Battlefield Bad Company 2 Clubhouse

Millennium · Aug 11, 2011

Is this normal ?

Same crappy graphics card GTS 250 512mb overclocked on both setups.
Before I upgraded (from an i5 750 @ 4ghz) my framerates were pretty crappy. Had to run at 1280*whatever.

Now I upgraded (2500k @ 4.5ghz) I get a near constant 60fps (vsync on) at 1600x900, dx9, pretty high settings.

To say I am pleased with my upgrade would be an understatement. Shocking such an old GPU can run BFBC2 so well

I will be upgrading my GPU for BF3 though !

boise49ers · Aug 11, 2011

Millennium said:
Is this normal ?

Same crappy graphics card GTS 250 512mb overclocked on both setups.
Before I upgraded (from an i5 750 @ 4ghz) my framerates were pretty crappy. Had to run at 1280*whatever.

Now I upgraded (2500k @ 4.5ghz) I get a near constant 60fps (vsync on) at 1600x900, dx9, pretty high settings.

To say I am pleased with my upgrade would be an understatement. Shocking such an old GPU can run BFBC2 so well

I will be upgrading my GPU for BF3 though !

Yeah if you like Nvidia they are running all kinds of sales on the GTX 400 series right now.
Not sure if you can order from Newegg in the UK , but they have a bunch of refurbs for cheap.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 11, 2011

GPU helps in Battlefield but because of the frostbite 2 engine, CPU power matters more

example 2x 6970s on a Phenom II x4 average frame rate is 70fps-80fps
on a 2500k that jumps to 150fps + just from the better IPC and better performance per core

this has been proven time an again

Q9650 overclocked get 75 fps with a 5970
a stock 2500k or 2600k gets 100fps on the dot

so a near 4ghz Q9650 is still 25% slower then a 2500k at stock overclocking said 2500k raises fps nearly linearly till you hit the GPU wall.

i say this based on a friends 8800gt + Athlon X2 5600+ DX9 mode averaged 23-25fps
switching to a I5 2400 jumped the frame rate up to 55-60fps avg thats a 100% increase in frame rate, from a CPU change, granted its a big change but on an ancient gpu no less

Crap Daddy · Aug 11, 2011

Interesting thing is when I leave HWiNFO running in the backgroud after a BFBC2 session I see max usage for all for cores 100%.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 11, 2011

indeed BC2 is the first game ive seen truly use a quad and then some its pretty god damn well multi threaded with dual core to quadcore offering 100% increase

a 3.6ghz Phenom II x2 vs 3.6ghz Phenom II x4 if i remember right was 39 vs 79 lol with the quad showing just why a 4 core cpu or more was really needed for great frame rates. the best GPUs in the world cant overcome a lack of CPU grunt in BC2

1Kurgan1 · Aug 11, 2011

It's funny that I have heard a lot complain about dual core issues, but right at launch I was running an AII 240 @ 3.9ghz and 2x 5850's and had no issues running the game basically maxed.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 11, 2011

its not so much theres a huige issue its the fact that in most situations a dual core will tank the frame rate when stressed,

example running across the desert in atacama not that stressfull

2 choppers duking it out while 4 tanks are fighting over B, with explosions and smoke going off guess what frame rate tanks hard,

thats were the problem is the frame drops are far far more frequent with a dual.

on a stable server i dont drop below 45fps but if i disable 2 cores my minimum changed from 45 to 15, thats huge difference for a minimum frame rate.

Crap Daddy · Aug 11, 2011

I play with vsync on, all maxed out 32xCSAA, albeit on 1680x1050 and it seems that it never drops a frame below 59, the E8400 with a GTX275 FTW would struggle at the same res when mayhem breaks loose, especially in Panama Canal.

Wrigleyvillain · Aug 11, 2011

crazyeyesreaper said:
its not so much theres a huige issue its the fact that in most situations a dual core will tank the frame rate when stressed,

Yes I noticed a huge improvement in min fps going from dual core to quad both at 4Ghz. It stopped stuttering on occasion as would happen when a lot of smoke and explosions plus NPCs in view.

