WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.880 So, it is near the end of the year, meaning that we have the next 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:11.920 installment in the Battlefield franchise, namely Battlefield 1, which 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:14.480 is actually the fifth g 8th, 12th, 240, 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:18.640 I I don't know. Anyways, wacky naming convention aside, Battlefield 1 is a 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.160 hyped enough game that it might actually get you thinking about upgrading your 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.199 current system. It's absolutely beautiful. So, what hardware combo 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:33.120 should you be looking at? Let's find out in our Battlefield 1 video card showdown 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:35.240 featuring CPU cores and memory and like 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:38.310 some other 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:50.000 stuff. Tunnel Bear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:53.680 and enjoy a more open internet. To try Tunnel Bear for free, check out the link 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:57.120 in the video description. So, Battlefield 1, like I said, it's an 00:00:55.360 --> 00:01:01.440 undoubtedly beautiful game, but what do you need hardware-wise to run it well 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:05.840 enough to make you feel like you're really in the thick of it, mustard, gas, 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:10.080 and all? We not only answer this question by looking at how it performed 00:01:07.360 --> 00:01:14.720 on current GPUs like we normally do from AMD and NVIDIA, but also, like I said, 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:19.680 we tried different CPU core configurations and RAM setups as well. 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:24.880 And these benchmarks are what we'll be looking at first. For the CPU tests, we 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:30.960 paired Intel Skylake CPUs with the new Pascalbased Titan X or Titan XP from 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.720 NVIDIA, as well as 32 gigs of fast DDR4 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:38.400 RAM to ensure we wouldn't have any other bottlenecks. At 4K and the ultra preset, 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:43.200 pretty much every CPU from a 10 core with hyperthreading down to a four core 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:48.880 without hyperthreading performed more or less the same with the same average 00:01:45.759 --> 00:01:50.960 frame rate hovering around 80 glorious 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:54.960 frames per second. It's only when we drop down to a dual core with 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:59.960 hyperthreading, something like a Core i3, that we start to see a noticeable 00:01:57.759 --> 00:02:05.600 drop off. And a dual core without hyperthreading cut our frames by over 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:11.120 50%. So, the bottom line here is that any relatively decent and recent Core i5 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:16.239 with four physical cores should be just fine. We also took a look at the effects 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:21.280 of different amounts of system RAM. EA officially requires 8 GB and recommends 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:25.360 16. But in our testing with the Titan X and stuff to remove bottlenecks, the 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 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 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:39.280 to be careful about how many applications and browser tabs you have 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:43.760 going on in the background. And on the subject of memory, should the pretty 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:48.959 textures in Battlefield 1 compel you to go for a card with more than the 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 00:02:52.400 --> 00:03:00.000 and one with eight. Again, even on 4K Ultra, there wasn't any real difference 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:04.879 between them, even when we disabled the in-game VRAM limiter. So, we can't 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:09.760 imagine that 12 gigs of VRAM would be beneficial unless you're running 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:13.840 multiple highresolution screens or EA pulls modding support out of their 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:20.080 butts. We tested current GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA, but we also tested the 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:22.959 older GTX 660. That's the minimum 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:27.120 recommended card from EA. So, we'll see how well that works. Overall, the good 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:31.920 news is that while Battlefield 1 is a greatl looking title, you don't need the 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 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:42.879 only one that wasn't really capable of running Battlefield 1 at 4K was the $115 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:48.159 Radeon RX 460. Everything else at least broke the 30 FPS threshold, though, 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 00:03:51.760 --> 00:03:58.360 is. If you're more interested at hitting the 1440p sweet spot, your most 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:03.439 cost-effective option here is the $200 RX470, which hits 60 FPS on ultra 00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:07.920 settings. And none of our cards really broke a sweat at 1080p, except the 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:13.280 affforementioned RX 460, which still managed a solid 45 frames per second at 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 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:21.919 medium, which still isn't that bad. Though, we did get strange artifacting 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:27.280 at medium and low settings on multiple resolution on multiple cards, both from 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:30.320 AMD and NVIDIA. So, only really use those settings if you really need to, 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 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:40.000 good news. As long as you're not expecting to play the game at anything 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:43.360 higher than 1080p, the 660, which was a 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:45.759 very popular card for years, is capable 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:50.880 of running it, as EA claims, which is good. At ultra settings, we got 33 FPS, 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.880 though with some noticeable slowdowns when lots of explosion and whatnot were 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 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:04.560 experience a whole lot better, especially during intense cutscenes. So, 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:09.840 that's where we'd probably recommend it if you're still using a GTX 660, 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:14.560 especially as that way you'll avoid the weird artifacting we got at those lower 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:18.000 presets. Anyways, moving on. If you've been waiting for a breakthrough DX12 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:23.440 game that really shows off the performance benefits of the new API, 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:28.240 you'll have to keep waiting. Our AMD cards performed virtually identical DX12 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:32.720 and DX11, while our NVIDIA cards actually got noticeably worse. The 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:37.919 silver lining here is that if you're not rocking DirectX12 compatible hardware, 00:05:35.039 --> 00:05:42.800 you're not missing anything. So, there you go. Overall, I think EA's done a 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:47.360 pretty good job with Battlefield 1. All DX12 things considered, though, I wish I 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:54.080 could say the same about their Origin DRM, which locked us out countless 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:56.880 amounts of times from four different 00:05:54.080 --> 00:06:03.600 accounts, including one directly from EA with an EA.com email address. What the 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:08.080 hell? This took us multiple days to benchmark compared to normally where it 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:13.759 would just take one little section of time. I also spent multiple sessions of 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:19.199 time working with EA support, hence the EA account that we had to test it with, 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.840 and our keys came from EA, so that we 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:26.800 could do this benchmarking. I like making these videos for you guys. I like 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:29.840 the idea of knowing what hardware I will need for my games. And especially in one 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:34.720 of these situations where it's coded apparently pretty damn well as it feels 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:38.400 like at least for DirectX12 where you have a beautiful game and you don't need 00:06:36.880 --> 00:06:43.120 that much hardware for it. It would be nice knowing beforehand that you don't 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:48.400 need to upgrade your graphics setup or whatever else, but then this happens and 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.400 it's just 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:57.680 like Anyways, similar to what happened with Star Wars Battlefront, the 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:02.240 Frostbite 3 engine delivers impressive immersive visuals without really pushing 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:07.759 your hardware. 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