Stuttering on BF3

[siulmagic]

Hi iv been having soem mayor stuttering problem while playing bf3 on Multyplayer, had to lower my setting sot a mix of high,medium, and low settings, also lower my res to 1280x960, this allows me to play on most maps 38~ fps, i am thinking of upgrading to a phenom II X4, from my P2 X2, i was wondering if this will help at all? this is the only game ofcourse that gives me problems, i mostly pla yon 1280x1024 all my games, on max settings just fine, its just bf3 its whole another story on multyplayer. any help will be appreciated.

[Agent-A01]

Bro you will need to upgrade your cpu.. i see your motherboard supports the latest Phenom 2 cpus. so at minimum i recommend a quad core like this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727
for $120. if you can spare the cash to buy a new mobo cpu and ram i would definetly get a Z77 motherboard and the intel ivy bridge cpu, ie i5 3570k

bf3 really runs like crap on anything less than a quad core.

[siulmagic]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

Bro you will need to upgrade your cpu.. i see your motherboard supports the latest Phenom 2 cpus. so at minimum i recommend a quad core like this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727
for $120. if you can spare the cash to buy a new mobo cpu and ram i would definetly get a Z77 motherboard and the intel ivy bridge cpu, ie i5 3570k

bf3 really runs like crap on anything less than a quad core.

thats what i was thinking of getting, upgrading to the quadcore p2's, and btw isint that cpu you linked incompatible with my mobo? if not mistaken my mobo will only take 95w max, the one you linked is 125w.

[Agent-A01]

ah my bad. all other x4s have been discontinued. this is your only option then x6 1045 2.7ghz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819106012

imo its not worth 150$ for you, for one its a low clock speed and bf3 would prefer a quad with a higher frequency than a 6 core lower frequency. this would be easy to solve by overclocknig it but i dont see you having much luck with your current board. only 4pin cpu power.

[siulmagic]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

ah my bad. all other x4s have been discontinued. this is your only option then x6 1045 2.7ghz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819106012

imo its not worth 150$ for you, for one its a low clock speed and bf3 would prefer a quad with a higher frequency than a 6 core lower frequency. this would be easy to solve by overclocknig it but i dont see you having much luck with your current board. only 4pin cpu power.

was thinking of getting this, cheap enough and has the specs i need http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...o=1114714&msg=

[PinguX]

Athlon II X4 645 $104.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...914&CatId=4919

Have you tried core unlocking on that X2 555 ?

[siulmagic]

Originally Posted by PinguX

Athlon II X4 645 $104.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...914&CatId=4919

Have you tried core unlocking on that X2 555 ?

yes but my mobo is to weak, im just going to get the quad core p2.

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by siulmagic

was thinking of getting this, cheap enough and has the specs i need http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...o=1114714&msg=

^That CPU won't really be enough, it's only 2.5Ghz...

This 955 is a much better choice and only 95W.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113007

Or a 960T; chance to unlock to 6 cores plus it overclocks better than the one in ur link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103995

[HamsterCrispy]

+1 for the 960T as Pill Monster said

If you're lucky enough and unlock it, you can get performance near to that of an i5 2400 or i5 2500

the GTX 550Ti is good enough for BF3, i play BF3 on my system on everything ultra and i still get reasonable framerates, but then again i play on a 1600x900 resolution

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by HamsterCrispy

+1 for the 960T as Pill Monster said

If you're lucky enough and unlock it, you can get performance near to that of an i5 2400 or i5 2500

the GTX 550Ti is good enough for BF3, i play BF3 on my system on everything ultra and i still get reasonable framerates, but then again i play on a 1600x900 resolution

Completely OT but what happened to your Silverstone PSU?

[Agent-A01]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Completely OT but what happened to your Silverstone PSU?

He "upgraded" it obviously. lol

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

He "upgraded" it obviously. lol

Hmmm well I know which one I'd rather have, lol....(oh btw; "he" is a she )

[HamsterCrispy]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Completely OT but what happened to your Silverstone PSU?

