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But considering I'm long up north here in Norway, and newegg is in USA, I'm a little worried about shipping.
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You don't have to purchase from them I was just showing you an example.
But if you do... NewEgg is great with shipping. GPU's will typically come in a sealed bag in a box that has foam padding surrounding the card. NewEgg places the box in a large shipping box and then stuffs it full of the packing popcorn. Unless someone drop kicks your box off the top of a 4 story building you will be okay lol.
I have ordered a lot of stuff from NewEgg and have personally never had a problem.
You know what... I am booting up my PC now... All this talk of BF3 and the glorious Armored Kill trailer have made me want to play. Hit me up if you want to play! Corner_Terrorist
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I meant price of shipping, because when I found the AMD 8-Core, UPS wanted 600$ in shipping to get it here from the US. I did find one in my country though.
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Wow. Wow. Wow. Lol.
Ya try to find one local. Lol. Good luck man. You won't regret the switch!
Also, even though you don't have a PC yet you should check out the current Steam summer sales. AAA games at 75% off. I picked up GTAIV, Borderlands GOTY, and Portal 2 for $5 each! My wife will kill me if I spend more.
But, it will give you a good collection of games for dirt cheap to start off with!
Good luck!
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But Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the entire world, so I think it might be a little more expensive over here. No, wait, I meant ALOT.
EDIT: It seems I was wrong. I found a PowerColor 6850 for 1366 Norwegian kroner, which is 223$, and that is suprisingly cheap. But I should probably get one from the UK, most of them I looked at had free shipping and was around 130-150£
EDIT2: I tried logging into Steam but I'm not on the computer I made my account on, I sold that one, and now I have to deal with this security 🤬
The codes turn up in my mailbox about 5 minutes from when I request them, and then it says they're expired -.-
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for those who dont believe i run bf3 on ultra i have a video that is uploading now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTusTDzs1c&feature=youtu.be
lower fps then what i get in game.
lower fps then what i get in game.
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Now all of a sudden it is 40-60 fps?
Yes, you might see a max of 60 fps in a room with no enemies, no explosions, and absolutely nothing going on that needs to be rendered besides your gun and the walls.
Even with that card overclocked to the point of going beyond stability you are not going to see a an AVERAGE frame rate beyond 45ish at 1920x1080. Every benchmark I have seen has pegged the 7850 at 30 fps average at 1920x1080 at true Ultra settings WITH fov at 90 (you move one setting down a notch you are no longer at ultra). You are not going to pick up 30 fps with an overclock (unless we are talking liquid nitrogen cooling and a massive overclock resulting in a broken card in a couple of minutes).
Regardless, your maximum framerate is not important. Your average and minimum are. If you are dipping below 30 fps then the game becomes unplayable due to screen refresh and input lag. The faster the refresh rate the better.
You may get 60 fps occasionally, hell when I had one overclocked 7870 I would get in the 100's but that doesn't mean "I get 100 fps." I get what my minimum and average are.
EDIT: Your video is also singleplayer, inside a building, at night, etc etc.... And you are not at Ultra settings...
Yes, you might see a max of 60 fps in a room with no enemies, no explosions, and absolutely nothing going on that needs to be rendered besides your gun and the walls.
Even with that card overclocked to the point of going beyond stability you are not going to see a an AVERAGE frame rate beyond 45ish at 1920x1080. Every benchmark I have seen has pegged the 7850 at 30 fps average at 1920x1080 at true Ultra settings WITH fov at 90 (you move one setting down a notch you are no longer at ultra). You are not going to pick up 30 fps with an overclock (unless we are talking liquid nitrogen cooling and a massive overclock resulting in a broken card in a couple of minutes).
Regardless, your maximum framerate is not important. Your average and minimum are. If you are dipping below 30 fps then the game becomes unplayable due to screen refresh and input lag. The faster the refresh rate the better.
