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[georgc]

Hey BF3 fans I have a little present for all of you. I got myself a 25% off birthday coupon for origin. From what I have read and understand once activated there is a small window where this code will stay active and work.

So this is what i was thinking. Just to keep it within the family ill post the code in the BFBC2 community thread. Once I post it use it asap before the window closes. Ill post the code at 11 pm est.

Hope this works and if it does.... you know work.....I could use a dirt 3 code >


edit: I just realized that 11pm is only a half an hour away. make it 12 am est to give people more chance to see it

Well I suck, I fell asleep sorry anyone who waited. lets try this again 1pm est. same place

 

[RoboPlato]

DICE is hiring 14 QA testers from now until the BF3 launch. Anyone want to do some crunch time playtesting?

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/bat...011/08/09/the-battlefield-team-needs-you.aspx

 

[wwm0nkey]

If I lived in Sweden I would totally go for that

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

DICE is hiring 14 QA testers from now until the BF3 launch. Anyone want to do some crunch time playtesting?

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/bat...011/08/09/the-battlefield-team-needs-you.aspx

it is pretty obvious that DICE are on a short leash to make the launch considering they hire left and right.

edit: Day 1 patch incoming.

 

[RoboPlato]

it is pretty obvious that DICE are on a short leash to make the launch considering they hire left and right.

edit: Day 1 patch incoming.

The timing of the beta makes it pretty clear that they are just going to be working on MP until the game is out for a day 1 patch.

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

The timing of the beta makes it pretty clear that they are just going to be working on MP until the game is out for a day 1 patch.

yes especially since they already have 50 people hired for Q&A singleplayer.

did I tell you that this game is more expensive than the most expensive movie ever made in sweden?

 

[Legato.Reborn-]

The servers are absolutely going to melt.

 

[RoboPlato]

yes especially since they already have 50 people hired for Q&A singleplayer.

did I tell you that this game is more expensive than the most expensive movie ever made in sweden?

I had no idea that they had hired that many people or that the game cost that much. It'll be worth it though.

The servers are absolutely going to melt.

Pretty much par for the course for the launch of a DICE MP game.

 

[Fersis]

I had no idea that they had hired that many people or that the game cost that much. It'll be worth it though.



Pretty much par for the course for the launch of a DICE MP game.

Yup. Thats what the SP is for... to ease the wait until the servers go back online.

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

demize99 admitted he is working 7 days a week now

 

[RoboPlato]

Yup. Thats what the SP is for... to ease the wait until the servers go back online.

Haha. Yep. Pretty much.

I do hope the campaign is better than the BC ones. I do really like what I've seen from it so far.

 

[Amagon]

The servers are absolutely going to melt.

I remember the mass bitching and moanings of the BF2 servers at launch. It lasted for weeks/months lol!
Ahhhhhhhhh............................the memories!

 

[Animator]

Guys, the thing was cheap because Germany has them en masse lying around.

The big reveal is: Everyone who orders the collectors edition gets a Mig 21!

 

[throwawayname]

The big reveal is: Everyone who orders the collectors edition gets a Mig 21!

BUT THAT WON'T FIT ON MY DESK!!!!

 

[LordCanti]

I wipe my ass with Mig 21's.

 

[georgc]

ok guys check the community thread for the 25% off origin coupon

 

[Josh7289]

ok guys check the community thread for the 25% off origin coupon

Got it in the other thread. Thanks, dude.

 

[LordCanti]

ok guys check the community thread for the 25% off origin coupon

I got in as well. Can't beat BF3 for $44 bucks. Thanks man.

(For anyone trying right now, you have to do it THROUGH THE ORIGIN APPLICATION. It will not work through the website. I tried, and thought the code was expired. Luckily, I tried the application on a whim)

 

[Josh7289]

I got in as well. Can't beat BF3 for $44 bucks. Thanks man.

(For anyone trying right now, you have to do it THROUGH THE ORIGIN APPLICATION. It will not work through the website. I tried, and thought the code was expired. Luckily, I tried the application on a whim)

I posted this in the other thread too but the same code worked for me through the website. Maybe there's some weird lack of communication or delay between the website and the application where if the code is used in one it doesn't tell the other to invalidate it?

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/pax-prime.htm

Experience Everything. Sacrifice Nothing. Play Fully Loaded.
Get yourself “Fully Loaded” to experience this year’s hottest games on the PC!

Visit us in the PC Freeplay Area on Level 6 at PAX Prime to experience the unreleased, highly-anticipated game, Battlefield 3, the way it’s meant to be played: On “Fully Loaded” PCs featuring two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580s in SLI, provided by Maingear.

Enter the daily 12v12 single player tournament to win some great prizes – a grand prize winner will be selected each day. These Fully Loaded systems are also available every day for free play so you can polish your tactics. Visit the PC Freeplay Area on Level 6 for details.

First BF3 tournament at pax prime august 26-28 in Seattle.

 

[LordCanti]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/pax-prime.htm



First BF3 tournament at pax prime august 26-28 in Seattle.

