BF2 and your comp specs

Antecer · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:28

Hi all,

I'm playing BF2 with a64 3500+ winchester, 1gb ram, and x1800xt 256mb gfx.

BUT, it is struggling, would having a core duo 2 6400, 2gb (is 4gb worth it in terms of performance gain for money) and a new mobo of course, be worth it?

I'd like a VERY big increase in performance, would that do it? If so and you're in the know about hardware these days, please could you spec me up those bits, it would be much apprech'.

Thanks

neocon · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:32

Antecer said:
Hi all,

I'm playing BF2 with a64 3500+ winchester, 1gb ram, and x1800xt 256mb gfx.

BUT, it is struggling, would having a core duo 2 6400, 2gb (is 4gb worth it in terms of performance gain for money) and a new mobo of course, be worth it?

I'd like a VERY big increase in performance, would that do it? If so and you're in the know about hardware these days, please could you spec me up those bits, it would be much apprech'.

Thanks

u could try doubling your RAM and overclocking your CPU

Darkwave · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:34

With 1GB RAM you're going to be running textures on medium, 2GB would be the most beneficial upgrade here.

Eddie182 · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:34

Well I'm running it a max settings and the system isn't breaking a sweat, sytem specs in xFire profile (click pic in sig).

Same goes for BF2142 as well.

TBH I don't think you'd need much other than another gig of RAM and maybe a slightly better CPU. If you're strapped for cash you could do it for no more than £200 easy.

Phat Momma Hoe · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:36

Antecer said:
Hi all,

I'm playing BF2 with a64 3500+ winchester, 1gb ram, and x1800xt 256mb gfx.

BUT, it is struggling, would having a core duo 2 6400, 2gb (is 4gb worth it in terms of performance gain for money) and a new mobo of course, be worth it?

I'd like a VERY big increase in performance, would that do it? If so and you're in the know about hardware these days, please could you spec me up those bits, it would be much apprech'.

Thanks

Suprised your struggling on that, I used to play it on a 3500+, 2 gig of ram and a X850XT. That was at 1280x1024 at decent detail settings and that managed a decent framerate.
I'd suggest you get atleast 2 gig of ram for a cheap performance boost in that game as iirc 2 gig makes a lot of difference.

Usher · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:41

definately needs 2 gigs of ram, stops the stuttering at the start, I play everything maxed with 2 gig ram, 7800GS, AMD 4000+ @ 1280 X1024
had 6800GT last year
& had to turn down a couple of settings ( shadows ) to get it to run smooth

Antecer · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:43

Ty all! thats what i needed, although if i get another gig ram i might as well go for the new:

MOBO
CPU
RAM

this a64 is no longer as nippy as it used to be by far :/

Ewanb75 · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:17

a64 dual core 4200, cheap as chips and a gig, wont cost much. Am thinkin about gettin the 4200 myself. My specs in sig, run bf2 on highs

HicRic · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:22

BF2 was one of the first games that showed a real performance boost when you went to 2 gig of ram, it's well worth having that. My rig is very similar to yours (see sig) and I run it maxed out and performance has always been flawless.

[noodle] · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:23

Intel P4 3Ghz HT'ed; 1 Gig RAM; and a Good Ol' Trusty 6800 Ultra (the PCI-E one). BF2 runs perfectly fine on full graphics, and it looks great. Don't upgrade just for BF2, upgrade for everything else. I seriously need to upgrade soon, as my machine's showing it's age.

Hamoodii · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:28

just add another 1gig ram in your system, clock that AMD and BF2 should run fine

Azagoth · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:33

Can run Battlefield 2 at maximum settings at 1280x960x32, around a constant 75fps and without a stutter on this system :-

A8N-SLi
Athlon64 3200+ 'Venice' @ 2.6GHz
2GB PC3200
512MB 7900GS (600/1500)

The 2GB really helps to eliminate those annoying micro-stutters you get when you first enter a map.

markyb · 19 Apr 2007 at 21:40

e6300@ 3.3Ghz, 2Gb of Ram, 7900GTO. Run everything on full with 4x AA @ 1440x900 - Normally Around 80/90 fps.

When BF2 came out, I ran it on my old 2800xp with 1Gb of ram. It was struggling as normally used 1.2Gb when playing.

YorkshirePadd26 · 20 Apr 2007 at 09:47

Antecer said:
Hi all,

I'm playing BF2 with a64 3500+ winchester, 1gb ram, and x1800xt 256mb gfx.

BUT, it is struggling, would having a core duo 2 6400, 2gb (is 4gb worth it in terms of performance gain for money) and a new mobo of course, be worth it?

I'd like a VERY big increase in performance, would that do it? If so and you're in the know about hardware these days, please could you spec me up those bits, it would be much apprech'.

Thanks

x2 3800 @ 2.5ghz
2gb Ballistix @ 250mhz standard timings.
ASROCK 939 Dual SATA2 Mobo
2mb pants broadband, well its pants at the minute.

Used to play it on a 3.0ghz opteron with 1gb of ram running at 300mhz.

Since going to a dual core and 2 gb its be great in battlefield 2 no lag at all.
Same my ISP has gone to pot now, can't ever get a low ping :mad:

I run it at hight textures and 1680 * 1050

mattbill · 20 Apr 2007 at 09:51

Ive got whats in my sig and it runs flawlessly on max gfx :cool:

HangTime · 20 Apr 2007 at 19:56

With another 512meg RAM and some overclocking on the cpu/gpu you shouldn't have any problems really.

SkeeterUK · 20 Apr 2007 at 20:08

I run bf2 smooth as butter with my rig. All you need is 1gb ram more. As bf2 is a memory hog.

BloodWolf · 20 Apr 2007 at 20:31

i used to play it on my p4 2.8, 512 with a 9550xt.. what an experiance. D:

Will_3rd · 20 Apr 2007 at 20:33

runs swimmingly on below spec

snowdog · 20 Apr 2007 at 21:08

Needs 2 gig ram, 6800/x800 gfx, and 3 ghz p4 or equiv amd, to run maxed @ 1600x1200, 4x aa, 16x af, maxed everything, at at least 30 fps.