cheapest video card to run battlefield 2 smooth?

[X-AtreYu-X]

im just wondering what would be the best but cheapest video card that could run battlefield 2 pretty smooth with mediam or high settings. Can someone find this out for me please? thanks in advance

* im currently using GeForce 5700 FX, would this run battlefield 2 well? or should i buy a new video card? *

[Grave]

5700 should run the game just fine, my friend plays it on medium on his 5500.

[X-AtreYu-X]

hmm ok, think i could play on high with it then?

Intel p4 2.53 ghz
1 gig of ram
geforce 5700 fx 256 mb

[5|*42]

Taken from here

*Video
Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets:

• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater
  
• ATI Radeon 8500 or greater

I'd like to know how your friend even got it to install when he doesn't have the required VC, let alone play it on medium...

[X-AtreYu-X]

so does that meen my Geforce 5700 fx just bearly meets the requirements?

[5|*42]

Yea, it won't run it very well at all. You may want to pick up something like an x800 and a 512MB sick of RAM.

[X-AtreYu-X]

aw man... well id more so need the video card right? cuz ive been readn recomended requirements say 1 gig of ram is good

[I-am-crazy]

also overclock your processor, your video card also can be overclocked;
my northwood is 2.4ghz stock, and with stock cooling a can easily hit the 3.0ghz barrier without heat-problems, that is a 26% overclock, but remember, i have a northwood, an do it in small steps, like +5fsb every time orso, it only needs +5% vcore.

and my 3d card runs stock at 275/265, not it is at 345/335, also an 26% overclock, and everything is just fine.

oh, btw, my ram is overclocked too, from 2/3/3/6 too 2/2/2/6

don't begin with all this without annymore info, try google, you will find loads on it.


I-am-crazy

[Grave]

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[/list]I'd like to know how your friend even got it to install when he doesn't have the required VC, let alone play it on medium...

I dont know i am not my friend, but what i am 100% sure of that he uses geforce 5500, and he plays the game just fine.

[5|*42]

Most people say it runs much better with 2 gigs, probably the only game that actually needs 2 gigs if you want to run it at med/high settings.
As for the FX5500, all I'm saying is that it's impossible to even install the game withough at least a 5700.

[X-AtreYu-X]

damit, k thanks for your help

[X-AtreYu-X]

ok is there any video card i can get that can run battlefield 2 smooth with a price limit of $250 canadian? i just tryed playing battlefield 2 with geforce fx 5700 and im not too happy... lol


would ether of these be a good card?

Asus N6600/TD256 GeForce 6600 256MB AGP8x w/TV & DVI Retail
leadtek nvidia geforce 6600 256mb pci express x16 dvi

[5|*42]

The AGP one will be ok. You may want to get another 512MB stick of RAM too though.

[Dynafrom]

I run off 2x x800's on max and on newegg I think 2 of em cost 300?

[X-AtreYu-X]

it says on newegg they dont ship to canada tho...

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddet...&langid=EN#

^^is that a good deal? considering its canadian and would that work good with battlefield 2?

and can you acually use 2 video cards? do they combine together so if you had two 256 mb video cards would it be just like one 512 mb video card?

[5|*42]

Yea, that is actually a good price since it is in cacadian. And you can use two VCs, it's called SLI, or also it can be done with AIT's new Crossfire.

[X-AtreYu-X]

ATI Radeon X850 Pro 256MB AGP Graphics Card
so do you think this video card can run battlefield 2 on high settings?

[5|*42]

No, but not much can. You should be able to make medium though.

[Tool]

Uh, dude, in your first you posted an AGP card and then posted PCI E-16. Do you even know what kind of VGA expansion slot you have?

[X-AtreYu-X]

to be absolutly honest, no lol

is there anyway you could tell me if im using a geforce fx 5700?

and lastly, if i did get this card " ATI Radeon X850 Pro 256MB AGP Graphics Card " would it be able to run battlefield 2 a hell of alot better then my geforce fx 5700?