Meteora23

Yo Maniac, i understand most of the stuff you have been posting but i just wanted to clear something up that i had been wondering about

My setup:
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.8 (60c full load)
Asus Sabertooth Z77
16GB Corsair Dominator @ 9-9-9-24 1333 2T
SLI EVGA GTX 670 2GB Ref (Non oc'd atm)
Mushkin Chronos 120GB SF Sata3
Mushkin Chronos 60GB SF Sata3
Windows 7 64
Razer Lycosa
Razer Deathadder
Logitech G35
304.48 Nvidia Drivers

I play with Vsync on because i'm OCD about visual quality, i still get really banging performance, but on certain maps like a 64 man Metro server, it can once in a blue moon dip from 60 to 57

I play on 1920x1080, Everything Ultra, MSAA x4, AA Post Off, Blur Off, HBAO On.

Is there anything you would recommend with my setup, being changed in the NVCP.

Is that normal playing with Vsync on?, It doesn't happen allot, just once in awhile. I've played around with the triple buffering option, And as far as i can tell that option doesn't effect BF3 at all because its a D3D game and not an OpenGL game.

Meteora23

maniacvvv

Meteora23

Yo Maniac, i understand most of the stuff you have been posting but i just wanted to clear something up that i had been wondering about

My setup:
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.8 (60c full load)
Asus Sabertooth Z77
16GB Corsair Dominator @ 9-9-9-24 1333 2T
SLI EVGA GTX 670 2GB Ref (Non oc'd atm)
Mushkin Chronos 120GB SF Sata3
Mushkin Chronos 60GB SF Sata3
Windows 7 64
Razer Lycosa
Razer Deathadder
Logitech G35
304.48 Nvidia Drivers

I play with Vsync on because i'm OCD about visual quality, i still get really banging performance, but on certain maps like a 64 man Metro server, it can once in a blue moon dip from 60 to 57

I play on 1920x1080, Everything Ultra, MSAA x4, AA Post Off, Blur Off, HBAO On.

Is there anything you would recommend with my setup, being changed in the NVCP.

Is that normal playing with Vsync on?, It doesn't happen allot, just once in awhile. I've played around with the triple buffering option, And as far as i can tell that option doesn't effect BF3 at all because its a D3D game and not an OpenGL game.

How are you monitoring FPS in game?
What NVCP VSync settings are you using? or are you using the in-game Vsync setting?
As for triple buffereing, leave the Global Tab setting at default, as BF3 does indeed use triple buffering in its profile and will use it when Vsync is enabled.
Open the  BF3 CMD console and you will see the following (default) value.
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 1 
To test with it "disabled" simply use the below
RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable 0

For a 600 series card, Use of the Adaptive Vsync setting forced in the NVCP Programs Tab for BF3 would be the preferred method. Triple buffering is set to ON by default in the engine when Vsync is enabled. Leave the Global tab setting at default

I use EVGA Precision X 3.03, and the only things i have displaying are my FPS GPU Temp and Usage

NVCP is set to use 3d application setting, triple buffering is set to global off,

In BF3 i have Vsync on, i also have a user.cfg file created with some setting like Gametime.Maxvariablefps set at 60 vs the default of 200. I thought only OpenGL games took advantage of Triple Buffering?. Was wondering about that. I have it set in the user.cfg file to enable just to make sure it stays on.

Was just more or less wondering if having it dip 3 fps once in awhile is normal. it never goes below that ever


Should i force Triple Buffering on, inside of the NVCP, vs its default displayed in this picture?, or just leave it as default (Off), and let the BF3 engine handle Triple Buffering options.

maniacvvv 
Welcome to the EVGA forums 
Sounds like your in-game settings are good, given the framerates you posted. You issue with input stuttering is NOT a Vram or graphics problem, its related to how the game processes inputs and how the device inputs (keyboard, mouse and in your case an extra gamepad) are being polled. 
You havent posted enough hardware information on your config for me to know what might be going on... It could be USB overpolling (too many devices and/or to high of polling rates), could be input device driver conflict issues, could be the frames to render ahead setting in the NVCP (try using the default "use the 3d application setting" and it could even be a gamepad "pot" leak... Ect Etc 
Try using the default NVCP setting for frames to render ahead, and then try an unplug any "extra" USB devices like Webcams, USB Hubs, Memory sticks... anything USB thats not needed for BF3, as you may be having bandwith issues. You dont have any USB platter storage drives do you?  
If that does not help, posting more info on you exact hardware (MB model, CPU, RAM, Sound device(s) and what keyboard.. also what drivers are installed for each input device, would really help towards understanding what might be going on. 

