***OFFICIAL*** FBG All things BATTLEFIELD Thread (4 Viewers)

[TLEF316]

Looks like they've gone back to not counting a death as a death if you are revived.It wasn't like that in the alpha and won't be in the beta, but it will be at release.As a total K/D ratio whore I'm obviously a fan of this...

Philosophically I hate this*, but at least now it won't be so bad when some dip#### revives you in the middle of a firefight.I just popped this game back into my PS3 a month or so ago, and got hooked all over again. I missed all the new rush maps besides Laguna Presa, so Harvest Day, White Pass, Oasis, etc. are all new to me (I know some of these were previously Conquest maps), and it's like playing a new game. And there are still a ton of players in the 10s and 20s, so it's not like it's just 50s running around. This game has had a great shelf life.* Edit: Easy for me to say, since I'm happy with any KDR near or above 1.0.

you still get credit for the kill if the guy gets revived, which is good. Again, I'm a whore, so i'll take the extra % points. I wish i could do an apples to apples comparison between bf2 and bc2 to see how i've improved, but i don't think there's any way to see how many times you've been revived. Stat keeping in BC2 really sucks.Yeah, the new maps helped extend it, but i'm just about finished with this game. This weekend, I actually decided I'm gonna stop going for platinum stars and just use the overpowered weapons for the rest of the time. Had a nice 47-9 round with the AN-94 playing attack on valaparaiso on saturday. That thing is so unfair.Bf2 actually had a much longer shelf life, despite the fact that they released 2142 a year into it's life cycle. If they keep releasing map packs for bf3, I think it will last just as long.

 

[ren hoek]

Looks like they've gone back to not counting a death as a death if you are revived.

It wasn't like that in the alpha and won't be in the beta, but it will be at release.

As a total K/D ratio whore I'm obviously a fan of this...

is right. You should be ashamed of yourself! K/D doesn't really matter in Battlefield. You can go 11-8 playing defender in Rush and still be doing a tremendous amount of work to help your team out.

 

[ODoyleRules]

Looks like they've gone back to not counting a death as a death if you are revived.It wasn't like that in the alpha and won't be in the beta, but it will be at release.As a total K/D ratio whore I'm obviously a fan of this...

Philosophically I hate this*, but at least now it won't be so bad when some dip#### revives you in the middle of a firefight.I just popped this game back into my PS3 a month or so ago, and got hooked all over again. I missed all the new rush maps besides Laguna Presa, so Harvest Day, White Pass, Oasis, etc. are all new to me (I know some of these were previously Conquest maps), and it's like playing a new game. And there are still a ton of players in the 10s and 20s, so it's not like it's just 50s running around. This game has had a great shelf life.* Edit: Easy for me to say, since I'm happy with any KDR near or above 1.0.

I enjoy the game so much more when I'm not focused on KDR. A few months into BFBC2, I was looking at those stat tracking websites and actually starting to care if I achieved a medal or badge. Playing with weapons I hated... it felt like work. Now I just play Rush and stay focused on winning or losing the match and it's a lot more fun.

 

[TLEF316]

Looks like they've gone back to not counting a death as a death if you are revived.

It wasn't like that in the alpha and won't be in the beta, but it will be at release.

As a total K/D ratio whore I'm obviously a fan of this...

is right. You should be ashamed of yourself! K/D doesn't really matter in Battlefield. You can go 11-8 playing defender in Rush and still be doing a tremendous amount of work to help your team out.

Well, here's the thing.In rush, I can agree to a certain extent. K/d Ratio doesn't matter at all for attackers (unless you are just recklessly rushing and pissing away lives to the tune of 3-20 or something). However, for defenders, it does matter. Playing defense is all about getting rid of the attackers' tickets. So more kills = easier victory for your team.

In conquest, K/D ratio matters a lot. I know that conquest is technically a territory control game mode, but in Bc2, the ticket bleed for holding a majority of the points is almost meaningless. So it really is basically team death match with a little territory control side game. Hopefully in Bf3, holding command points is possible and worthwhile. In Bc2, it makes no sense to stay and defend. Its just musical flags.

This is all assuming that you are moving towards the action and playing aggressively (which i always do) A sniper who goes 5-1 during a full round of conquest on Panama canal is not helping his team.

