Conker

Server Update R33 8th November 2012

Changelog:

Battlefield 3 Game Server R33 change list

1) (Server renters on PC only) The “rcon” server info command now reports external IP and port as well as information regarding whether the backend queue is enabled or not.

2) Fixed an occasional issue where console servers changed max player counts incorrectly.

3) We now enforce a minimum player count of 4 on both PC and consoles (PC previously had no such limitation while console servers had 2 players as the limit) to be able to exit preround on Ranked servers. You will still be able to move around freely in preround, but the match doesn’t officially start (and thus no stats are affected) until at least 4 players have joined. This goes for both PC and console servers. This will make it harder to easily use Ranked servers as boosting servers.

4) “Hardcore no map” is now a proper preset on both the server side and backend. This means console users can now filter between hardcore servers with and/or without the “no map” setting.

5) We fixed a bug where server admins could exploit the system to effectively become immortal on his/her server.

6) We introduced a number of server stability improvements which should lead to less crashes throughout. Two specific crashes that we have eliminated are:

A) Servers running 9 or more maps that would crash when loading the 9th map

Servers running high player counts in combination with very high ticket count where end game reports would stall out the server

:22_002:DICE is releasing another server update, which I think brings a huge disadvantage for our brilliant T|I server: We now enforce a minimum player count of 4

source: Battlelog

@maykon_helver: G73Jw GTX 660m Dirt 3 Gameplay:

Hello

I noticed that the gtx 660m you have, has 1g ram.

Is there any way to get more memory?

Sorry if it's a noob question

No, and 1GB is also totally sufficient for this card. More bandwith would be more important.

you believe that 1GB will be enough to run all games 2012?

GTX660m 1Gb GDDR5 Memory Usage:

The picture says it all, I think any further comment is unnecessary.

How does setting RenderDevice.TripleBufferingEnable to 0 increase performance? As far as I know, triplebuffering will only work when you have vsync on, and if you're trying to optimize this game I must assume you woul have already turned it off, right?

Yes, it's turned off by default. But if you're using vsync and triple buffering together, a greater input lag will result which is not desirable in online shooters like BF3. Therefore it's better if triple buffering is turned off permanently, even when vsync is enabled.

Wow really nice conker!! It's any possibility that you can upload some 3D mark 11 benchmarks so i can have an idea for my future upgrade agaist the 460m gtx and my i7 740qm? what about temps with you OC at 1000 mhz? I will really appreciatte.

Here you go First two measurements are made with normal fan control, the third with 100% fan speed on both fans. (room temperature: 20°C)

Benchmarks:

All benchmarks have been made on my normal windows operating system with antivirus,..., no specific benchmark partition is used.

3Dmark Vantage full run:

P11528 CPU10244/GPU18480

3Dmark Vantage w/o combined tests:

P11565 CPU10259/GPU18716

3Dmark11:

P2717 CPU7022/GPU2496

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She's with the same punctuation gtx 660m in stock about.

will be worth Spending more than 300 USD, and install the GTX 660m? you answer me

I would ask a screenshot showing its index score of windows 7 experience

Thank you!

When will the GTX 660m G73JW Videos on youtube?

Windows 7 index score:

GTX660m benchmarks above;)

What kind of videos you want to see? Offscreen gameplay? Ingame recording? Benchmarks?,...

Edit: More benchmark scores:

3dMark Vantage full run:

P13794 CPU19368/GPU12587

3dMark Vantage w/o combined tests:

P13902 CPU19353/GPU12709

3dMark11:

P3307 CPU7033/GPU3086

NVIDIA Geforce 306.97 WHQL

Changelog:

New in GeForce 306.97 Drivers:

Recommended driver for Windows 8 launch.

Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 650 Ti GPU.

Updates SLI profile for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier.

Updates 3D Vision profiles for the following PC games:

Check vs. Mate - rated Excellent

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - rated Good

Doom 3: BFG Edition - rated Excellent

English Country Tune - rated Good

F1 2012 - rated Good

Iron Brigade - rated Fair

Jagged Alliance: Crossfire - rated Good

Orcs Must Die 2! - rated Good

Planetside 2 - rated Not recommended

Prototype 2 - rated Poor

Sleeping Dogs - rated Good

Spec Ops: The Line - rated Good

Tiny Troopers - rated Fair

Torchlight 2 - rated Good

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - rated Fair

New in Previous GeForce R304 Drivers (versions 304.xx to 306.xx):

GPU Support

Adds support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650.

Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.

Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA

NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.

The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.

TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.

Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:

Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 15% in Dragon Age II

Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

GeForce GTX 560:

Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI

Up to 4% in Dragon Age II

Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI

Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added

Borderlands 2 – added

Darksiders 2 – added

End of Nations - added

F1 2011 – updated

F1 2012 – added

Final Fantasy XIV – updated

Nexuiz - added

Orcs Must Die! 2 – added

PlanetSide 2 - updated

Saints Row: The Third – updated

Shogun 2: Total War – updated

Sleeping Dogs – updated from latest beta

Spec Ops: The Line - added

The Secret World - updated

Torchlight II - added

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added

Tornado Force - added

Tribes: Ascend – updated

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended

A New Dawn – rated Fair

All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair

Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent

Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings

Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready

Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair

Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready

Dishonored – rated Good

End of Nations – rated Good

London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair

Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent

Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods

Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.

Raiderz – rated Fair

Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready

SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair

Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready

Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good

Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good

Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair

The Secret World – rated Good

The Walking Dead – rating Good

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – rated Excellent

Other Profile Updates

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins

Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive

Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online

Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

NVIDIA Surround

Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.

NVIDIA CUDA

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at CUDA Toolkit | NVIDIA Developer Zone

Key Fixes

Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.

Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.

Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.

Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.

Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

Download link: Nvidia Geforce 306.97WHQL

(Recommended driver for Windows 8 launch!)

(M18X-R1 Clevo GTX680m ini files from 306.23 driver provided by @Brian should work, because my GTX660m ini file provided by @svl7 G73JwGTX660m thread works)

i can't find VID and PID numbers in x360ce.ini

I assume you have used the official Xbox360 Controller Emulator.

I've updated the main post, now it should be clear how to proceed.

will it work with a xbox 360 controller imitate?

hmm...If you're lucky, the controller runs without the emulator (try and error). Otherwise you have to proceed according to the above scheme.

Gaming benchmarks:

G73Jw CPU/GPU configuration:

Benchmarks:

Do you think I can play BBF3 on high settings or ultra @1080P?

It's no problem to run BF3 at ultra settings with 1080p resolution, see first benchmark picture

Wow great job SvL7 and Conkers. Wow thats a epic core clock nice work guys. Thats unbelievably awesome. Kepler brings some competition to the table. Nice upgrade.

Thanks:DIt's definitely a major update. In addition to more performance, I have half an hour more battery lifetime:highly_amused:

Armored Kill gameplay on the four new maps Definitely looks better than Close Quarters

then what will happen to your mars ii ?

What have you done with your two Mars'?

Both MarsII are still in my possession. One Asus MarsII is installed and works as potentially most expensive Physx card you can get. The other is in the package at the moment.

I'm busy with exams for at least another week. After that I must definitely do something to get them install again and solve the heat issues.

Kepler GTX670 is good but I want SLI back.

Darksiders 2 / Darksiders Gamepad Fix

Darksiders and its successor Darksiders 2 are both programmed to use the Xbox360 Gamepad, other gamepads aren't recognized or aren't fully functional.

But there's a way to get them working (I think this would also work with other games that are affected by this issue. I only own Darksiders/Darksiders2, where this occurs, so I can't confirm it.)

Step1:

Download gamepad.zip

gamepad.zip

Unpack the content to your gameinstall directory, e.g. D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Darksiders 2

Step2:

Now make sure your gamepad is connected. Open Device Manager and open Human Interface Devices subdirectory.

Rightclick on your gamepad that is listed there and choose properties.

Under Details, click the bar and choose Hardware Ids, now you see VID and PID of your device.

Step3:

Open x360ce.ini in your gameinstall directory using Notepad++ or any other programm that works.

A few lines down you find VID and PID numbers, correct them if needed with the numbers from step2 and save changes.

Now you're ready to play, have fun:Banane01:

Here's the procedure, if you want to go with the newest version of Xbox360 Controller Emulator:

Step1:

Download x360ce.exe at the official site and put it into your gameinstall directory, e.g. D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Darksiders 2

Step2:

Run x360ce.exe and let it create all necessary files

Step3:

Configure your controller with your own specific configuration. Close the configuration application after you're done.

