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System for Battlefield 2 (1 gig or 2?)
I am about to build a new computer and would like to know what setup
people think i will need to play games like Battlefield 2. The maximum i can afford is P4 3.2 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 2 gig ram x800xl graphics card I would like to play the upcoming and future games smoothly will this system be able to haddle that. The other option is P4 3.0 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 1 gig ram 7800gt I have been told that the 2 gig of ran in the first system would help extremly and that the 7800gt isnt needed for most games and that the x800xl will be fine. Plz help with this as i am stuck for advice plz keep in mind that battlefield 2 and the upcoming games will use over 1 gig of ram. Thanks Jami -- Posted using the http://www.hardwareforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.hardwareforumz.com/Home-B...pict61686.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.hardwareforumz.com/eform.php?p=311139 |
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I think the short answer is "yes", one or two GB is enough.
The impression I got from reading was that about 1.5 GB was enough. You can find a whole lot of discussion about the real system requirements for Battlefield 2 by looking in the UseNet archives (Google groups). But hey, you really don't need to know ahead of time. Just leave at least one memory slot open on your mainboard. Good luck. jammie wrote: I am about to build a new computer and would like to know what setup people think i will need to play games like Battlefield 2. .... |
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"jammie" wrote in message
news:7_311139_b97e80e1b47670fc16eea1a63d739450@har dwareforumz.com... I am about to build a new computer and would like to know what setup people think i will need to play games like Battlefield 2. The maximum i can afford is P4 3.2 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 2 gig ram x800xl graphics card I would like to play the upcoming and future games smoothly will this system be able to haddle that. The other option is P4 3.0 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 1 gig ram 7800gt I have been told that the 2 gig of ran in the first system would help extremly and that the 7800gt isnt needed for most games and that the x800xl will be fine. Plz help with this as i am stuck for advice plz keep in mind that battlefield 2 and the upcoming games will use over 1 gig of ram. Thanks Jami AMD64 is faster for games, I wouldn't touch P4 unless heavily into video encoding. Of your choices I'd pick the 2nd, you can always add anothe Gig of RAM later. |
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On 6 Sep 2005 14:42:17 -0400, jammie
wrote: I am about to build a new computer and would like to know what setup people think i will need to play games like Battlefield 2. The maximum i can afford is P4 3.2 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 2 gig ram x800xl graphics card I would like to play the upcoming and future games smoothly will this system be able to haddle that. The other option is P4 3.0 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 1 gig ram 7800gt This is better than the first system. Better to get that video card then later, IF you find Task Manager reports memory running out, add another .5-1 Gig of memory. I also agree with the other posters' comment about A64 for gaming. That P4 will just run hot and do you nothing positive unless you ran other things a P4 is best suited towards. I have been told that the 2 gig of ran in the first system would help extremly and that the 7800gt isnt needed for most games and that the x800xl will be fine. Are you really building a box only to run 1 game? Bad long-term strategy, IMO... if there can be such a thing as a "long-term" gaming box. Yes you're better off with a little more than 1GB memory, but all the memory in the world won't speed up a video card when you come upon that game that needs it in the future. IMO 7800gt has better long-term viability and is the better option for a gaming box in general, ignoring specifics of BF2. What you might do is compromise, buy a 1GB memory module now and see how it does. You'll loose out on dual-channel mode but can see if the performance is suitable as-is, and if not, you merely need buy 1, 1GB module then. This is assuming you were buying 2 x 512MB modules for the 1GB total configuration. The video card is also reusable if you were to eventually upgrade the board and CPU, since a P4 @ 3-3.2GHz will also become a bottleneck in future gaming. Plz help with this as i am stuck for advice plz keep in mind that battlefield 2 and the upcoming games will use over 1 gig of ram. "Will use" is true, but "necessary" usually is not. Game developers tend to make effort for their games to be playable on moderate systems as well as high-end, else they lose a lot of marketability. If you are planning on replacing this gaming box 1 year from now, I might suggest 2GB of memory and the slower video card, but for long-term, I'd get the faster card and decide later whether or not to extend the budget for another Gig of memory. |