 

[TLEF316]

So I was expecting several packages today. 1 didn't show up....the box with all my parts in it. Got the case and the headset i ordered, but the parts are still MIA (tracking still shows them in transit from the warehouse even though estimated delivery was today).

I was hoping to build tonight, so I'm a tad bummed. But oh well.

Opened up the case and took a look. Can anyone tell me what the hell this is.....random plastic thing

Here is where it came installed

Its roughly in the area where my video and sound cards would be, but I cant for the life of me figure out what it is for. Manual doesn't mention anything

 

[Maelstrom]

So I was expecting several packages today. 1 didn't show up....the box with all my parts in it. Got the case and the headset i ordered, but the parts are still MIA (tracking still shows them in transit from the warehouse even though estimated delivery was today).

I was hoping to build tonight, so I'm a tad bummed. But oh well.

Opened up the case and took a look. Can anyone tell me what the hell this is.....random plastic thing

Here is where it came installed

Its roughly in the area where my video and sound cards would be, but I cant for the life of me figure out what it is for. Manual doesn't mention anything

Guessing it is a support for the end of the video cards?

 

[Mad Cow]

So I was expecting several packages today. 1 didn't show up....the box with all my parts in it. Got the case and the headset i ordered, but the parts are still MIA (tracking still shows them in transit from the warehouse even though estimated delivery was today).

I was hoping to build tonight, so I'm a tad bummed. But oh well.

Opened up the case and took a look. Can anyone tell me what the hell this is.....random plastic thing

Here is where it came installed

Its roughly in the area where my video and sound cards would be, but I cant for the life of me figure out what it is for. Manual doesn't mention anything

Guessing it is a support for the end of the video cards?

Cable management perhaps

 

[TLEF316]

yeah, i have no idea.

Just tried out the new headset. Took some tinkering (on the default settings, the bass is absolutely non-existant) but with some tweaking in windows, they are awesome.

Also, if you haven't played this game using the "War tapes" audio setting, you really haven't played it. I just had a pretty sweet round sniping with the An94 from the UAV side of B on Atacama Dessert (back side of the boat). You can hear every round echo like crazy off the metal hull. Its pretty unreal. I've been missing out.

 

[Mad Cow]

yeah, i have no idea. Just tried out the new headset. Took some tinkering (on the default settings, the bass is absolutely non-existant) but with some tweaking in windows, they are awesome.Also, if you haven't played this game using the "War tapes" audio setting, you really haven't played it. I just had a pretty sweet round sniping with the An94 from the UAV side of B on Atacama Dessert (back side of the boat). You can hear every round echo like crazy off the metal hull. Its pretty unreal. I've been missing out.

War tapes? Not sure I have even looked at Audio settings to know what it is.

 

[TLEF316]

It's like super sound. It's tremendous

 

[SkyRattlers]

So I was expecting several packages today. 1 didn't show up....the box with all my parts in it. Got the case and the headset i ordered, but the parts are still MIA (tracking still shows them in transit from the warehouse even though estimated delivery was today).

I was hoping to build tonight, so I'm a tad bummed. But oh well.

Opened up the case and took a look. Can anyone tell me what the hell this is.....random plastic thing

Here is where it came installed

Its roughly in the area where my video and sound cards would be, but I cant for the life of me figure out what it is for. Manual doesn't mention anything

Guessing it is a support for the end of the video cards?

This. My new rig I built on the weekend came with something similar.

 

[TLEF316]

So I'm on the new PC. A couple of minor hardware issues (power switch isn't working at the moment, so i had to turn it on on the mother board) but everything else is alright. Even tricked windows into letting me do a full install with the upgrade disk.

So now my issue is getting all the unnecessary files off of the SSD and making it so that stuff defaults to my storage drive. I found some tutorials on editing the default path in Regedit, but it didn't help. I downloaded video drivers, and if i try to install them to the storage drive, it keeps saying "invalid folder" and doesn't let me do it. Also refuses to install firefox anywhere other than the C drive (which is the SSD)

I know there are a bunch of tweaks that i need to do to keep the SSD running smooothly, but right now i'd settles for an answer to the stuff above.

Thanks

 

[Gator Shawn]

It's like super sound. It's tremendous

Wow, it's pretty amazing and doesn't seem to tax my system too much more.