Two 580's....in SLI....

Please let that be for a 2560x1200 monitor or something.

I posted this in the other thread too but the same code worked for me through the website. Maybe there's some weird lack of communication or delay between the website and the application where if the code is used in one it doesn't tell the other to invalidate it?

It worked for you through a browser? Huh...I guess you are probably right, and that there is some kind of miscommunication there. Maybe these codes aren't on a time delay at all; Maybe they can only be used once on Origin, and once through the website.

 

[Chinner]

ive got one 580, but that statement could be just generic PR shit.

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

heh nvidia promoting BF3

 

[LordCanti]

ive got one 580, but that statement could be just generic PR shit.

I got great performance out of my single 580, but I'm kind of worried that the build we played was stripped down to the bones.

Hopefully it is just a "let no man claim his rig was the problem" type of thing.

(I'm kind of jealous of anyone going to PAX. I have confidence that I could place, but I'm stuck a thousand miles away)

 

[Sethos]

They always set up these multi-GPU rigs for events, especially when Nvidia is involved - They are really pushing that shit. BF3 will run fine on single cards.

They made a nice engine yes but it's not the second coming of Christ.

 

[Josh7289]

It worked for you through a browser? Huh...I guess you are probably right, and that there is some kind of miscommunication there. Maybe these codes aren't on a time delay at all; Maybe they can only be used once on Origin, and once through the website.

What happens if you try it again through the application? In the browser it properly shows that the code is now invalid.

 

[Chinner]

I got great performance out of my single 580, but I'm kind of worried that the build we played was stripped down to the bones.

Hopefully it is just a "let no man claim his rig was the problem" type of thing.

(I'm kind of jealous of anyone going to PAX. I have confidence that I could place, but I'm stuck a thousand miles away)

it's an alpha - they usually don't run well. besides, didnt the beta for BC2 run pretty badly but was fine at release?

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

It'll be interesting to see what I need to run the game on to get it at 60fps in multiplayer. In SP I can deal with 30, but MP? Needs to be 60.

I have a 6950, so I would hope I can still have it looking rather nice!

 

[LordCanti]

What happens if you try it again through the application? In the browser it properly shows that the code is now invalid.

It doesn't work through the application for me now. Who knows if that is because time has expired, or because we used it up though.

 

[Josh7289]

It doesn't work through the application for me now. Who knows if that is because time has expired, or because we used it up though.

Yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait for another birthday for someone to test it haha

 

[SapientWolf]

They always set up these multi-GPU rigs for events, especially when Nvidia is involved - They are really pushing that shit. BF3 will run fine on single cards.

They made a nice engine yes but it's not the second coming of Christ.

If anything, the alpha seemed to be CPU limited. Dual cores am cry.

 

[Tallshortman]

It'll be interesting to see what I need to run the game on to get it at 60fps in multiplayer. In SP I can deal with 30, but MP? Needs to be 60.

I have a 6950, so I would hope I can still have it looking rather nice!

I would imagine a 6950 could run 60+ fps on medium settings, maybe even high depending on your CPU. I'm doing 120 fps in BC2 MP on high on my 6950 and beta was surprisingly forgiving for a "rough" build.

 

[SirButterstick]

You guys think a 580 in a Phenom 2 x4 system with 6 gigs/RAM is good enough for this game? I was looking into the 590 . . . Is it worth it?

Or are there any better cards coming out in the next few months?

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I would imagine a 6950 could run 60+ fps on medium settings, maybe even high depending on your CPU. I'm doing 120 fps in BC2 MP on high on my 6950 and beta was surprisingly forgiving for a "rough" build.

955BE @ 4ghz

BC2 runs beautifully for me with everything on max, too!

 

[LordCanti]

If anything, the alpha seemed to be CPU limited. Dual cores am cry.

I've been considering dropping by a Microcenter and joining the Sandy Bridge bandwagon, but somehow my wallet seems to be saying "don't do it...please". If I do it, I will have officially spent...mmm....$850 or so, just to play Battlefield 3 ($330 for a GTX 580, $130 for a X750 PSU, $400 for RAM/CPU/Mobo/Cooler).

This E8500 did fine in the alpha. I'm waiting to see what kind of performance I'll see in the beta.

Yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait for another birthday for someone to test it haha

This is the only game I ever plan to buy on Origin, so I don't really need to know how the code works now lol. That I could get it for $44, nicely makes up for having to have Origin installed on my machine to play.

 

[belvedere]

Some numbers from my quick and dirty BF3 alpha bench via Fraps.

X4 965 BE
6870
High settings

2011-07-27 19:10:50 - bf3
Frames: 25238 - Time: 394757ms - Avg: 63.933 - Min: 28 - Max: 158

 

[Menelaus]

those mean nothing. wait until there's actual candy to turn on.

 

[belvedere]

those mean nothing. wait until there's actual candy to turn on.

It's a foundation for a baseline, so no.

 

[LordCanti]

It's a foundation for a baseline, so no.