TheMailMan78 · Aug 11, 2011

I noticed an improvment going from a quad to a 6 core.

ShiBDiB · Aug 11, 2011

Big reason i love bc2 is my rig (not bad, but not one of those stupidly expensive builds either) runs this thing fine maxed at 1920x1080.

burtram · Aug 11, 2011

Don't know about you guys, but lately I've fallen in love with the Thompson, that gun is a beast. I got my 7th gold star with it last night. It's my new alternate gun for the engineer and recon.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 11, 2011

F2000

and G3 with 4X on a low ping server the G3 is my favorite just 3-4 well timed shots and i get a kill.

Black Haru · Aug 11, 2011

crazyeyesreaper said:
F2000

and G3 with 4X on a low ping server the G3 is my favorite just 3-4 well timed shots and i get a kill.

real men use g3 iron sights.

g3 was my favorite gun to pair with gustav when the game released.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 11, 2011

fuck iron sights, i prefer the 4x i use it on everything even LMGs lol

1Kurgan1 · Aug 11, 2011

Fuck scopes, wasted slot, I would iron sight sniper rifles if I could

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 12, 2011

Had some fun on a shitty server, bad hit detection but nothing a 30 rounds + 20 rounds + 40mm shotgun,

TheLaughingMan · Aug 12, 2011

crazyeyesreaper said:
Had some fun on a shitty server, bad hit detection but nothing a 30 rounds + 20 rounds + 40mm shotgun,

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921229018/8EB4B69E3C346228948C47D3E016C4517940F579/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921221788/D0F3DFBED0A3AAF6330AFC59ABC3DE59266142FC/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921223662/C1A62DA781DA1BAD126E64279AFD2C6A5DCD3460/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921225284/6153952C049B1066FC88A254F685B8176A3A6A25/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921226948/7979008E66DADAAE285FB4528E932AF172222971/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921220148/02B071306800E8C0534BCB1102CCFDF3EA3720E7/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921216677/CFB06DE89AEF3D331E1862741E17B1C363DE1286/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/559790739921218353/B81ED4C30A9EA2CABCE44302DD2CDC9EE4608982/

Such cannot be. You do not stay on shitty servers. You leave remember.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 12, 2011

it was shitty because they kick you if you do good,

server rules state, anyone with a High Kill Death will be kicked no excuses blah blah blah, i was kicked after every round and just rejoined to piss them off more.

and besides everyone on TPU knows full well that once i get pissed off im to stupid to leave a server i start charging headlong at ppl guns blazing trying to kill whomever is closest to me.

boise49ers · Aug 12, 2011

TheMailMan78 said:
I noticed an improvment going from a quad to a 6 core.

Yeah so did I with the same card too, but went to 8 gigs of DDR3 vs 4 gigs of DDR2.I don't think the doubled amount helped as much as double speed. Bumped me up about 15 fps. Allowed me to max everything too.

ShiBDiB · Aug 12, 2011

im all by myself in the ts BC2 channel :cry:

boise49ers · Aug 12, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
im all by myself in the ts BC2 channel

Sorry man if knew earlier I'd hooked up. Played a couple rounds tonight. One HM and One LA. Man these GTX 400 series are pretty good cards. Glad I made that purchase. Less then $100 and gets great frame rates on BF. Never drops below 60 with fraps. Of course my Rez is 1366x 768. Plays really well though on my Budget gamer. It'll play BF 3 well enough as is at this Rez. Got the Hex core I don't even use any more. Thinking about swapping the 2 and play the Hex on the projector. I love this set up. It is like console , but all the eye candy and Mouse and keyboard. Huge Screen. Can't crank it to 1080P , but it looks great any way.

TRIPTEX_CAN · Aug 12, 2011

I'm in ts now if anyone wants to play.

GullyFoyle · Aug 12, 2011

Yay me.

MT Alex · Aug 12, 2011

Horray!

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