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Why ? It says recommended 3, I ran BC2 and BF3 Beta on a 3870 :D
Trust me it will run pretty much the same as BF3.
 
Crap my GPUs are 2GB cards :cry::cry: Now i need to upgrade
Wait until you play the beta and see if you need to buy one, unless you are
looking for a reason to buy another GPU:laugh:
 
I am pretty sure you won't need more than 2GB for 1080p on ultra without any AA.
 
I'm probably bumping up my ram too. I'm waiting to see how the Beta plays first though. I may sell my 670 and get a 4 gig version too.
Currently dumping all my funds into the GTO though on upgrades. $800 more dollars and I'm done with it for awhile though.

Well don't go by me. The GPU was free and I traded Dave for the RAM. This upgrade would have happened anyway.
 
PBBANS - BF4 GSP list update:

According to our sources, we now know which providers are "confirmed" and "set aside" that will host Battlefield 4 PC Game Servers.

The "confirmed" list is as follows, and may be subject to change without warning:
  • NFO Servers
  • I3D Servers
  • Multiplay
  • Gamed.de
  • Gameservers
Here are the list of GSP's that were "set aside" for future debate:
  • Gaming Deluxe
  • Iberbit Servers
  • Branzone
  • Fragnet
  • Hosters.at
  • Rackage
  • Low Ping Game Servers
  • Art of War Central
  • It is not known what the fate of these two providers are:
  • EOReality Servers
  • My Internet Services
There are currently two reddit articles about this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield3/comments/1mftvu/how_will_your_bf3_community_be_impacted_by_denial/
http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/1mbvh4/bf4_limiting_server_adminowners_options_on_where/
There is also a petition going on to get more GSP's in the confirmed list:
==>https://www.change.org/petitions/don-t-slim-the-battlefield-4-gsp-list
I hope the list gets bigger, but, who knows.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION! - GULLY

Why? Why?!

Is this believed to be the final list of approved GSPs? If so this makes no sense at all.

New Battlefield blog post - Ask DICE: Battlefield 4

09.15.13
[EA] LooooveCommander | 09.15.13
We’ve been seeing questions pouring in from fans who are excited for the launch of Battlefield 4 – now less than 2 months away!

In the spirit of keeping our fans informed and Prepared 4 Battle we’re continuing a new series called “Ask DICE,” featuring questions that we’ve received from Battlefield players with answers straight from the development team at DICE. Check back here at the Battlefield blog every other week for answers, exclusive info, and more.

Battlefield 4 Q&A
Today we’re answering your questions about weapons and vehicles, two pillars of the Battlefield series that we’re striving to improve every day. We’ll also answer other questions on the topics you’re interested in.

Bonethepwn asked, “Will the weapon modifications be better balanced than in BF3, where most people relied on a couple of very strong modifications and discarded the rest?”

We’ve always strived for great weapon balance and numerous customization possibilities over the years, and now you can expect an even greater amount of depth. Listening to our fans, we’ve worked with everything from perfecting that sense of “oomph” in our guns, to bringing back some favorite weapons to Battlefield 4 – all of which have been completely rebalanced.

To that end, we wanted to let players know how modifications affect their weapons right away, hopefully encouraging people to play around with them more instead of just settling on one combination because you know it works. Browsing through the accessories, you’ll notice a handy visual guide on the right part of your screen. Here, weapon stats such as damage, accuracy, hip fire accuracy, range, and stability are displayed in easy to read bars so you can immediately gauge what effect equipping a certain accessory has. Slap on the Laser Sight, for instance, and you’ll see the hip fire (accuracy) bar go up. Attach an Angled Grip on a rifle and you’ll notice an increase in the weapon’s stability. This interface is designed to encourage experimentation and make your Battlefield 4 experience even more rewarding.

Familysccrk asked, “What new vehicles will there be?”
We’ll have a ton of new vehicles in BF4, including attack boats, personal watercraft, jets, and more. We’ll keep you updated as we go along, but here’s a teaser list of some new vehicles in the Chinese forces we’ll be introducing.

→ Type 99 MBT
→ ZFB-05 Armored Car
→ Z-10W Attack Heli

More importantly, your vehicles will be customizable as Battlefield 4 introduces several new options for you to experiment with before reach round. Let’s say you want to customize the features of your main battle tanks. When picking your primary weapon you’re faced with the choice of a 120MM Armor Piercing Shell or a High Explosive Shell. The former is reasonably fast and deals a good amount of direct damage, but the latter spells heavy damage against armored targets at the cost of a slower flight speed of the shells. As always, it’s a matter of personal taste and what kind of resistance you expect on the Battlefield.

