problem solved straight away

don't eye-ing alienware then
its just brand gimmick
you just have to change into i3 2100+DH67CL
then you should can run medium on 1600x900

as per Neo bro's recommendation im using i3 2100+DH67CL now..
plus 4Gb RAM & GTX 560 GPU
running smoothly

This post has been edited by JML: Nov 19 2011, 01:04 PM

you have 2 options; buy overpriced alienware laptops/desktops or build your own which gives much performance at the price of alienware brand

play wif this rig....MY CRAZY RIG!

it owns BF3 to the max

but budget core i recommend i5 2500k

so I think the best is to change my processor to i3 or i5 like wat all sifu here suggested...its quite depressing u know, when i got killed by bro Neo a few times even tho i shot at him first ...btw, how do i check how much is my fps?
pls dun remind me that i am a noob/nub...i knew this fact a long time ago



This post has been edited by Goodie9730: Nov 19 2011, 02:25 PM

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im using laptop to play BF3... dare not go online
u can check using FRAPS

i think in ur console there type render.drawfps 1?

hey bro, juz to let u know.

my friend's decent old rig has a C2D slower than yours (~2.3GHz), but he has a 9800GTX. He claims that the gameplay is quite smooth, maybe hovering around 30fps+ with occasional lag spikes, a few settings at high but mostly low. Not sure about his screen resolution though.

I cant be sure though since the smoothness is based on visual experience, which is subjective, rather than the actual fps given. But regardless of what you do, I hope that u stay away from alienware cuz' it's definitely not that worthy

i3 530 + HD5750

1280x720, all low

minimum 60 fps.

I'm no longer using that gc though. But its a decent entry-level card.

This post has been edited by Luftwacko: Nov 19 2011, 04:16 PM