How to benchmark BF3 graphics performance (FPS)

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I want a way to get a consistent average FPS reading in BF3 for benchmarking purposes. How do guys like tomshardware.com get a reliable FPS reading? In the Quake series you could always replay a demo and get the average FPS – anything similar in BF3?

Best Answer

I will assume that you have FRAPS(if not you can get the free version from FRAPS.com;the main difference between the full and the demo AFAIK is that in the demo you can record videos of upto 30 seconds at a time)/

  1. Run FRAPS before starting BF3
  2. Load a section of a mission that is graphics intensive(plenty of smoke,destruction,enemies and explosions).
  3. Press F11 or whatever the hotkey you have set for benchmark.
  4. Play your normal game while FRAPS benchmarks for <insert time here>. Press F11 again to stop benchmark. The min, max and average FPS will be stored in a spreadsheet file.
  5. Repeat this to get an average min,max and average.

Note: Make sure you have the MinMaxAvg dialog ticked under benchmark settings.

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