Battlefield 3 FPS ULTA

stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
edited December 2011 in Gaming
im just wondering why my FPS Kinda low for a 6950 1 GB

ULTA MAX setting i get 30~22 some times 8 FPS
HIGH MAX setting i get 40~33
Custom

ALL High BUT

Ambient Occlusion are OFF
Motion Blur OFF
Shadow LOW

FPS 60~35

why my FPS so bad with a 6950?

if i buyed a 6950 2GB will it make any differnce?

CCC 11.12 Driver

Comments

  • boasistboasist Troy
    edited December 2011
    Forgot to mention resolution......
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    more memory = more textures loaded, so that would help AFAIK, but this may be a case of optimal settings for that card. I can't find any sort of site like Nvidia's Optimize site.

    You should also check your CPU usage, as BF3 is pretty intensive on that. Do you have dual screens? If so, you can get something like MSI Afterburner for monitoring GPU usage and then use task manager for CPU usage and see if one/both are getting maxed out.
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    If I remember correctly, Thrax stated that BF3's ultra settings will require crossfire setups. If it makes you feel better, I'm using a crossfire 5850 setup and ultra can become unplayable at times - certainly for online play.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    The problem with Ultra is DiCE's implementation of multi-sample anti-aliasing. It looks great, but it's fucking devastating to performance.

    Thankfully the game also has FXAA, which is the post-processing anti-aliasing option. Anyone running ultra should turn multi-sample AA off and leave post-AA on high. You'll get the same visual quality and significantly better performance.
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    1920X1080 Res

    and im using a single screen
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    Tushon wrote:
    more memory = more textures loaded, so that would help AFAIK, but this may be a case of optimal settings for that card. I can't find any sort of site like Nvidia's Optimize site.

    You should also check your CPU usage, as BF3 is pretty intensive on that. Do you have dual screens? If so, you can get something like MSI Afterburner for monitoring GPU usage and then use task manager for CPU usage and see if one/both are getting maxed out.

    37% for CPU
    99% for GPU is that bad??
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    any thoughts guys X-D?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    Thrax wrote:
    The problem with Ultra is DiCE's implementation of multi-sample anti-aliasing. It looks great, but it's fucking devastating to performance.

    Thankfully the game also has FXAA, which is the post-processing anti-aliasing option. Anyone running ultra should turn multi-sample AA off and leave post-AA on high. You'll get the same visual quality and significantly better performance.
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    99% for GPU isn't "bad", just means your settings are probably too high because you'll get stuttering. Do what Thrax says and try it again.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    Your GPU is designed to be at full load. Anything less is wasted performance
    However, that last 1% can be the difference between playable and unplayable. A lot can change very quickly in the 99th percentile.
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    Thrax wrote:

    well i checked BF3 i only have MS 2X 4X AA

    where is the FXAA? i dont think the 6950 has it
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    FXAA is available in BF3. It's the "post-processing anti-aliasing" option. Set that to high, and turn the other anti-aliasing in the game off.

    You will get the same quality and much better performance.
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    post-processing anti-aliasing i set it to X16 i dont think its working?

    i see so much Zaggly stuff
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    16x is anisotropic filtering.
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    i yea that too on max dont seem to work.

    Oh well i guess i need to stop being picky i can play the game right?

    Thanks for your help 8-D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2011
    This PDF demonstrates what FXAA looks like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10780260/Radeon/BF3_AA_Effects.pdf

    If it doesn't look like this, you're not setting the options correctly.
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    yea my looks nothing like that 1 when it was ON

    my still looks like when its OFF but even worse then that 1
  • stealth1111stealth1111 Canada Member
    edited December 2011
    stealth1111 wrote:
    yea my looks nothing like that 1 when it was ON

    my still looks like when its OFF but even worse then that 1

    ok i got it fixed. its odd i had to go to single player first to make it work in mutiplayer
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