So I want to play BF2 on both of my machines...

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As the title.

I'm looking to upgrade my existing setup which comprises of the following.

#1 Machine.
A64 3000+ Sct 939
Geforce 6800LE 128MB AGP
1GB (4x 256MB PC3200) RAM
Nforce 3 AGP Mobo (Gigabyte)
160GB SATA Drive
80 GB IDE + 120GB IDE drives.
400Watt PSU


#2 Machine.

Pentium 4 1.7Ghz
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
Geforce 3 AGP 64MB (Not a "Ti")
200GB IDE drive.
250Watt PSU!

I'm wondering if its possible to get BF2 to run to any playable extent on the P4 machine even if I fit a card that'll handle BF2 to that machine with its 512MB RAM & slow cpu etc, so, I'm considering simply bumping my #1 machine down to #2 and then building a new #1 machine outright.

I have £500 - £600, perhaps, more if the extra outlay is worth it to spend on the upgrade,not including case's etc as I would use existing monitors / keyboards etc.

The main requirement is two machines that handle BF2 on busy on-line servers. I was already considering a 2GB RAM upgrade for the #1 machine to improve BF2 and would still go ahead if I built a new #1 machine from scratch.

So, what would be my best bet?

Any advice appreciated. :)
 
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Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Sub Total : £479.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £85.56
Total : £574.47


for a good upgrade
 
paul_64l said:
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Sub Total : £479.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £85.56
Total : £574.47


for a good upgrade
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Tempting :) - I live in Stoke, so, can save on the shipping!

Forgot to mention my #1 Machine has a 128MB Geforce 6800LE. :o

I'm now thinking I'll need a new PSU!
 
paul_64l said:
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Sub Total : £479.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £85.56
Total : £574.47


for a good upgrade
Click to expand...

No hard drives?? Go for 2x320Gb WD raid edition.
 
Robbie G said:
No hard drives?? Go for 2x320Gb WD raid edition.
Click to expand...

I've got around 600gb of HG space split between 3 i.d.e drives & an ATA one. :)
 
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LINK if you want a good psu for little money my brother is using a thermaltake tr2 on a gtx c2d rig and its only about £35 online...
 
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