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Battlefield 3 (2011)

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In the coming days we are going to take a tour on the battlefield and test the performance of CPUs with integrated graphics running DICE's first-person shooter video games. First up, we have a look into BF3. Although released in 2011, the game still looks stunning. As usual with demanding games, we went for the lowest quality preset to achieve reasonable frame rates.

The benchmark scenes consist of the first sections of the Swordbreaker, Going Hunting and Guillotine single player levels. The A10-7860K analysis revealed some wired frame time spikes at regular intervals. Interestingly, we haven't noticed any anomalies during the recording sessions, so the effect on the overall experience is negligible.

Intel slim-SFF build:
CASE + PSU: InWin BQ660 + 150W Internal PSU
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz
GPU: integrated - Intel HD Graphics 530
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 3000MHz
STORAGE: Samsung m.2 SATA 500GB SSD 850 EVO
COOLER: SCYTHE Kozuti

AMD slim-SFF build:
CASE + PSU: InWin BQ660 + 150W Internal PSU
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+
CPU: AMD A10-7860K 3.6 Ghz/4.0 GHz
GPU: integrated - AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
RAM: G.SKILL Ares 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2400MHz
STORAGE: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB
COOLER: Noctua NH-L9a AMD CPU Cooler

A dedicated recording PC with a capture card was used to save the game footages and consequently no performance penalty was incurred on the reviewed systems. For convenience, games are installed on an external SSD and connected to the reviewed PC via USB3.0 interface.

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