Maximum Graphics??

[gavin2121]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the best out of my computer setup but not really into overclocking as i'm not sure what it is lol!!

Was getting in to BF2 game a little and was fed up of playing it on low graphics due to only having 768 MB of Ram.. so i purchased some new Gskill blocks (2 Gig Pack. After installing them we or the (MSI forum) found they can only run at 333Mhz. Ok... tried evrything last night and the graphics are still kind of jumpy on medium???

What am i doing wrong????

Anyway, My computer is a home build with the following soec:

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Motherboard:MSI KT4AV Model: MS-6712
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2.Gb RAM (2 x Gskill F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ 1GBDDR PC4000) these are running at 333MHz due to Motherboard spec.
NVidia (Winfast) Geforce FX5600 256MB (latest Drivers installed yesterday)
CreativeSoundbalster Audigy Sound card (not too sure how to find out what spec though)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

 

[wizardmaxx]

Looks like your graphics card is the problem m8. Taken from the readme.txt

- Operating System
Windows XP (32 Bit Version)

- CPU
Battlefield 2 supports the following processors:
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Xeon
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
Intel Celeron D
AMD Athlon XP
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64-FX
AMD Sempron processor

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

Claimed!

 

[melbourne720]

Agreed, I'd bin anything with 'FX' on it if I was you. Depending on what you want to spend, a 9800 Pro, 6800 GT or a 7600 GT would all be good choices.

Also, although your max FSB is 333MHz, you should be able to run your memory asyncronously at 400MHz (your motherboard supports it).

Have a look in the BIOS, updating it if necessary.

 

[gavin2121]

Ok... so maybe head staight for a Geforce Card... other than the slots on the motherboard, what are the pros for PCi V's APG cards. .. better still... what's best for games in gen.

Thanx

Also read somewhere that in BF2 your sound card can cause problems...??

 

[Zefan]

It's definitely your 3dcard.

If you run it at anything lower than 1600x1200 then get a 6800gt for £100 or less off an auction site. If you run it higher than that then I'd suggest the 7600gt.

I wouldn't bother upgrading to PCI-E until you've done a lot more reading in to what else you'll have to upgrade with it (CPU, PSU etc).

 

[Tetras]

Yup and the slots you have available using AGP is a no brainer, PCI cards tend to be slow and lumbering (PCI-Express is a different type of slot/connector thingy to PCI and you don't have it).

A graphics card upgrade would make the world of difference

 

[gavin2121]

Hey Guys,

thanx for all the replies.


Re: WIZARDMAXX reply

I'm selling an " ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB DDR 128Bit" graphics card on ebay at the moment. Should i be keeping that and selling my "NVidia (Winfast) Geforce FX5600 256MB" card instead???

R's

Gavin

 

[Zefan]

The 9600xt will be a little better than the 5600.

 

[Darkwave]

The 9600XT is better than that FX5600.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

The 9600XT is better than that FX5600.

 

[Tute]

Yeah keep the 9600XT.

I had one of those ages ago, had it playing Doom 3

Not very well but the levels loaded...

 

[HangTime]

Personally I'd sell both and look to upgrade to a 7600GT or similar.

 

[gavin2121]

Personally I'd sell both and look to upgrade to a 7600GT or similar.

is that Nvidia or ATI?? and any idea of expected price???

 

[melbourne720]

is that Nvidia or ATI?? and any idea of expected price???

Nvidia. £140, but easily the best value new AGP card

 

[4T5]

Personally I'd sell both and look to upgrade to a 7600GT or similar.

Knowledgable dude beat me to it.
Get rid of both of them you won't regret a GFX upgrade if you game.