Decent Card for BF2?

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BoonDockSaint

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Well , i made a deal with a friend of mine tonight that if i went out and bought AOE2 + the expansion so i could play it with him and his friends, he in turn would buy BF2 and a card that is capable of playing it on his system as he only is using integrated graphics now. .
here are the requirements..

Must be an AGP card
Under $220 with shipping as he is also buying a 50" DLP in a couple of weeks
would like it to be a 256 mb card
can be either ATI, Nvidia, or what ever brand that works, just something reliable,

His current system is a dell with as i said earlyer has integrated graphics, 3 gig proc and 1 gig ram.

This is one that i was thinking of but i would like some input from all of you.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102677

Any help will be apreciated,
thanks
 
Definately the 6800gs for that price range. You do not want the x1300pro.
 
Look in FS/WTB section for BFG 6800GT agp for around $200, if you want better performance unlock it and clock to ultra speeds, hard to beat the price/performance ratio for agp FYI.
 
Tip: might also wanna upgrade that Ram there lol and buy that Euro Force pack. Euro-Fighter Typhoon vs Chengdu Jian-10. Hope to see you guys on. :cool:
 
6800GS will blow the 9800pro away and the X1300 away, especially with it's overclocking abilities. Get the eVGA at newegg... last i checked it was about 179.99. I've used both a 9800pro and a 6800GS... the 9800pro had 512mB more than the 6800gs system, but the gs killed
 
StealthyFish said:
6800GS will blow the 9800pro away and the X1300 away, especially with it's overclocking abilities. Get the eVGA at newegg... last i checked it was about 179.99. I've used both a 9800pro and a 6800GS... the 9800pro had 512mB more than the 6800gs system, but the gs killed
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It's 230. The Cheaper one is PCI-E though :/
 
Yeah, but it's only got a 128-bit memory bus, u want at least 256-bit for decent performance which is why the 6800 GS is the card of choice in this situation.
 
I have AGP versions of both the 9800PRO and 6800GT; the 6800GT is far better than the ATI. I use it to game at 1600x1200 just fine (No AA, though)
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
i hate bf2, my 7800gtx lags like a mofo even on all medium
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Uhh guess your expecting too much, I ran my 6800gt with just about everything maxed except AA/AF @ 1024x768 and I only felt slight skipping occaisionally.

what are your settings?
 
AznAnarchy99, sounds like you have a configuration problem, my 7800GTX is happy at 1600x1200 and the eye candy all the way up.

I thinks the amount of ram you have. I also have an X800XT that can run bf2 like a champ, but with only 1 Gig of ram it was crying to me. Adding more ram made it a very happy camper at 1280x1024.
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
i hate bf2, my 7800gtx lags like a mofo even on all medium
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Well then something else is the more than likely the problem with your system, not the card or BF2. I have no problems with BF2.





Newegg has the base eVGA 6800gs in agp for $214 shipped.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ption=6800+gs&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=


Monarch has the CO SE version for $220 after a $20 rebate.

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190447
 
Uhh guess your expecting too much, I ran my 6800gt with just about everything maxed except AA/AF @ 1024x768 and I only felt slight skipping occaisionally.
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1280x1024, All Medium, 4xAA, 100% view distance

im not expecting much, just not to glitch across the screen when i fly over trees or glitch when i do a sharp 90 degree turn.

TURN THE SETTINGS UP!!!!

Your card will work HARDER to play with too-low of settings.
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Tried that already, had it on all high, worse lag ever when i run down a long roadway

AznAnarchy99, sounds like you have a configuration problem, my 7800GTX is happy at 1600x1200 and the eye candy all the way up.
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Same i think it is ram too

Well then something else is the more than likely the problem with your system, not the card or BF2. I have no problems with BF2.
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I would say that too if i didnt get a constant 150+ fps on CSS with 1280x1024, all high, HDR, 8X TSAA, 16xAF in every map
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
i hate bf2, my 7800gtx lags like a mofo even on all medium
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You have an X2 3800? Well then get this program

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Win2000_Launcher_d438.html

Try changing the game priority and check only the first core on the last tab. You may have a conflict with that particular dual core archetecture and BF2.

I have a X2 4400 Toledo, but ive had no problems like that with BF2. Ive had big problems with other games untill i got that program
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
i hate bf2, my 7800gtx lags like a mofo even on all medium
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Well that is most likely your 1GB of RAM - 2GB will do wonders for BF2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try looking here - 2GB DDR 500 - newegg.com ---- I would say the G.Skill or the Mushkin XP would be good for you- check with Eclips in the memory forums before you buy though (he is the memory guru) :D
 
2GB of ram is an absolute must for BF2.

The hitching stops straight away when you have 2GB
 
Alright, i ran BF2 with 1 gig of Geil Value for 3 months with no hitching; the size of the ram isnt the problem. maybe the latency or bus speed.
 
If you had no problems then thats good but I run a very big BF2 clan and almost all of our members had problems with hitching until they upgrade to 2GB of ram. On 32 player servers the performance would be fine but on 64 player servers it would hitch regularly. And it wasn't the server, we run our 64 Player ranked box on an Opteron 254 that barely goes above 60% Util

If your frame rate is low its your graphics card. If you hitch its your ram.
 
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