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Battlefield 3 Beta

WonkyPanda said:
It has been confirmed that anything above 'Medium' is not in the beta.
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according to these guys they have different setting comparisons and benchmarks. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...esting-and-Image-Quality-Evaluation-Day-1/Gam

Ok so after running ThrottleStop at 1024x768 clocked at 2.2GHz, I get 27-35 fps outdoors and 50-67 indoors with all Ultra setting except AA Def = Off, AA Post = Off, Motion Blur = On, Motion Blur Amo = 0, Anisotropic Filter = 1X, Ambient Occ = Off. Now without ThrottleStop indoors I would get maximum 46 fps. I have not used FRAPS to check but have used in game fps check by pressing ctrl, alt, s.
 
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f1restarter said:
according to these guys they have different setting comparisons and benchmarks. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...esting-and-Image-Quality-Evaluation-Day-1/Gam

Ok so after running ThrottleStop at 1024x768 clocked at 2.2GHz, I get 27-35 fps outdoors and 50-67 indoors with all Ultra setting except AA Def = Off, AA Post = Off, Motion Blur = On, Motion Blur Amo = 0, Anisotropic Filter = 1X, Ambient Occ = Off. Now without ThrottleStop indoors I would get maximum 46 fps. I have not used FRAPS to check but have used in game fps check by pressing ctrl, alt, s.
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Be interested to know what FPS getting after a half hour of solid playing. Or an hour, even better.
 
iMacDragon said:
Only if theres adequate cooling to keep the cpu/gpu running at full speed indefinitely. which in my experience with 2011 model, there is not.
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Depends on where you use it/what speeds. I put two DVD cases under mine when its on a desk, so the fans are unobstructed. Keeps it all pretty cool. Now if you put it flat on a desk, or on a bed....different story.
 
iMacDragon said:
Only if theres adequate cooling to keep the cpu/gpu running at full speed indefinitely. which in my experience with 2011 model, there is not.
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I doubt you'll find many cooling solutions that would allow for indefinite usage. After a two hour session on High settings, my MBP wasn't that much warmer than when I first started. Frankly I'm not all that surprised.
 
ahdickter said:
I used this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1142028/

Personally, I'm running my GPU at 770/925 @1.00v (read the thread and you'll understand completely).

In some cases it does run hotter, other times it stays the same temps. When my GPU is not under a lot of stress (TF2 or the like) it hits about 80C. But when the GPU is under heavy load (say....BF3 :) ) it usually goes up to 84C while it loads textures (which can take awhile) then it goes back to 79C. Not that hot actually.

Good luck!
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Okay, so I finally got to test it, and here's what happened:

First off, I'm not playing from my MBP screen; instead, I have connected my 32" LCD HDTV 720p 60Hz via HDMI, running at 1280 x 768 as an extended display. Also, I have all of my settings at medium and any antialiasing options turned off.

I opened ATT and started using whatever default value was set in overclocking, which happened to be 200/794 at 1.000V. Outside in the park, I got about 30-35 FPS (never got to the tunnels, as the game always ended at the park, lol). I didn't record the temperature (not sure how), but it felt the same as I would normally use it (going over warm).

Next, I tried your settings of 770/925 at 1.000V. Again, since the game always ended at the park, I saw a jump to about 40-50 FPS. The MBP felt hotter than the prior test, but not enough to really feel any major differences on my finger.

So overall, I think I'm satisfied with the overclock, but I don't think it's good to keep the overclock on for long hours. If I got a notebook cooler (like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-M...XXWO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317619662&sr=8-1), would it significantly help reduce the temperature?
 
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I've been playing this a fair bit on my 2011 MBP, thought i'd share my settings and experiences...

Firstly the MBP... gfx card is overclocked to 750/900 0.95v and using the 11.9 drivers. I'm not using throttlestop.

As for BF3... screen res is native @ 1650x1080, textures to high, shadows low, everything else medium. AA is 'off' but with 'low' post processing, HBAO off, AF x2, motion blur 'off'

It all looks pretty good, doesn't crash and I get 30+ FPS on all sections of the map so very playable :) played for about 3 hours straight on Saturday with no drop in FPS from thermal throttling (going by the FPS counter in top corner from ATI Tools) so temps are not an issue.

So there you go, some settings I hope you can use :)
 
But what about the 2010 macbook pro?

