Battlefield 3

[DarkReign]

what binds do yall assign to your mouse keys? I tried putting throw grenade to my thumb button and knife to my click scroll wheel. When I throw a grenade i have to kind of adjust my hand so it can be accurate and if i dont i end up throwing it too high or too low. knifing is fine but i think i wanna move it to the thumb button.

knifing in this game is possibly the single most gratifying aspect of a game i've seen in a long time.

I adjusted only mouse sensitivity and bound grenades to middle mouse button. Everything else default.

Grenades being on the "G" key was too difficult for me. You had to remove your finger from the WASD config to throw a grenade, precluding you from strafing right to hit the key.

Knife being "F" is fine for me. Although, I must say, I am not very good at shanking people. Do I need to be closer? Do I need to kneel down to kill a prone opponent? I am not very good at the mechanics just yet.

[DarkReign]

I think I need to get on an empty server to figure some things out. When I played SoF2, I used to work on things a lot on an empty server with just me and 2 buddies.

Main things I know I suck at right now:

1. Maps - Dont know why, but I always struggle with direction and perspective. This is always the case for me on any FPS game. I take an inordinate amount of time to figure maps out.

2. Bullet drop - The empty server time would help me here. Pick a spot at varying ranges and shoot for it. Adjust accordingly.

3. Knifing - mentioned it earlier. Not sure of the exact mechanics, distances, etc. I play Assault so I am usually in the thick of things, no time to knife, really.

4. Grenades - In SoF2, I could drop a grenade at someone's feet without really even having to see them. I can barely judge where my grenade is going to land in BF3. Again, empty server time would help immensely.

A big question of mine is the difference in weapons. I have yet to see a "stat sheet" or graph for the weapons in BF3. This gun is more accurate than that gun, but its fire rate is low and damage is medium. That sort of thing. Right now, I am just using what I *think* should be more accurate (since thats always the most important thing for me as a player...accuracy). The M416. But the gun climbs a lot, even with the heavy barrel and foregrip. I just unlocked the HOLO sight, but I usually only use the RDS. Scopes give position away and I do not like to do that, especially considering range = bullet drop and I am not particularly good at judging that just yet with assault rifles.

[MannyIsGod]

You need to be Mexican. I believe Jmann fulfills this requirement (if not he grows a mustache like one so the game probably doesn't realize the difference.). I believe you are as white as they come, DR. Stick to rifles.

[DarkReign]

For anyone interested:

xDarkReign

Sent a request, jman. Battlelog is pretty cool, I must admit.

[DarkReign]

You need to be Mexican. I believe Jmann fulfills this requirement (if not he grows a mustache like one so the game probably doesn't realize the difference.). I believe you are as white as they come, DR. Stick to rifles.

My whiteness sickitates me, too.

[Heath Ledger]

Darkreign what do u think of the specs on that rig I posted for $550 should I buy it? To summarize.

I5 not the 2500 I think it's 750? 8 gigs ram gts 450 with 1 gig ddr5 1tb hd will this be good for bf3? Is that a decent deal ? He said he built it for $1000 in march listed it for 750 were at 550 he needs the money blah blah. What do you think?

[IronMaxipad]

You'll only get like 15-20 fps with that card which would be almost unplayable.

[jman3000]

knifing is a bit weird in that if youre successful it goes into an animation and you're pretty exposed during it. I knifed 3 guys a little earlier by flanking around them. One guy was prone and I was standing up so it is possible to knife from upright on a prone guy.

[jman3000]

I think I'm gonna go with grenades for mouse 3 and knifing for thumb. This is the first PC game I've played online since Return to Castle Wolfenstein and when I experience surprise encounters I tend to freak out and hit multiple buttons instead of being calm the way I would be with a console controller.

[jman3000]

Accepted your request. Hopefully we can get some games in. My accuracy is only because my time spent online is pretty low and the first couple of games I played I was trying to film with my phone and play at the same time (trying to show off for my friends).

[DarkReign]

Accepted your request. Hopefully we can get some games in. My accuracy is only because my time spent online is pretty low and the first couple of games I played I was trying to film with my phone and play at the same time (trying to show off for my friends).