All that data really shows is that in one specific section of the map (unknown to us, since there is no accompanying video) you got the listed FPS. Without other people giving us FPS data for the same place, there aren't a whole lot of conclusions we can draw from it.

 

[Josh7289]

Some numbers from my quick and dirty BF3 alpha bench via Fraps.

X4 965 BE
6870
High settings

2011-07-27 19:10:50 - bf3
Frames: 25238 - Time: 394757ms - Avg: 63.933 - Min: 28 - Max: 158

I've got FPS tests that I ran on my system during the alpha that we might be able to compare if you let us know where this was.

 

[belvedere]

All that data really shows is that in one specific section of the map (unknown to us, since there is no accompanying video) you got the listed FPS. Without other people giving us FPS data for the same place, there aren't a whole lot of conclusions we can draw from it.

I didn't realize anyone said those numbers meant a 100% accurate representation for every possible config.

It's a baseline. All I meant to do was show that the cards in the 6870 range can run the game in some fashion. Not to say anyone expected otherwise.

Edit:

I've got FPS tests that I ran on my system during the alpha that we might be able to compare if you let us know where this was.

32 player Op Metro.
Attacking.

 

[Nostalgia~4ever]

some russian site did a benchmark on the alpha

 

[Josh7289]

I didn't realize anyone said those numbers meant a 100% accurate representation for every possible config.

It's a baseline. All I meant to do was show that the cards in the 6870 range can run the game in some fashion. Not to say anyone expected otherwise.

Edit:




32 player Op Metro.
Attacking.

I mean which sections of the map? Park? Park+subway? Everything? etc.

 

[belvedere]

I mean which sections of the map? Park? Park+subway? Everything? etc.

Park (match beginning) until second section of subway IIRC.

I definitely know it was about 6 1/2 minutes of gameplay and we made it to the subway.

 

[Tallshortman]

some russian site did a benchmark on the alpha

Hopefully eye candy+optimization results in similar or better results in the final build MP.

 

[LordCanti]

I didn't realize anyone said those numbers meant a 100% accurate representation for every possible config.

It's a baseline. All I meant to do was show that the cards in the 6870 range can run the game in some fashion. Not to say anyone expected otherwise.

I've got FRAPS benchmark data that lists my average at over 100FPS on high at 1080p. That data is likely skewed, because I was probably looking at the ground or the sky or something for part of that run (and throwing off the data).

If someone has specs that are very similar to yours, they could expect that at some point while playing that map, they would get similar FPS. In the alpha, that is. Who knows what the beta or the retail game will bring.

Edit: Oh, six and a half minutes of gameplay? That makes it a better (alpha) benchmark for people with your specs for sure.

some russian site did a benchmark on the alpha

Is there any accompanying data about which processor was used with which video card? Going by just the chart, it is kind of impossible to tell which was used with which.

 

[Kyaw]

955BE @ 4ghz

BC2 runs beautifully for me with everything on max, too!

Which AA level do you have it on?

 

[belvedere]

I've got FRAPS benchmark data that lists my average at over 100FPS on high at 1080p. That data is likely skewed, because I was probably looking at the ground or the sky or something for part of that run (and throwing off the data).

If someone has specs that are very similar to yours, they could expect that at some point while playing that map, they would get similar FPS. In the alpha, that is. Who knows what the beta or the retail game will bring.

Being the nerd I am, I ran at least 20-25 fraps tests and sorted them out. I ran a few where the particle effects from the subway entrance explosion slowed my machine down, to the smoke effects from the surface/air missile. The results I posted here were taken from a bench I took where I played normally, from the beginning of the park to the subway while attacking. It would be a pretty worthless bench to stare at the sky, or enter a narrow hallway and look at the wall.

We already know things will change with the final release but these benchmarks can give perspective.

 

[LordCanti]

Being the nerd I am, I ran at least 20-25 fraps tests and sorted them out. I ran a few where the particle effects from the subway entrance explosion slowed my machine down, to the smoke effects from the surface/air missile. The results I posted here were taken from a bench I took where I played normally, from the beginning of the park to the subway while attacking. It would be a pretty worthless bench to stare at the sky, or enter a narrow hallway and look at the wall.

We already know things will change with the final release but these benchmarks can give perspective.

I nerded it up by taking screenshots of every little thing, even though I couldn't post any of them. I've got a ton of benchmark data as well, but I neglected to label any of it, so it is kind of worthless now sadly.

I should be able to compare the performance I got in the alpha with the performance I got in the beta anyway, by averaging out all my alpha benchmarks. Should be nerdy fun.

 

[belvedere]

I nerded it up by taking screenshots of every little thing, even though I couldn't post any of them. I've got a ton of benchmark data as well, but I neglected to label any of it, so it is kind of worthless now sadly.

I should be able to compare the performance I got in the alpha with the performance I got in the beta anyway, by averaging out all my alpha benchmarks. Should be nerdy fun.

Haha, sounds all too familiar.

I'm really curious to see how it runs with more bells and whistles. Maybe we can expect better optimization so that when the destruction and other various elements are cranked, the impact isn't too great.

One can hope.