System for BF2

[no_Wedge]

I need a setup for bf2 that is $1000 us or under. also, is it better to run 2 6800gt's in sli, or 2 7800gts

[Disposibleteen]

2 7800gts in sli will kill 2 6800gts.

[.sentinel]

I think buying 7800GT let alone 2 would destroy your budget of under 1000 dollars.

[IYP]

hehe i just loaded up some BF2 on my rig...(dual 7800GTX and crap ram) ran smoother then a babys ass at highest settings

[gundamit]

Assuming you can re-use your old case, optical drives and monitor, I'd go for the following with the $1K budget:

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Get your 3000+ E6 Revision CPU from Ewiz for $115.88 (http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=A64-3000BW) and a cheap $20 ($120-$20 coupon - $80 rebates) 160gig hard drive from a YMMV deal at BestBuy AR. (http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=510093)

So total = $1,118.83 less $127.00 in rebates.. Uh oh ... still need a cooler for the CPU. Rats!

In general I'd try to build a system around a single 7800GT with a mobo that will be SLI capable so you have SLI as an option later on when more games take advantage of the that much horse power and prices have dropped a bit on the cards. BF2 will really benefit from 2gigs of ram as will any games with large maps.

Post you final rig components when you pull the trigger on the purchase. :D

[muaddib]

Get at least a 7800GT (which would smack even 2x6800GT's, I think). 2GB's are a no-brainer.

[Northwood]

6800's are cheap as chips these days, so get 2 of those and clock them up to ultra speeds.

processor aint too important, but a 570J can be had quite cheap.

mobo? a 925XE chipset should suffice.

RAM? about a gig of some nice DDR2 (corsair 5400UL overclocks nice)


with whatevers left get 2 raptors in RAID 0, and a decent soundcard.

[.sentinel]

DFI Lanparty NF4 would kick and is cheaper then Intel right now Northwood. Plus two gigs of ddr is probabaly like 1 gig of ddr2. I would say 1 7800GT A Venince 3000 DFI Lanparty NF4 2gigs of Tracer.

[Doctor Carta]

get newegg refurb parts their cheaper,i do it all the time!

[Majistic]

2GB is recommended.

[KoolDrew]

This would of been better in the General Hardware section as it has more to do with hardware then the game itself. I would suggest 2GB of RAM though.

[Majistic]

- 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

-gamespace.com

those there are the requirements ;)

[g-a-m-e]

This would of been better in the General Hardware section as it has more to do with hardware then the game itself. I would suggest 2GB of RAM though.

I agree about the 2 gig,..at least with high settings its not a luxury but more a requirement,... At 1600 x 1200 with everything high but no AA, my harddrive would actually overheat due to the constant usage of the swap file...

After i put in another gig it is smooth as silk ... But then again, iff you have 2 cards, maybe 2 gig is overkill...(?)

[einCe]

- 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

-gamespace.com

those there are the requirements
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when people put this on the box it basically means:
minimum=800x600 all low
recommended=800x600 all medium to get a decent 30 fps

[einCe]

"Majistic is offline Report Bad Post Reply With Quote" how did that get there?

[KoHaN69]

ran smoother then a babys ass at highest settings

:slobber: How the hell do you know how smooth babies' arses are?!



ye, on dual 7800gts, u can hav a 1.5ghz/256ram system, and still run as smooth as "a babies ass" :slapass:

[twiggy]

:slobber: How the hell do you know how smooth babies' arses are?!



ye, on dual 7800gts, u can hav a 1.5ghz/256ram system, and still run as smooth as "a babies ass" :slapass:


I bet you it would run like shiat with a rig like that. Dual 7800's dont mean :banana::banana::banana::banana: with BF2 without a very min. of 1Gb of RAM. :stick:

[KoHaN69]

need at least a gig of ram

[J-Mag]

I went from dual 6800GTs to a Single GTX (at first) and the GTX is DEFINATELY faster at the settings I like than my previous 6800GT SLI rig.

If you are going to run at high texture settings at pretty much any decent res, you will NEED the 2GB.