EA and DICE have announced via their Battlelog that the PC version of Battlefield 3 is set to receive a new patch tomorrow that aims to improve the general stability of the game while adding performance improvements for AMD Radeon 7xxx series graphics cards. The patch also adds support for Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge series of processors.
The list of fixes and improvements are as follows:
- Support for Intel’s new Ivy Bridge product line (as yet unreleased)
Fixes for two reproducible client crashes:
- Operation Firestorm- Conquest Large – Fixed a client crash when users spawn in certain vehicles.
- Canals – Rush – Fixed a client crash at the 2nd set of mcoms if the player drives a vehicle into the vicinity of the exploding rocket battery.
- AMD Radeon 7xxx series performance improvements
This minor fix is releasing on the 14th February, 8AM UT. This download will be via Origin.
DICE also adds that the patch being released tomorrow is one of a few in a series of patches that aim to improve the balance, performance, and stability of Battlefield 3, to be released in the coming weeks.
