Cheap upgrade for BF2042??

[Wing-Man]

My buddy as a i5 6500 and a 5600xt. He just installed BF2042 and it runs like crap shocking right…

Will dropping in a i7 6700 be worth buying, there is no way he can afford a system upgrade right now

 

[syks]

My buddy as a i5 6500 and a 5600xt. He just installed BF2042 and it runs like crap shocking right…

Will dropping in a i7 6700 be worth buying, there is no way he can afford a system upgrade right now

Am i right in thinking thats the skylake chip? if so im sure my bro has the i7 6700k and he is still gaming on it @1080p with a rtx 3060 just fine, its actually surprising how well hes doing and the fps he gets in games still, he hasnt got bf2042 yet but he should be buying it today hopefully

If he does will let you know how it runs with his setup

 

[Wing-Man]

the other games he plays are all older and fine but BF2042 the cpu is pinned at 100% from the second you lick the desktop shortcut.

I think I will grab him an i7 the extra 4 threads should do him some good

 

[syks]

the other games he plays are all older and fine but BF2042 the cpu is pinned at 100% from the second you lick the desktop shortcut.

I think I will grab him an i7 the extra 4 threads should do him some good

it still may be at 100% or close to it, but defo worth a try

 

[welshrat]

Battlefield hasn't run well on just 4 cores for a long time. Hyper threaded i7 will help but how much I don't know. Got to be worth a punt though

 

[syks]

Right, my bro has now got the game and we have just been playing, he hasnt yet downloaded msi afterburner coz hes a idiot lol but he said it was all running smooth as silk @1080p with his 3060.

 

[The_Arbiter]

Skylake is still pretty awful for holding its price. Maybe at £40 max i'd try it, but it's dead money. Least the ram is still likely useable should he stretch his wallet a bit and sell the board and cpu.

I'd wait on the guy who commented for the real world results still.

 

[syks]

Skylake is still pretty awful for holding its price. Maybe at £40 max i'd try it, but it's dead money. Least the ram is still likely useable should he stretch his wallet a bit and sell the board and cpu.

I'd wait on the guy who commented for the real world results still.

Yeah, even though my bro said its running very smooth i expect its still hammering his cpu, he STILL hasnt downloaded msi afterburner as hes never been worried about stats etc and used to use the built in fps counter on his old monitor

Will try to get him to download afterburner so can give some better results for op

 

[Game]

My buddy as a i5 6500 and a 5600xt. He just installed BF2042 and it runs like crap shocking right…

Will dropping in a i7 6700 be worth buying, there is no way he can afford a system upgrade right now

if you can pickup a cheap i5-10400f that will run bf2042 perfectly

 

[Game]

my i5-6600 wouldnt even run bfv by the end after the first year of updates it cpu bottlenecks badly

 

[Wing-Man]

my i5-6600 wouldnt even run bfv by the end after the first year of updates it cpu bottlenecks badly

Yes I think we have established that is the problem.

 

[Wing-Man]

if you can pickup a cheap i5-10400f that will run bf2042 perfectly

I looked at a 10400f for my youngest but the cost of boards are silly

 

[Kirby Wurm]

The 6700 would give a decent boost in the game, but it all depends on how cheaply you can find one.

BF1 was the game that finally got me to upgrade to a hyper-threaded CPU after chugging along happily with a 4 core 4690K for several years.

 

[BS Dave]

Theres a 6900k x99 system in the members market for £115. Buy that

8 cores 16 threads 4 channel ddr4 goodness

 

[Wing-Man]

Lol would this be your system. This thread is a little old