A great video card for Bf2?

Enrich

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• Jul 22, 2005

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Hi guys. I just rasied my self $120.00, I wanted to get a good new VGA card for a good price and I may go over 120 to about 180. So I have a 9600xt right now but I can't stand the lag in the new games. Even in CS:S I can only play with my texture set to med. I want bf2 to look great. I heard the the 6600gt is great for what I need but then again. I don't know if I want to go back to nvidia. I am so used to ATI.

Can you recommend me a good card.
If so, can you tell me what brand of that card to go with?


Thanks,
Enrich

 

maxxoverclocker

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• Jul 22, 2005

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hmm well, in that price range i think your only choices are the 9800pro and 6600gt, but personaly what I would do is go ahead and save up a little more and get at least the 6800 standard, last i checked was $199, would do you much better in bf2

Edit: 6800 Standard

 

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• Jul 22, 2005

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i would get a 6600gt or even better a 6800nu for about the same price and even look on ebay or at referbished card if you arent against it.

 

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Enrich

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• Jul 22, 2005

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where can I find a 6800nu? I don't see them.

 

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mcoleg

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• Jul 22, 2005

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just 6800, that's what they mean; like in max's link. at least i think that's what they mean

a regular 6800 (128MB ram; actually, the exact same card as in that link) with axp-m in my sig get's me 60-70 fps on med. settings and around 40-50 fps on high (no antialiasing) with 1024x768 resolution. i am pretty sure with a modern cpu it would run much faster.

 

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mcoleg

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p.s. anyone knows what this one is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122212

LE? darn, way to many of them to make sense. it has the same sink as GT version, looks like. that's a good sink, btw, the best you can get on a retail card.

read the revews though, looks likes it's flashable to reg. 6800 and some of the pipelines can be unlocked.

p.s.2. here's a thread about them:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=400911

 

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inferno016

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thats a card with only 8 pipes and 3 vertex shaders unlocked. with some software. if u are lucky, u can unlock the other 8 pipes (or 4) or u can unlock the other 3 vertex shaders. like that u can set this card to 6800GT speed or even 6800ultra. but u need to be lucky. unlocking pipes and shaders might fail ... the first reaction on the link, that guy has succesfully unlocked 16 pipes and 6 vertex shaders (16x6) ^^

 

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mcoleg

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that's better than i got on my 6800 - 12x6; it does 16x6 as well but starts artifacting after a while. if those are discarded gt and ultra cores, that mean they'll at least overclock to good speeds. might explain that huge heatsink.

edit, tnx consumer

 

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trueplaya4ever8

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• Jul 23, 2005

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I think i might be picking one of the 6800le's and giving my luck a try. My 9600pro isnt really cuttin it in bf2.

 

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• Jul 23, 2005

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mcoleg said:

that's better than i got on my 6000 - 12x6; it does 16x6 as well but starts artifacting after a while. if those are discarded gt and ultra cores, that mean they'll at least overclock to good speeds. might explain that huge heatsink.

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You mean 6800nu right?

Again, I second getting at the very least a 6600GT, and if you can afford it, you will be well served with a 6800. BF2 will readily consume all the graphics power, CPU power and RAM your system has to offer it. Make sure you have at least one gigabyte of ram - 2 gigabytes is ideal for BF2.

 

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mcoleg

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consumer9000 said:

You mean 6800nu right?

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yah, i think that's what they are called now. i got mine right when it was released; (was it "standard" at the time?); i think they stack "nu" to it only later on. at least i think so...

 

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• Jul 23, 2005

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Games love nVIDIA.

Either a 6600GT or a 6800GT if you have enough.

They say you'll want 2GB of ram for BF2, 1GB can make BF2 run at about 40%, 2GB can make it run at 100%+.