 

[Corporation]

So I'm on the new PC. A couple of minor hardware issues (power switch isn't working at the moment, so i had to turn it on on the mother board) but everything else is alright. Even tricked windows into letting me do a full install with the upgrade disk.So now my issue is getting all the unnecessary files off of the SSD and making it so that stuff defaults to my storage drive. I found some tutorials on editing the default path in Regedit, but it didn't help. I downloaded video drivers, and if i try to install them to the storage drive, it keeps saying "invalid folder" and doesn't let me do it. Also refuses to install firefox anywhere other than the C drive (which is the SSD)I know there are a bunch of tweaks that i need to do to keep the SSD running smooothly, but right now i'd settles for an answer to the stuff above.Thanks

I've been using the SSD as my main for almost 2 years, I didn't have any problems with installing steam apps (or any others) to my TB drives. I don't remember where firefox installed, but I know chrome is on my TB. Not much help but it can be done. Running Win7 64 btw

 

[TLEF316]

So I'm on the new PC. A couple of minor hardware issues (power switch isn't working at the moment, so i had to turn it on on the mother board) but everything else is alright. Even tricked windows into letting me do a full install with the upgrade disk.

So now my issue is getting all the unnecessary files off of the SSD and making it so that stuff defaults to my storage drive. I found some tutorials on editing the default path in Regedit, but it didn't help. I downloaded video drivers, and if i try to install them to the storage drive, it keeps saying "invalid folder" and doesn't let me do it. Also refuses to install firefox anywhere other than the C drive (which is the SSD)

I know there are a bunch of tweaks that i need to do to keep the SSD running smooothly, but right now i'd settles for an answer to the stuff above.

Thanks

I've been using the SSD as my main for almost 2 years, I didn't have any problems with installing steam apps (or any others) to my TB drives. I don't remember where firefox installed, but I know chrome is on my TB. Not much help but it can be done. Running Win7 64 btw

So i mostly fixed this. The only software I couldn't get installed to the storage drive were the drivers for my vid card. It would ALWAYS default to a folder on the C drive (which didn't even exist yet, since I hadn't installed any ATI software) and if i tried to create an identical folder on the storage drive, i got an "invalid folder" message. So finally i just bit the bullet and put the drivers on the SSD. No big deal i guess. Plenty of room.Figured out how to get everything else on the storage drive and edited my registry to make it the default. Also found a neat app called "steam mover" which allows you to store your games on your regular hard drive (which is necessary if that's where you have the actual steam client) but run of them off the SSD for the increased load speeds.

Decided to break down and buy an onboard sound card. Figured I might as well go all the way at this point. Probably gonna go with a Creative card,(never had a good experience with other brands) but i need to find one that has front panel capabilities.(hate having to go around back to switch between headset and speakers) All the higher end ones do, (this looks awesome but they cost more than i want ($150+) and seem to get very mixed reviews on Newegg.

Did all the tweaks for increased SSD performance (made sure TRIM was on, updated firmware, disabled hibernation, ect) and I'm flying. No overclocking yet.

 

[Mad Cow]

I looked at the War Tapes, and it looks like the main difference between that and HiFi sound, which I use, is that in war tapes, the ambient sound is made louder. Overall sounds they say are equal in quantity and quality, the war tapes just cranks up the background. Cool if you are rolling alone. Maybe not so much if you are talking on vent? Just curious there.

 

[TLEF316]

BattleBlog11

Kinda disappointed that team death match is the only game mode they're adding. Its not something I will play (other than to get some sort of award) and it really didn't require too much work.

Kinda wish they put some sort of king of the hill mode in.

Other new info from the blog (some of which was clarified by the devs on twitter)

- only way to blow up MCOM's is by arming them (so now sniping with tank or taking the building the MCOM is in down)

- Jets are IN rush (this contradicts what we heard earlier)

- If attacking team runs out of tickets while MCOM is armed, the game doesn't end until the defenders disarm or it blows up.

