BF2 - good graphics card

timtooAMD · 08-17-05, 01:54 PM

hello all, im thinking of uprading my card (fx5600) *embarrised look* and been thinking about maybe the 6800gt, i play bf2 alot now and need to run it all on low for smooth gameplay, if i was to get a 6800gt or there abouts, do u recon it would run pritty smoothly on medium/high? -cause that looks so sweet, just i have only a few fps on top settings

my budget is realisticly £130 but 6800gts are around £200 so do you know of any other cards that could do just as well......whats the 6800gt like?

Edit looking for a AGPx8 - don't have pci-e on my mobo Asus A7v8x-x

[SaS]hornet · 08-17-05, 02:27 PM

try and save up for a 6800gt. i run bf2 on medium-high and get 50odd fps all the time.

SpaceyWilly · 08-17-05, 07:31 PM

6600gt or unlocked 6800le should run BF2 fine and fit your price range (I don't know about pounds, but both those cards are about $130US)

my rig is nearly identicle to yours and I've got a 6800le coming end of the week so if you want I'll let you know how it runs. I don't forsee any problems though.

massraptor · 08-17-05, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceyWilly

6600gt or unlocked 6800le should run BF2 fine and fit your price range (I don't know about pounds, but both those cards are about $130US)

my rig is nearly identicle to yours and I've got a 6800le coming end of the week so if you want I'll let you know how it runs. I don't forsee any problems though.

I agree use a 128mb 6800 and RIVATUNER to unlock the extra pipes and shader.It is easy to do.It should meet all you're needs and price range.

MassRaptor

brakezone · 08-18-05, 12:56 AM

I got a 6800nu oced to 430/860 12 pixel pipes and it runs bf2 1600x1200, effects medium, everything else high. One thing I notice is putting agp memory to 512mb helps alot for bf2. It seems pretty smooth to me.

SNieX · 08-18-05, 01:28 AM

XFX 6800GT does all the tricks.. bro with AGP at hand.. dont settle with mid-range.... go for high range as it will come in handy for the months to come....

SnieX

y2jed_2000 · 08-18-05, 01:42 AM

i agree with Sniex, get the 6800gt, i got a asus v9999gt which is a 6800gt core with 6800nu memory and i can run it at 1024x768 everything on high with no lag.

Sneaky · 08-18-05, 02:10 AM

look into the Leadtek 6800LE on newegg - you can unlock pipes & shaders and turn it into one hell of a card for only $130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122212

timtooAMD · 08-18-05, 02:21 AM

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One thing I notice is putting agp memory to 512mb helps alot for bf2. It seems pretty smooth to me.

how is that done? im confused by what you mean, do you mean get a 512mb vid card? thought they were only 256 tops

Sneaky · 08-18-05, 02:32 AM

i think he means setting it in BIOS

shard · 08-18-05, 02:38 AM

also Nvidia just anounced a big price cut on all 6xxx series of vidcards, so maybe wait a bit, and that 6800gt will definatly in your price range

timtooAMD · 08-18-05, 02:48 AM

you think so, how long do you recon for them to come down, i was looking at this http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=83354 as a possibility, what do you think?

SNieX · 08-18-05, 02:50 AM

how desperate do u want it
....go with wat ur gut tells u....

SNieX · 08-18-05, 02:53 AM

ohh wait a minute ur CPu might become a bottle neck for the VID card.....

timtooAMD · 08-19-05, 04:41 AM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ile guess ile have to look at minimum requirements before i get it, ive not o/c a vid card before, but i suppose, as most people say, doing it a little bit doesn;t seem to be as dangerous as other equipment.

and being a student, just found out i got into uni yesterday (yay) means im gonner be skint whilst im there, so gonner see if i can get enought money to get good card that would last a while, my FX5600 works on pritty much everything at moment, but only just scrapes bf2 so i guess ile need something to keep me going

my FX5600 i got when i built my computer, so around 2/ish years ago, (card might have been around alot before then, i dunno)

and i guess no new games would be so high as to 6600gt, or 68 to be minimum requirements just yet, never had the pleasure of running things on high in anygame yet really except doom 3

timtooAMD · 08-26-05, 05:47 AM

bump

SpaceyWilly · 08-26-05, 12:11 PM

I'm a student too and you really can't beat the 6800le for $125. I unlocked it to 12x1, 6vp and it runs BF2 fine at 1280x1024 and a mix of medium and high settings. It looks fantastic and runs great too.

shard · 08-26-05, 01:05 PM

that 6800LE will do great for you, dont worry about the CPU, it will have plenty of bandwidth to carry this card far, and worse case senario, you upgrade to A64 soon

brakezone · 08-26-05, 03:16 PM

Lol I think a geforce 6800le is many times the power of a geforce 5600

shard · 08-26-05, 04:20 PM

many many times the power

trust me when i say any 6800 is awsome, i went from 5200FX to 6800Ultra, i felt the power

