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    GTS 160M - can it play BF 3 ?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by icrot, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. icrot

    icrot Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi all,
    anybody own this card able to play BF 3 ? if you can, what WinOS are you on ? i tried google but :confused: ..still not sure if it's time to throw this laptop away :mad:
    i am still using XP Pro & nvidia's driver 285.58 for Windows XP only has desktop support.

    TIA
     
    icrot, Oct 26, 2011
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    long2905, Oct 26, 2011
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  3. icrot

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    @dragon290513 ;
    thx for the heads up man.. if i jump to win 7, do you have any links for drivers ? which one do you think better 32 or 64 bit ?

    TIA
     
    icrot, Oct 26, 2011
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    Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3
    OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
    Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
    RAM: 2GB
    Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.
    Graphics card memory: 512 MB
    Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
    Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

    64bit if possible. For drivers you can download and use driver genius professional. It will find and download most of the drivers you need automatically.
     
    long2905, Oct 26, 2011
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    GeForce GTS 160M = GF 9600GT = HD 3870 desktop
     
    elisons, Oct 27, 2011
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    There's zero reason to go for a 32-bit OS in this age of PC gaming. Pretty soon you'll need all of the RAM you can get, and the 32-bit's cap of using a max of 3.2GB is not going to cut it anymore.
     
    Kevin, Oct 28, 2011
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    Expect it to be playable only in low settings,
    what are the other components?
     
    pcsavvy, Oct 29, 2011
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  8. icrot

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    even i can get win 7 64 bit running, how the performance would likely be on stock no OC'd graphic card, 4 gb RAM, & core 2 Q9000 ? maybe 20-ish fps, low setting, res 1280 x 800 ?
    i haven't upgraded OS so far just yet. still didn't find some drivers for win 7 64 bit on this laptop. if anybody has link(s), please inform me. thx.
     
    icrot, Oct 29, 2011
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    There's quite a big chance, that Windows 7 has all the necessary hardware drivers for this laptop built-in.
     
    Marecki_clf, Oct 29, 2011
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  10. Kirrr

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    You need only the vga and realtek audio driver and the SCM. Everything else will work fine with win7. With latest beta driver it will run well on 1280x800 and low settings.
     
    Kirrr, Oct 29, 2011
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    @Kirr :
    thanks for the info ! i believe you have tried already.
     
    icrot, Oct 29, 2011
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    Actually, the GTS 160M is basically a 9800m GTS produced in 55nm, down from 65nm.

    It should easily play BF3 on low-medium settings.
     
    Nick, Oct 29, 2011
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    It's a pretty accurate post. The 160M and 98M GTS share the same hardware characteristics as the 9600 GT.
     
    Kevin, Oct 29, 2011
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    9600GT was quite decent in its time.
     
    long2905, Oct 29, 2011
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    True, but the 9800M GTS(GTS 160M) is 40% faster than the 9600M.
     
    Nick, Oct 29, 2011
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    He meant the desktop version
     
    long2905, Oct 29, 2011
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    tried it on my gt628 laptop. my average fps is around 30-20 fps outside and sometimes dips below 20 fps and that's not playable to me. my video card driver is already up to date. i wont give up on this game yet until i upgrade my laptop's cpu to a quad but im not sure if that would help.

    my video settings are all low btw.
     
    matsjc, Oct 30, 2011
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  18. Kirrr

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    Quad will help you a lot. Mostly when you overclock it near 3GHz. It gives a huge fps boost for me. (but with gtx)
     
    Kirrr, Oct 30, 2011
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    i managed to put win7 64bit, and still missing the SCM (System Control Manager) for touch panel (webcam, bluetooh, etc). google doesn't come up w/ anything good so far.
    can somebody give me a link please ?
    it would really help if any of you with win7 64 bit can upload this SCM to something like Megaupload / Multiupload.

    TIA,
     
    icrot, Oct 30, 2011
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    msi.com search for gt628 than on the download page. there will be the SCM. maybe under other or applications not under drivers.
     
    Kirrr, Oct 30, 2011
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    It seems to be no longer listed by MSI. You can try download it from either GT780 or GT683/680 under Utilities.
     
    long2905, Oct 30, 2011
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    Shoot. Sorry i have no clue about the Europe site.
     
    long2905, Oct 30, 2011
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    thx Kirr :) .
     
    icrot, Nov 1, 2011
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