According to EA, Battlefield 3 garnered 3 million pre-orders by the day of its release. It is unknown at present whether these figures are worldwide or just for the US. The pre-order total makes it “the biggest first-person shooter launch in EA history”, according to the publisher. The engine is beautiful on the PC and very demanding of the partnering hardware.
The Asus Matrix HD7970 Platinum averages 97 frames per second, around 4 frames slower than the KFA2 GTX680 LTD OC.