08-17-05, 01:54 PM	Thread Starter #1
timtooAMD Member Join Date: Jun 2005	BF2 - good graphics card hello all, im thinking of uprading my card (fx5600) embarrised look and been thinking about maybe the 6800gt, i play bf2 alot now and need to run it all on low for smooth gameplay, if i was to get a 6800gt or there abouts, do u recon it would run pritty smoothly on medium/high? -cause that looks so sweet, just i have only a few fps on top settings my budget is realisticly £130 but 6800gts are around £200 so do you know of any other cards that could do just as well......whats the 6800gt like? Edit looking for a AGPx8 - don't have pci-e on my mobo Asus A7v8x-x Last edited by timtooAMD; 08-17-05 at 02:10 PM.
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08-17-05, 02:27 PM	#2
[SaS]hornet Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Doncaster, UK	try and save up for a 6800gt. i run bf2 on medium-high and get 50odd fps all the time.
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08-17-05, 07:31 PM	#3
SpaceyWilly Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sturbridge, MA	6600gt or unlocked 6800le should run BF2 fine and fit your price range (I don't know about pounds, but both those cards are about $130US) my rig is nearly identicle to yours and I've got a 6800le coming end of the week so if you want I'll let you know how it runs. I don't forsee any problems though. __________________ My Comp: Athlon XP Barton 2500+ ------------Asus A7V8X 1024mb HyperX PC2700 RAM------Chieftec BLUE Dragon Series Case 5 BLUE Neon LED Fans--------------Leadtek 6800le unlocked to 12x1, 6vp AverTV TV Tuner--------------------Logitech Z5300s 17" Dell 1704FPT--------------------Microsoft BLUE Optical Mouse Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum Gateway FPD2185W 21" Widescreen monitor Laptop: Dell 600m, Pentium M 1.60ghz, 512mb ddr, Radeon Mobility 9000, DVD/CD-RW Combo
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08-18-05, 12:56 AM	#5
brakezone Member Join Date: Jan 2004	I got a 6800nu oced to 430/860 12 pixel pipes and it runs bf2 1600x1200, effects medium, everything else high. One thing I notice is putting agp memory to 512mb helps alot for bf2. It seems pretty smooth to me.
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08-18-05, 01:28 AM	#6
SNieX Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada- Brampton	XFX 6800GT does all the tricks.. bro with AGP at hand.. dont settle with mid-range.... go for high range as it will come in handy for the months to come.... SnieX
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08-18-05, 01:42 AM	#7
y2jed_2000 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vallejo, CA	i agree with Sniex, get the 6800gt, i got a asus v9999gt which is a 6800gt core with 6800nu memory and i can run it at 1024x768 everything on high with no lag.
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08-18-05, 02:10 AM	#8
Sneaky Skulltrail Junkie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI	look into the Leadtek 6800LE on newegg - you can unlock pipes & shaders and turn it into one hell of a card for only $130 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814122212 __________________ • Lian Li PC-75B • Corsair Professional Series AX850 • • 2x Intel Xeon E5420 @ 3.0GHz (400x7.5) • Intel D5400XS Skulltrail • • 8GB (4x2GB) A-Data DDR2-800 FB-DIMM ECC (1:1 @ 400MHz) • • MSI Radeon HD4870 1GB • Creative X-Fi Titanium HD • • 2x WD VelociRaptor 150GB (RAID 0) + 2x WD Caviar Black 500GB • • 2x EK Supreme HF CPU • EK S-MAX NB • EK VGA Supreme GPU • Blastflow Tidal SB • • Thermochill PA120.3 • Swiftech MCRes-Micro • Laing D5 w/ Bitspower Top • ----------------------------------------------------------------- Heatware • http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=34593
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08-18-05, 02:32 AM	#10
Sneaky Skulltrail Junkie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI	i think he means setting it in BIOS __________________ • Lian Li PC-75B • Corsair Professional Series AX850 • • 2x Intel Xeon E5420 @ 3.0GHz (400x7.5) • Intel D5400XS Skulltrail • • 8GB (4x2GB) A-Data DDR2-800 FB-DIMM ECC (1:1 @ 400MHz) • • MSI Radeon HD4870 1GB • Creative X-Fi Titanium HD • • 2x WD VelociRaptor 150GB (RAID 0) + 2x WD Caviar Black 500GB • • 2x EK Supreme HF CPU • EK S-MAX NB • EK VGA Supreme GPU • Blastflow Tidal SB • • Thermochill PA120.3 • Swiftech MCRes-Micro • Laing D5 w/ Bitspower Top • ----------------------------------------------------------------- Heatware • http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=34593
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08-18-05, 02:38 AM	#11
