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  • AvotirAvotir Registered User regular
    TheExAm wrote:
    Raiden333 wrote:
    Welp, I can tell the game is fun, but it's unfortunately unplayable for me. I perpetually get both of these when doing multiplayer (though co-op and the campaign worked fine):

    edit: and right as I post that, friend links me to new drivers that will supposedly fix the problem. Thanks ExAm.
    Make sure to test Caspian again, that seemed to be the worst offender d:

    The error pattern in the second video is always a video memory issue. As in it's going or has gone TU. Could be just massive overheating and the chips failing from that, but 9 out of 10 it means RMA time.

  • Flippy_DFlippy_D Digital Conquistador LondonRegistered User regular
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    Avotir wrote:
    TheExAm wrote:
    Raiden333 wrote:
    Welp, I can tell the game is fun, but it's unfortunately unplayable for me. I perpetually get both of these when doing multiplayer (though co-op and the campaign worked fine):

    edit: and right as I post that, friend links me to new drivers that will supposedly fix the problem. Thanks ExAm.
    Make sure to test Caspian again, that seemed to be the worst offender d:

    The error pattern in the second video is always a video memory issue. As in it's going or has gone TU. Could be just massive overheating and the chips failing from that, but 9 out of 10 it means RMA time.

    Those were known issues with the 560s. It was somehow related to the way the shaders were being calculated. I was getting the same thing before I updated my drivers. It does not really mean the card is going out. BF3 was the only game that was happening in.

  • TzenTzen Registered User regular
    If anyone here is on the fence about this game, I just got a refund from EA through chat support. Painless and quick and they gave me a 20% off code for the Origin store.

    Impressive game, but pretty buggy and not for me. If you want to try it out, just be aware that you can get your monies back pretty much hassle-free.

  • AF-IXAF-IX (LGKAOS) Whiteman AFBRegistered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Mulletude wrote:
    Is there someone from here with the 360 tag LGKAOS??

    That would be I, good sir.

    Slimcea wrote:
    Wait.. engineers can repair the helis while under fire? That plain sucks, given that all the anti-air weapons (Stingers, RPGs) already suck like hell against anything flying.

    I simply can't see the rationale for it... but I guess that it belongs in the same region of logic as silenced MGs (another WTF) and MAV roadkills...

    You should see the chopper with TWO engineers repairing at the same time. It becomes an invincible unless the pilot is shot.

    AF-IX on
  • EuphoriacEuphoriac Registered User regular
    baaaah

    logged on in the hope of having a great evening of shot-man'ing but noooooo; apparently today is another 'you suck and will die no matter where you go or what you do. Die forever!' day.

    So I guess i'll go play something else...

  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    Avotir wrote:
    TheExAm wrote:
    Raiden333 wrote:
    Welp, I can tell the game is fun, but it's unfortunately unplayable for me. I perpetually get both of these when doing multiplayer (though co-op and the campaign worked fine):

    edit: and right as I post that, friend links me to new drivers that will supposedly fix the problem. Thanks ExAm.
    Make sure to test Caspian again, that seemed to be the worst offender d:

    The error pattern in the second video is always a video memory issue. As in it's going or has gone TU. Could be just massive overheating and the chips failing from that, but 9 out of 10 it means RMA time.

    Yeah, what That_Guy said. Every other game works flawlessly, and my card never went above 60 degrees.

    There was a steam sig here. It's gone now.
  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    Flippy_D wrote:
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

    I shoot mans with whatever the latest unlocked gun is, don't even know the names of most of the vehicles,

    Give squad orders, throw down med kit, revive = MVP/ Wooo!

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    AF-IX wrote:
    Mulletude wrote:
    Is there someone from here with the 360 tag LGKAOS??

    That would be I, good sir.

    Slimcea wrote:
    Wait.. engineers can repair the helis while under fire? That plain sucks, given that all the anti-air weapons (Stingers, RPGs) already suck like hell against anything flying.

    I simply can't see the rationale for it... but I guess that it belongs in the same region of logic as silenced MGs (another WTF) and MAV roadkills...

    You should see the chopper with TWO engineers repairing at the same time. It becomes an invincible unless the pilot is shot.

    You love those MAV's.

    Good games yesterday.

    I write you a story
    But it loses its thread
  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    0Replace4Displace on
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.
    :shock:

  • FoomyFoomy Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    at that resolution you would also need 2gb cards just to be safe.

    Steam Profile: FoomyFooms
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    590s are 3 gigs IIRC.

