bling!

not enough HP to run this setup competitively. only 35-60 fps depending on map with all settings on low. hate how it stretches the outside monitors as well.

That said, i could get used to it. Thinking i could upgrade my 560ti's to 6970s?

12/30/2011 2:41:57 PM

yeah... surround gaming sucks on both amd and nvidia since they really don't fix the side monitors' perspective problems. It just forces the main screen perspective to overlap to the other monitors. What's worse is that with nvidia, if you run surround mode, it can only run in 2way SLI so it forces my 3rd card to idle. wtf?!?

Its been almost 2 years now and I am not impressed with either solutions. Gets me killed more than it being helpful and all that hype about multi-monitor gaming is just bullshit. That was the only reason why I got my 5870.

[Edited on December 30, 2011 at 3:50 PM. Reason : ]

12/30/2011 3:49:12 PM

yeah, I was so hype to try it on my 6950 and that shit sucks. it made me sick due to the weird blur on the sides.

12/31/2011 2:05:44 AM

Origin Friends list add:
seedless: tang0d0wn
Prospero: ProsperoLT
JBaz: BazTech
smoothcrim: hollablack
BEU: BeepBeep19
brianj320: sil3ntfury
FriendlyFire: GeneralShatton
BlackDog: ledhed
Air: Redneckvtek
gs7: gs77
neodata686: kpshaver
Azaka: AzakaEX
Golovko: golovko21
mikey99cobra: NCSUCobra
WolfAce: Wo1fAce
KInge21: TheDogShepherd
yrrah: wiggleworms

And
disco_stu: disco_stu_ncsu

12/31/2011 10:14:04 AM

I might as well throw my extra 570 back into my old gaming rig and just fold 24/7 on it that way I can use my main system for actual gaming. Trying to hit a million points! lol

12/31/2011 11:37:31 AM

Origin Friends list add:
seedless: tang0d0wn
Prospero: ProsperoLT
JBaz: BazTech
smoothcrim: hollablack
BEU: BeepBeep19
brianj320: sil3ntfury
FriendlyFire: GeneralShatton
BlackDog: ledhed
Air: Redneckvtek
gs7: gs77
neodata686: kpshaver
Azaka: AzakaEX
Golovko: golovko21
mikey99cobra: NCSUCobra
WolfAce: Wo1fAce
KInge21: TheDogShepherd
yrrah: wiggleworms

disco_stu: disco_stu_ncsu
stephen_tl: stlieu

[Edited on January 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM. Reason : .]

1/2/2012 4:34:18 PM

360
Ernie - rafaelbeliard
MattJMM2 - AchillesWlfPck
ScubaSteve - Bladerunner13
guitarguy - Chronic Narnia
aaronian - sirleche

PS3
jtw208 - blasphemour
morpheus647 - ChaosJester
dannydigtl - dannydigital
Lucky13 - lucky13

This is for XBLive/PSN names I would guess. I have not done the battlelog thing.

[Edited on January 3, 2012 at 10:58 AM. Reason : why fill out more paperwork...]

1/3/2012 10:57:11 AM

ECM Package for jets: what the hell? I cannot get this to work properly. I can be in a jet sitting on the runway and can use it just fine. However, once airborne, it doesn't want to work consistently at all. The HUD shows ECM Ready, but when I press the button for it, it doesn't deploy. It's maybe a 25% chance, at best. What am I doing wrong...?

1/9/2012 9:42:43 PM

still working on that unlock. im on maintenance atm

1/9/2012 10:30:06 PM

I've had some problems deploying flares while doing things like turning/afterburning. Usually have to let off of one/some of the controls. Try flying straight and hitting it. What this usually involves is a brief lift and flare/ECM then back on the burner/brake

1/9/2012 11:51:02 PM

I don't have anything like this problem with flares. I can deploy flares no matter what I'm doing - in the middle of a maneuver, in 3rd person, on the ground, etc. It's only with the ECM jammer that I see this problem.

