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Battlefield 6 is finally here, and we've been looking for the perfect PC to play it on without devastating our bank accounts. In terms of price/performance, NVIDIA's RTX 5070 is an optimal graphics card to build a gaming PC tailored to Battlefield 6: it comes with the benefits of full DLSS 4 support, including Multi-Frame Generation, whilst being several hundred dollars/pounds/euros cheaper than the flagship RTX 5090. 

Although for competitive gamers, optimising graphical settings to achieve maximum frames per second is often the goal, we wanted something that offered the best of both worlds: enough power to turn up in-game settings, whilst still maintaining good FPS. Enjoying the full visual chaos of a BF6 firefight with vividly realised explosions as a fighter jet strafes your position, then crashes into a building. There are few shooters out there that do immersion like Battlefield, and experiencing it on PC really brings it to the next level. 

Thankfully, PCSpecialist were kind enough to send over a prebuilt rig with an RTX 5070 already installed so we could truly experience Battlefield 6 at its best. While we got our hands on a custom version of the Onyx Pro, PCSpecialist offers a wide range of prebuilt RTX 50-series systems, with something for every budget. All of these systems come with a healthy three-year warranty and lifetime tech support, with many also available with next day delivery should you need an upgrade in a pinch.

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Ordering, unboxing, and setting up the PCSpecialist rig

PCSpecialist have both a Next Day PC and Next Day Laptop service on their site. Providing you have a UK delivery address that meets the particular requirements, and as long as you make your order by 5pm, you can have your new computer delivered and ready to go by the following day – ideal for businesses, creators, or just eager gamers who need their hardware up and running ASAP. 

You can choose between a variety of prebuilts in the Next Day selection, covering different Processor/Graphics/RAM/SSD Capacity configurations, as well as ‘Purpose' i.e. use-cases. The PC Configurator/Builder section of the website offers a lot more options and allows you to tweak the setup in great detail, per each component, but it doesn't have the same speedy delivery, nor the deals you can find on the Next Day section that can save you a nice wedge of cash. Delivery does extend to much of Europe though. Between the two site sections, you're bound to find something that suits your needs. 

Our particular rig came with an Intel Core i7-14700K processor, ASUS DUAL RTX 5070, and 32GB of DDR5 5600MT/s RAM, based on a Asus Prime Z790-P WiFi motherboard, along with an AIO cooler system on the CPU.    

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Our prebuilt came nicely packaged with all the protective foam you'd expect to keep the PC secure during postage. Within the main delivery box you get the smaller motherboard box containing all your additional cables along with the motherboard manual, and the larger box containing the prebuilt PC itself. Opening up the rear of the PC, you can see the nice and tidy cable management, with the wiring held in place by trimmed cable-ties and the cable-ends capped with removable plastic dust covers. 

Once you've removed the internal foam packaging and plugged your power cable and monitor output in, simply flip the power switch, go through the Windows installation process, and you're good to go!

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Performance: first impressions of Battlefield 6 on the RTX 5070

After making sure all our drivers were updated and installing Battlefield 6, we launched straight into the game and joined a classic match of Conquest. From a subjective experience, the game looked and felt great: although there are an increasing number of competitors out there to Battlefield's combined arms matches, there are few that manage to capture the same explosive, anarchic joy. One thing that helps to enhance this in particular is the destructibility of the environments – when a tank rolls in, smashing down columns as it goes, and blows apart the building around you, goddamn does it feel electric as that masonry rains down and you run for cover.

First of all we wanted to test how the RTX 5070 PC performed just on a raw performance basis, with no DLSS or MFG enhancements. We tried most of the major graphical presets, from ‘Low' all the way up to ‘Overkill', and recorded the following results. 

Based on the above, we decided to stick with ‘High' settings as a happy medium between graphical fidelity and smooth performance: the character models, environmental textures, explosions and other effects all looked great and we felt fully immersed, all while being able to engage in firefights without feeling like we were at a noticeable disadvantage. 

Now let's see how we got on with DLSS and Multi-Frame Generation enabled!

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Performance: enabling DLSS 4 & Multi-Frame Gen

After testing the raw performance capabilities, we decided to turn things up a notch and enable DLSS 4 and Multi-Frame Gen – two features that are unique to NVIDIA 50-series graphics cards. 

For those unfamiliar, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is a technology that uses AI to upscale lower-resolution frames to higher quality in real time, either improving FPS performance without major visual loss, or conversely allowing you to play at higher graphical settings than you would normally be able to at respectable frame rates. Essentially, it's a shortcut that means your hardware doesn't have to render each full-resolution frame as it normally would. DLSS 4 builds upon the performance of previous generations of the technology with smarter frame generation, improved motion stability, and reduced latency.  

Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) is another technology but also part of DLSS, that uses AI to create entirely new frames by analysing natively rendered frames and then filling in the blanks, so to speak. Although Frame Generation was supported by earlier generations of NVIDIA cards, the latest version of MFG available on GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs allows for users to insert up to three AI-generated frames between rendered frames, boosting visual fidelity substantially. 

In short, both of these features can offer substantial performance benefits to your gameplay experience. Let's see what impact they made in Battlefield 6! 

We didn't conduct in-depth benchmarking on this PC for every possible setting, but made sure to try multiple combinations of DLSS and MFG with the ‘High' graphical preset enabled. We've included the raw performance from earlier as a comparison, and as you can see, the uplift is very impressive indeed.

To give an idea of how these features can impact FPS with those higher graphical settings enabled, we also tested both ‘Ultra' and ‘Overkill' with Ultra performance and Multi-Frame Gen 4x enabled. As you can see below, the performance uplift was once again enormous, meaning you can easily play BF6 with all the settings maxed out and enjoy excellent in-game FPS.

NVIDIA Reflex and its competitive advantage

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Another great feature offered by GeForce graphics cards is NVIDIA Reflex, and we made the most out of this in our playtest. This is a latency-reduction technology that synchronises the CPU and GPU workload to minimise ‘click-to-display' input delay – in other words, the time between your mouse movement/click and what you see on the screen. By reducing this input lag, it allows faster target acquisition in-game and more precise aiming, allowing you to maximise your competitive edge and snap off those lightning-quick headshots. 

The three options available in the settings menu of BF6 are ‘Enabled’, ‘Enabled + Boost' (which maximizes your GPU clock), and ‘Disabled'; enabling Multi Frame Generation automatically sets Reflex to ‘Enabled' and you can't turn it off. 

In-game those headshots certainly came a tad more frequently, and those snapshots that bit quicker, with Reflex enabled. It's no substitute for skill of course, however, when it comes to who wins out in those 1v1 encounters, it can give you that split second extra to get off the crucial shot a bit earlier, a bit more accurately. The difference with/without Reflex is even more noticeable in other titles like CS2, which are even less forgiving on slower reaction times.  

Final Thoughts: A Battlefield 6 experience to remember 

So there we have it! We had an excellent time with this beastly rig from PCSpecialist. The RTX 5070 graphics card and other components in Battlefield 6 impressed in pure raster performance terms, but when we turned on DLSS 4 and Multi-Frame Generation, things really took off – the FPS uplift is frankly astounding. Throw in the latency-reduction benefits of NVIDIA Reflex and a PC like this packing an NVIDIA 50-series card has clear benefits over older generations and the AMD Radeon competition.

If you're looking to get your hands on an RTX 50-series GPU but would prefer to dive right into the action, check out the wide range of prebuilt systems available at PCSpecialist today!

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Aaron Ritchie

Aaron's laptop knowledge makes him the go-to guy on PC Guide. But he still finds time for features, deals and much more.