- If defender is disarming MCOM, it won't blow unless they are killed. (so if you get to the MCOM before it blows, you wont run out of time)

Infantry only mode is confirmed in, but we already knew this. There will also be ticket bleed in conquest. As I've said many times, they need to ratchet up the rate to make playing defense worthwhile

 

[TLEF316]

And oh yeah, yesterday they confirmed that the only reason we dont have the beta yet is because Sony and Microsoft haven't approved the console versions yet. Why they don't just let the PC players play is beyond me.....

 

[Nick Vermeil]

And oh yeah, yesterday they confirmed that the only reason we dont have the beta yet is because Sony and Microsoft haven't approved the console versions yet. Why they don't just let the PC players play is beyond me.....

Do they have any sort of an estimate for the start of the beta?

 

[TLEF316]

And oh yeah, yesterday they confirmed that the only reason we dont have the beta yet is because Sony and Microsoft haven't approved the console versions yet. Why they don't just let the PC players play is beyond me.....

Do they have any sort of an estimate for the start of the beta?

The main rumor out there is the 27th, but there are so many morons starting threads on the boards that its impossible to know what to believe.Apparently MS has cleared it. Just waiting on Sony now.

 

[TLEF316]

The M416 isn't nearly as good as i remember it being.

Lots of spread, even when shooting in bursts. Stopping power isn't even that great.

An-94 >>>>>>>>M416

Probably going to play quite a bit this weekend, as it will probably be my last weekend playing Bc2. Gears of war 3 out on tuesday and the Bf3 beta following shortly after.

 

[scottybo]

PP-2000 Avtomat with 4x scope and magnum ammo is easily my weapon of choice in BC2. Really hate that it's limited to Engineer though.

 

[Maelstrom]

The M416 isn't nearly as good as i remember it being. Lots of spread, even when shooting in bursts. Stopping power isn't even that great. An-94 >>>>>>>>M416Probably going to play quite a bit this weekend, as it will probably be my last weekend playing Bc2. Gears of war 3 out on tuesday and the Bf3 beta following shortly after.

What would you say is the best automatic Assault class rifle? I know AN-94, but I have a hard time with semi-auto, particularly at close range.

 

[TLEF316]

The M416 isn't nearly as good as i remember it being.

Lots of spread, even when shooting in bursts. Stopping power isn't even that great.

An-94 >>>>>>>>M416

Probably going to play quite a bit this weekend, as it will probably be my last weekend playing Bc2. Gears of war 3 out on tuesday and the Bf3 beta following shortly after.

What would you say is the best automatic Assault class rifle? I know AN-94, but I have a hard time with semi-auto, particularly at close range.

It's really hard to say. I've used them all long enough to get the platinum star, but its been a while since i've used most, so I can't really determine which i one i thought was best. Statistically, my best assault rifle is the M16 SPECACT, but its not fully auto.

If we just look at the fully auto ones, you've got the AEK-971, the AUG, F2000, M416, XM8 and i guess you can count the G3.

Most would say the XM8, but I didn't do great with it. (it was one of my slower and least accurate platinum star "campaigns") Maybe I'll give it a quick try tonight

Surprisingly, the AEK (first assault rifle) was actually my best gun out of this group. But honestly, that was mostly due to the fact that its pretty good tap firing at range, not because I was spraying up close. Video example

Actually had an awesome M416 round that I recorded last night. Probably gonna post it tonight. Debating maybe doing a commentary on it just for kicks (as I know all 3 of my subscribers are on the edge of their seats.....)

 

[ren hoek]

Debating maybe doing a commentary on it just for kicks (as I know all 3 of my subscribers are on the edge of their seats.....)

 

[TLEF316]

I think youtube is screwed up. Its not letting me upload. It keeps showing like 1600 hours to go and not moving. guess their servers are screwed up.

Looks like Beta this week, maybe even tomorrow. All kinds of stuff leaking out all over the fan sites, including a link to the beta portal for gamestop managers

 

[ren hoek]

I think youtube is screwed up. Its not letting me upload. It keeps showing like 1600 hours to go and not moving. guess their servers are screwed up.Looks like Beta this week, maybe even tomorrow. All kinds of stuff leaking out all over the fan sites, including a link to the beta portal for gamestop managers

I haven't had any issues uploading practically ever. I don't believe I've ever seen it behave like that, and I have a .65up DSL connection.