1/10/2012 8:01:28 AM

Are you using the keyboard/mouse or a joystick when trying to deploy ECM/flares?

1/10/2012 6:30:02 PM

one of my 570's burned up while folding.

1/10/2012 6:42:14 PM

gay, is it still under warranty?

1/11/2012 1:52:22 AM

^^^ Joystick. Works every time for flares, but seldom ever works at all for ECM. It's got to be something in-game which I'm doing wrong, but I can't imagine what. It's just pressing a button when the indicator says it's ready to be deployed...

1/11/2012 7:52:09 AM

add me to the list for PS3:

Dr_Alan_Watkins

1/11/2012 10:41:40 AM

I know it shouldnt make a difference but try the keyboard instead of the joystick and see if you have the same problem in games.

1/12/2012 7:32:52 PM

yeah, I'll need to get an RMA for it, only 3 months old, but its probably because its 3 cards stacked on top of each other... hehe

If I get my new job, first thing is to Liquid Cool this rig, then upgrade to the 3930k with 32gigs of ram and then a new case. Might grab a quadro 4000 card for cgi stuff.

[Edited on January 12, 2012 at 9:10 PM. Reason : ]

1/12/2012 9:09:42 PM

Wow. L85A2 with ACOG scope, foregrip, and heavy barrel. Finally I have found something which works almost as accurately and reliably as the guns in BC2.

1/12/2012 10:19:15 PM

yeah... i've been using that rifle a lot today. i like it.

1/12/2012 10:54:16 PM

I've been using the UMP and DAO-12 and enjoying both

1/13/2012 9:04:37 AM

How does one go about getting the smoke rounds for the mortar? I could swear that every so often, I see a tooltip in-game about that.

1/17/2012 8:22:23 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5l-qbseEaU

Ah, duh. I've been thinking for so long that it was an unlock that I never bothered to try to just switch weapons while using the mortar. LOL.

1/18/2012 1:08:53 PM

OK, I can't get the smoke mortar to work. I'm betting that I mapped my key off of whatever it's supposed to be, but then I don't know what it was in the first place.

And holy shit, the M4A1 is godly. I like it almost as much as the SA-80.

1/19/2012 10:27:33 PM

Origin Friends list add:
seedless: tang0d0wn
Prospero: ProsperoLT
JBaz: BazTech
smoothcrim: hollablack
BEU: BeepBeep19
brianj320: sil3ntfury
FriendlyFire: GeneralShatton
BlackDog: ledhed
Air: Redneckvtek
gs7: gs77
neodata686: kpshaver
Azaka: AzakaEX
Golovko: golovko21
mikey99cobra: NCSUCobra
WolfAce: Wo1fAce
KInge21: TheDogShepherd
yrrah: wiggleworms
disco_stu: disco_stu_ncsu
stephen_tl: stlieu

Arab13: Cainius

1/24/2012 10:52:36 PM

yah! new blood.

1/25/2012 1:04:15 AM

I fucking suck at this game.

1/25/2012 2:21:06 AM

Well honestly I sucked too for the first 5 rounds or so. Still not up to my old standards, but all my metrics are on the up which is good! Accuracy up from ~8% to just under 20% (probably will equalize around 25-30%), KDR from .300 to over .600 etc. (aiming for a overall of 2 or better). You just need to get used to the game, the speed, the weapons spread, and gathering unlocks. The initial guns kinda suck but I'm going to stick with them till I get 100 caps then I'll upgrade to the FAMAS ect. The effect should be, startling.

I need to get in a co-op with a non-shitty partner. (It's only two player right?)

[Edited on January 25, 2012 at 7:56 AM. Reason : moar]

1/25/2012 7:55:25 AM

coop on hard is both fun and fairly challenging

1/25/2012 10:04:22 AM

anyone playing this on 360?

1/25/2012 1:36:46 PM

Back in this thread.

1/26/2012 12:41:54 PM

bttt

1/27/2012 10:41:50 AM

Since unlocking the M60, I have used it exactly 1 hour and 1 minute. In that time, I have managed to kill 93 people. The M249 is still much more manageable in a long-range situation, but the M60 just cannot be beaten for suppression power.