In Battlefield 3 there were three vehicle customization slots; Secondary Weapons, Gadgets and Upgrades. In Battlefield 4, we’ve added customization options for the primary weapon slot, and split gadgets up into two new slots, Optics and Countermeasures. Unlocks for Optics and Countermeasures shared the same customization slot in Battlefield 3, which wasn’t optimal when it came to tanks. When you had to choose between optics modes and a protective countermeasure, the countermeasure is sort of a no-brainer, which takes player’s control out of that choice. So adding dedicated countermeasure and optic slots removes that problem and adds more customization options. Now tanks have more countermeasure options and they can be used at the same time as any optics unlock.

AssassinPiggy12 asked, “How are you going to stop people from causing the big Levolution moments right off the bat in the beginning of the game?”

Many of the big Levolution moments take time to trigger. For example, the skyscraper in Siege of Shanghai requires four big pillars to be destroyed; a task that isn’t so easy if your or another squad makes it their personal goal to stop someone from knocking them down.

On Paracel Storm, you have to wait for the raging storm to roll in before you can really deal damage to it. Once lightning strikes the wind turbine, then players can work to take it down and free the destroyer next to it. And again, you’ll have to deal with other players getting in your way and trying to take you out while you destroy it.

NWI_AZTEC asked, “What game modes will be available for the Siege of Shanghai Beta?”

The Beta will feature the Conquest game mode.

You can get into the Beta starting early October 2013 by pre-ordering the Battlefield 4™ Digital Deluxe Edition on Origin.com, by being a Battlefield 3: Premium member, and by being a registered owner of Medal of Honor Warfighter Limited Edition or Digital Deluxe Edition.

The Beta will be exclusive to the aforementioned group for three days and then it will open up to all players on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Excalibucreation stated, “System requirements would be nice so I can play the game.”

Check them out, are you prepared for battle?

http://blogscdn.battlefield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PC-Requirements-BF4-640x640.png

Shams_123 asked, “Is the Commander Mode available for current-gen consoles?”

Commander Mode is definitely available on current-gen. As the Commander, you’ll have a birds-eye view of the battlefield, and you’ll be able to support your team with a variety of assets – cruise missile strikes, EMPs, map scans, a gunship, and more.

Players will also experience Levolution moments on current-gen including a damaged destroyer ramming a beach, bringing down a massive skyscraper, and much more. Frostbite 3 is the tech that will deliver this, in addition to battling enemies in an all-new type of naval warfare, experiencing changing weather and stormy seas and even being a Commander on the go with your tablet.

So don’t worry – you’ll still get the Battlefield 4 experience on current- gen consoles. We know a lot of our players will be playing on those systems, so we’re taking the time to make sure it’s just as great an experience as it will be on next-gen.

Until next time…

Check back here at the Battlefield blog every other Friday for answers, gameplay previews, and more.

Next time we’ll be answering questions about Battlelog and Current/Next-Gen, as well as any other burning questions. What questions do you have? Let us know in the comments below.

Someone needs to ask them why they trimmed the GSP list. The community I'm with, our server is on Gameservers so I've no worries. Though, from reading the other stuff people are saying, some of the GSPs that made and did not make the list make absolutely no sense.
 
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Well don't go by me. The GPU was free and I traded Dave for the RAM. This upgrade would have happened anyway.

I'm not I'll be going by what results I get with my current set up. If I can get a mixture of High and
Ultra I'll be happy with it. If not then I'll probably try get 8 more gigs of ram and plan on getting a 4GB GPU.
 
I'm not I'll be going by what results I get with my current set up. If I can get a mixture of High and
Ultra I'll be happy with it. If not then I'll probably try get 8 more gigs of ram and plan on getting a 4GB GPU.

lol selling your card and getting a 4gb version would be a huge waste.
 
We will all know on the 1st when we can test out the beta. I cannot wait!
 
lol selling your card and getting a 4gb version would be a huge waste.

Explain ! If they recommend 4 gigs for Ultra. Because the GPU
doesn't have the poop for it or what ? Like Earth mentioned I'd
be running 1080p.
 
Explain ! If they recommend 4 gigs for Ultra. Because the GPU
doesn't have the poop for it or what ? Like Earth mentioned I'd
be running 1080p.

You are better off getting a more powerful card all together, or just get another 670 for SLI. Granted memory capacity doesn't go 2GB + 2GB for 4GB when in SLI but you will still have the extra GPU horsepower. I don't think you will have much of a problem running at 1080p though.
 
Explain ! If they recommend 4 gigs for Ultra. Because the GPU
doesn't have the poop for it or what ? Like Earth mentioned I'd
be running 1080p.

3GB is recommended for high which means that you'll probably have to turn AA down to 2x instead of 4x considering that the default for high (at least for BF3) is going to be 4x.
 
