Battlefield 3 FAQ - Official Site

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ORIGIN IS A SERVICE FROM EA WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY BUY, DOWNLOAD AND PLAY GAMES. YOU CAN FIND THE ENTIRE ORIGIN FAQ BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK.

ORIGIN IS NOT REQUIRED TO PLAY ON XBOX 360 OR PLAYSTATION 3. FOR PC, ORIGIN WILL BE USED TO DISTRIBUTE DIGITAL PC VERSIONS OF THE GAME, deliver patches to all PC Battlefield 3 players, AND TO RUN THE GAME, AND IS REQUIRED.

Your Origin ID servers as your soldier name in Battlefield 3 PC. Should you want to change your Origin ID, you may do so here: http://www.origin.com/change-id

There is currently no way to remove these games from your “My Games” tab, but we will release an update to the Origin client in the near future that will address this.

Battlelog is our free social platform that ties into Battlefield 3 and lets you socialize, track stats, plan your next game, and more.

WE ARE AWARE THAT A MINORITY OF PEOPLE PLAYING BATTLEFIELD 3 ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EXPLOITS AND/OR ARE USING CHEATS/HACKS. WE APPRECIATE OUR LOYAL FANS FOR THEIR REPORTS OF THESE INCIDENTS AND PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT THOSE USERS.

The DICE team is working around the clock to improve the lag and rubber-banding some users are encountering. To help mitigate it in the interim, please connect to servers near you by setting your filter to sort by “ping” and selecting the lowest-pinging server. Also, for PC users, please make sure that you don’t have any programs running in the background that requires internet connection or is streaming data.

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Check to see if there is an update available for your graphics card at AMD.com or NVIDIA.com, depending on the manufacturer of your graphics card.