Bad Company 2 Hardware Requirements

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Hey guys

I know the min. specs for this game are:

Operating System
Windows Vista or Windows 7
CPU
Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Hardware
256 MB Video Card (GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900)

I've got a PC here that is...
INTEL P4 561 @ 3.8GHZ
GIGABYTE DS4
2GB GEIL MEMORY 6400 DDR2
NVIDIA 6600GT

Now I know its not a core 2 duo, but I've attemtped BC2 on this computer and it starts up fine doesn't take long etc. However when joining servers it joins quick until the last loading point (just before it enters the map).

I've got a feeling its the graphics card holding me back here, the 'responsiveness' of the game is fine, and no lag etc so I dont think its to do with the cpu at all.

(Could it be that the 6600gt is only 128mb and it requires 256mb? or can the 6600gt not do DX9?)

Can anyone give me some info on this? I think its the graphics but want to be sure before I upgrade it.

thanks guys
 
Not sure about that, my mate upgraded from a P4 to an i5 and noticed a BIG difference in BFBC2.
He used the same graphics card, HD4870 for both builds.
 
Hi you biggest problems are the single core cpu and 2GB of memory.

BC2 loves and i means loves quad core cpu's and lot of memory. While the 6600GT wouldn't be helping its not the "main" issue as i see it.

If im been brutally honest though i think you need to look at scapping your PC as it is getting a bit long in the tooth, and then at one of our overclocked bundles like the i3 at 4.00GHz and then something like a 5770 card by ATI.

The difference you would see if amazing.

Phil
 
I'm surprised the game's even playable with that setup I must be honest. As has been mentioned, the fact you have a single core cpu will be a major factor, as will the lack of RAM. Battlefield games have always wanted lots of RAM and this one is no exception.
 
On the bright side if you do decide to do a full upgrade your chip should sell for quite a bit as its pretty much the fastest p4 available.
 
This is what i would be looking at in your position for a decent budget game machine. :D

A few hundred quid yes , but sell off your current and thats a bit off the £400.



Assuming you have a PSU that can handle this system already.
 
Mangochutney said:
Not sure about that, my mate upgraded from a P4 to an i5 and noticed a BIG difference in BFBC2.
He used the same graphics card, HD4870 for both builds.
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Your mate used a 6600gt or hd4870 for both builds?
hd4870 i'm guessing lol

thecremeegg said:
I'm surprised the game's even playable with that setup I must be honest. As has been mentioned, the fact you have a single core cpu will be a major factor, as will the lack of RAM. Battlefield games have always wanted lots of RAM and this one is no exception.
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The min. requirement is 2GB for ram... I'm trying to run this on the lowest of the low and at one point I did get in-game... but was juddery.

McstylisT said:
This is what i would be looking at in your position for a decent budget game machine. :D

A few hundred quid yes , but sell off your current and thats a bit off the £400.



Assuming you have a PSU that can handle this system already.
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Yeh thats good, however this pc is my third pc I'm attempting to run it on (LANs). I've got 2 pc's that can run the game already, so won't be spending ~£400.


So its the CPU, RAM, GFX? What priority would you guys order them in to upgrade?
 
Trouble is if you upgrade one it'll still be quite bottlenecked by the rest of the system, they're all on pretty much equal upgrade prio.
 
Don't do it. I am refering back to BF2 in 2005 when I had 1gb ram when I say this:

An online game goes at the pace of the server, so 1 sec remains 1 sec. When your pc goes into a firefight, craps its pants and slows down, the server will remain going at the standard, steady speed, which makes your pc crap its pants even more.

Your pc will cause you nothing but immense frustration. Playing a game offline with a bit of slowdown is not the same as online.

I would heavily recommend a quad core cpu and preferably 3-4gb ram for bad company 2. I upgraded from my e6600 as it was soiling a little bit at times. Just that little bit of slowdown means you die.
 
King Arthur said:
Hi you biggest problems are the single core cpu and 2GB of memory.