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On 6 Sep 2005 14:42:17 -0400, jammie wrote: I am about to build a new computer and would like to know what setup people think i will need to play games like Battlefield 2. The maximum i can afford is P4 3.2 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 2 gig ram x800xl graphics card I would like to play the upcoming and future games smoothly will this system be able to haddle that. The other option is P4 3.0 GHZ 775 PCI-E Gigabyte motherboard 1 gig ram 7800gt This is better than the first system. Better to get that video card then later, IF you find Task Manager reports memory running out, add another .5-1 Gig of memory. I also agree with the other posters' comment about A64 for gaming. That P4 will just run hot and do you nothing positive unless you ran other things a P4 is best suited towards. I have been told that the 2 gig of ran in the first system would help extremly and that the 7800gt isnt needed for most games and that the x800xl will be fine. Are you really building a box only to run 1 game? Bad long-term strategy, IMO... if there can be such a thing as a "long-term" gaming box. Yes you're better off with a little more than 1GB memory, but all the memory in the world won't speed up a video card when you come upon that game that needs it in the future. IMO 7800gt has better long-term viability and is the better option for a gaming box in general, ignoring specifics of BF2. What you might do is compromise, buy a 1GB memory module now and see how it does. You'll loose out on dual-channel mode but can see if the performance is suitable as-is, and if not, you merely need buy 1, 1GB module then. This is assuming you were buying 2 x 512MB modules for the 1GB total configuration. The video card is also reusable if you were to eventually upgrade the board and CPU, since a P4 @ 3-3.2GHz will also become a bottleneck in future gaming. Plz help with this as i am stuck for advice plz keep in mind that battlefield 2 and the upcoming games will use over 1 gig of ram. "Will use" is true, but "necessary" usually is not. Game developers tend to make effort for their games to be playable on moderate systems as well as high-end, else they lose a lot of marketability. If you are planning on replacing this gaming box 1 year from now, I might suggest 2GB of memory and the slower video card, but for long-term, I'd get the faster card and decide later whether or not to extend the budget for another Gig of memory. Wot AMD would u suggest think i only have enough money for a 3400+ would that b alryt 4 a while? Thanks for the help Guys Jamie -- Posted using the http://www.hardwareforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.hardwareforumz.com/Home-B...pict61686.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.hardwareforumz.com/eform.php?p=311202 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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As long as we are on the subject of Battlefield 2, I curious about
running it on my system. I am not a gamer; just ask my kids. I have recently been running my video on my homebuilt system on a TNT2 with all of 16MB of memory. That is only so the integrated video doesn't interfere with system memory. I recently upgraded Photoshop to CS2 and learned that Adobe recommends a video card with 128MB of memory or more. This seems to solve a lot of speed and stability issues with CS2. So, I found an ATI 9550 with 256MB of memory pretty cheap. The only thing 3D on my system are the graphics in iTunes and WMP. And they aren't much. So, I've given a bit of thought to a 3D game. (I could also use the recreation from time to time.) I'd like to find out what my system with the 9550 will actually do. Simulation games seem to be the only thing that interest me and I'm not into shooters. (Well, real live shooting is much more fun.) Battlefield 2 seems like it might be interesting. I read somewhere about Black & White 2 coming out and it sounds interesting too. I'm so out of it that I don't even know what games are out there. (49 year old fart) Does anyone have any idea how well Battlefield 2 would run on my system? What other strategy games are out there for us old and slow guys? P4 3.2 GHz Prescott (Yes, properly cooled. I work Photoshop pretty hard.) 2 GB of RAM in Dual Channel ATI 9550 video card WD Raptor 36.5 GB 10K for swap and scratch space Plenty of HD space etc. Thanks, Clyde |
