Ian

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Hi I think i need a new graphic card for my comp to play this came.

i have 2.7 pro, 1 gig ram, and loadsa free memory

my card that i have at the mo is a geforce 4 ti 4800 se (agp)

i have tryed 2 new cards but they havnt worked, have used all new drivers etc

the ones that i have tryed are the geforce 6600 and the geforce fx 5500, both 256 mb.

what card do you think i should use next.

dont wanna spend loadsa £££

thanks Ian

djuk

I'm running an 128mb ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Atlantis Saphire and it runs BF2 just fine, not sure why your cards you've tried so far havent worked?

Pumpkin

BF2 is choosy over which cards it will run on. I found out by buying this at the supermarket without reading the small print on the back of the box which states (in small writing) which cards are needed.

They need a fully DX9 compatible card with appropraite pixel shaders (or something like that)

Was the GeForce 6600 a AGP card or a PCI Express Card?

From EA/BF2 website:

NVIDIA GeForceFX 5700/5900/5950 series
GeForce 6800/6800 GT/6800 Ultra
GeForce 5800 series (AGP)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
ATI Radeon X300 series
ATI Radeon 8500/9500/9700/9600/9800 series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon X800 PRO/X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X600/X700 (PCIe).

Ian

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Was the GeForce 6600 a AGP card or a PCI Express Card?


it was the AGP, and from reading now, i think it needs the pci card.

loadsa hassle just to play a game :-(

djuk

Worth it though

Ian

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any one know of what a good card for me will be and the ££ of it and where from please.

am abit of a noob, and only really know the basics, as the cards seam to give you alot of info, but it doesnt make sence to me, like how come some 128 bit cards are more expensive that some 256? lol

djuk

Depends how much you're looking to spend. My 128mb DDR card cost about £110 I think. Really not sure why there is a price difference between some 256mb and 128mb cards!

Ian

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something that will work bf2 am looking at a v max of about 150, but would profer under the ton mark

djuk

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/Pr...=SearchResults

Thats the one I have, great service too, ordered it 4pm on Saturday afternoon and it was with me Monday morning first thing

Ian

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thanks djuk, that looks cool.
what r the specs with ur comp?

do you think the card will be ok with my spec come?

thanks again

djuk

I'm running an Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1800mhz, 512mb RAM, 160gb HDD, 128mb DDR ATI Radeon card

Not a massively impressive spec, the processor is years out of date but it runs BF2 and Couterstrike:Source nicely

jfrf

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=47511

20 quid cheaper here

i just sold my old 9800 pro for 60 quid on ebay
yes it runs BF2 fine


although something like a nvidia 6600 will probably be just as good

Ian

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http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...oduct_uid=47511

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/P...k=SearchResults

are these the same card? as the pics look different?

djuk

I think they're slightly different library pics but yeah they're the same

Ian

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thats klkl,

do you think that this will be my best bet to run bf2 and in terms of ££ to?

djuk

Certainly did the job for me, and my spec is rubbish

DrEvil

9800pro will be a great upgrade, and you can get them for sub 100 quid if you shop around.

Note, BF2 needs a GPU compatible with pixel shader 1.4 or above - the GF4's apparently don't work

Also check out the X800 GT prices, they are around the 100 mark and a very good card (not sure if they are AGP thou).

DrEvil

Nah X800GT is PCIE only.. check out:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...00_Series.html

for some good 9800pros

badcompany

cheers

DrEvil

Yeah, it is awesome on highest settings, can't get over the attention to detail..

And can't wait for the night time fighting mod EA are releasing

Runs ok on mine too, FX53,2GB and 7800GTX Extreme

Ian

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got amother new card today, but it still crashes.
the card that i got was a geforce 6600 GT, and in the manual it lists it in there,

what else do you think coul be the problem?

DrEvil

DaOne - make sure you apply the patch, 1.02 hotfix from EA (www.eagames.com -> BF2 link -> Downloads)

Does it crash to desktop? Or crash the whole system?

DrEvil

PS. also do other games run ok? Does 3Dmark03 or 05 complete ok on the new system (well new gpu).

Ian

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thanks all have got it working now, put a new hard drive in and all is ok.

yup V good game me name on there is BadMotherFxcxer :-)