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Can I Run It?

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    #2
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    That link just drops me at the main page.

    What laptop do you have?

    If you were to get a better computer what kind of money would you have to spend and would it have to be a laptop?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,261 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    That link just drops me at the main page.

    What laptop do you have?

    If you were to get a better computer what kind of money would you have to spend and would it have to be a laptop?

    The link worked earlier, but doesn't now.

    It was a laptop, 4 gig of RAM, Core 2 Duo at 2.13GHz, and an nVidia Geforce 260M.


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    That link just drops me at the main page.

    What laptop do you have?

    If you were to get a better computer what kind of money would you have to spend and would it have to be a laptop?


    Definately wouldn't have enough money to buy a PC for a good few months anyway.I'd buy a desktop if I was buyng anything.The laptop is an Asus g60vx gaming laptop but its 3 or 4 years old at this stage now so it cant run a lot of the modern stuff.

    Everything is grand apart from the processor.I've looked into getting it upgraded before but I dont think its possible.


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    ManTheSam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭ManTheSam


    Seems like a fairly capable laptop so I'd be pretty confident it would run on decent graphical settings


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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,434 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    SHould do..I was able to run it on my laptop at 1440x900 at low-medium settings and it was fine in fairness..getting around 50-60fps.

    Mine was a quad-core with a quadro 3700m which is basically an overpowered 9800gtm so yours should be pretty similiar to mine.


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    I think you'd be fine. CPU should just about be able to do the job. I have a Desktop CPU 2.13ghz Core 2 and it just about manages the game at 30-35fps


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Had an Core2@2.4Ghz and it kinda struggled. I used GameBooster to free up some processor time and it really helped.


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    I'll get it over the weekend and try it out.Hopefully I can play.Love the game.

    Thanks for the help.

    One question though.I want to upgrade the processor if possible.Will I ask over on the PC Upgrading forum or would anyone here know if its possible?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,261 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    I would have said the laptops forum more so:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=529


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    #11
    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    :D

    It looks so good


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    cherryghost
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    Did you upgrade or are you happy with how it runs?


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Did you upgrade or are you happy with how it runs?


    I have everything on low and its running alright but I might get the processor upgrade anyway just to improve it.It can only make it better.


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    Had an Core2@2.4Ghz and it kinda struggled. I used GameBooster to free up some processor time and it really helped.


    Just a question about Gamebooster.I can run it on low without Gamebooster and when I enable it,it says I have 44% more performance. Does that theoretically mean I can increase settings by 44%? Should I jsut keep increasing them until I notice lag or screen tearing?


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Chavways wrote: »
    Just a question about Gamebooster.I can run it on low without Gamebooster and when I enable it,it says I have 44% more performance. Does that theoretically mean I can increase settings by 44%? Should I jsut keep increasing them until I notice lag or screen tearing?

    Seems to always say 44% more.

    When in game, hit the key to the left of 1, the ` key and type "render.drawfps 1" without the quotes and hit enter. mess with your settings until you get above 30FPS in most situations.


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    Seems to always say 44% more.

    When in game, hit the key to the left of 1, the ` key and type "render.drawfps 1" without the quotes and hit enter. mess with your settings until you get above 30FPS in most situations.

    Even on low I'm only getting 23fps.Hopefully with the new processor that'll improve by at least 20.


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    Tea_Bag
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    Chavways wrote: »
    Even on low I'm only getting 23fps.Hopefully with the new processor that'll improve by at least 20.
    not going to happen. BF3 is much more GPU intensive than CPU.


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    not going to happen. BF3 is much more GPU intensive than CPU.

    I installed it on friday.Getting between 35 and 45fps now.A pretty decent increase.


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    cherryghost
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    Chavways wrote: »
    I installed it on friday.Getting between 35 and 45fps now.A pretty decent increase.

    Pretty much what I expected. I'd be fairly pleased with that tbh :)


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    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Pretty much what I expected. I'd be fairly pleased with that tbh :)


    Ya I'm pretty happy with it. I'm playing on the laptop screen but if I used a 32 inch T.v as an external monitor would fps drop a lot?


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    ktulu123
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    Only if you increased the screen resolution


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    conor360
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    You should be fine. Just dont play with MSAA, it brings your FPS waaaaaay down :/
    Medium still looks good :)


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    #23
    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    Hey lads, here's the detail for my laptop. I mainly play on the xbox, but saw that my laptop meets the minimum requirements, though not the recommended. Is it worth my while investing in a copy for the pc, or will it just play like pants on my system?
    bf3systemreqs.png
    Pretty much boils down to me having 512MB video (minimum) as opposed to the 1GM recommended. What do you think?


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    #24
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Your GPU is a bottleneck. You might get around the same framerate as the console, if you're acceptable with that. On low settings, which is about the same graphics quality as the console either (maybe slightly lower shadow graphics)


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