GeForce FX 5500 :(

[12:oc7ock]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

my old FX5200 ran BF2 on medium without a prob, so u should be fine

but still, upgrade

wtf? I don't see how. I could barely run it without lag on all low with 1.5 gigs of RAM. Are you referring to single or multiplayer? Anyway, more is about the only thing that helps with this card. During the time I had it I went from .512 to 1.5gb of RAM and it decreased lag alot. I also found the 77.77 drivers to work best for that card.

[zymyo]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

my x800XL runs the game at medium/high anything else and I get under 30fps, but it doesn't mean I don't play at 1600 x 1200 :)

[12:oc7ock]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

x800? what is that? ATI? I thought this was an Nvidia thread

[DOGGiE52]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

Doesn't matter, I need tips on which ATI/Nvidia card I can buy to get alot of performance from BF2 !

Ok, here are some names I've checked and which I am interested in. Could you please tell me if these are good or not and wether they will give a medium/high settings-performance in BF2?

ATI (256MB):
RADEON X1300 PRO/XT
RADEON X800GT/XL (my friend has one of these, he says it's perfect)

nVidia:
GeForce 6600 512MB
7600GS 256MB

There are quite big differences in the clock-speeds on these cards, and from what people have said to me the clock-speeds are more important than the memory-size. Is this true?

What cards do you guys have? Any of the above? Any tips you want to share?

[SFR-MAINE]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

Doesn't matter, I need tips on which ATI/Nvidia card I can buy to get alot of performance from BF2 !

Ok, here are some names I've checked and which I am interested in. Could you please tell me if these are good or not and wether they will give a medium/high settings-performance in BF2?

ATI (256MB):
RADEON X1300 PRO/XT
RADEON X800GT/XL (my friend has one of these, he says it's perfect)

nVidia:
GeForce 6600 512MB
7600GS 256MB

There are quite big differences in the clock-speeds on these cards, and from what people have said to me the clock-speeds are more important than the memory-size. Is this true?

What cards do you guys have? Any of the above? Any tips you want to share?

The 7600GS is a good card and will run BF2 good. Just remember the more graphics you crank up the more ram you will need. BF2 needs about 2GB of ram to run in all it's glory.

[lonegunm4n]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

7600 GS ftw, new gfx technology, such as sm 3.0, and really good performance, all at a nice low price.

[USARANGER]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

finally, some more ppl with bad graphics. i was begginning to think i was the only one. i have a 5500, but with less MB. i have veiwing distance on 100% and effects, geometry, and textures on medium, everything else on low

[zymyo]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

x800? what is that? ATI? I thought this was an Nvidia thread

ATI and NVIDIA have so much in common, you have no idea... all the circuit boards are designed by the same person.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

ATI and NVIDIA have so much in common, you have no idea... all the circuit boards are designed by the same person.

You have any evidence to back up that BS?

[lonegunm4n]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

You have any evidence to back up that BS?

they won't find any, just another misinformed soul.............

[12:oc7ock]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

You have any evidence to back up that BS?

u spoke my mind Jimmy

[DOGGiE52]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

Haha , this is a funny flame...

Anyway, so you guys say the 7600GS is good... The X1300PRO then? Is that one also good?

[zymyo]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

You have any evidence to back up that BS?

Its not really BS as you consider it, let me get some reference.




You make the comparisons, I don't have to point it out.

[DOGGiE52]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

Ok, ok, flame on, but I still need an answer, will this fit my needs of high graphics setttings?:

http://www.jmedata.se/start.asp?fromJS=product.asp||itemno=27309
The site is in swedish but I think you can guess the most out of it.

BTW, my current card (nVidia FX 5500) have these specs:

Field Value
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU Code Name NV34B
PCI Device 10DE / 0326
Transistors 47 million
Process Technology 0.15 um
Bus Type AGP 8x @ 8x
Memory Size 256 MB
GPU Clock 270 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 2 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1080 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1080 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 182 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 364 MHz
Bandwidth 5824 MB/s

Graphics Processor Manufacturer
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/page/products.html
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Driver Update http://driveragent.com?ref=59

Just in case you need to know...
And also, which is the most important to have good; GPU clock or RAMDAC or Memory?

[I_M_Weasel0r]

Re: GeForce FX 5500

Dont get that one ^^

If your nvidia inclined go for a 6800gt or a 6600gt(cheaper) anything lower is a waste of cash and you''ll need to upgrade again shortly.

But dont go for any Nvidia 5XXX series or ATI 9XXX series cards there too old now, they might be cheap but there cheap because there at the very end of there lives.

How much do you have to spend?
And did you decide if you wanted an AGP, PCI, or PCI-experess card?