Upgrade to play BF2 at Max

JamesU2005 · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:54

Currently got an:

AMD 3500+
1GB RAM
Nvidia 256mb 6800GT
1280x1024 screen resolution.

Just wondered what I'd need to play BF2 at max or high at that resolution, and for it to have a high frame rate, load fast etc?

The reason I’m asking is cause I want to make small upgrades though if a new CPU and motherboard is the way to go perhaps I could stretch for one.

Cheers

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:58

get a core duo 2 and overclock it

and get a 8800 or wait for the 8600

Will_3rd · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:00

another Gig of RAM and a better GPU such as the 7600GT or 1950xt

furnace · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:06

Definately another gig of ram, but I'd wait for the 8600's before you upgrade graphics.

Jonny L · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:06

All you need is another gig of ram, my friend has an athlon 3200+ a 6800gs and 2gig of ram and he runs bf2 full res with all eyecandy on a 20" widescreen tft.

JamesU2005 · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:06

Any suggestions for a lowish budget?

Defcon5 · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:52

JamesU2005 said:
Any suggestions for a lowish budget?

Any value 2gb kit really, prob get 2.5-3-3-6 for just over 100

gunner · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:55

Defo another Gig of RAM. It will make a huge difference for not much cash. Overclock the CPU in the BIOS, pick up a cheap X1800XT if you have a PCI-E slot. All budget friendly options. Have a look at the clearance section.

I have a 4000+ CPU / X1800XT / 2GB DDR400 it plays BF2 on a 24"Dell full eye candy, no bother.

Steve09 · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:33

When I played BF2 it suffered from memory lag, which was bad, but at times, it was unplayable.

I got a 2gb Corsair value kit, and it works perfectly.
I have everything on medium, and a couple of things on high with a xfx 7600gt and its really nice, not tried everything on max yet, probably wont.

PinkFloyd · 7 Apr 2007 at 12:40

Just get an extra gig of ram in and it will fly.
I've ran the game pretty much all on max settings 1280x1024 on a X800XL, with a X2-3800 and 2 gig of ram.
Before I had 2gig of ram it stuttered loads and I couldn't run the settings as high.