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Beerdicus
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:44 pm    Post subject: Graphics

Went today to check my video card and see how old it is and realized I purchased it in July of 2013. Below is a link to my card. Is there any way to squeeze more out of it or should I just get a newer card? Haven't really kept up with all the changes the last few years and have no idea where things sit today.

http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-14-130-937
MTLMortis
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:02 pm    Post subject:

If you're looking at a new card then the minimum you should look at is a 970GTX

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

There's the current(ish) gpu ranking in order of power.

http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-14-487-088

is the evga 970

I don't see any reason to upgrade till the next gen after the 900 series unless you're kitting out a new system.
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Beerdicus
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:38 pm    Post subject:

I wonder if I am doing something wrong then. I run at 1080p and I know it struggles sometimes when I start cranking up the settings. I am not very familiar with tweaking the card itself. Is there anything I should be doing to increase the framerate?
MTLMortis
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 1:30 pm    Post subject:

It may not be graphic card related. What exactly is the problem, and what fps are you getting? What do you want to achieve?

http://forum.symthic.com/battlefield-4-general-discussion/5688-graphics-settings-and-how-they-affect-fps/

Texture quality FPS Cost: 2 Suggested setting: High Note: Very low FPS cost, makes surfaces and hence everything look better, you can turn it up to High

Lighting quality FPS Cost: 5 Suggested setting: Low Note: Controls how good and jaggedy shadows look at medium FPS cost, you can keep it on low to save FPS

Post processing quality FPS Cost: 10 (tehmoriz) Suggested setting: Low Note: Lighting bloom, makes stuff look prettier, according to a forum member can cost up to 10 fps, turn it off for performance

Effects quality FPS Cost: 4 Suggested setting: Low/Medium Note: Medium FPS cost, makes explosions, rain and frost on your goggles, etc look prettier, set to Low for better performance

Mesh quality FPS Cost: 4 Suggested setting: Ultra Note: Helps spot enemies and displays objects further away, this is the one you should set to Ultra

Terrain quality FPS Cost: 4 Suggested setting: Ultra/Low Note: Tank drivers and jet pilots set it to ultra to prevent geometric "pop-in", i.e. to prevent terrain from changing shape as you move, but I have no idea how it plays out for infantry, however, low FPS cost so feel free to play around

Terrain decoration FPS Cost: 2 Suggested setting: Low Note: Set it on low, you will see less grass, flower pots etc.. Which will help you see your enemies

MSAA (AA deferred) FPS Cost: 16 Suggested setting: Off Note: Reduces edges/jaggedness, huge FPS cost, if you want to save FPS lower it and us FXAA.

FXAA (AA Post) FPS Cost: 2 Suggested setting: Max Note: Smoothes/blurs edges, very low FPS cost

Motion Blur FPS Cost: 2 Suggested setting: Off Note: Blurs your vision when moving, turn it off unless you wanna see even less in the heat of battle

Texture filtering FPS Cost: 0 Suggested setting: 16x Note: Minimal FPS cost but makes stuff look nice, max it

Ambient Occlusion FPS Cost: 10 Suggested setting: Off Note: Massive FPS cost for better terrain lighting / shadow, turn it off, you won't notice the difference whilst playing anyway

Resolution scale FPS Cost: 70 Suggested setting: 100% Note: Uses down-sampling, like it renders your picture at a higher resolution, then scales it down to anti-alias everything as opposed to selective anti-aliasing provided by MSAA. The FPS cost is huge, setting it from 100% to 200% on my PC curbed the framerate from 110+ to 40, so leave it at 100% unless you know what you are doing or run a very powerful system.
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Beerdicus
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:57 am    Post subject:

I don't really have issues with Battlefield. Most issues are in Planetside. It looks like the times where my fps drops, it also happens to those with newer cards too. Seems more like an issue with the game rather than my card or settings. I did notice while playing for extended periods this weekend that my fps does degenerate over time. A simple reboot seems to fix this though.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:54 pm    Post subject:

Beer, I have a 980 Ti that is overclocked and PS2 can still kick it in the balls, especially in large battles. The game has a serious bottle neck that isn't video card related. I think if you're BF4 is running well then it's safe to assume your card is healthy.

Prior to my video card upgrade, I dropped all my PS2 settings to low and bumped up gradually till I found a balance of eye candy and performance. On the ground infantry fights I would favor fps over quality but as we move towards Harasser and then air ops I would give up fps for quality.
Beerdicus
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:48 pm    Post subject:

Yea I'm running at medium for all setting but textures and ground detail and it seems to be a good balance for me until the degradation starts but that is easily remedied.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:44 pm    Post subject:

If you're ever really wondering how your graphics card is stacking up. Install 3dmark and run the benchmark.
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