Other General Battlefield 3 discussion thread

end of the year? i expect usual nVidia refresh period of around November.

 

Damn, I was hoping the 7000 series would be sooner. I'm pretty sure I'll need to upgrade my gpu for this, but I'm hoping my i5 750 + 4GB RAM will be more than enough...

 

7000 series is meant to be Q2 2011

 

Ooh, really? Sauce?

 

doubt it, 28nm need to be in full production right now, for a Q2 time frame. i remember they are saying Q4 full production for 28nm.

 

Bleh, then my quick google search was in vein

 

IMO jumping on top tier hardware just as a next gen game breaks is a bit counterproductive.

You rarely get the power you need to really max the hell out of the game, and you pay a massive wad of cash for the tantalising prospect of almost getting fluid frame rates at top detail levels.

I'll be waiting for the specs to break, then I'll probably go high end last gen hardware.

One of you madmen can sell me your 'old' hardware.

 

so, do you want a gtx580 when gtx680 is released?


assuming im good financially.

 

Yeah that's exactly what's going through my mind atm. I know I should wait, but damn it I crave an upgrade.

 

my system is going to stay as it is, apart from the Gfx card for BF3, [maybe a spinpoint?]
only to try and hold off till 28nm, but will have to see, early days yet kids!

Also a nice gameplay trailer brake down video:

 

Yes, assuming I am also good financially!

 

I don't know what to make of that Gameplay Breakdown trailer...

Either it's trying to be sarcastic? And sort of take the piss and fail.

Or they seriously have the worst voice over i've heard in a video for a long long time...

Some notable highlights include:

"DICE has just released premiere ingame footage from Battlefield 3, in this trailer you get to see the first glimpse of actual ingame footage from Battlefield 3" - Maybe his whole serious Jon St. John (Duke Nukem) voice doesn't help, but i guess if he didn't act all serious i would have thought i was watching Bad Company 2 or Call of Duty instead .

"Here we get to see a Marine breaking down a door into what seems like an Underground carpark... due to the poor lighting and the car"

"Here we can see the animation for crawling along prone"

Maybe i'm just special here and noone else finds it as strange as i did, however whilst it did have some points of analysis, it seemed like the bulk of the voiceover was just a narration of what was going on in each scene... something i could see with my own eyes (not that i wasn't appreciative of how they slowed it down for me).

 

i liked what they did with the map tho, got the location in RL to where there important looking mister was pointing

 

Ah yes, you're right, that was rather nifty and i was impressed when they lined it up and superimposed it.

I guess i forgot about that whilst i was being confused by the voice over .

 

i love his voice... sounds so movie blockbuster trailer like

 

I like how they announced DLC before release. What's the point of that?

 

What's the point of anything? Money.

 

well, its not DLC, its an expansion pack so they say, so should be more than just maps.
everyone does this now to help prevent pirating and buying second hand

 

but its free?

 

free for limited edition owners only?