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SameSuspect

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hi im building a new gaming system and want to double check things are ok before i purchase components. i want to be able to play bf2 and rs lockdown on 1024x768 really smoothly with good eye candy at a good framerate, no stuttering ect...


Motherboard: Asus K8V Delux
CPU: Skt 754 AMD 64 3700+ Clawhammer
Memory: 2 GB Corsair DDR PC3200 (Value Select) CAS 2.5
Graphics Card: Sapphire x800 Pro 256MB (AGP)
HDD's 1x 40GB ultra-ATA/133
1x 80GB ultra-ATA/133

PSU Thermaltake TR2 Low Noise 500W PSU

thanx in advance for any helpfull feedback :)
 
SameSuspect said:
hi im building a new gaming system and want to double check things are ok before i purchase components. i want to be able to play bf2 and rs lockdown on 1024x768 really smoothly with good eye candy at a good framerate, no stuttering ect...


Motherboard: Asus K8V Delux
CPU: Skt 754 AMD 64 3700+ Clawhammer
Memory: 2 GB Corsair DDR PC3200 (Value Select) CAS 2.5
Graphics Card: Sapphire x800 Pro 256MB (AGP)
HDD's 1x 40GB ultra-ATA/133
1x 80GB ultra-ATA/133

PSU Thermaltake TR2 Low Noise 500W PSU

thanx in advance for any helpfull feedback :)
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I think you should look into getting a pci-e board and graphics card. Also get some sata hds
 
His system is fine guys, as long as he's not a hardcore Gamer. I'm gamin smoothly on socket A, his will be just fine.

Looks good man!
 
If you want to stay AGP there MAY be an advantage to checking out an nVidia 6800GS,6800GT(which are a bit hard to find in AGP these days) or the new 7800 GS.....
However, I think that this round is quite possibly the last hoorah for AGPs. :eek:
I'd get a slight bit larger secondary drive as they are quite cheap now.....so you can store more tunes and video.

Im just interested in why you chose somewhat older components.....cost???
Or did you have some stuff to reuse???? Im not at all saying this is a bad set-up.....just curious.
 
i bought the motherboard about 2 years ago for over £100 but never used it. now i need a new system but havnt got much to spend so i thought using this would be an advantage. im going to be building a massive system mid 2007 when i have more money coming in so i thought for now this can do. but if its not going to be able to run lockdown and bf2 then il have to go the extra step and get the better stuff :(

im not worried about space for storeing stuff, i just wanna blow some tanks up on bf2 smoothly with nothing slowing it down. so do you think this setup will be ok? i will be running it on a 17 inch crt monitor, if that helps :/ thanx for your replys fellas
 
Ive got BF2 running dandy on:

Athlon XP 1700+
FX5200
one Gig of ram.


You're fine man, thats a nice system, I'd kill to have it....check around for the 6800GS, or x800xGTO/2.....Really nice AGP cards for the price...
 
their is a 6800 for around the same price as the sappire x800pro

BFG GeForce 6800 GS OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-013-BG)

but i noticed the "Core Engine Clock speed" is only 370MHz compared to the x800pro's 475MHz!
 
sitheris said:
also go with 939 socket, 754 is out of date
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This has already been discussed....he has a 754 board......unless you're gunna pay for the upgrade, read the thread. :p.

Hell, I'm on socket A, you gunna pay for me to upgrade, too?

I'd take the 6800gs over the x800 anyday man.
 
bLaCktIGErs91 said:
This has already been discussed....he has a 754 board......unless you're gunna pay for the upgrade, read the thread. :p.

Hell, I'm on socket A, you gunna pay for me to upgrade, too?

I'd take the 6800gs over the x800 anyday man.
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sorry i don't read entire threads before posting, that's not my style
 
i know the pci-e 6800gs version is really good but for agp they lowerd the clockspeeds so im not sure of its performance...i think id still get the 6800gs becasue of its features and i think its unlockable
 
its not being "out of date" that bothers me lol i just dont want to buy these with knowing this isnt good enough for the gaming im going to be doing.

bLaCktIGErs91 what resolution and framerates do you get on bf2 using that setup?
 
i run 1024x768, everything low of course,

But I get around 30 FPS, not too shabby. With a 6800GS you can easily do 1024x768, med-high, with a playable FPS.
 
wow its pretty playable with the fx5200 series then...a 6800gs should smoke it at 1024x768 @ all high
 
Mayhs said:
wow its pretty playable with the fx5200 series then...a 6800gs should smoke it at 1024x768 @ all high
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Yeah...I had mine up to 325 / 494 from 250/400, so yeah.
 
I can tell you guys I run 1024x768 on all medium and lighting low and few other things with texture filetering medium and 2x AA.

I think runs 32 player servers pretty nicely. You should get 1024 running good on high.
 
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