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Miscellaneous => Battlefield => BF 2 => Topic started by: StEwIe_GrIfFiN on June 04, 2005, 02:12:26 PM
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Okay, I'm am so excited about the newly anticipated game coming out, Battlefield 2, and I am getting my computer ready for it so it can work at optimum efficiency. Mostly I am going to get a new video card, probably a ATI Radeon 9250 Video Card (100-436012) that has 256 MB. Or I will get a similar EVGA e-GeForce FX5500 Graphics Card (256A8N313DX) also 256 MB. Now i know thats not even close to the best, but it will do.
If anyone has a suggestion for a video card that is about $129.99 that are better than these that would be GREAT! Because i want the best, that is in my price range. And also if anyone has a say on whice of the video cards i listed above is better that would help me alot.
There is also one more thing i want to know is better, or what the difference is, and that is between the CD or the DVD version of BF2. I know that you need a special drive for the DVD version and I do have that, so if anyone were to tell me the differences between the two, that would be great. (ex. On MOH Pacific Assult, the DVD version has extras.)
Also, what is everybody else doing to get ready for BF2?
EDIT: For all of you who don't know Battlefield 2 comes out June 21! YEAH! :D
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Get the nvidia card.
As for cd vs dvd. I don't think there is any difference except if you get the cd version and lose any one of those cds you aren't going to be able to reinstall.
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Yeah I reserved the dvd version...And to get ready for bf2?
Nothing. Ive got 1 gig of ram and a 2.5 ghz processor with a 128 mb graphics card...good enough for me.
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Thank You insane, i was leaning to the nvidia video card, and i will get it as soon as i get the money. :D
and the dvd ill go with then, i reinstalled BF1942 a lot so i will probably reinstall BF2 also.
and i forgot to put that I am Going to get a new Joystick, i need one my joystick is the first wingman joystick to ever come out. And I also want to get the Battlefield 2 Limited Edition Keyset by Zboard. that will be cool. but the keyset is last on my list, and im going for a Logitech Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick.
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Thank You insane, i was leaning to the nvidia video card, and i will get it as soon as i get the money. :D
and the dvd ill go with then, i reinstalled BF1942 a lot so i will probably reinstall BF2 also.
and i forgot to put that I am Going to get a new Joystick, i need one my joystick is the first wingman joystick to ever come out. And I also want to get the Battlefield 2 Limited Edition Keyset by Zboard. that will be cool. but the keyset is last on my list, and im going for a Logitech Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick.
Shittiest joystick ever made. Get a Saitek.
Oh, and don't waste your money on the zboard, its shit.
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Shittiest joystick ever made. Get a Saitek.
Oh, and don't waste your money on the zboard, its shit.
wat is this zboard u speak of?
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well i'm not quite sure, the price on the joystick is lower and it seems to be good, well its definetally better than my joystick i have now, and i dont have that much money. humm... but first comes the video card and the game. then any other extras.
and Blakjax this is the zboard http://www.zboard.com/us/Battlefield2/
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Its a keyboard that you can buy "keysets" for different games. Basically it just moves the wasd keys and the main keys like crouch, prone, and 12345 keys to a seperate part of the keyboard. LMAO I love it. It says "be the fastest with labeled keygroups". Yeah, well while you are reading the pretty label switching your weapon I'll be pulling my knife out owning your ass.
Stewie - you can get what you can afford, I undertsand, but you are going to waste more money in the longrun when your logitrash craps out 2 months down the road.
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Get the ati card nvidia blows I have used both and find ati has better performance under load.
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I have also used both and ATI has fucked me over many times. Never had one single problem with nvidia.
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Insane why you telling him to get a NVIDIA card? Every time a new game comes out and they make a driver for that card things get ALL screwed up. I am sure you know about the driver problems just for BF1942 and BFV games. Now maybe things have changed, but I know I NEVER had a problem with ATIs drivers for any game.
About the stick… Yes get the Saitek. IMO stay with a cord, don’t get wireless.
EDIT... Posting when you two were.
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I never said nvidia failed me I just notice that the harder you push an ati the better it does nvidia does have a good low throttle processing thou I guess it depends on what its going to be used for but ati is the best imo for games nvidia is best for graphics and movies.
