Battlefield 3 - PC Players Thread

[Spantney]

Hoofy said:

64 bit Windows only it seems?

Apparently the demo is 64 bit only however the full blown game will be 32 bit compatible when it comes out. What version of Windows are you running per chance?

[Hoofy]

Spantney said:

Apparently the demo is 64 bit only however the full blown game will be 32 bit compatible when it comes out. What version of Windows are you running per chance?

Oh, right. W7.

[FUBAR]

Oakey said:

Foobes, will you be playing this?

Purchased full copy day 1 and have just pre loaded the Beta

[Vieste]

The Battlefield blog provided some information that beta testers will need. One odd piece of news that was revealed is that PC players will need a 64 bit OS for the beta.

Odd my fking arse oh well.

[MissChief]

64 bit OS is really a requirement these days. IMO 4GB is really the absolute minimum for a gaming machine and a 32 bit OS won't even take advantage of that. I noticed a big difference moving from 4GB to 8GB in BF3 loading times even before I got my SSD.

[Vieste]

Looks like i will have to update this home pc to 64.

[Hoofy]

Buggerit. CBA to reinstall everything just for 1 game.

[Spantney]

Anybody that is still running on a 32 bit version of W7 and wants to upgrade to a 64 bit version there is a tonne of ISO images available here, just burn to a DVD and you are good to go. Make sure you download the correct version for your licence key though!

http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7...

[Hoofy]

Spantney said:

Anybody that is still running on a 32 bit version of W7 and wants to upgrade to a 64 bit version there is a tonne of ISO images available here, just burn to a DVD and you are good to go. Make sure you download the correct version for your licence key though!

http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7...

Um. So I just install the 64 bit version and don't have to make any backups or reinstall software I've spent days installing and updating?

[MissChief]

My reetail copy of 7 came with 64 bit and 32 bit editions on the same licence key. if you have a retail or OEM edition this may well work. If you have a copy that came with your PC there's a good chance that it's version specific.

[L5WiRE]

Sooooo what version of BF4 do I need to buy to be able to play today ?? Lol

[Spantney]

Hoofy said:

Um. So I just install the 64 bit version and don't have to make any backups or reinstall software I've spent days installing and updating?

Think of the nice clean hard drive and amazing performance you'd have! Not to mention getting rid of all those old programs which you no longer use

MissChief said:

My reetail copy of 7 came with 64 bit and 32 bit editions on the same licence key. if you have a retail or OEM edition this may well work. If you have a copy that came with your PC there's a good chance that it's version specific.

One my old PC's came with a preinstalled 32 bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. I used a 64 bit Home Premium ISO from a site like I listed above and the key included with the PC worked absolutely fine! I think a key should work fine on both X86 and X64 but you just have to make sure you have installed the correct flavour of windows (home premium, pro, ultimate, etc) dependent on your key.

L5WiRE said:

Sooooo what version of BF4 do I need to buy to be able to play today ?? Lol

I believe if you pre-order Battlefield 4 premium now you will get access to the Beta. If you were a Battlefield 3 Premium player, or if you purchased Medal of Honour you get access to the Beta too.

Cheers

[Glade]

Ooooh I have taken the day off for a doc's appointment later on... how convenient.

6 mins until BF4 Beta - unless I have miscalculated this!!

[Glade]

Lol... BF4 battlelog forum someone posted this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

Such a sad bd... got it on quite loud

[Spantney]

Glade said:

Ooooh I have taken the day off for a doc's appointment later on... how convenient.

6 mins until BF4 Beta - unless I have miscalculated this!!

Preloaded it last night. I cannot wait for this day to be over with so I can get home and get shooting!!!

[Hoofy]

Spantney said:

Hoofy said:

Um. So I just install the 64 bit version and don't have to make any backups or reinstall software I've spent days installing and updating?

Think of the nice clean hard drive and amazing performance you'd have! Not to mention getting rid of all those old programs which you no longer use

Not the case, sadly. I use 90% of the programs I've installed.

[Glade]

erghh.... need to do video driver update...

Last time I had to adjust a config file to fool the driver software into thinking my graphics card is something else... ball ache!

[Ston]

Someone must have played it by now... So what's it like!!!

[Spantney]

Unfortunately still at work! hopefully will get home and get on it about 8 o clock tonight. If anyone else is going to be playing beta tonight maybe we could make a pistonheads squad or something?

[Vieste]

Glade I will be on about 4ish bf3 not bf4