 

[Corporation]

I think youtube is screwed up. Its not letting me upload. It keeps showing like 1600 hours to go and not moving. guess their servers are screwed up.Looks like Beta this week, maybe even tomorrow. All kinds of stuff leaking out all over the fan sites, including a link to the beta portal for gamestop managers

Did you order through Origin? I want to start DLing ASAP.

 

[TLEF316]

I think youtube is screwed up. Its not letting me upload. It keeps showing like 1600 hours to go and not moving. guess their servers are screwed up.Looks like Beta this week, maybe even tomorrow. All kinds of stuff leaking out all over the fan sites, including a link to the beta portal for gamestop managers

Did you order through Origin? I want to start DLing ASAP.

I did. No beta announcement yet (although they did release a patch for BC2 this morning).But the Devs are being very cryptic on their twitter pages, so pretty sure its coming.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Looks like Beta this week, maybe even tomorrow.

Wait. What?This would be awesome if true, but this weeks seems like an odd choice to release a beta. I think I read someplace that there was some other game coming out today that might sell a couple of copies.

 

[GroveDiesel]

BattleBlog11

Kinda disappointed that team death match is the only game mode they're adding. Its not something I will play (other than to get some sort of award) and it really didn't require too much work.

Kinda wish they put some sort of king of the hill mode in.

Other new info from the blog (some of which was clarified by the devs on twitter)

- only way to blow up MCOM's is by arming them (so now sniping with tank or taking the building the MCOM is in down)

- Jets are IN rush (this contradicts what we heard earlier)

- If attacking team runs out of tickets while MCOM is armed, the game doesn't end until the defenders disarm or it blows up.

- If defender is disarming MCOM, it won't blow unless they are killed. (so if you get to the MCOM before it blows, you wont run out of time)

Infantry only mode is confirmed in, but we already knew this. There will also be ticket bleed in conquest. As I've said many times, they need to ratchet up the rate to make playing defense worthwhile

Those changes seem to tip things in the favor of defenders a decent amount. Now you not only have to actually get in to plant the bomb, but will have to continue to attack/defend the MCOM station up until the very last second. As frustrating as it is to have an MCOM station 98% disarmed when it blows up in your face, that seems more realistic than a bomb timer stopping and waiting for you to try to disarm the bomb.And while destroying MCOM stations by bringing down the building, using C4 or bombarding it with a tank sometimes made it too easy on the attackers, it seemed to make sense at least since the objective is to destroy the MCOM stations. It's not like the MCOM stations are bombs in and of themselves that you're arming, you're arming bombs at the MCOM stations in order to destroy the stations. To make them invincible to anything but the "special" bombs that seem to be built into the MCOM stations seems silly.

I realize that these things were implemented in some sort of balancing effort, but I think they're misguided.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I have mixed feelings about not being able to destroy MCOMs by taking out their buildings. On one hand, it was pretty cool that you could shell a building and destroy an objective that way; it made the gameplay a little more varied, made tanks a little more useful, and gave snipers something to do with their mortar strikes while they were sitting in a bush two miles away. But on the other hand, it also meant that some of the MCOMs were literally indefensible -- the first A on Arica Harbor, the first A on Nelson Bay, etc. On the third hand, BC2 was already tilted in favor of the defenders; if they're going to remove destructible MCOMs, they better be sure the maps are tweaked a little to give some advantages back to the attackers. I'm sure DICE is aware of that last point though.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Beta opens on September 29. That's just a few days before Dark Souls, so I probably won't log anywhere near as much time with this beta as I did in the BC2 demo.

 

[ODoyleRules]

I have mixed feelings about not being able to destroy MCOMs by taking out their buildings. On one hand, it was pretty cool that you could shell a building and destroy an objective that way; it made the gameplay a little more varied, made tanks a little more useful, and gave snipers something to do with their mortar strikes while they were sitting in a bush two miles away. But on the other hand, it also meant that some of the MCOMs were literally indefensible -- the first A on Arica Harbor, the first A on Nelson Bay, etc. On the third hand, BC2 was already tilted in favor of the defenders; if they're going to remove destructible MCOMs, they better be sure the maps are tweaked a little to give some advantages back to the attackers. I'm sure DICE is aware of that last point though.

