Thanks for taking time to answer !
As I was out for work... I didn' had time to test but as soon as possible I will test all your suggestions.
 
My KB is the K60.
I DL the rigth mouse driver.
 
On the other hand, don't you think that the big jump in FPS like between 170 & 70 could make me feel that my screen skip frame or something like that ?
Because on 60 hz with such high FPS is kind of useless and can spoil the uniformity of the screen?
That's probably why by caping FPS it felt smooth to me
 
By the way, BF3 on my display is @59.94 hz on windows 8 (W7 was 60hz..weird), nevermind it must be rounded up.
But for now I can play wit no vsync and high setting (no OA and MSAA) with few tearing and without the skipping frame feeling.
As soon as I put setting to ultra and no vsync it's not smooth at all and I can play on ULTRA and VSYNC with no problem.
 
I think all my drivers are up to date, I did a windows 8 clean install butt I shoul probably roll back to seven.

Alkar Cammer

I seem to have a stable overclock at 850mhz for my 580's, but now the gpu usage won't stay at 90+ while playing bf3. Any idea what's wrong?

 
CPU overhead, dont worry about it at at all...
GPU usage numbers are meaningless. Whats important is -real- in game performance (as tested) and not gpu use percentages.

Alkar Cammer

In that case, there doesn't seem to be an increase in performance increasing the mhz from 772 to 850. I checked my frame rate with fraps, and looking at the densest areas in the 64 players maps, my frame rate goes down into the 50's, sometimes even in the 40's.

 
Yes, I run my GTX 580's at STOCK
There is no real performance gain to be had with my config and BF3 by overclocking my videocard.
So I dont
 
Now with other games, its sometimes totally different and any overclocks really pay off...
But for me and my config, its worthless with BF3   

GTR722

Field of view affect gfx performance ???

 
It can, as the ratio is expanded the FOV increases and thus more to render.  

rapt0r

Hey maniacv, really trying find some concrete information on what the following commands do in PROF_SAVE_profile:-

GstAudio.AudioQuality 4  
 GstAudio.SoundSystemSize 20

AudioQuality have tried 0,1,2,3,4 and they all sound excatly the same
Soundsystemsize have tried from 0 to 100 in increments of 5 and also 20, 51 and 71 and again they all sound the same. Yep I did tottaly shutdown BF3 + Origin whilst changing settings and resyced local data to the cloud when asked. My Xonar panel lokos like this:-

Im using a pair of quality stereo headphones and im getting positional data ingame through them, thats where GstAudio.SoundSystemSize confuses me as even when its value is 0 or 100 or removed completely from the profile file it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference!

 
Do NOT make adjustments in the config file
Choose HEADPHONES in the in-game sound panel and use "enhanced" stereo mode, and your DONE in the in game panel.
 
I am not familiar with the Xonar settings panel...
*as I use a X-Fi set to Headphones and CMSS enabled over a 3.5mm jack. Works perfectly
 
What headphones are you using and do they connect with a 3.5mm jack or are they USB?
Standard headphones use 2.0 stereo
 

With respect, headphones are 2.0 devices so thats the setting to use in the in-game panel.
 
As I stated "Choose HEADPHONES in the in-game sound panel and use "enhanced" stereo mode, and your DONE in the in game panel." (this will set the -correct- values in the config file)  
There is no other value to use in the BF3 game engine for a connected 2.0 stereo headphone device. There are only (8) values that can be set -period- , by incorrectly setting meaningless values into the config file the sound engine will default...
This is the problem you are reporting
You use the in-game settings panel, NOT the config file.
 
It your sound cards panel where you would make changes to enhance positional audio, NOT the in-game settings, as they are NOT supported there.
 
The BF engine is well over 10 years old and is NOT config file based as you appear to assume...
Frostbite does NOT take kindly to incorrect values like lower based engines and I suggest you stay out of the .cfg file is you want best performance... it aint the Unreal or Source engine my friend
 
Since you appear to "need" the correct settings for best headphone performance in game (they are posted below)
*you use your sound cards audio settings panel to enhance the soundstage for positional audio, it cannot be done in the engine. 
 
GstAudio.AudioQuality 1
GstAudio.SoundSystemSize 20
GstAudio.StereoMode 1
GstAudio.Volume 1.000000
GstAudio.YourSoundSystem 4
 
The above posted values are for a high end sound card and high quality headphones

Hi all
Since last week that is giving me the following error playing BF3:
#DirectX function "GetDeviceRemovedReason" failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG:  hung due to badly formed commands.. GPU: NVIDIA Geforce 670 dricer 320.18#
 
While I had the evga 570 never had this problem, now with the 670 that appeared. Someone can help me?

BioHazardSperm

this error ive seen alot of with the last 3 drivers,its very random when it happens also.I at this time would write this off as a drive issue and maybe roll back to a pre 320 driver WHQL .I had the same error today after playing 2 hours with not a hitch.

 
Geforce 314.21 for example?

I have 2 SSD's one with windows 7 installed and the other only BF3. May cause problems? May I have BF3 installed on SSD with the operating system?

I am having the same issue that are mention here but I am using the 320 driver for a GTX 570 Should I revert back to the 295?
 
CPU Phenom II x 4 925
MB Asus M3NSLI Deluxe
Memory GSkill PC2 6400 400 MHz


 

I have instaled the 314.07 driver and for now is ok. Tomorrow i'm going to do more tests with BF3.

gamernut78

Anyone can confirm if it'll conflict BF3 if you enabled FXAA via NV control panel instead of relying on FXAA files to help sharpen the graphics? I always follow your NV control panel recommendations and they always work great ever since. I wonder if there is a difference if i enabled FXAA via control panel?

As for tuning vibrance in monitor settings i could never get around that part. I seriously need a new monitor i hate the slight ghosting..

 
BF3 does -NOT- support that setting in the NVCP

 
Each game is different...
But most often in todays games the developer uses "custom" versions of AA modes or AO, like in BF3...
As such the NVCP setting will NOT work -or- enabling it might cause issues

Meteora23

Question, Logitech G35 7.1 (Virtual?) Surround Sound headset, what audio setting should i use. And if it can support it. Would Home Cinema really be noticeable vs Headphones (considering its virtual)

 
I would try BOTH settings for testing and see what you like better

May I ask what the benefit of Max Pre-Rendered Frames set to 2 in the global settings would be?

Hey Maniac,
 
I was hoping you would be willing to help me with an error message / crash I’ve recently been getting in BF3.  I believe someone has posted here before.  It forces me to CTRL ALT DEL and close via task manager.  I will try to list all of my config/options/etc. below.
 
Error message:  Direct X function “GetDeviceRemovedReason” failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG: Device hung due to badly formed commands.. GPU: “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570”, Driver: 32018
 
Video Card:  EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 570
Graphics Driver:  314.22 WHQL (I have tried the newer 320.18 too, no luck)
Memory:  G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Timing 9-9-9-24
Monitor:  ViewSonic VX2268WM 22-Inch running at 120HZ  1680x1050 resolution
Keyboard:  Logitech G15 
Mouse:  Logitech G500
CPU:  Intel i5-2500k @ 3.3GHz (stock)
Mobo:  MSI P67A-GD65
HDD:  1 TB Western Digital
Mic: Logitech USB desktop microphone
 
Attached are my ingame video settings.  Thanks in advance.