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Battlefield 3 is Here: Make Sure You Have the Latest Drivers

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

Does your system have the latest drivers for Battlefield 3 yet?

The wait is finally over. Battlefield 3 is here and ready to accept your countless hours of first-person gaming. This is what your gaming rig was meant to do.

EA estimates that there were close to 3 million pre-sales, making Battlefield 3 the biggest first-person shooter launch in EA history. 9.5 million gamers downloaded the September beta and collectively set new social online play records for EA with 42 billion shots fired and 1.6 billion kills registered, 21 million exploded M-Com stations and 19 million dog tags lost at the end of a knife.

Before you jump into the game any further, however, you should make sure that you have all the most current drivers for your game. Such is the joy of being a PC gamer.

Nvidia yesterday released a new driver set that's optimized for Battlefield 3, Rage and Arkham City. Battlefield 3 players will enjoy a performance boost of up to 11 percent GeForce 285.38 beta drivers.

AMD doesn't have an official new driver set yet, but those looking for best performance (along with Eyefinity 5x1 support) should get the latest Catalyst preview driver that's been tuned for Battlefield 3 and Rage.

Speaking of which, here's a bonus video of Battlefield 3 running in Eyefinity:

Battlefield 3 running on AMD Eyefinity

Happy gaming, everyone!

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Dandalf 25/10/2011 22:48
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Only 3 million pre orders? I was hoping bf3 would take down mw3 :(

checkout 25/10/2011 23:07
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3 mil pre orders is pretty good. Even the makers mentioned that they know it wont pass mw3 with sales. But they are getting closer each version, so no need to feel bad about it :)

N19h7M4r3 25/10/2011 23:09
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I refuse to agree to install that spyware thingy called Origin...

santfu 26/10/2011 12:31
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origin fucked me over, can't access my account, can't reset password. EA can't fix it.

Lost 2 games, fuckers.
was going to get sw:tor. Not now

otoliflands 01/11/2011 03:50
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Battlefield 3 is Waaaaaayyy better and i mean way .
Because its far more realistic than MW 3
MW 3 is a trashy over voted arcade game with its perks and power ups....
EA are doing a great job by realising Battlefield 3 and MMA 2011 :D

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