BC2 loves and i means loves quad core cpu's and lot of memory. While the 6600GT wouldn't be helping its not the "main" issue as i see it.

If im been brutally honest though i think you need to look at scapping your PC as it is getting a bit long in the tooth, and then at one of our overclocked bundles like the i3 at 4.00GHz and then something like a 5770 card by ATI.

The difference you would see if amazing.

Phil
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I'm not to sure King Arthur. The symptoms he's mentioning seem to suggest lack of GPU RAM to me. So he's seeing a slow towards the end of a map loading.

If I where him I'd at least try borrowing a friends GPU something with the minimum recommended VRAM and see how it goes. I mean you can pickup a 512MB card for peanuts these days and it'd be a very quick way for him to identify if that's the problem.
 
He did use a Hd4870 for both PC's, I know that its a faster card than your 6600gt. The point I was trying to make is that the change in CPU made a world of difference.
It runs maxed out at 1680x1050 btw!
 
Hey guys

Ran it on a 9800GTX and it played OK - however it was a bit laggy.

I couldn't decide whether it was lag or the PC as my ping (and others) was 400 at the time... will try again later though, quite surprised it ran!

However I agree it needs an all-round upgrade to be 'proper'

thanks for input guys
 
It's the CPU

The game is CPU intensive, all the sound is rendered on the CPU and there is a world of difference between even a dual core and a quad core.
 
stuff about needing quad core not 100% true it helps but only at the map loading stage, the maps are loading all 8 threads max out for 1 refresh on task manager but when in game seem the game is only using 2 threads and not even maxing the cpu out, i recheck again when i get home as i can disable cores i think on my system, an i3 @ around 3ghz should handle the game fine

the lag at the end of loading the map (just before the Join button shows) my cpu on my I7 tops out on all cores for 1 second so that part must be what's making the slow down happen at the end of map load on your system

now the slow downs i have an 9800GX2 (SLI enabled) i had to Force the game into DX9 mode (dice have made an good move and put the config ini settings in the documents folder like BF2 i think, change it from Auto to 9) and the game is quite playable now unless you got an 280, 58xx, 480 the game will run slow on high settings on lower end cards

and long map loads is Due to the ATI drivers map should take less then 5-10 secs to load (Nvidia) not 40-60 as what's happening with ATI driver are used

if your playing games win vista or win7 you should have 3-4gb of ran installed or you could run out when maps loading or when in game (win7 quite good with low ram)
 
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leexgx said:
stuff about needing quad core not 100% true it helps but only at the map loading stage, the maps are loading all 8 threads max out for 1 refresh on task manager but when in game seem the game is only using 2 threads and not even maxing the cpu out, i recheck again when i get home as i can disable cores i think on my system, an i3 @ around 3ghz should handle the game fine

the lag at the end of loading the map (just before the Join button shows) my cpu on my I7 tops out on all cores for 1 second so that part must be what's making the slow down happen at the end of map load on your system

now the slow downs i have an 9800GX2 (SLI enabled) i had to Force the game into DX9 mode (dice have made an good move and put the config ini settings in the documents folder like BF2 i think, change it from Auto to 9) and the game is quite playable now unless you got an 280, 58xx, 480 the game will run slow on high settings on lower end cards

and long map loads is Due to the ATI drivers map should take less then 5-10 secs to load (Nvidia) not 40-60 as what's happening with ATI driver are used

if your playing games win vista or win7 you should have 3-4gb of ran installed or you could run out when maps loading or when in game (win7 quite good with low ram)
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Interesting discussion.

I have briefly tried Bad Company 2 on my system (GTX 260 896MB, e5300 @3.46ghz 2GB DDR2 800) and it ran very well indeed, not tried it on-line yet though... I'm fairly confident my setup will handle it better than my previous e2180 & 8800GTS!

Its un-installed now as it was a friends copy that i tried,I certainly intend to go out and get it next weekend (pay day!) :D
 
This game needs a lot of power comparied to others i play such as COD MW2. I can max out MW2 at 1280*800 without AA but i just about get bad company to run at low/med Lols.
 
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