BF3 and overclocked cards

Naldo · November 09, 2011, 10:31:32 PM

If you are having issues running Battlefield 3, it may be that you are using a factory or manually overclocked video card. You may be able to run the game by slowing down the card 10Mhz.

For more information, including the utility needed and factory guides, please follow the steps below:

Download Nvidia System Tools with ESA Support from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.03.html
Read the Userâ€™s Guide for information on how to use the tool which can be found under the Additional Information tab.
When the Tool is open, you will need to go to the Performance Device Manager, Select GPU, and then move the slider bar down 10Mhz.

IMPORTANT: EA is not liable for any damage related to the misuse of the above tool and information. Use at your own risk.

lionheart · November 09, 2011, 10:51:01 PM

MSI Afterburner is the tool of choice for all your overclocking and underclocking needs......(works on all graphics cards) get it here

KKND · November 10, 2011, 02:55:33 PM

Quote from: Naldo;336836If you are having issues running Battlefield 3, it may be that you are using a factory or manually overclocked video card. You may be able to run the game by slowing down the card 10Mhz.

For more information, including the utility needed and factory guides, please follow the steps below:

Download Nvidia System Tools with ESA Support from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.03.html
Read the Userâ€™s Guide for information on how to use the tool which can be found under the Additional Information tab.
When the Tool is open, you will need to go to the Performance Device Manager, Select GPU, and then move the slider bar down 10Mhz.

IMPORTANT: EA is not liable for any damage related to the misuse of the above tool and information. Use at your own risk.

I do have OC Card but this wasn't helping me when i had probs with BF3,so it dont count for all cards that are OC!

faust82 · November 10, 2011, 06:51:52 PM

No but it does seem like the reference voltage at least for the nVidia 560 cards is set too low, so when they're overclocked and then pushed max, it's an issue.
Some manufacturers go reference+1, so they're less prone to this problem. I have a factory overclocked 570 from Asus, and it runs just fine. Gromit has an Asus 560, and I think he had to downclock to get it stable.

gromit83 · November 10, 2011, 07:11:33 PM

The card is stable, but I'm getting black artifacts. I would guess it is a wrong bios setting. nVidia released new drivers today. 285.76 Beta. Did NOT work for me :ranting2:

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-285.79-beta-driver-uk.html

QuoteNew in Version 285.79

Includes several bug fixes and performance improvements for Battlefield 3.
Fixes cases of irregular performance (stuttering) primarily seen on DirectX 10 GPUs. The fix improves the performance of both DX10 and DX11 GPUs.
Fixes shadow map corruption seen with DirectX 10 GPUs.
Fixes cases of black corruption lines/triangles with DirectX 10 GPUs.

DrunkenZombiee · November 11, 2011, 12:03:05 AM

I have a heavily overclockd 560 Ti, came pre-modded at 850Mhz from stock (already a large OC) and I am running it at 1Ghz no problem. Really high frame rate and can get 30-60 frames on ULTRA settings.

Really weird that you lot are having issues. What chipset do you lot have? Might be a architecture issue?

kregoron · November 11, 2011, 10:50:49 AM

The latest 285.76 beta is crap, getting artifacts on my laptop (560M) overclocked and not... (get the latest release instead)

Not having any issues my 6990 (overclocked from 830 core to 855 core)

lionheart · November 11, 2011, 02:15:00 PM

Not tried the latest betas yet on BF3, I'm not feeling to confident about it now......mind you everyones system is different so I'll give it a go.

lionheart · November 12, 2011, 01:40:29 AM

Well I played for 4 hours tonight and the drivers were fine for me. In fact I even commented that I had to stop on occasion to make sure I wasn't watching the news!

I love my GTX580.

(In a manly way).

BrotherTobious · November 12, 2011, 06:30:35 PM

Quote from: lionheart;337098I love my GTX580.

(In a manly way).

With some force ??

Milli · November 12, 2011, 07:20:57 PM

Currently have Ati Radeon HD 6990 running on 2nd factory setting (OC) without any issues at all with the latest catalyst drivers.

DuVeL · November 13, 2011, 01:24:21 AM

Needs that for Windows 7...

gromit83 · November 13, 2011, 03:53:38 PM

I have a ASUS Geforce GTX 560 Ti OC TOP (900 mhz factory OC). Im using the latest beta drivers that did not help out at all. Not until I used the ASUS Smartdoctor to up the voltage from 1.000 til 1.100V. Then all the problems where gone.

KKND · November 13, 2011, 04:40:15 PM

Quote from: gromit83;337201I have a ASUS Geforce GTX 560 Ti OC TOP (900 mhz factory OC). Im using the latest beta drivers that did not help out at all. Not until I used the ASUS Smartdoctor to up the voltage from 1.000 til 1.100V. Then all the problems where gone.

Done this now,hope it works..

gromit83 · November 13, 2011, 06:12:57 PM

Any luck?