PC Games Hardware is officially the first publication to run comprehensive benchmarks in Battlefield 3, and as expected, the findings are not pretty for anyone running aging hardware.
At least not if they were planning on running it on highish settings and witnessing the game in all its much publicised visual glory.
For starters, here are the most recently published Battlefield 3 system requirements.
Battlefield 3 Beta: Minimum spec
– OS: Windows Vista 32 Bit
– CPU: 2 GHz Dualcore (Core 2 Duo 2,4 GHz or Athlon X2 2,7 GHz)
– RAM: 2 GB
– HDD: 20 GB
– GPU (AMD): DirectX 10.1 with 512 MB RAM (Radeon HD 3000, 4000, 5000 oder 6000 Series, HD 3870 or faster)
– GPU (Nvidia): DirectX 10.0 with 512 MB RAM (Geforce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 oder 500 Series, 8800 GT or faster)
– Minimum details @ 1.280 x 720
Battlefield 3 Beta: Recommended spec (High detail)
– OS: Windows 7 64 Bit
– CPU: Quadcore
– RAM: 4 GB
– HDD: 20 GB
– GPU: DirectX 11 with 1.024 MB RAM (GTX 560 or Radeon HD 6950)
So just how do those recommended HD 6950 and GTX 560 handle the game on high settings?
Well at 1080p in DX11 mode with everything maxed out, the HD 6950 managed an average of 40 frames per second, which is ironically the same frame rate that PC gamers have been mocking console gamers for having to play the game at.
It looks like if you want to run the game at full HD with everything maxed out while maintaining over 60frames per second, you’ll need to pony up and go crossfire or SLI.
Check out PC Games Hardware’s dual GPU benchmarks here.
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