shard Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: You Should Make a Wish!	also Nvidia just anounced a big price cut on all 6xxx series of vidcards, so maybe wait a bit, and that 6800gt will definatly in your price range __________________ Intel i5 2500k @ 4.6ghz X-Mystique DDL Surround Soundcard 7.1 Harman Kardon AVR 135 \| JBL E30 Pair \| BIC F3 Center \| Dayton Reference 12" 4cu ft box Gigabyte Z77-D3H G. Skill DD3 1600 8gb EVGA 670 GTX \| Asus VE248H 24" Widescreen LCD Corsair 750TX 750w PSU Gettin' da Heat on mon!
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08-18-05, 02:48 AM	Thread Starter #12
timtooAMD Member Join Date: Jun 2005	you think so, how long do you recon for them to come down, i was looking at this http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=83354 as a possibility, what do you think?
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08-18-05, 02:50 AM	#13
SNieX Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada- Brampton	how desperate do u want it ....go with wat ur gut tells u....
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08-18-05, 02:53 AM	#14
SNieX Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada- Brampton	ohh wait a minute ur CPu might become a bottle neck for the VID card.....
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08-19-05, 04:41 AM	Thread Starter #15
timtooAMD Member Join Date: Jun 2005	hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ile guess ile have to look at minimum requirements before i get it, ive not o/c a vid card before, but i suppose, as most people say, doing it a little bit doesn;t seem to be as dangerous as other equipment. and being a student, just found out i got into uni yesterday (yay) means im gonner be skint whilst im there, so gonner see if i can get enought money to get good card that would last a while, my FX5600 works on pritty much everything at moment, but only just scrapes bf2 so i guess ile need something to keep me going my FX5600 i got when i built my computer, so around 2/ish years ago, (card might have been around alot before then, i dunno) and i guess no new games would be so high as to 6600gt, or 68 to be minimum requirements just yet, never had the pleasure of running things on high in anygame yet really except doom 3
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08-26-05, 05:47 AM	Thread Starter #16
timtooAMD Member Join Date: Jun 2005	bump
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08-26-05, 12:11 PM	#17
SpaceyWilly Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sturbridge, MA	I'm a student too and you really can't beat the 6800le for $125. I unlocked it to 12x1, 6vp and it runs BF2 fine at 1280x1024 and a mix of medium and high settings. It looks fantastic and runs great too. __________________ My Comp: Athlon XP Barton 2500+ ------------Asus A7V8X 1024mb HyperX PC2700 RAM------Chieftec BLUE Dragon Series Case 5 BLUE Neon LED Fans--------------Leadtek 6800le unlocked to 12x1, 6vp AverTV TV Tuner--------------------Logitech Z5300s 17" Dell 1704FPT--------------------Microsoft BLUE Optical Mouse Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum Gateway FPD2185W 21" Widescreen monitor Laptop: Dell 600m, Pentium M 1.60ghz, 512mb ddr, Radeon Mobility 9000, DVD/CD-RW Combo Last edited by SpaceyWilly; 08-26-05 at 04:25 PM.
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08-26-05, 01:05 PM	#18
shard Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: You Should Make a Wish!	that 6800LE will do great for you, dont worry about the CPU, it will have plenty of bandwidth to carry this card far, and worse case senario, you upgrade to A64 soon __________________ Intel i5 2500k @ 4.6ghz X-Mystique DDL Surround Soundcard 7.1 Harman Kardon AVR 135 \| JBL E30 Pair \| BIC F3 Center \| Dayton Reference 12" 4cu ft box Gigabyte Z77-D3H G. Skill DD3 1600 8gb EVGA 670 GTX \| Asus VE248H 24" Widescreen LCD Corsair 750TX 750w PSU Gettin' da Heat on mon!
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08-26-05, 03:16 PM	#19
brakezone Member Join Date: Jan 2004	Lol I think a geforce 6800le is many times the power of a geforce 5600
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08-26-05, 04:20 PM	#20
shard Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: You Should Make a Wish!	many many times the power trust me when i say any 6800 is awsome, i went from 5200FX to 6800Ultra, i felt the power __________________ Intel i5 2500k @ 4.6ghz X-Mystique DDL Surround Soundcard 7.1 Harman Kardon AVR 135 \| JBL E30 Pair \| BIC F3 Center \| Dayton Reference 12" 4cu ft box Gigabyte Z77-D3H G. Skill DD3 1600 8gb EVGA 670 GTX \| Asus VE248H 24" Widescreen LCD Corsair 750TX 750w PSU Gettin' da Heat on mon!
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