I like that they are removing the remote destruction of the MCOMs. It was always chintzy that the ones you mention could be destroyed from a tank or sniper a mile away. The attacker/defense balance is always more affected by map design, so hopefully the new maps in BF3 will have well balanced layouts.

 

[TLEF316]

Can't believe no beta for 9 more days. Wonder why

 

[TLEF316]

Ugh rush on operation metro again. What happened to caspian border

thats disappointing

 

[SlaX]

Can't believe no beta for 9 more days. Wonder why

7 days. 48 hours early/27th if you pre-ordered or bought MoH.

 

[ATW22]

Can't believe no beta for 9 more days. Wonder why

Hopefully the 27th for the MOH beta access. We get 48 hrs before the open beta.

 

[TLEF316]

Oh yeah forgot about that.

On the bright side, it leaves me time to play gow3 this week

 

[TLEF316]

my voice sounds higher than normal, i say "uh" a lot and its pretty much a boring play by play of what I'm doing, but whatever. I really didn't have a plan on what to say, so its basically a 10 minute stream of diarrhea of the mouth. The actual game play is good after the first couple of minutes. Enjoy.

Good news on the beta. All ranks and all weapons are unlockable. Still don't get why they chose a linear map with 1 vehicle, but i'm buying the game anyway, so i guess i don't care.

They also released min and recomended specs. Not too bad other than the video card for recommended. It's gonna take SLI NVidia 580's to run it maxed out. Bummer.

 

[GamerBoy61]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC

I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

 

[ren hoek]

Can't believe no beta for 9 more days. Wonder why

7 days. 48 hours early/27th if you pre-ordered or bought MoH.

How kind of them.

 

[Mad Cow]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

 

[SlaX]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

I wonder if you can update your birthday on your account and if that will work? I was planning on finally getting my pre-order on Friday when I get paid.edit: Can't change that.

 

[Corporation]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

This is how I did it, decided to go this route rather than getting a game for free that I didn't really want.

 

[Corporation]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

I wonder if you can update your birthday on your account and if that will work? I was planning on finally getting my pre-order on Friday when I get paid.edit: Can't change that.

Register a completely new account, the 25% off code they send you is transferable. That is what I did.

 

[SlaX]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

I wonder if you can update your birthday on your account and if that will work? I was planning on finally getting my pre-order on Friday when I get paid.edit: Can't change that.

Register a completely new account, the 25% off code they send you is transferable. That is what I did.

Nice. Thanks for the info.

 

[SlaX]

In the process of ordering / building a new PC I will be preordering from Origin so I hope to access to beta fairly soon.

Register with EA and tell them your birthday is in the next couple of days. They will send you a 25% code and you can get it for $45. I didn't do it, but lots at Slickdeals have done it.

I wonder if you can update your birthday on your account and if that will work? I was planning on finally getting my pre-order on Friday when I get paid.edit: Can't change that.

Register a completely new account, the 25% off code they send you is transferable. That is what I did.

How long after you register the new account to they send the code? Does it depend on the birthday set? I put Sept 25th.

 

[Corporation]

Yes it depends on the bday. I set it 2 days in advance and I think it came on the actual bday.

 

[TLEF316]

FWIW, they clarified some stuff on the "recommended" system specs they posted the other day.

They confirmed that the recommended specs will get you high settings. Don't know what means in terms of frame rates or extras like anti-aliasing, but i thought it was worth nothing.

Almost pulled the trigger on an NVIDIA 570 GTX today to complete my system, but decided against it for now. I'll wait another few weeks. It was a shell shocker today at Newegg, but it was a manufacturer i hadn't heard of before. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like ATI or NVIDIA are releasing any new cards in 2011

Other random stuff that came out this week....

-M1911 pistol will be a veterans weapon. (like the M1 garand in BC2). Apparently there will be other vet perks, but they haven't been released yet.

-Back to Karkand pack will be given a 1 week exclusive on the PS3. So PC and 360 users will have to wait. This is probably EA/Sony's response to Activision/Microsoft giving a 1 month exclusive on COD DLC. As a PC user, I'm not happy, but it won't be a big deal if the other maps are good.

-No grenade cooking

-Friendly fire and Vehicle regeneration are server side settings This is very good news.

-The game is Eyefinity compatible, but only Mad Cow cares about that.....

Apparently we're going to get more map info over the next couple of weeks.