I still can't figure out how to make the mortar fire smoke rounds. WTF.

1/30/2012 3:04:45 PM

Odd. I haven't played with recon enough to really offer any assistance yet. Still unlocking Assault and Engineer. I do like the interoperability of M4 and M4A1 unlocks. I imagine the same would be between the M16A3 and M16 (Russian) and the AK-74 and US versions of the AK. I like that they did that.

Iron sights on the SKS are pretty good and effective at counter sniping (no scope glare).

1/31/2012 10:59:48 AM

^^ on the Xbox 360 it tells you which button to push to switch between smoke and explosive..

1/31/2012 11:07:00 AM

press 1 and 2 for the mortar options. It nice cause you can still kill people with the splash damage of the smoke rounds if you got a hit marker on the first round.

1/31/2012 3:35:18 PM

I fucking love the AEK-971. Just over 1k kills in less than 6 hrs. probably wont change ever

1/31/2012 5:27:36 PM

yeah, sickest rifle in the assault class, I had to stop using it and play with other rifles.

2/1/2012 5:55:01 AM

I'm being stubborn, I want to get at least a service star with each weapon before I move on to the next.

2/1/2012 4:37:26 PM

Yea the AEK has my heart

2/1/2012 5:07:14 PM

Add me, PS3: TheBlackRaven

2/1/2012 9:29:17 PM

I already like the 416 more than the m16 variants. They definitely went another way considering how powerful the M16 was in BFBC2 compared to the other assault rifles. Then again, here the M16 is the base rifle.

2/2/2012 9:04:02 AM

I dunno, I think the 416 is substantially weaker than it was in BC2. I guess it's largely due to the mechanical (or damage calculation - I know I used marksman ammo exclusively with every single weapon) differences between the games, though. Bullet dropoff in BF3 is ridiculously over the top, in my opinion. I used to make iron sight shots with the 416 in BC2 which I couldn't even dream of making in BF3.

Compare stats here.

http://symthic.com/?s=bf3

http://denkirson.xanga.com/722757523/bad-company-2/

So far, the L85A2 has about the closest "feel" (which sounds silly to even say) to the BC2 416 that I've found thus far. I haven't yet touched the AEK-971, but now you guys are making me curious.

2/2/2012 3:23:02 PM

yeah, 416 isn't the same as BC2, def much more weaker. But you gotta remember, in HC its still pretty awesome. Bullet drop is very dramatic in BF3 than BC2, specially for assault rifles.

[Edited on February 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM. Reason : ]

2/3/2012 3:25:58 PM

Shrug, that and the burst weapons. They do it form me atm. Got to 100 kills with the 416 much much faster.

2/7/2012 10:30:29 AM

I really like the SG553 (sigg) that thing is fantastic.

btw if you are interested in some more organized play (on TS) with a lot of really good players or just tired of pubbies not being overly useful you should consider 21st Century Warfare (21CW)

Free to play! $5 to pick a side specifically. Or you can ask for a sponsor as well.

2/7/2012 4:07:52 PM

man, I'm the one in my clan who first started to play on 64 man metro conquest crap even though its my least fav map, now everyone is all about it and are like "hey man, have you tried 64 man metro conquest?" like its the best god damn thing ever made... wtf? seriously? have you looked at how many hours I've already accumulated in BF3? of course I've played it...

2/7/2012 10:06:28 PM

LOL, true, it's a good way to rack up points, personally I think it's pretty boring though as a map, if it had a additional "route" it would be better. Like a station stop/ access at the russian main or just outside it straight down to the lower level.

2/8/2012 9:23:36 AM

its not meant as a 64 man map, 16 max, heh. Its challenging since its heavily one sided against the US, but if you get on a no explosives server, its actually quite fun and much more even.

2/8/2012 10:14:39 AM

Oh I bet it is. lmg's still murder there.

2/8/2012 2:12:56 PM