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maniacvvv

Welcome to the EVGA forums

You have a killer BF3 hardware setup there, but your settings are really killing your performance and quality

-NEVER- use the Nvidia "High Quality" Texture Filter setting for video games, ever.
Once that setting is turned on, it -disables- all the Nvidia/DICE driver optimizations for BF3 and overrides the entire NVCP Global and Program setings tabs.
This setting "High Quality" is only to be used for programs like Maya or AutoCad that support very large textures and are coded to work properly without optimizations.
BF3 does not support, nor does it contain such textures. As such, the Texture Quality setting should be left at "Quality".
BF3 will look much better and run better with the correct setting of "Quality"

Reset your Global tab -completely- to remove the overrides, and just setup your monitor
Then reset your BF3 programs tab (to remove the overrrides) and punch in your adaptive Vsync, and max performance power settings.

*Note: you should also set "Motion Blur" to OFF in the in-game settings panel, if you are going to have the slider set to zero. Having it "on" put not using it is costing you performance...

You will find that BF3 runs much much smoother, and with such great hardware you should test without the Vsync as well (after you correct your settings), you will find the gameplay outstanding at the 100fps+ levels your setup can run bro 

FltMed

Ok, when you have a problem one should consult the expert. Here goes:

Here is my setup:
AMD FX8150 @ 3.6gHz (4.2gHz turbo, no OC)
EVGA GTX670 FTW 2gb x2 in SLI
Samsung SyncMaster S27B550 27" x3
Intel SSD 80gb (OS drive) and WD 500gb HDD (storage)
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (F9 bios newest non-beta)
Patriot Viper Extreme DDR3 1866mHz (8gb total: I have 8gb more, but when installed the mobo only recognizes it as 10333)
ThermalTake TruPower 850watt power supply

The problem:
I have "Span displays with Surround" enabled with 5760x1080 as native resolution. When I load BF3, the FPS are probably <10. Mouse movement is sluggish. Menu movement is sluggish. I have set the in game resolution as above and saved it. Game then locks up requiring a hard reset. I have tried starting at 3072x1080 with graphic settings at low only to get the same lockup. The game will not run for me on multiple monitors. Single screen 1980x1020, SLI, max settings gets me FPS < 70 and amazing graphics. The monitors only have VGA or HDMI inputs, so I have them connected DVI-HDMI in the NVIDIA recommended 2 out of the primary card and 1 out of the secondary card.

Other thoughts:
I typically play several other games:
1. Star Trek Online. Runs windowed 5760x1080 with > 50fps on max settings however, side monitors are stretched looking. Running non-windowed results in terrible FPS<15 and stuttering. Pretty sure game doesn't support SLI.
2. Sniper Elite V2. Excellent FPS and graphics at max settings when in single monitor SLI. Won't run on spanned display.
3. BF3, see problems above.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 1st time using NVIDIA after years of ATI/AMD so I probably have something wrong. Hate to thing I have >$850 of video cards and they won't do what I want them to.

FltMed

I certainly appreciate it!
Using driver version 304.48 currently. Tried 301.42 as well, both clean installs following the guide.
Changes:
From Global Defaults: none set on default
BF3 in NVCP program settings: none set on default
In Game:
Resolution: 5760x1080, FOV 70.
Video settings set to low gets me 5 fps (per in-game render display command) for about 1-2 minutes on an empty multiplayer map, then game locks up. Have never been given or found an error code. Same thing in Campaign mode.

walktexranga

Hi Maniac,

Great Guide!

I have nearly given up on my 680's (2 of them) GPU usage is around 50% on most maps, some maps especially when low player count gets upto 99% on each..

I would expect 2 x GTX680 to hold 120fps 100% of time on medium detail and I still get 70-80fps drops and its annoying on 120hz!

Is it just the game?

Running latest  304.79 I drivers, any ideas?