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:37:23 -0500, Clyde wrote:
As long as we are on the subject of Battlefield 2, I curious about running it on my system. I am not a gamer; just ask my kids. I have recently been running my video on my homebuilt system on a TNT2 with all of 16MB of memory. That is only so the integrated video doesn't interfere with system memory. I recently upgraded Photoshop to CS2 and learned that Adobe recommends a video card with 128MB of memory or more. This seems to solve a lot of speed and stability issues with CS2. So, I found an ATI 9550 with 256MB of memory pretty cheap. The only thing 3D on my system are the graphics in iTunes and WMP. And they aren't much. So, I've given a bit of thought to a 3D game. (I could also use the recreation from time to time.) I'd like to find out what my system with the 9550 will actually do. Simulation games seem to be the only thing that interest me and I'm not into shooters. (Well, real live shooting is much more fun.) Battlefield 2 seems like it might be interesting. I read somewhere about Black & White 2 coming out and it sounds interesting too. I'm so out of it that I don't even know what games are out there. (49 year old fart) I don't have BF2 but recommend Blitzkrieg, War Lords Battle Cry, Home World I and II, Catalysm, Ground Control I and II all strategy games. Waiting on HW III and GC III. Call of Duty, Breed, Far Cry are action games were you are the shooter but you have missions to accomplish that you have to think about which weapons, were to hide, how to sneak in where. Sometimes I forgot the AI in COD and Far Cry were not humans. Does anyone have any idea how well Battlefield 2 would run on my system? What other strategy games are out there for us old and slow guys? P4 3.2 GHz Prescott (Yes, properly cooled. I work Photoshop pretty hard.) 2 GB of RAM in Dual Channel ATI 9550 video card WD Raptor 36.5 GB 10K for swap and scratch space Plenty of HD space etc. It's not the top of the line card for gaming but it has Directx 9.x support. It'll run a little slow in the very, heavy action screens, lots of little things moving but it's good enough for you, BF2 and most games available. I played all those games and FS2004 on a XP2000+, GeForce TI4200-128 no problem. |
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jaster wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:37:23 -0500, Clyde wrote: As long as we are on the subject of Battlefield 2, I curious about running it on my system. I am not a gamer; just ask my kids. I have recently been running my video on my homebuilt system on a TNT2 with all of 16MB of memory. That is only so the integrated video doesn't interfere with system memory. I recently upgraded Photoshop to CS2 and learned that Adobe recommends a video card with 128MB of memory or more. This seems to solve a lot of speed and stability issues with CS2. So, I found an ATI 9550 with 256MB of memory pretty cheap. The only thing 3D on my system are the graphics in iTunes and WMP. And they aren't much. So, I've given a bit of thought to a 3D game. (I could also use the recreation from time to time.) I'd like to find out what my system with the 9550 will actually do. Simulation games seem to be the only thing that interest me and I'm not into shooters. (Well, real live shooting is much more fun.) Battlefield 2 seems like it might be interesting. I read somewhere about Black & White 2 coming out and it sounds interesting too. I'm so out of it that I don't even know what games are out there. (49 year old fart) I don't have BF2 but recommend Blitzkrieg, War Lords Battle Cry, Home World I and II, Catalysm, Ground Control I and II all strategy games. Waiting on HW III and GC III. Call of Duty, Breed, Far Cry are action games were you are the shooter but you have missions to accomplish that you have to think about which weapons, were to hide, how to sneak in where. Sometimes I forgot the AI in COD and Far Cry were not humans. Does anyone have any idea how well Battlefield 2 would run on my system? What other strategy games are out there for us old and slow guys? P4 3.2 GHz Prescott (Yes, properly cooled. I work Photoshop pretty hard.) 2 GB of RAM in Dual Channel ATI 9550 video card WD Raptor 36.5 GB 10K for swap and scratch space Plenty of HD space etc. It's not the top of the line card for gaming but it has Directx 9.x support. It'll run a little slow in the very, heavy action screens, lots of little things moving but it's good enough for you, BF2 and most games available. I played all those games and FS2004 on a XP2000+, GeForce TI4200-128 no problem. Thanks for the game suggestions. I'll look into them. It's good to know that my video card will handle them. Clyde |
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