Can my system run these games?

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I was thinking of buying BF2 and/or CoD2, but I'm wondering if they will even be playable on my 6600GT. BF2 has that system memory problem, and I hear that CoD2 has problems on even a 7800 GTX. I don't mind running at 1280x760 and 1024x768 is acceptable as long as AA can be turned on.

Oh, and this is in single player mode only. I have dial-up, and I recently discovered that that isn't going to be changing anytime soon (finally got a distance estimate to the telco CO: 25000 feet with no plans of a new one being built :( )
 
Yes, but you'd most likely have to turn off AA to get acceptable frame rates.
 
I have a BFG 6800GT OC, 2gig. of RAM, P4 3.4GHz EE. COD2 single player is OK at 1280x768 with DX9 rendering, no AA, texture filtering set to anisotropic with all texture settings on low, no smoke softening, no dynamic lights, low shadows (35-60 FPS). If I switch the rendering method to DX7, I can go to 4x AA with all anisotropic texture settings on high and soften smoke edges for world only. My FPS are then 91-110 and never below 91. It's a fair tradeoff of performance to eye candy because I don't play singleplayer that much, only online. You lose a fair amount of the game's eye candy with DX7 rendering but online is all run and gun so I don't miss it and the maps still look pretty dang good with DX7.

The intel patch for COD2 that came out recently helped the gameplay a lot but I still cannot play COD2 with DX9 rendering.
 
it also depends on the amount of RAM you have... my friend's got 1.5 Gb of RAM and he's got a 9800Pro (not as good as the 6600GT). He pulls about 100FPS, high graphics, like 1024x768 res. put maybe 2x AA on there and you've still got decent frames. 6600GT should run it fine. I've seen it run, i've tried it (high graphics also), it's good. you'll run it fine man.
 
No13...can you post some pics of BF2 with dx7?

Everyone else....I've been hearing peeps doing this often nowadays...are there any online comparisons of the different versions? A google search doesnt give me what I want...maybe I am wording it wrong.
 
StealthyFish said:
it also depends on the amount of RAM you have... my friend's got 1.5 Gb of RAM and he's got a 9800Pro (not as good as the 6600GT). He pulls about 100FPS, high graphics, like 1024x768 res. put maybe 2x AA on there and you've still got decent frames. 6600GT should run it fine. I've seen it run, i've tried it (high graphics also), it's good. you'll run it fine man.
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My entire system is in my sig, as you can see I only have 1 gig of RAM which I hear can make a difference in BF2. 1024x768 is okay, but it would be nice if I could at least use 2x AA because aliasing is very noticable at 1024x768.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I have just one more question: would BF2 and CoD2 be worth buying even though I can't use multiplayer (i.e. do they have good AI)?
 
If you are gonna be buying the game for single player only buy COD2.

BF2 is designed for multiplayer even though it has a single player mode.
 
The 6600GT struggles with CoD2, youve really gotta turn off the extras to get good rates. It plays BF2 ok when you lower the lightning and shadows, but again struggles at full high. With only 1gb of ram, BF2 will stutter at first due to paging and will sometimes take alittle longer to close again because of paging. 6600GT should be ok though if your willing to turn a few things down, its still a fast card.
 
It should do fine. I have a 6800gt in this other rig right now and can play BF2 on medium-high settings with 1600x1200 res or the one below that

Fear at 1600x1200 but a lot of the stuff on medium or low

Cod2 is a bit laggy at the resolution below 16x12 even with all the settings down a lot, its still fun though

UT2k4 pretty much no lag at all, everything on high, 16x12 res.

Quake 4 16x12 settings pretty high, not really laggy at all.

Need for speed most wanted 16x12 is a bit laggy in some parts but the game looks totally amazing

Hope that helps :)
 
HOCP4ME said:
My entire system is in my sig, as you can see I only have 1 gig of RAM which I hear can make a difference in BF2. 1024x768 is okay, but it would be nice if I could at least use 2x AA because aliasing is very noticable at 1024x768.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I have just one more question: would BF2 and CoD2 be worth buying even though I can't use multiplayer (i.e. do they have good AI)?
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If you're solely going for single player then i'd recommend COD2, wasn't as great as COD1 but it is better than BF2 single player mode.

