Battlefield Tri-hard

[Longshot]

I can't wait for this game. How do you think my specs will fare?

Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67 GHz (not overclocked)
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 Motherboard
8 GB RAM
ATi Radeon HD 5850

I can max BC 2, think I'll be right for BF 3? I don't really want to upgrade my card right before it releases but I'm not ruling anything out.

[Amit]

You should be absolutely fine. You definitely won't max out the game, but tweaks would definitely help your FPS. Take a look through this Reddit thread for people who have the same or similar specs as you. A lot of people posted in that thread, so hopefully you can find an entry that can help you gauge your supposed FPS performance.

[Mr Buckshot]

The Radeon 5850 can probably handle all the high settings at 1920x1080.

How's the ping experience from the lucky alpha trial players? In BC2, far more so than any other game, I can join a server that shows as having below 30 ping in the list, only to be slammed with a 150+ ping that I can actually feel to be game-breaking (i.e. players jumping across the screen). Hopefully this is fixed in BF3 because I don't exactly have the best connection.

[ThePlague]

Since we had to pick the servers through Battlelog, the lowest ping it showed for me was 99. Most of the time it never showed ping at all though, and when you jump in-game there was no ping indicator (from what I remember). I usually get around 120 in BC2, and it seemed fine for me in BF3. I'm guessing it was pretty much the same.

[Warsaw]

The Radeon 5850 can probably handle all the high settings at 1920x1080.

How's the ping experience from the lucky alpha trial players? In BC2, far more so than any other game, I can join a server that shows as having below 30 ping in the list, only to be slammed with a 150+ ping that I can actually feel to be game-breaking (i.e. players jumping across the screen). Hopefully this is fixed in BF3 because I don't exactly have the best connection.

You had rubberbanding at 150ms?

[Mr Buckshot]

You had rubberbanding at 150ms?

Yeah, I'm bewildered too. In other games like COD and TF2 I don't notice such jerky and erratic movement at pings between 150 and 200 ms but in BC2 I can actually feel it even at 130 (especially while sniping). I guess it's just bad netcode? Doubt it's a framerate issue since my Fraps counter remains above 75 at all times (on a Radeon 6870)

[ThePlague]

130 is average for me. I never have that problem, it's probably just your connection or something. It may say it's running 130, but in reality it could be jumping around.

[Amit]

Guess the Plague wasn't near any good server locations. The lowest ping I probably saw was 34. Most servers had ping showing for me and were over 150ms. There were plenty of populated servers around 40-100ms. I always joined those and I never noticed any lag.

[ThePlague]

Yeah it says low stuff for me like 50 or 60 in the browser, but i'm talking about inside the server (BC2).

[Amit]

I've never had a ping below 130ms in BC2..ever. No matter how low the ping is in the server list, it gets chunky as soon as I join. I don't experience a lot of lag, though.