Upgrade for top performance in BF2

jont999 · 19 Dec 2007 at 14:39

I'm looking to upgrade my PC to improve performance in my fave game Battlefield 2. My machine runs it ok at moderate settings but I think I can upgrade to max it out for not much cash.

My budget is £200 ( I might push it a bit if it'll make a big difference)

Current spec is an Opteron running at 2.4ghz
2gb ram
74gb Raptor as primary disk with a 300gb Maxtor secondary
256mb ATi x800gto2 flashed to an x850.

My question is, for the money would it be better to spend it on cpu, mobo and ram or get a nice shiny 3850 and save my cash?

cheers
Jon

pcmedicni · 19 Dec 2007 at 15:07

Graphics card,the rest is fine for BF2

Cr0fty · 19 Dec 2007 at 15:34

8800GT. May aswell just get the OCuK one!

£165 !!

El Jimben · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:21

Cr0fty said:
8800GT. May aswell just get the OCuK one! £165 !!

You might as well, that way you can put it in your new system when you do decide to do a full upgrade and you'll still see a massive performance increase over your current card in the meantime

topshot · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:28

yep, 8800GT would be an excellent ugrade for your system.

melbourne720 · 19 Dec 2007 at 20:19

Graphics card is the slowest part of that system by a country mile. Have a spare pair of pants ready when you first put that new card in, that's quite an upgrade

The Badger · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:02

to run everything on high in bf2 i think in the manual it says a 7800 ?

mattyfez · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:11

Pauliee said:
to run everything on high in bf2 i think in the manual it says a 7800 ?

yeh, im running on high with an agp 7800gs, 2gb of ddr1, although, it plays better toned down a little with very minimal loss of quality.

ns400r · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:22

"256mb ATi x800gto2 flashed to an x850."

Is that AGP or PCIe ?

Wiggins · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:29

If your an ATI fan then the HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 would be a good choice

platinum87 · 20 Dec 2007 at 20:57

running bf2 on max, 8x AA @ 1680*1050..... prob is sometimes i get worst frame rates then crysis on maps like like al basrah. (PR mod). but usually its like 90-100DFPS, and i know my mobo/cpu/ram suck so the 8800 really rocks

MMc2K3 · 21 Dec 2007 at 14:37

Wiggins said:
If your an ATI fan then the HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 would be a good choice

I think these bad boys come in a bit cheaper than the 8800's as well, gonna get 2 in the new year...

or am I going for 2 of the 3850's, haven't decided yet :eek:

jont999, what's you're handle on BF2?

So I can look out for you down the barrel of mi rifle

mattyfez · 21 Dec 2007 at 15:06

MMc2K3 said:
I think these bad boys come in a bit cheaper than the 8800's as well, gonna get 2 in the new year...

or am I going for 2 of the 3850's, haven't decided yet

jont999, what's you're handle on BF2?

So I can look out for you down the barrel of mi rifle

I shouldnt need to remind you, that posting on forums while your supposed to be working is gross misconduct.

MMc2K3 · 21 Dec 2007 at 15:54

mattyfez said:
I shouldnt need to remind you, that posting on forums while your supposed to be working is gross misconduct.

Arc at you mo fo.. might have to e-mail IT :eek:

Besides I always bypass the proxy

They'll never catch me alive sucker..!

jont999 · 23 Dec 2007 at 23:17

haha, damn you guys are going to bankrupt me....but it might be worth it!

MM, my handle on there is BlackTarw...be careful I'm a sneaky bugger

MMc2K3 · 24 Dec 2007 at 17:03

jont999 said:
haha, damn you guys are going to bankrupt me....but it might be worth it!

MM, my handle on there is BlackTarw...be careful I'm a sneaky bugger

something_totally_different · 24 Dec 2007 at 18:16

ns400r said:
"256mb ATi x800gto2 flashed to an x850."

Is that AGP or PCIe ?

it was a PCI-E only card.

really in terms of price to perfomance there are only 3 contenders, an ATi 3850 Pro £93.99

Ati 3870 XT £132.50 inc. VAT (not from ocuk, they are £30 extra here

)

or a club3D 8800GT 512mb £145 inc vat but again not from ocuk