Youre not the only one with accuracy, especially early on.

I think my accuracy is 13-15%, which IMO is putrid, but I am also trying to level Assault (im good) and Engineer (i suck).

[DarkReign]

Darkreign what do u think of the specs on that rig I posted for $550 should I buy it? To summarize.

I5 not the 2500 I think it's 750? 8 gigs ram gts 450 with 1 gig ddr5 1tb hd will this be good for bf3? Is that a decent deal ? He said he built it for $1000 in march listed it for 750 were at 550 he needs the money blah blah. What do you think?

CPU

Is this the processor?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115062

While not top of the line or anything, most games are not bottlenecked by the CPU. Unless you spend a lot of time in multiple, resource intensive programs all running at once, the CPU is totally fine. Its not great, but it certainly isnt weak. With a good/great aftermarket cooling system, you could OC that CPU pretty hard and still keep it stable.

Not a bad place to start

RAM

RAM is cheap, so you'll see people with an insane amount (like 16GB at 4*4), but there is no game in the world that will ever use that...not even remotely close. If your system has 4GB or more, youre good. I assume its DDR5 (or 3?), right?

HD

Completely unimportant to the conversation. If your HD is 7500+ rpm, youre golden.


GPU

GTS450

Here is your bottleneck and here is where this system will struggle mightily to run any recent, graphic-intensive games at high-ish settings. Will the 450 run BF3? I am sure it could...at less than 30 fps and running hotter than on low-ish settings.

If you want to experience BF3, The Witcher 2, Metro 2033, etc games to their fullest, youre going to need a new card. I dont know anything about Radeon cards anymore, I havent built a PC in years.

I have always trusted EVGA, mostly because their cards have a lifetime warranty and that I have never had one fail on me. You can get a GTX560 for less than $200 and it will smoke your old card and play BF3 on High settings at 1080p hitting 30-60 fps.

[Heath Ledger]

Thanks for the advice the card you suggested is $138 shipped on amazon I'm getting the pc today.

[DarkReign]

I assume this seller is offering only the tower, right?

Unless you know this seller personally, I would never suggest buying a used CPU from anyone. Thats just me, though. I know how some people treat their rig, constantly OC-ing, pushing the limits, some of those components might be quite literally, one small power surge away from total failure.

So I cant give you an answer on whether the price is good or not. All I can say is that if youre at $550 with him/her, it might be a good buy depending on the other components.

But I would still drop a new card in it. If youre going to do that, you might as well build one from scratch. You can build a pretty killer rig for less than $800.

[DarkReign]

You responded too quickly.

[Heath Ledger]

I'm willing to gamble I don't think this guy was a hardcore gamer his gf used it mostly for photoshop if it fails I can part it out and recover most of the money also I've a few other quad cores to sell and will upgrade the processor to an i7

Buying the gt560 ti today as well

[DarkReign]

Wasnt familiar with the GTX560 Ti variant. Did some light reading...great card.

[jman3000]

Nothing like putting a tank s in a helicopter and watching it crash into an oil refinery.

[Heath Ledger]

im pokerstud75 on origin if anyone wants to add me.

[Heath Ledger]

what the is the point in including two dvds if you have to download the damn game from Origins slow ass servers!! uggh.

[Heath Ledger]

damn this game rocks on the pc 10x more than 360 and i havent even slapped in the better card i bought today. the gts 460 actually runs it pretty well at medium/high ish settings.

cant imagine what it will be like with the gtx 560 ti and ssd drive when i put those in tomorrow.

[Fernando TD21]

I'm impressed about the graphics but the gameplay is like most of the shooters (campaign). And I keep getting disconnected from the servers when I'm playing multiplayer.. it's probably my internet.

[MannyIsGod]

Don't judge this game by its campaign. The Campaign is flat out awful compared to MP.

[Heath Ledger]

having a of a time with bf3 both my gts 450 and gtx 560 ti can run it for only a few minutes before it crashes and forces a reboot of my pc. i suddenly remember why i quit pc gaming years ago.

[Muser]

I've noticed a few bugs, but yeah this game is awesome.