1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,880 So, it is near the end of the year, meaning that we have the next 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:11,920 installment in the Battlefield franchise, namely Battlefield 1, which 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:14,480 is actually the fifth g 8th, 12th, 240, 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,640 I I don't know. Anyways, wacky naming convention aside, Battlefield 1 is a 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:22,160 hyped enough game that it might actually get you thinking about upgrading your 6 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,199 current system. It's absolutely beautiful. So, what hardware combo 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:33,120 should you be looking at? Let's find out in our Battlefield 1 video card showdown 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,240 featuring CPU cores and memory and like 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:38,310 some other 10 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:50,000 stuff. Tunnel Bear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:53,680 and enjoy a more open internet. To try Tunnel Bear for free, check out the link 12 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:57,120 in the video description. So, Battlefield 1, like I said, it's an 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:01,440 undoubtedly beautiful game, but what do you need hardware-wise to run it well 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:05,840 enough to make you feel like you're really in the thick of it, mustard, gas, 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:10,080 and all? We not only answer this question by looking at how it performed 16 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:14,720 on current GPUs like we normally do from AMD and NVIDIA, but also, like I said, 17 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:19,680 we tried different CPU core configurations and RAM setups as well. 18 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:24,880 And these benchmarks are what we'll be looking at first. For the CPU tests, we 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:30,960 paired Intel Skylake CPUs with the new Pascalbased Titan X or Titan XP from 20 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,720 NVIDIA, as well as 32 gigs of fast DDR4 21 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:38,400 RAM to ensure we wouldn't have any other bottlenecks. At 4K and the ultra preset, 22 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:43,200 pretty much every CPU from a 10 core with hyperthreading down to a four core 23 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:48,880 without hyperthreading performed more or less the same with the same average 24 00:01:45,759 --> 00:01:50,960 frame rate hovering around 80 glorious 25 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:54,960 frames per second. It's only when we drop down to a dual core with 26 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:59,960 hyperthreading, something like a Core i3, that we start to see a noticeable 27 00:01:57,759 --> 00:02:05,600 drop off. And a dual core without hyperthreading cut our frames by over 28 00:02:03,159 --> 00:02:11,120 50%. So, the bottom line here is that any relatively decent and recent Core i5 29 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:16,239 with four physical cores should be just fine. We also took a look at the effects 30 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:21,280 of different amounts of system RAM. EA officially requires 8 GB and recommends 31 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:25,360 16. But in our testing with the Titan X and stuff to remove bottlenecks, the 32 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:30,879 game didn't seem to care whatsoever, even when we ran just 4 gigs of RAM. So 33 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:35,120 yeah, don't sweat it. However, if you don't have a ton of memory, you may want 34 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:39,280 to be careful about how many applications and browser tabs you have 35 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:43,760 going on in the background. And on the subject of memory, should the pretty 36 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:48,959 textures in Battlefield 1 compel you to go for a card with more than the 37 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:55,040 standard ration of 4 GB? To find out, we took two RX 480s, one with 4 GB of VRAM 38 00:02:52,400 --> 00:03:00,000 and one with eight. Again, even on 4K Ultra, there wasn't any real difference 39 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:04,879 between them, even when we disabled the in-game VRAM limiter. So, we can't 40 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:09,760 imagine that 12 gigs of VRAM would be beneficial unless you're running 41 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:13,840 multiple highresolution screens or EA pulls modding support out of their 42 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:20,080 butts. We tested current GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA, but we also tested the 43 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:22,959 older GTX 660. That's the minimum 44 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:27,120 recommended card from EA. So, we'll see how well that works. Overall, the good 45 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:31,920 news is that while Battlefield 1 is a greatl looking title, you don't need the 46 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:36,000 best hardware on the market to run it. Out of all the cards that we tested, the 47 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:42,879 only one that wasn't really capable of running Battlefield 1 at 4K was the $115 48 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:48,159 Radeon RX 460. Everything else at least broke the 30 FPS threshold, though, 49 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:53,440 you'll want a GTX 1080 or a Titan X if you want 4K at 60fps, however crazy that 50 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:58,360 is. If you're more interested at hitting the 1440p sweet spot, your most 51 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:03,439 cost-effective option here is the $200 RX470, which hits 60 FPS on ultra 52 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:07,920 settings. And none of our cards really broke a sweat at 1080p, except the 53 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:13,280 affforementioned RX 460, which still managed a solid 45 frames per second at 54 00:04:10,799 --> 00:04:17,680 ultra. If you want to break 60 FPS, you have to turn the settings down to about 55 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:21,919 medium, which still isn't that bad. Though, we did get strange artifacting 56 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:27,280 at medium and low settings on multiple resolution on multiple cards, both from 57 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:30,320 AMD and NVIDIA. So, only really use those settings if you really need to, 58 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,639 cuz I don't know what the heck's going on there. Speaking of 1080p, there's 59 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:40,000 good news. As long as you're not expecting to play the game at anything 60 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:43,360 higher than 1080p, the 660, which was a 61 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,759 very popular card for years, is capable 62 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:50,880 of running it, as EA claims, which is good. At ultra settings, we got 33 FPS, 63 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,880 though with some noticeable slowdowns when lots of explosion and whatnot were 64 00:04:52,960 --> 00:05:00,160 happening on the screen. Bumping it down to high got us up to 40 FPS and made the 65 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:04,560 experience a whole lot better, especially during intense cutscenes. So, 66 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:09,840 that's where we'd probably recommend it if you're still using a GTX 660, 67 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:14,560 especially as that way you'll avoid the weird artifacting we got at those lower 68 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:18,000 presets. Anyways, moving on. If you've been waiting for a breakthrough DX12 69 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:23,440 game that really shows off the performance benefits of the new API, 70 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:28,240 you'll have to keep waiting. Our AMD cards performed virtually identical DX12 71 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:32,720 and DX11, while our NVIDIA cards actually got noticeably worse. The 72 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:37,919 silver lining here is that if you're not rocking DirectX12 compatible hardware, 73 00:05:35,039 --> 00:05:42,800 you're not missing anything. So, there you go. Overall, I think EA's done a 74 00:05:40,479 --> 00:05:47,360 pretty good job with Battlefield 1. All DX12 things considered, though, I wish I 75 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:54,080 could say the same about their Origin DRM, which locked us out countless 76 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:56,880 amounts of times from four different 77 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:03,600 accounts, including one directly from EA with an EA.com email address. What the 78 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:08,080 hell? This took us multiple days to benchmark compared to normally where it 79 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:13,759 would just take one little section of time. I also spent multiple sessions of 80 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:19,199 time working with EA support, hence the EA account that we had to test it with, 81 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,840 and our keys came from EA, so that we 82 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:26,800 could do this benchmarking. I like making these videos for you guys. I like 83 00:06:23,919 --> 00:06:29,840 the idea of knowing what hardware I will need for my games. And especially in one 84 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:34,720 of these situations where it's coded apparently pretty damn well as it feels 85 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:38,400 like at least for DirectX12 where you have a beautiful game and you don't need 86 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:43,120 that much hardware for it. 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