Maximum PC

Intel Core I5 750 @3.3ghz
MSI P55 GD 53 MOBO
ATI DIAMOND 5870 1GB
GSKILL 4GB DDR 3 1600
'27 Samsung lcd @ 1920X1080

I am sure to some this may be stupid but with BF3 coming, is this setup going to play it fine. So far with Deus Ex 2, Crysis 2, Bad Company 2 I have been able to play with high settings, and no problem.

What sucks is that my mobo isn't cxf compatible, and I don't want to get a 6 series gpu with 7 coming out so soon.

What should I do?

anyone?

All depends if you have the money to build a new rig. There are rumors of BF3 being a resource hog so a single 5870 probly wont be able to max it out. I saw beta tests of 3 GTX480's, 990x OC to 4.2, and 16gb ram on max settings and it was pulling 62fps and dipped to 48fps in some hardcore battle scene's running only 1080 res.

A Video card Upgrade should do it. The rest looks fine. If you are not a hardcore ati fan, something in the Nvidia GTX 560Ti area should be good. I have been playing The Witcher 2, and that thing is pretty demanding and I have been getting a solid 70 FPS ( higher in the cut scenes ).

one 5870 should be fine to play BF3 on high settings with maybe AA on low or medium. Don't bother with getting the 560ti, its a tad bit slower than what you have right now. I'd say look into an SLI/CF mobo and shop around for a used 5870 for CF support. Just make sure your PSU is beefy enough to handle it.

Yeah, I like coastie here too. I know it gets very dramatic when we see these big games on the horizon, and can be enough to put you into a fit of anxiety...but just breath a bit. The best answer to any of these questions like this over the decades advising folks: Wait for the release. Try it. And if you feel the need for the upgrade at that time, then do so at that time. To adjust hardware now for a release due later just isn't logical.

Just think, when that game is out you'll be able to run it on the 5870 you recently got in the first place, and perhaps have cheaper 6xxx cards to pick from than you do now because the 7xxx might be weeks away from hitting the stores. All in all, you absolutely KNOW it'll play on your 5870. How well? Well, does that really matter? On a small scale, yes...but on a large scale it's a big NO. It's going to be a beautiful game, latest and greatest hardware or not. I'm eagerly awaiting it's release and I'm going to play it with some GTX 570's and know I'll be fine.

Wouldn't it just suck if it's really really pretty, but the game play sucks badly, and you upgraded for this one game? Dude, this harkens back to when SLI made a come back. The masses just needed that 150FPS for that DX9 glory because 98 just wouldn't cut it. Or more correctly, Doom 3 in '04. Many upgraded for that massive game, just to be running around in the dark the whole time. Huge sucking sound from people forking out dough for hardware due to that title.

Not what you want to hear, but I feel it's good advice. At least sane and logical We can talk for pages about what the game will utilize, what hardware will allow these utilization, so on and so forth...and end up with one summary in the end; or one nagging question ("I would have been fine with my old parts, right?")

I'm sure 4GB of ram will do you will enough

but personally I'd want more. i recently just upgraded from 4GB to 8GB.
honestly, it wasnt the biggest change, at least for the gaming end of it.
but i now have things a bit OCed and i have a overall feel of my computer running a bit more smooth and faster.

these are what i've got now... and it has been treating me quite nicely
http://www.eio.com/p-36102-kingston-khx ... emory.aspx

i think its always nice to have more memory to have headspace too, for new circumstances that pops up, like new and more demanding games.

plz, your not really a hard core gamer till you've played on 512k of ram. lol

true that... lol

Try Playing on a Commodore 64 with only 38k.