I used it on my brother's pc

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

He "upgraded" it obviously. lol

Quite right i did

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Hmmm well I know which one I'd rather have, lol....(oh btw; "he" is a she )

Yeay! Didnt think you guys still remembered me :p

EDIT: Wait, was the Silverstone better than my current CoolerMaster Silent Pro?

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by HamsterCrispy

I used it on my brother's pc



Quite right i did



Yeay! Didnt think you guys still remembered me :p

EDIT: Wait, was the Silverstone better than my current CoolerMaster Silent Pro?

Let's just say you must really like your brother...

[Agent-A01]

Originally Posted by HamsterCrispy

EDIT: Wait, was the Silverstone better than my current CoolerMaster Silent Pro?

gonna have to agree with pill heh. i would gave him that cooler master if it were me.

[HamsterCrispy]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Let's just say you must really like your brother...

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

gonna have to agree with pill heh. i would gave him that cooler master if it were me.

This Cooler Master came with his PC and it looked better + is 650W so without second guessing I swapped it with my Silverstone, which was only 500w!!

Think i should get it back??

[Pill Monster]

^The SS is actually 550W; 500W continuous...and you should never ever judge a PSU just by it's stated wattage, this is exactly how PSU makers screw unsuspecting customers.

But don't panic... the Silent Pro models are good, but tbh the Silverstone Strider is better quality and seems to get excellent reviews.

It's prob not worth losing any sleep over....I was just surprised that's all.

[HamsterCrispy]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

^The SS is actually 550W; 500W continuous...and you should never ever judge a PSU just by it's stated wattage, this is exactly how PSU makers screw unsuspecting customers.

But don't panic... the Silent Pro models are good, but tbh the Silverstone Strider is better quality and seems to get excellent reviews.

It's prob not worth losing any sleep over....I was just surprised that's all.

Crap.. thanks for the heads up. I guess I could always make the switch when this PSU starts to become crappy, my brothers room is just down the hallway

[siulmagic]

hey guys i recently upgrade to my p2 x4 , but somehow im still stuttering, sometimes i can go a full match without stuttering(this was impossible with my p2 x2) but other times the stuttering is unbearable, im guessing it could be one of 2 things, my psu is bottlenecked because of my new p2 x4 or my cpu is running quite hot, with the stock heatsink(the one that came with my p2 x2)

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by siulmagic

hey guys i recently upgrade to my p2 x4 , but somehow im still stuttering, sometimes i can go a full match without stuttering(this was impossible with my p2 x2) but other times the stuttering is unbearable, im guessing it could be one of 2 things, my psu is bottlenecked because of my new p2 x4 or my cpu is running quite hot, with the stock heatsink(the one that came with my p2 x2)

Is there any particular map you're playing on when the stuttering happens...does it only occur in certain situations or is it random?

What are your temps like? Which P2 did you get?

[LifeInferno]

cpu and psu too m8!

[siulmagic]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Is there any particular map you're playing on when the stuttering happens...does it only occur in certain situations or is it random?

What are your temps like? Which P2 did you get?

it happens in most maps.

my CPU P2 x4 830 deneb(gonna update my forum info)

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by siulmagic

it happens in most maps.

my CPU P2 x4 830 deneb(gonna update my forum info)

Any reason you didn't get the 960T or 95W 955? Either of those would have been a much better choice.

What's your CPU load when gaming?

[siulmagic]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

Any reason you didn't get the 960T or 95W 955? Either of those would have been a much better choice.

What's your CPU load when gaming?

my reason shipping, on newegg when ever its in stock it go for 95-100 maybe more, plus the shipping 28$, VS Ebay free shipping, that was my main reason budget.

cpu load is different between each program i use, core temp reports 56-58c, my motherboards software(asrock oc utility) reports about 59+, hw monitor like 50+

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by siulmagic

my reason shipping, on newegg when ever its in stock it go for 95-100 maybe more, plus the shipping 28$, VS Ebay free shipping, that was my main reason budget.

cpu load is different between each program i use, core temp reports 56-58c, my motherboards software(asrock oc utility) reports about 59+, hw monitor like 50+

Couldn't you find one on eBay? I meant your CPU load in BF3....and 60c is getting a bit warm imo.