Battlefield 3 graphics card drivers promise up to 38% performance boost
If you're field-stripping your PC in preparation for the Battlefield 3 multiplayer open beta launch this week, you'll want to download new graphics card drivers.
If you're field-stripping your PC in preparation for the Battlefield 3 multiplayer open beta launch later this week, you'll want to break out new beta graphics card drivers... as well as the keyboard oil and mouse lube. Both AMD and Nvidia have special offerings for those looking to get their war on.
According to Nvidia, its new GeForce 285.38 beta drivers increase Battlefield 3 beta performance "by up to 38% compared to the 285.27 drivers." This is measured on a GeForce GTX 570 running at 2650x1600 in DirectX 11 mode, so most will see more modest boosts, but every little helps.
Nvidia's beta drivers are up for download now.
"Use these for BF3 beta this week," DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson advised plainly on his personal Twitter account.
AMD also plans to release a "special" driver for the Battlefield 3 beta this week, so Radeon users should stay frosty too. If you've got 99 problems, don't let video card drivers be one.
The Battlefield 3 open beta will launch for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 29, packing the map Operation Metro. If you pre-order BF3 from EA's digital store Origin, you get early access to the beta from September 27, as do those who pre-ordered Medal of Honor from anywhere.
The full game launches for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 25. After that, downloadable add-ons will be released for PlayStation 3 first as part of a timed exclusivity deal.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Battlefield 3 graphics card drivers promise up to 38% performance boost.
If you're field-stripping your PC in preparation for the Battlefield 3 multiplayer open beta launch this week, you'll want to download new graphics card drivers.-
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gonna need pics of said alice to be sure
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Spelling mistakes in a stupid joke? That'll be me!
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I don't understand why anytime a new game comes out, nvidia has to ship out new drivers for it. I've never done graphics programming so its really a question but shouldn't games be built in a way such that the game works with the current drivers and dont need a special tweak?
I mean you don't see every time a new cd comes out I need to update my ipod music adapter drivers. (I don't even have an ipod)-
The game doesn't NEED the tweak. Promo's like this are usually geared towards computers heads who want the fullest experience possible. what AMD/nVidia does is more fanservice than anything. But it doesn't hurt to line your pockets as well.
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38% performance increase is a need in my books.
I'm not just saying this game, other games have had this happen too.-
Well if it's a 570 and running 2560x1600...it could well be 38% increase from 10 fps, which would make it 14...big woop.
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But you can run it at 640x480 at 392408320 fps instead of 392408211!!!!oneone
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I do have a 570 actually :)
If it was 40fps to 55.2 i'd like that quite alot.
Beta drivers usually scare me but boasting a 38% performance increase tempts me into it. I'd assume it was the beta drivers if my game crashed but would other people? They'd likely be BF3 beta crashes like a bitch, pre-order cancelled.
I mean its beta drivers, doing wild west deployment like this just screams problems to me. -
A 37% increase in performance is huge, thats more than the difference between a gtx 570 / 580. Or the difference between AMD 6950/6970.
I'll gladly take the 37% :D-
Seriously its like $200 for freeeeee.
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turns your 6970 or GTX 580 into a GPU that doesn't even exist yet
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Because it means that during the optimization of BF3, DICE / nvidia, learned that if they optimized the drivers in such a way, the game wouldn't run like ass on your SUPER DUPER EXPENSIVE VIDEO CARD!
I wouldn't be surprised if davinci or one of his compatriots had a hand in this considering this is what they do.-
additionally, there was a default error message in the BF3 alpha that said you needed to update to drivers that nvidia hadn't even released as of the release of the alpha. So this could have been a planned release all along --- ie DICE was developing to these drivers from the get go.
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This would make more sense to me. How closely does Nvidia/ATI work with the developer?
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Not the point at all, of course I do, I just don't see why I need to update my drivers anytime a new game comes out.
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Rarely do you, first time in a long time I remember having to on release day for a game. Quitcherbitchin.
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This post really wasn't necessary nor does it add anything to the discussion.
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Console. I just bought this new PC, aw man better quit trying. Sorry.
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Yeah! GTFO console nub!!@1!
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argument involving: 3dchipset, PCsupremacist...i love it
I'm waiting for shackuser PS3 to join the fray-
Hehe... It's not hard to know the facts about BF3. It's a NVIDIA TWIMTBP game. So why wouldn't NVIDIA and developer DICE (pimp) the NVIDIA driver? Second of all, NVIDIA has a marketing tool to test if your PC is ready for BF3. So yeah... NVIDIA is trying to sell cards for this game. Any company dealing with a developer like this will market to all get out for this title.
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Its also an AMD gaming evolved title! So does bf3 use physx and all that jazz? This is perhaps the first game that was both Nvidia TWIMTBP *and* AMD gaming evolved.....*head assplodes*
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"It's not hard to know the facts about BF3."
"No shit? It's also a gaming evolved game? lol... Crazy... I'm wondering too if the game uses PhysX"
So it is hard to know facts about the game?-
For the record now i'm just trying to troll you because you are rude, I don't actually want an answer.
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It doesn't have physx.
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Some of the BF3 PC trailers have had the AMD gaming evolved logo. Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfACbF5aR2E
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This is the kind of shit we have to deal with since Firefall.
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You what now? Congrats on looking like an idiot and if the Firefall thing is some kind of meme then... well then congratulations on promoting a meme that makes you look like idiots. This is a Battlefield 3 thread! As such you should keep it OT by whining about the commo rose or saying things like "Oh my god, the assault is a medic. This is revolutionary and has never been seen before in any Battlefield game!"
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This is our digg invasion, shack. Where is your god now?
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Mostly for SLI or crossfire. Enabling sli/crossfire in a game usually requires a specific driver or profile to work properly.
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This is the response I was looking for, everyone seems to think i'm trolling when I just don't understand why.
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lol, judging nvidias history this would NOT surprise me. They have no ethics at all.
That said, I have a gtx 580 and i'm ready for bf3. What bitch.
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could be anything. maybe they found an image quality hack they think gives the game a shitload more performance at minimal visual cost, or just routine optimizations... who can say since even the hardcore video card sites don't even seem to delve into these claims anymore.
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I always assumed this was because the drivers have to take into consideration new technical aspects of what the game does to optimize things like shader routines, which are basically mini-programs. So, if a new shader does something never seen before, then the driver can be optimized to handle the new ideas better than the stock processing. Along the same lines as adding hints to a SQL query. It'll work if the tables are indexed right, but will go a lot faster if you add hints for the times the tables aren't indexed the way you need them.
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nope
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Hirez I have an extra 25% off code if you want it.
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It's $53 on d2d right now
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$60 on amazon right now for the next 20 minutes
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Nice!! according to this thread it the preview drivers will be up in a couple of hours: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=351391
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appears to be up now http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDCatalyst1110Previewdriver.aspx
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I think you'll be ok but you can't play at high quality settings or 1080p
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