Battlefield 3 on this specs, what settings u think it will run on?

Question

I will probably upgrade my PC with intel i5 2500k 3,3 Ghz quadcore+new mainboard+cooler and 8 GB rams.
I will use my old graphic card, for now, which is NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS, i checked it is compatible with this new mainboard.

So,
intel i5 2500k 3,3 Ghz quadcore
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
8 GB ram

I hope for lagles BF3 set on normal graphic details, until i get a better graphic card, will it be possible with specs above?

Answer 1

Your video card meets the minimum requirements but that will also be your bottleneck, You'll probably be stuck on low settings even at a low resolution.



My current setup:



Radeon 6870 with 11.10 drivers

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz overclocked to 3.0GHz

4GB of RAM



In the BF3 Beta, with that setup, I couldn't even get a consistently enjoyable frame rate with my resolution dropped to 1280x720 and everything set to low or off in game and my system meets or beats the minimum requirements also. Even though I could run Bad Company 2 at 1920x1080 at medium settings. I had an EVGA 8800 GTS Superclocked until June 2011 because I upgraded to my 1080p monitor. I couldn't afford new Motherboard, RAM and CPU so what I did to solve my problem was I ordered a Q6600 which will work with my current motherboard.



I recommend getting 4GB of RAM instead of 8 and Getting a GTX 560 ti or at minimum a GTX 460, preferably an MSI Twin Frozr. Fermi based graphics cards run warm and the Twin Frozrs are the coolest running cards and come with a 3 year warranty. I'm happy with my 6870 but there are problems with AMD drivers the most recent game having problems with AMD drivers is Rage so if I had the choice I would go back to Nvidia and I will when I inevitably upgrade to an Ivy Bridge.

Answer 2

processor is fine , ram is fine , graphic card is old , low to medium will work :)





Sys requirment



Battlefield 3 Minimum System Requirements



OS: Win Vista SP2 32-BIT



CPU: 2 GHZ Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ)



RAM: 2GB



HDD: 20GB



GFX RAM AMD: DX 10.1 compatible with 512MB RAM



GFX AMD: ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, with ATI Radeon 3870 or better



GFX RAM NVIDIA: DX 10.0 compatible with 512MB RAM



GFX NVIDIA: GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 Series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or better



OTHER: Keyboard and mouse, DVD Drive





Battlefield 3 Recommended System Requirements



OS: Win 7 64-BIT



CPU: Quad-Core processor



RAM: 4GB



GFX RAM: DX 11 compatible with 1GB RAM



GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon 6950





GD Adjusted Battlefield 3 System Requirements



OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT



CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz / AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core



RAM: 4GB



GFX: Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 / ATI Radeon HD 3870

Answer 3

You should try the beta. I'm guessing low settings.



Rick, the 9500 is slower than the 8800.

Answer 4

i dont really know much about what the specs are.

but id advise going to a

NVIDIA Geforce 9500 GT graphics card.

May run it abit smoother.































BETH MIDDLETON IS A TIT.

Answer 5

You will be able to run Bf3 on High settings.