Ignaliza

hi maniac, i was thinking and... can u post a ss about ur specs?
thanks!

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Ignaliza

hi maniac, i was thinking and... can u post a ss about ur specs?
thanks!

My current in-game settings for BF3 using SLI 580's

taguardian

Using SLI 580's 1.5Gb, are the 185.62's still the best for this set-up?

destrekor

I've been trying to figure out how to fix BF3 hard-locking my system - I've got a thread running over at battlelog.org (community support, less childish than at the official battlelog forums ;)) - but... I'm not getting any progress and I'm losing my wits with this.

To put it succinctly, it seems the last patch basically killed this game (including campaign, mainly concerned with MP though).

Since the thread at battlelog.org cannot be viewed without registering, I'll try and cover every fix. First, my specs of course:

OS: Win 7 64bit
CPU: Intel i7 2600k (@ 4.8GHz, ~1.38V)
Mobo: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) 1600MHz @ 1.5V (stock/factory profile/XMP)
HDD: OS, Origin, and BF3 on Crucial M4 256GB SSD (have two other 2TB drives on Intel RST split-drive RAID volumes)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W
Sound: [Onboard] Realtek AC889 -- [USB] Logitech G35  - (in the process of "fixes", I'm now using my old (2005) Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS PCI card)
GPU: 2x EVGA Geforce 560 Ti 2GB [for reference: I run a triple-monitor 6060x1080 resolution, bezel-corrected] 

First, figured... perhaps it's the infamous Realtek audio conflicts? Certainly not (especially considering it is completely disabled in BIOS and Driver Sweeper cleaned out everything left behind by Realtek drivers (including LAN, as I'm using the Intel onboard LAN, Realtek LAN currently disabled in BIOS as well)

GPUs currently on BIOS 1.1. Using Afterburner, I have them returned to reference clocks, and currently trying (with fail) 1.062V.

Punkbuster has been uninstalled, reinstalled, manually updated, caressed, slapped... but I don't get kicks and never really suspected it was the issue (this was before I gave Campaign another try and discovered it too freezes/hard-locks my system).

BF3 and Origin completely uninstalled, reinstalled, repair installed... nope.

Tried a few drivers (up till the patch, was running fine on the 301.24 beta, then tried 301.42 WHQL, then 304.48 beta, then 296.10 WHQL, now on 304.79 beta - no difference).

All drivers that could be updated, have been updated.

Currently running a "clean-boot" environment - minimal background processes. Afterburner seems to have no impact, system lockup regardless if it is running or not - so I've been keeping it for the user fan profile.

Even updated Mobo BIOS and had to re-do my CPU overclock. Rest assured, that OC hasn't changed and was stable for BF3 since launch - and stable everywhere else too. I also dropped the OC down some before trying the new BIOS - no improvement. Also, in that process I also completely cleared out all dust.

High Precision Event Timer is enabled across the board. (previously, was enabled in BIOS, not enabled in Win7... who knew it wasn't enabled by default? :P)

Origin In-Game disabled.

In the process of messing with audio drivers, cleared out Nvidia HD audio drivers. The controllers associated with them are also Disabled in Device Manager.

Core Parking has been disabled. 

As for in-game visual settings - mostly a mix of Low and Medium settings, Post-process AA on High (it's free anyhow), AO set to SSAO. I think I used to run with it set to Off, so I could try that again. But even then, playing the most stressful 64p servers in CQ or base maps, I rarely dip below 45fps - most often I am near my 59fps cap. 

No BSODs, no error codes, nothingof import in Event Viewer.

I hope I covered enough. If this should be moved from this thread, feel free. 
I figure more people looking at this can't hurt, maybe give me some new ideas. I fear there really aren't any other things to try though. 

I did just try setting Origin and BF3.exe to "Run as Admin" - but... I don't know if I did that before or after my last Campaign test. I don't think I put it to the test, so that will be tomorrow. 


BTW, that clean boot environment? ASUS software is gone (services disabled too, and apps "disabled" in Task Scheduler), all Logitech software is currently prevented from running at boot (Set Point and a few others), nor is the Razer utility running. G35 is also currently uninstalled (but now it seems audio in general has been ruled out as the source of problems)
For reference: Logitech G700 mouse (crashes wireless, like I play, or wired) ; Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth keyboard

Help please, kind sir! :)
Would be much appreciated!

cheekz44

Hey Maniac,
I am having issues with my fps dropping like crazy.  Usually it goes between 40-65. The max I ever gotten was 80.  Here are my specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         950  @ 3.07GHz, 3068 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0703, 2/24/2010
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB
EVGA 012-P3-2066-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 448 Cores FTW 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express

cheekz44

Same settings as you have yours but on high.  Res is on 1920x1080

recon 7185

Do you still suggest using 2 pre rendered frames with the new drivers? Thanks