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Well I don't know what you are talking about re: drivers. Like i said I have used both (2 ATI cards and 2 Nvidia cards over the past year) and I had loads of problems with both ATI cards. I didn't have one single problem with either Nvidia card. Update my drivers whenever there is a new set out and I have never ahd a problem in any game, so I don't know what you mean.
In my opinion Nvidia's quality and stability far surpasses that of ATI.
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I can only tell you what I have seen on the net. NOW it is possible the ppl that were having the problems were just ppl that didn't understand how to install drivers. BUT there sure has been alot of them over the last 3 years talking about problems with that card and its drivers for BF.
Oh... StEwIe as you can see your sig is installed.
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Well I have no idea about THAT card. But the cards I have/had never gave me any problems. The ATI cards I have had (a 9200 and a 9800 pro) both gave me a bunch of driver issues, and even when I got those straightened out they just LOVED to overheat.
Everyone has their problems with one or the other and from what I have read, Nvidia usually has less problems. Now if there is something wrong with that particular card then by all means get the ATI, but If not get the Nvidia.
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Oh... StEwIe as you can see your sig is installed.
Ya i see that, thanks for setting it up.
and you guys r confusing me on which card to get, i dont know, ill check ratings on the internet and figure out which one i want.
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Both cards can be very good, and both can give you problems.
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Both cards can be very good, and both can give you problems.
LOL that helped out Beetle.
You are right Insane there could be problems, I mean I have had nothing BUT ATI and I have had 2 cards (well the niose in this one stop and it is working fine) with fan problems, but the other 8 or 9 have been fine.
StEwIe... We really don't mean to mess with your head. I know it might not seem this way but we are trying to help. Try going to PCworld and see what they have to say or even PCGamer, just do a google for the sites.
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ya i know you guys are trying to help out, and i thank each and everyone of u for sharing your knowledge of what has been best for you personally. so rep 4 all who helped! :a36g: I'm sure your suggestions will help me figure out what will work best for me to experience an awesome game play.
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http://www.guru3d.com/article/content/124/1/
It's a review for a FX5500, not the one you are looking at, but the same chipset anyway. All I can say is... get yourself some fast ram.
Well, what can we say about the all new 5500. It performs as expected under the 5600 and above the 5200, it's stable and has a package of features that is just mind boggling for it's price. The new NVIDIA drivers even contains a pop-up stopper. (NVIDIA please stick to your product okay?; that's just silly).
Gaming wise, what you can expect from the card is that you'll be able to play most older games perfectly fine. Even quite a few of the newer games will have no big problems with this card under two conditions. The first; you need to stay at 1024x768 maximum and secondly you do not enable Antialiasing features as the card simply does not have enough processing power. It's not at all bad though. Heavy upcoming games you say ? Forget about it, this card is not suitable for it.
So, if you are not really a huge gamer and needs stability, good image quality and features like good DVD of Media playback, Dual View etc etc .. hey then this card is a steal. It incorporates all NVIDIA patented technology you'll ever need from a graphics card.
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Stewie - you can get what you can afford, I undertsand, but you are going to waste more money in the longrun when your logitrash craps out 2 months down the road.
im gonna get the saitek, and no keyset, that will save me about $50 so i will get it. and my logitech joystick that i have has been working fine for about 8 years of playing, but i need a new one because it is very out of date.
so to be clear this is what im gonna do:
1) Buy BF2 dvd version
2) Buy either the Nvidia video card or the ATI video card
3) Buy a Saitek joystick
4) Don't Buy the Zboard
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Okay Stewie, I'll lend my 1337 computer knowledge to a youngling like yourself. First off, since you don't have any prefernces, I can probably guide you in the right direction. First off, if you want to stick to your 129.99 price limit, then this is your best choice: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16814131213
But, if you wish to spend a little more (which I reccomend) then this card completely runs up and down on the 9800Pro:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122206
Ultimately though, it's up to you. Either way, both cards are good and completely own the FX5500 and FX5200 to hell. The 256mb of memory in them is probably 64-bit, thus making it 256mb of shitty ass memory.