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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    yeah, I don't want to spend $texas, I was hoping someone would tell me they had successwight a cheaper solution...

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  • FoomyFoomy Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    kaliyama wrote:
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    yeah, I don't want to spend $texas, I was hoping someone would tell me they had successwight a cheaper solution...

    sli 2gb 560 ti's or crossfire 6950's might work at that resolution and high settings just fine, but thats still $500 or so. it's really hard to find benchmarks running at such an extreme resolution, most just test at 1920x1080. but those benchmarks show sli or crossfire builds working about the same as a 590 for $100-200 cheaper.

    5120x2800 is 7x the pixels as a 1920x1080 resoltuon, so you might just need a solution with 7-8gb of video ram just to be able to store it all in the buffer.

    Foomy on
    Steam Profile: FoomyFooms
  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    yeah, I don't want to spend $texas, I was hoping someone would tell me they had successwight a cheaper solution...

    That was Kakos aka Lambda that got the 590. He has a better job than any of us and spends all his money on his computer.

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    yeah, I don't want to spend $texas, I was hoping someone would tell me they had successwight a cheaper solution...
    You don't want to spend $texas but you want to run things at 5120x2880? That's like saying you don't want to spend much time reading but you'd like to make it through everything Tolstoy ever wrote.

  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    That_Guy wrote:
    kaliyama wrote:
    kaliyama wrote:
    Didn't carbonfire buy a 590 or something? How is it? I am looking to run things at 5120x2880 and think i would need one of those.

    A 590 will probably do it, although dual 580s or, since you appear to be made of money anyways, dual 590s will be safe.

    yeah, I don't want to spend $texas, I was hoping someone would tell me they had successwight a cheaper solution...

    That was Kakos aka Lambda that got the 590. He has a better job than any of us and spends all his money on his computer.

    Hey, that's not fair. I spend some of it on food.

  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    PS: Where is everyone? Does no one play this game anymore?

  • AgentXAgentX NYC, suckaRegistered User regular
    That_Guy wrote:
    Avotir wrote:
    TheExAm wrote:
    Raiden333 wrote:
    Welp, I can tell the game is fun, but it's unfortunately unplayable for me. I perpetually get both of these when doing multiplayer (though co-op and the campaign worked fine):

    edit: and right as I post that, friend links me to new drivers that will supposedly fix the problem. Thanks ExAm.
    Make sure to test Caspian again, that seemed to be the worst offender d:

    The error pattern in the second video is always a video memory issue. As in it's going or has gone TU. Could be just massive overheating and the chips failing from that, but 9 out of 10 it means RMA time.

    Those were known issues with the 560s. It was somehow related to the way the shaders were being calculated. I was getting the same thing before I updated my drivers. It does not really mean the card is going out. BF3 was the only game that was happening in.

    What drivers are you using? I just started getting these same errors with my 560ti and I am using the latest Nvidia betas.

  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    Oh and we need to get the server going. I was thinking we could get a little 32 player rush/conquest action going on. I have prepared a map list for the Chamber of Understanding. Join me in out usual vent channel.

    69.12.36.171
    port two three seven seven

  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    So does anyone have any tips or places they can point me to on how to suck less? I have been levelling up each class once just to see how each plays and the Recon seems stupidly harder to level then the others. Especially since the basic sniper rifle seems ridiculous weak. 3 or 4 body shots for a kill is just not getting the job done.

    sig.gif Gamertag: KL Retribution
    PSN:Furlion
  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    furlion wrote:
    So does anyone have any tips or places they can point me to on how to suck less? I have been levelling up each class once just to see how each plays and the Recon seems stupidly harder to level then the others. Especially since the basic sniper rifle seems ridiculous weak. 3 or 4 body shots for a kill is just not getting the job done.

    Honestly I much prefer the bolt actions for sniping, so what I would do is level engineer until I got to level 6 or 7 and then used PDWs until I unlocked the sv98. Use that beastly thing for actual kills.

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    CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
  • Premier kakosPremier kakos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    furlion wrote:
    So does anyone have any tips or places they can point me to on how to suck less? I have been levelling up each class once just to see how each plays and the Recon seems stupidly harder to level then the others. Especially since the basic sniper rifle seems ridiculous weak. 3 or 4 body shots for a kill is just not getting the job done.

    Yeah, Recon is ridiculously hard to level for everyone. It's fucking stupid that Dice took away pretty much everything good about Recon and gave it to Support, which already had lots of good shit.

  • MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    furlion wrote:
    So does anyone have any tips or places they can point me to on how to suck less? I have been levelling up each class once just to see how each plays and the Recon seems stupidly harder to level then the others. Especially since the basic sniper rifle seems ridiculous weak. 3 or 4 body shots for a kill is just not getting the job done.

    Personally, I wouldn't put too much stock into trying to snipe. Go iron sights on the sniper rifles...Or use the PP-2000 and play very aggressive. Set your tugs at areas with alot of traffic and put your radio beacon at loations that help your team cap points/defend or attack MCOMS.

    General advice? Since you have tried all the classes, it may be time to figure out which ones you actually have fun playing with and than just go in that direction. I love playing Engineer. Almost to service star 5. Next would be Assault/medic depending on how vehicle heavy a map is. Play aggressive. Cap points like crazy. Spot everything you see. But that's my personal playstyle and it seems to net me MVP more often than not.

    XBL-Dug Danger WiiU-DugDanger Steam-http://steamcommunity.com/id/DugDanger/
  • stlobusstlobus Registered User regular
    Just added the PA BF3 servers to my favorites. I had a lot of fun getting destroyed by you guys in Bad Company 2 and can't wait to get destroyed in BF3.

    PSN/SEN: lobus Steam: stlobus XBox: St Lobus NNID: Lobus42
  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    So am I missing something, or is there no hardcore mode in this?

  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    If you're on PC, just edit your server browser filter to hardcore.

    XBL: Flex MythoMass
  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    If you're on PC, just edit your server browser filter to hardcore.

    360.

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    PS: Where is everyone?

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    I'm playing newly received games from the Steam sale.

    XBL: Flex MythoMass
  • MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Leitner wrote:
    If you're on PC, just edit your server browser filter to hardcore.

    360.

    Go to the server browser and use the filter to find the hardcore games.

    [edit]To be more helpful: Go to server browser, click in on the right stick. The 4th column over allows you to select from Normal, Hardcore and Infantry only servers. Or all 3 at once.

    Mulletude on
    XBL-Dug Danger WiiU-DugDanger Steam-http://steamcommunity.com/id/DugDanger/
  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    Flippy_D wrote:
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

    There are no "best" guns, it's all about finding the guns that suit your playstyle and sticking with them. I'm terrible with sniper rifles and LMGs but aces with SMGs and assault rifles. When all else fails out comes the shotgun.

  • AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    What do you mean, when all else fails? Shotguns are the first choice, not the last.

    XBL: Flex MythoMass
  • MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote:
    Flippy_D wrote:
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

    There are no "best" guns, it's all about finding the guns that suit your playstyle and sticking with them. I'm terrible with sniper rifles and LMGs but aces with SMGs and assault rifles. When all else fails out comes the shotgun.

    I love this part about the game. It's all about the feel of the gun for each person. M4A1 is the sweetest gun on the planet imo

    XBL-Dug Danger WiiU-DugDanger Steam-http://steamcommunity.com/id/DugDanger/
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Mulletude wrote:
    Dirtyboy wrote:
    Flippy_D wrote:
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

    There are no "best" guns, it's all about finding the guns that suit your playstyle and sticking with them. I'm terrible with sniper rifles and LMGs but aces with SMGs and assault rifles. When all else fails out comes the shotgun.

    I love this part about the game. It's all about the feel of the gun for each person. M4A1 is the sweetest gun on the planet imo

    Everyone always raves about the AEK and F2000, but I fucking adore the M16. Nothing like a trusty AR to get you there and back.

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    Give me any LMG and I'm good.

    It's actually negatively affected my play of other classes. All flaring the trigger when the enemy is only 10 meters away.

  • MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    Mulletude wrote:
    Dirtyboy wrote:
    Flippy_D wrote:
    Still don't know what guns are best for what.

    Still don't really understand this game's weapon mechanics particularly.

    Still rocking face as a tank engy and recon.

    There are no "best" guns, it's all about finding the guns that suit your playstyle and sticking with them. I'm terrible with sniper rifles and LMGs but aces with SMGs and assault rifles. When all else fails out comes the shotgun.

    I love this part about the game. It's all about the feel of the gun for each person. M4A1 is the sweetest gun on the planet imo

    Everyone always raves about the AEK and F2000, but I fucking adore the M16. Nothing like a trusty AR to get you there and back.

    Same here when I play Assault. Foregrip and Heavy Barrel?

    XBL-Dug Danger WiiU-DugDanger Steam-http://steamcommunity.com/id/DugDanger/
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