News - EA-DICE publish Battlefield 4 PC minimum/recommended specs

BF3 is more gpu driven so your 7970 should cope IMHO if bf4 is the same way.

I'm ok with the GPU. It's the CPU I was thinking of.

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Originally Posted by Phage

I'm ok with the GPU. It's the CPU I was thinking of.

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Why not just wait and see I dont really see your overclocked ivy will have much problems with it. Does it stuggle now?

No, not at all. Paranoia I guess.

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No, not at all. Paranoia I guess.

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or upgraditis :)

Dude I would sooner put another 7970 in that setup than a better cpu. I'm running the 2500k at 4.5ghz and I think it may be pushed hard in Bf4, but not 100%. I don't see why your cpu would be pushed any harder. I also have a 7970 and I'm more concerned about that than my cpu. But I may be wrong here. I would just hold out until the Beta in the coming weeks and see how it goes then :)

Aye. Will we all have access, or is it some testers only ?

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Aye. Will we all have access, or is it some testers only ?

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Quoted from EA's website:

"Exclusive Beta Access can be obtained in the following ways:

*Pre-order the Origin Digital Deluxe Edition of Battlefield 4 (PC only) through the Origin store.

*Own Battlefield 3 Premium Membership.

*Alternatively, if you are a registered owner of a Digital Deluxe or Limited Edition copy of Medal of Honor Warfighter, you will also gain access when it is available.

Below you can find information on how to check your Battlefield 4 Exclusive Beta Access eligibility:

Battlefield 4 Digital Deluxe Edition Pre-orders
If you pre-ordered the Origin Digital Deluxe Edition (PC only) of the game from a region that offers it, a 'Battlefield 4 beta' product icon will be attached to the entry for the pre-order. To confirm this please do the following:

In your Origin client, open your 'My Games' tab
Right click the product icon for Battlefield 4
Select 'Show Game Details'
Scroll down to the 'Expansions' section
The Battlefield 4 Beta icon will be visible.

Note, if you've If pre-ordered the Digital Deluxe edition of Battlefield 4, but accidentally removed yourself from Exclusive Beta Access eligibility while pre-ordering the Digital Deluxe edition, please contact our Customer Support Team."

You only need to meet one of those requirements to play it of course :)

Righto. There's my opportunity for proper testing. Do I need moar POWAH or not ?

cant wait for this :)

3gb memory

I smell red amd :D

I think ill get 7950

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here's a thought. Will the i5 still cut it ? Should I take the i7 option ?
Bearing in mind I mostly play 64-player large maps ?

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You could always look at this Intel Processor Comparison and check what your current processor spec is. Took a quick look myself and the majority of i5's seem to be quad cores, and all of them seem to be capable of quad-thread. And therein lies an interesting question - do DICE mean 4 actual/physical cores or just that they need to run 4 threads simultaneously? I suspect the latter.

i7's nice (fancy one myself to replace my six way Phenom II) but I would have thought that ripping the heart out of your rig (with all the resulting rebuild etc hassle) would be a lot of unnecessary expense. Kind of like me doing my jump to i7 because of the memory issues I've got with the current rig (and it's this kind of nonsense that makes me prefer console gaming)

That said, BF4 is a whole lot more likely to cause me to want a PC upgrade than this year's CoD.

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3gb memory

I smell red amd :D

I think ill get 7950

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I think it is a AMD sponsored game as it was rumored to go in the AMD Never settle bundles

Hope my GTX 650ti boost will handle this game, it's amazing!

This says nothing, its a bit messed up, real testing shows you everything. And till it comes hope I will sell my xbox 360 and buy a better PC...

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This says nothing, its a bit messed up, real testing shows you everything. And till it comes hope I will sell my xbox 360 and buy a better PC...

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Yeh exactly. Recommended requirements are usually what you would actually want to play a game at mid kinda settings. No one is gonna be playing this smoothly on ultra with the recommended specs..