You may get 60 fps occasionally, hell when I had one overclocked 7870 I would get in the 100's but that doesn't mean "I get 100 fps." I get what my minimum and average are.
EDIT: Your video is also singleplayer, inside a building, at night, etc etc.... And you are not at Ultra settings...
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Any point in playing Wake Island? If the pilot and gunner in the Viper both have countermeasures, you literally cannot lock on at all.
Even if the pilot does make a mistake and crash or a jet pilot actually does what they're supposed to, within minutes the chopper has respawned and the same two guys are in it again.
Take them down with jets I hear you say? I would if the jet spawn camp brigade didn't choose to fly off and do nothing useful for the team for the duration of their flight. Use the Tunguska? I would if the pilot-gunner team didn't destroy it every time it spawned!
DICE, please make it so that all land vehicles and aircraft have expendable ammo that eventually needs refilling, including for flares, countermeasures and extinguisher.
It would certainly cut out a lot of the frustrating BS, after a period away from the game I can see how players have managed to get 100+ helicopter service stars!
(For the record, I waited for the pilot to land for repairs and knifed him and the gunner. Nobody escapes. Nobody.)
Even if the pilot does make a mistake and crash or a jet pilot actually does what they're supposed to, within minutes the chopper has respawned and the same two guys are in it again.
Take them down with jets I hear you say? I would if the jet spawn camp brigade didn't choose to fly off and do nothing useful for the team for the duration of their flight. Use the Tunguska? I would if the pilot-gunner team didn't destroy it every time it spawned!
DICE, please make it so that all land vehicles and aircraft have expendable ammo that eventually needs refilling, including for flares, countermeasures and extinguisher.
It would certainly cut out a lot of the frustrating BS, after a period away from the game I can see how players have managed to get 100+ helicopter service stars!
(For the record, I waited for the pilot to land for repairs and knifed him and the gunner. Nobody escapes. Nobody.)
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Approved by kittens. Really, I hate those freaking choppers on Wake, and the Little Birds on Canals. Also I hate when I hide behind something and someone is just standing there spamming his tank cannon into whatever near me. Also, the freaking LAV on Seine Rush that just stands around firing non-stop directly at the bombs when they've been planted, making it impossible to defuse it. 🤬 annoying!
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Ultra is highest. All you have to do is choose "Ultra."
Also, if you want a wider field of view, meaning you are able to see more peripheral vision-ally? lol, then increase the FOV setting on the left hand side. Don't know how demanding it is but I am sure there is a small fps hit since more is being rendered on screen.
The main things I see you do not have at their full is post-processing and AA. AA is mainly blurring/multi-rendering techniques to remove any jagged edges on screen. This basically slightly blurs the image and renders the textures multiple times (4x, 8x, 16x.... this is what those settings mean) to give you a crisper image. FXAA, MSAA, AA, are all just different techniques. AF is basically the same thing but its goal instead is to give you a crisper image in far away textures... the further a texture is drawn the blurrier it becomes.
You should be able to pick up at least 10 fps over stock with a good overclock on that card. If you bought it pre-overclocked, which is typically maybe a 50-100 Mhz overclock, it is capable of going much further. Just watch your temps and stay below 85c.
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Man oh man, I can't wait to get on those maps. As we're all talking about PC hardware right now I'll just chime in and say I've got an i5 2500K at 3.3GHz, 8GB RAM and an MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III/OC, I play at 1680x1050 on Ultra settings and I sometimes get dips below 60fps when vehicles are exploding near me... Armoured (I'm sorry but I just can't drop that 'u') Kill might actually pose a problem! I suspect it's a CPU bottleneck (as the 680 is never maxed) but I don't really care enough to fix it, it's barely noticeable.
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Overclock that cpu man! I have my 2500k running at 4.6 at 1.4V! It is glorious!
If any GTP BF3 PC players feel like playing a game: I've setup a server over here, feel free to join or comment if you want anything changed. 👍 See you on the battlefield.