Now you're ready to play, have fun:Banane01:

Developer site: Xbox360 Controller Emulator

I use the Kudos gaming mouse from Speedlink and I'm very satisfied. One can define four separate DPI levels, furthermore there are five macro slots, which can be very helpful in some games. (e.g. CoD with akimbo Magnum .44s:love-struck:)

Additional weights can be used to change weight and balance of the mouse. In games very suitable for snipers, because the mouse can be moved more precisely. I never had any hardware damage, therefore I say that the build quality is very good.

Now the successor is available on the market, the Speedlink Kudos RS.

The design has been retained, but the mouse is equipped with new hardware.

Here some features:

-cutting-edge ultra-precise laser sensor with configurable sensitivity levels from 90 to 5700dpi

-sensor dpi separately adjustable for X and Y axes

-150ips (inches per second) tracking speed for lag-free movement sensing

-internal memory for five customisable profiles and freely programmable macros

-...

Speedlink.com Kudos RS

Here are some new pics of my gaming and work place.

Got my room cleaned up and freed me from a few old things to have more room:D

Desktop + G73Jw area

gaming with Rumblepad 2 controller

PS3, Wii and TV

Armored Kill screenshots:

@HTWingNut: You say exactly the same like one of my colleagues, who has BF3 Premium. I'll stick with my decision and get ArmoredKill separatly.

@Jimbo: Link

Buyed Splinter Cell: Conviction today with 75% off, I think a good Deal

Here's one additional screenshot from SpecOps: The Line. Here you can see, how the look of the character changes from the beginning through to the end.

@Brian: Cool Pics Had no time so far to try it on my triplescreen system

All the aimbots out there just killed it for me.

I know, I have yet to join a server and not see at least one person get banned for aimbotting.

Yup pub servers are full of these kiddies that pay $20 to the sites selling the hacks. We used to run a T|I BF3 server which was fun because all T|I guys played on there and we had tons of fun. Eventually we had to let it go since everyone got busy with life.

That's the way people play today There's no game out there (MoH,NfS,Cod,...), that is not affected by hacks,...

Yeah, the T|I server matches were cool. (only knife on GrandBazaar:D:cool:)

I think I'm going to get ArmoredKill DLC and that's it then:peaceful:

Wow dead space 2 is awesome so far!

Yeah Dead Space 1+2 are great:D Did you play Dead Space or do you own only Dead Space 2? Storywise, it's worth to play Dead Space first The sequel (DeadSpace3) will hopefully be a blast again.

Edit: @Brian: btw there's a SpecOps: The Line demo on Steam, so you can make yourself an opinion before the Steam wintersale begins. (Perhaps you've already seen it...)

Armored Kill DLC: (September 2012)

More vehicles:bananajump: Including the biggest BF map ever created (approx. four times Caspian Border, 1900m base to base) (good luck all console players (12vs12) to find the enemy:glee:)

Who has Battlefield Premium? Is it worth to pay 50$?

How do you like SpecOps, Conkers? I was thinking of getting it.

I like it very much. I play it on suicidemission difficulty (=hard) and it's fairly demanding, because ammo is limited (not like in CoD, where you carry 300/400shots per weapon). 3rd person view is well implented and gives a better Overview.

The story is quite simple, but every chapter has his up and downs...the character is no hero soldier, problems encountered on the battlefield are clearly shown, I've never seen that so clearly in any game before.

Graphics are good, from time to time textures are muddy (console port?), very detailed characters...nice rendered cutscenes, which sometimes go under the skin. Overall the developers at berlin did a great job.

I would recommend this game

Added SpecOps: The Line to my Steam library 33% discount have convinced me

6040x1200 screenshots:

So far, I purchased:

Darksiders (EUR 4.99)

Hard Reset Extended (EUR 3.37) (great PC only game for this price, permanent action, purchase recommendation )

Dead Space 1+2 (EUR 9.98)

Hopefully SpecOps: The Line comes up with 50% off, like MP3...

Anyone could give me some advice? Could it be the graphics card? The ATI is showing up in the bios along with the Intel 4000.

It's most likely the graphics card, your bios beep code underlines this assumption. Windows error code 43 does not automatically mean that the card is dead or damaged.

I had this problem twice, the first time with one of my Asus MarsII cards, it was not properly connected to the PCIe, reseating the card solved the problem. The second time it was a defective vram module, accordingly the card was no longer usable.

I can only give the advice to check, if the card is correctly connected to your MXM port...otherwise a replacement seems to be the only solution.

Beta driver update available changelog added

BuildLog Update:

Equipped my system with an Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II Top

More information and pictures in the main post...