I see no problems with BF3. Consistent 99% GPU usage which is what it's supposed to be. Temps at max load are also good. My conclusion is that some games aren't optimized to take advantage of the 7950. Lowering graphics settings only results to being CPU bottlenecked since there's not much anything for the GPU to process.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1Intel® Pentium® 4 @ 2.26 GHz, Intel Core i7-2...512MB Dual channel DDR SDRAM @ 400MHz 2.5-3-3...Intel 82865G, Nvidia GeForce 520M Graphics
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Optiplex SX270, Lenovo Z470
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
- CPU
- Intel® Pentium® 4 @ 2.26 GHz, Intel Core i7-2670QM @ 2.20 GH
- Motherboard
- Dell, Lenovo
- Memory
- 512MB Dual channel DDR SDRAM @ 400MHz 2.5-3-3-7, 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel 82865G, Nvidia GeForce 520M Graphics
- Sound Card
- SoundMax Integrated Audio, Integrated HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W1952
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900, 1366 x 768
- Hard Drives
- 40 GB 2.5" IDE 4200 RPM HDD, 500 GB 5400 RPM Sata 1.5 + 32 GB SSD
- PSU
- Dell 145 Watt, Lenovo 120 Watt Power Adapter
- Case
- Optiplex SX270 Small Form Factor, Laptop
- Cooling
- Dell Proprietary Air Cooling, Stock laptop cooling
- Keyboard
- Dell SK-8125 USB Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell PS/2 2 button ball mouse with wheel scroll
- Internet Speed
- 300 Mbit down / 20 Mbps up Time Warner Cable
- Antivirus
- MSE, Malwarebytes Scanner
- Browser
- Internet (Aizawa) Explorer 11
- Other Info
- Running Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on a virtual machine to run Metro Apps.
. We can only hope that the devs will soon release a patch that improves performance.