I would join, but I have a 240 ping on your server LOL!
I get pings of 8-10 here on Dallas servers lol.
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Damn, now that you've said it I guess I have to, which cooler have you got? I'm still running on the stock one, hence no OC so far. I don't mind spending a bit more for something decent but I think liquid might be taking it too far... OR IS IT?*
*I don't know!
If any GTP BF3 PC players feel like playing a game: I've setup a server over here, feel free to join or comment if you want anything changed. 👍 See you on the battlefield.
I've added it as a favourite and I'll keep an eye on it when I'm looking to play, but I'm more often on my clan's servers to be honest. Maybe we can organise a GTP meet and
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Check out the Corsair H80. All in one liquid cooling unit with a 120mm radiator and two 120mm fans you can use for push/pull. It will fit into any 120mm fan slot on your case. Using it as a rear exhaust on the rear panel is typically the suggested advice. It is extremely simple to install.
However, one thing I must say about this: Check the power output on your +12V rail (BIOS). If it is above 12.1 V then go with another cooler like the Antec 920. The H60-100 impeller design doesn't function properly above 12V; mainly this just makes the pump loud on what would otherwise be a pretty quiet unit (sounds like a HDD grinding but louder) but it doesn't effect performance . They have fixed the issue but it could be awhile before the new units replace the old on store shelves. They literally just announced they had fixed the issue about 2 weeks ago.
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Am I the only one having issues getting the scar-l? I must suck with a hand grenade.
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TDM on Noshahr, Throw them into the container maze in the centre of the map. (Try for the 2 main corridors)
Also works with spamming them on other small close quarters style maps, Such as Siene, Metro and Bazaar. I would say Noshahr is the best though, As i always get frag kills this way in nearly every life.
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Blackbird.
If you need other weapons work towards getting then and just throw grenades as much as you can, I did that and it didn't take me as long as I thought it would. But like someone said, also play on smaller maps.
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No, it took me ages too. I just played TDM Canals and Metro CQ until I got enough while getting kills with other weapons as ilikewaffles said, but as I say it took me a long time so don't give up!
Thank you kindly, I'm now off to look at prices. The thing is I was looking at augmenting my racing rig with a Saitek X52 but I can't afford both right now. Decisions, decisions...
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When do you guys reckon Armoured kill will be released?, Close quarters was released on the 4th of the month (for PS3 premium players) so i think they will keep that pattern. And on another note, I hope the Quads are not detectable by Soflam or Javelins LoL
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I'm hoping it'll be the start of the month and I think it will be because if PS3 premium players get it on the 4th, then PC/360 premium players get it the week after, PS3 non-premium players the week after that then PC/360 non-premium players get it in the last week of September; therefore DICE can say it launches in September and no one is lied to.
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The hand grenade part took me the longest to finish if that helps at all. On another note, I am really enjoying the SCAR-L. It is a good rifle, so long as you try and keep your engagement at mid to middish-long range.
I have also added it as a favourite. It shows a ping of about 140 ms and now that I have played on a server with a ping like that, it is not too bad. I would be up for a GTP meet.
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Same here, get 10-15 ping on NL/BE/GE/UK servers, 110 - 150 US East Coast servers.
GTP meet sounds great! 👍
Anyway, if anyone wants to give it a go, minimum players is set to 2, so easy to start a round.
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If any GTP BF3 PC players feel like playing a game: I've setup a server over here, feel free to join or comment if you want anything changed. 👍 See you on the battlefield.
Added it to favorites. 👍 Unfortunately my ping is 150>.
Yeah the M320 part was simple, it's just grenades are in most cases so easy to dodge. I wish we could cook grenades, it would make this task alot easier.
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I finally got the SCAR-L. Oddly enough the pursuit of trying to get the assignment done with just grenades was more interesting then unlocking it. Sort of anti climatic I suppose. It's too laate to play more so i'll try the gun out later.
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