3GB is recommended for high which means that you'll probably have to turn AA down to 2x instead of 4x considering that the default for high (at least for BF3) is going to be 4x.

I've found GeForce Experience works real well and I don't argue with it :laugh: I'm not real worried about totally maxing it out right now. I played BF3 at lower settings for a year before I did upgrades to get to Ultra. What ever mine starts out at I can live with it until I decide to jump to the next upgrade. At least so far it looks like I'm OK as far as my processor. Ram and GPU are pretty easy upgrades. I'm pretty sure next generation I'm going to have to upgrade Motherboard and Processor. Of course if I buy a new Playstaion for Christmas who knows :) JK don't flame me:roll:
 
Why? Why?!

Is this believed to be the final list of approved GSPs? If so this makes no sense at all.



Someone needs to ask them why they trimmed the GSP list. The community I'm with, our server is on Gameservers so I've no worries. Though, from reading the other stuff people are saying, some of the GSPs that made and did not make the list make absolutely no sense.

I`m pretty sure it has to do with the hackers that had the files during beta and in house testing in Bf3.Maybe they Dice realized this and decided to shorten the list of GSP to see who it was .And maybe no same day hacks as the game .
 
I hope the hit detection has moved to server side.

Two reasons:

Getting shot behind cover due to a laggy player.

Aimbots.


Explain ! If they recommend 4 gigs for Ultra. Because the GPU
doesn't have the poop for it or what ? Like Earth mentioned I'd
be running 1080p.

Your card will be fine for BF4. No doubt about it.
 
I hope the hit detection has moved to server side.

Two reasons:

Getting shot behind cover due to a laggy player.

Aimbots.
I think this was discussed a lot in past, and the conclusion usually was it would do more bad than good. Pure server side hit detection assumes perfectly smooth and unlagged connection to a server, and server not overloaded at all, which is as far from reality as can be :D
Under ideal conditions, I would like server side only as well, but it's probably better this way. Also, I am sure they didn't leave it exactly the way it was in BF3, so it can only be better (now, assuming DICE learned from their previous mistakes with BF3, which so far seems likely).
 
I'm really loving this new trailer! Can't wait to find a breakdown of it online, none found so far.
- I can clearly see a few new maps and vehicles in there.
- You can see how awful the new orange camo looks.
- That close-up of the CheyTac M200 is quite awesome, so much detail.
- Quad inside the skyscraper is pure win.

PS. I passed the 40 million mark :)
 
I gotta check that out still...
 
I`m pretty sure it has to do with the hackers that had the files during beta and in house testing in Bf3.Maybe they Dice realized this and decided to shorten the list of GSP to see who it was .And maybe no same day hacks as the game .

Are you talking about the server files? Do you have a link to this? I was not paying this much attention to things 2 years ago.
 
I'm really loving this new trailer! Can't wait to find a breakdown of it online, none found so far.
- I can clearly see a few new maps and vehicles in there.
- You can see how awful the new orange camo looks.
- That close-up of the CheyTac M200 is quite awesome, so much detail.
- Quad inside the skyscraper is pure win.

PS. I passed the 40 million mark :)

[yt]?v=jt1orTK4LSY[/yt]

yay, single seat bombers...
 
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Are you talking about the server files? Do you have a link to this? I was not paying this much attention to things 2 years ago.

Yep.

I wouldn't say BF3 beta was totally infested with hackers but it was pretty bad, you'd probably get 2 aimbotters per server that were just head shotting enemy players from the moment they spawned out from right across the map with LMGs or sniper rifles.

Ive seen enough of that shit going on. Hacker runs out of ammo on his LMG then takes out his 1911 and starts fisting other players with it because his accuracy is just so godlike. Doesnt even bother to resupply himself because he knows hes almost virtually invincible.

Strangely enough even Crysis 3 was infested with hackers during its beta - I never played the game (or took part in the beta) but some of the people im subbed to on YT did and it was ridiculous.
 
Yep.

I wouldn't say BF3 beta was totally infested with hackers but it was pretty bad, you'd probably get 2 aimbotters per server that were just head shotting enemy players from the moment they spawned out from right across the map with LMGs or sniper rifles.

Ive seen enough of that shit going on. Hacker runs out of ammo on his LMG then takes out his 1911 and starts fisting other players with it because his accuracy is just so godlike. Doesnt even bother to resupply himself because he knows hes almost virtually invincible.

Strangely enough even Crysis 3 was infested with hackers during its beta - I never played the game (or took part in the beta) but some of the people im subbed to on YT did and it was ridiculous.

I pity the idiots. If you have to use Aimbot to feel good about yourself you must have other underlying issues. Must be little Dick syndrome:laugh:
 
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