Edit: and as per your original question, i run BF2 at 1280x960 on my 9800XT with no FPS issues whatsoever, a 6600GT should be able to run it without any hesitations.
 
Here's some screenshots of the Moscow, Russia map and the Villers-Bocage, France map using DirectX 7 (DX7) and DirectX 9 (DX9) rendering. The biggest difference in the Moscow map is the falling snow and the atmospheric elements like the haze, which you don't get when rendering with DirectX 7. There's very little smoke (except when using frag grenades and smoke grenades). The Viller-Bocage map has a lot of the smoke and shadow elements that are rendered in both DirectX 7 and 9 but you can notice a big difference in the concrete and stone textures and the way that light reflects off of the metal cars and tanks. The textures and shadows used on the Villers map are very nice when they are rendered with DirectX 9. Also notice the frame rates in the upper right hand corner. Ofcourse, your mileage may vary. My setup is an Asus P4P800, P4 3.4/EE, 2gig. PNY PC3500 (4x512meg), BFG GeForce 6800GT-OC (overclocked @ 390MHz/1.05GHz) with 81.98 Drivers.

Moscow, Russia

Moscow, Russia (DX7)

Moscow, Russia (DX9)


Villers-Bocage, France

Villers-Bocage 2 (DX7)

Villers-Bocage 2 (DX9)

Villers-Bocage 3 (DX7)

Villers-Bocage 3 (DX9)
 
Forgot to mention this but I don't play BF2. Only COD, COD2, RTCW, and Enemy Territory. I hope this helps, though.
 
Seems like everyone says I should just get CoD2 so that's what I'll do. No, I don't mind turning down the settings, after all it's the game that counts not the eye candy.

Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my graphics card next-gen, even though I just bought this one six months ago. I'm also going to need to get rid of this dial-up; anyone know where I can get some fiber-optic cable and a really tall ladder for cheap so I can upgrade my telephone wires for DSL? :p j/k
 
man, dx7 looks good to me. Thanks for the pics. And the FPS are crazy. That is wicked. I like the way dx9 looks but those with a lower end VC, wow! what a nice alternative.
 
my asus n6600gt gddr3 128MB runs bf2 a fullsettings with no problem at all..it just lags a lil bit for about 15 sec of the start of the game, but as soon as it warms up...no lag whats so ever

i play almost all the games on full blown settings
 
HOCP4ME said:
Seems like everyone says I should just get CoD2 so that's what I'll do. No, I don't mind turning down the settings, after all it's the game that counts not the eye candy.

Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my graphics card next-gen, even though I just bought this one six months ago. I'm also going to need to get rid of this dial-up; anyone know where I can get some fiber-optic cable and a really tall ladder for cheap so I can upgrade my telephone wires for DSL? :p j/k
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You should be ok with the 6600GT bud, and yes dial-up is a nono for online gaming. I can't wait till the day that game devloppers will block access to online games to 56k users, i know i'm being mean but come on it's 2006!
 
HOCP4ME said:
Okay, thanks.
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Battlefield 2 can run smooth on your rig with 2gb inside, as for COD2 you will either have to play with no AA or run game on dx7 mode, you will be able to go to 4xaa on dx7 mode. it does not really look that much different on direct x7, you get about 40 more fps. unfortunatelly no snow effectd on dx7 :(
 
Dr.Makavelli said:
my asus n6600gt gddr3 128MB runs bf2 a fullsettings with no problem at all..it just lags a lil bit for about 15 sec of the start of the game, but as soon as it warms up...no lag whats so ever

i play almost all the games on full blown settings
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I have a hard time believing that 6600gt with a p4 can run BF2 with all high and AA settings with good framerates.
 
lol, anyway. yea, just get CoD2, i've been hearing that all the BF2 AIs are shit and the campaign sucks. like everyone's been sayin, it's mainly a multiplayer game. after u get faster internet, if BF2 is still a decent game, pick it up, :-D
 
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