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Okay Stewie, I'll lend my 1337 computer knowledge to a youngling like yourself. First off, since you don't have any prefernces, I can probably guide you in the right direction. First off, if you want to stick to your 129.99 price limit, then this is your best choice: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16814131213
But, if you wish to spend a little more (which I reccomend) then this card completely runs up and down on the 9800Pro:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122206
Ultimately though, it's up to you. Either way, both cards are good and completely own the FX5500 and FX5200 to hell. The 256mb of memory in them is probably 64-bit, thus making it 256mb of shitty ass memory.
And don't be fooled by those two suggestions Stewie. Even though that 6600GT has less memory, it is by FAR better than a 9800. But if you decide o stick with your two original choices, then I suggest the Nvidia as well.
Oh yeah and Ap3, that 9800 isn't within his price limit LOL.
I suggest you read a bit about the 6600 chipset, and also I recommend http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=323288 if you don't mind spending the extra money on the video card.
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It comes with a 10 dollar rebate.
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Rebates or not, the base price is not in his limits ;). Hell the 6600GT has a rebate but he has to actually PAY like $40 more than his price limit to get it at all.
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I've personally used ATI since I started building my PCs. I had an NVidia once and it gave me major driver problems. Obviously every person here has differing issues with either brand. The biggest things to worry about:
Grab ATLEAST 128MB of VRAM, 256MB preferably.
Check to make sure your MoBo has AGP capabilites, and if so, grab an AGP card, hands down. PCI Express would be preferable if you have a newer computer.
On that note, anyone know if BF2 can take advantage of PCI Express?
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im gonna get the saitek, and no keyset, that will save me about $50 so i will get it. and my logitech joystick that i have has been working fine for about 8 years of playing, but i need a new one because it is very out of date.
so to be clear this is what im gonna do:
1) Buy BF2 dvd version
2) Buy either the Nvidia video card or the ATI video card
3) Buy a Saitek joystick
4) Don't Buy the Zboard
Why is it now a DVD-ROM?
And do mafia also gonna make servers with BF2? 'Cause if it comes out i wont be online on BF1942:D. But you understand that one:). (I hope)
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We may run a bf2 server dont know yet but I am going to wait until they get a patch out to fix the massive bugs and network issues first.
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I know that as of right now Rick is planning on running a BF2 server when the game comes out. That is of course as long as it isn't buggy as shit and eats away all his bandwidth.
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I know that as of right now Rick is planning on running a BF2 server when the game comes out. That is of course as long as it isn't buggy as shit and eats away all his bandwidth.
Do u guys know where i can get a faster motherboard, i have 2 comps, my faster(2.7 or somthing) and my slower(i dont know but i think 1.7ghz) the faster has a radeon 9000, and the slower has a radeon 9600... my dad wont let me install the 9600 on the faster, so wat i need is a faster motherboard, or watever to make the slower comp faster... wat do all u geniouses suggest
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Thats just stupid... a mobo would be more work and even could cost you the doughter cards if you fuck up so just tell pops to blow it out his ass and swap the video cards.
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I know that as of right now Rick is planning on running a BF2 server when the game comes out. That is of course as long as it isn't buggy as shit and eats away all his bandwidth.
We may run a bf2 server dont know yet but I am going to wait until they get a patch out to fix the massive bugs and network issues first.
Ok 'cause if it comes out i will play that alot and maybe not BF1942 anymore the 3 months and then i will come slowly back to BF1942. And i don't wanna get kicked out of mafia. That's gonna be hard man.
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insane i beleive you, ill go with what u suggested above in the #23 post
now to go work for the money so i can get it
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I haqve that game bf2 got it at ur moms house. J/K, wow give upm and play bf2 nooo. u should stiuck with killing nazis. funnier trust me.
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hahaha wow your funny, stfu u alliterate retard learn how to type properly; and BF2 hasn't come out yet but it is highly anticipated, and I'm usually the Nazis
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Hya bring it on STewart I can kick uyr ass on BF1942. Maybe If iget it running again.
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really,...you kick my ass....lol you wish. i would send you crying to your wolf mom. plus i didn't even challenge you but if you want me to kick your ass then that's fine.
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Dead and done.
Closed