I have the top of the line 15 inch mbp. It has an nvidia 330m with 512 mb of vram. I noticed someone said the game wont run on 330m but what about wi the 512 mb vram? Can i overclock?
 
I have it running on my 17" MBP early 2010 model... 4gb ram, Intel 2.93ghz C2D with Nvidia Geforce 9600GT (512mb) and it runs well. I'm surprised!
 
WonkyPanda said:
Interesting, I never thought about using TS to actually keep heat down. What settings do you use then? Do you untick turbo and keep the multiplier at 22x? That would effectively lock the CPU at 2.2ghz, correct? Also, what is WEI?

Thanks!
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For gaming, you don't need turbo at all. 20x, 22x, 18x, it won't really make any difference as far as FPS goes. But it'll keep the heat WAY down, keep frames consistent and you won't see any skipping from throttling. MBPs aren't really made to take advantage of the "force turbo" option for TS.

Turbo is nothing more than a real-time OC, so obviously it's not only going to just run quicker but consume more power and generate more heat as well.
 
How do I update my ATI drivers? Every time I try I get an error message saying that I have incompatible hardware.
 
can you use a display port to HDMI adapter and have it output to a 1080p HDTV and also get 5.1 sound as well?
 
212rikanmofo said:
can you use a display port to HDMI adapter and have it output to a 1080p HDTV and also get 5.1 sound as well?
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Yeah, you should be able to. I'm using one of those cheap adapters I found on Amazon for about $5, and I'm able to get video and audio. You just need to change your sound settings to HDMI.
 
Hey, sorry if someone already asked this, but will it run on the highest (i7 2.7ghz) macbook pro? I hear the graphics card isn't good, but will it be able to run it? I'm dying to play caspian border!!
 
ahdickter said:
Have you ever gone up to a wall in MW2 and looked at ir? It's complete pixilation my friend. MW2 may look good from afar, but once looking at the little details that make the game complete, you find that it can't compete with high-requirement games.

In the end, you play with what ya got. I had an HP for 4 years before I got this MBP. It was running an 8600M. Did I still enjoy the games I was able to play? But did I diss the detail of another game simply because it was out of my playing range? Hell no. Give games the respect they deserve.
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I think you're playing video games wrong if you go around running into walls.
 
Could everyone write which driver you use and how you installed it? I'm stuck on the Bootcamp version and saw the link on page 1.

Does this tutorial work with the 11.10 preview version or is there an easier way?
 
kurtzenter said:
Could everyone write which driver you use and how you installed it? I'm stuck on the Bootcamp version and saw the link on page 1.

Does this tutorial work with the 11.10 preview version or is there an easier way?
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2011 15" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz i7 8GB RAM running Windows 7 via Boot Camp. Using Catalyst 11.10 drivers and connected to my 32" LCD HDTV 60Hz with full screen resolution of 1280x768. Getting between 30-40 FPS outside and 40-50+ FPS inside, using high textures, high effects, low antialiasing (but not off), and medium settings for everything else.

For some reason, you cannot update graphics drivers via Device Manager auto upgrade. You need to download the drivers online (search for AMD 6750m drivers in google), and run the .exe program included with the download. If you get error messages, you'll need to uninstall the Boot Camp graphics drivers via Device Manager, restart your computer, and try running the downloaded .exe again. This is how it worked for my MBP.

*Forgot to mention that I'm also running the beta off of my 1.5GB Seagate GoFlex portable HD connected via USB 2.0. Only problem I'd say is that my MBP does feel hotter than usual application intensive multitasking when playing the beta. But I ordered a Thermaltake Massive 23 fan yesterday, and will be testing before the beta ends.
 
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Thank you. I tried to install 11.10, and it ran through BUT after the reboot I still have 11.2 installed (from Boot Camp). Ahh well...
 
kurtzenter said:
Thank you. I tried to install 11.10, and it ran through BUT after the reboot I still have 11.2 installed (from Boot Camp). Ahh well...
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That's odd. Did you try uninstalling 11.2 drivers, rebooting, installing 11.10 drivers, and rebooting again?
 
Bf3 MacBook pro

Very playable...frame rate said 28-34fps
I have a MacBook pro 2.3i7 15in
4gb ram
6570m 1gb graphics
Running 11.6 catalyst
 
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