How should i upgrade my system

[Sir. abjam77]

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3067MHz
Display Card: ATI RADEON 9200 PRO
Memory: 1024MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space: 70.14GB
Display Card Memory: 128MB
Optical Drive: CD/DVD
Sound Card: Avance Sound

I am going to upgrade my vid card to a 6800LE, is there anythign else that i should upgrade??

[Braxton-Hicks]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

6800LE? Maybe there's a better card out there for only a few bucks more? Aren't they coming out with the ATI X800 GT? How about the ATI X700?

[MikeBoogie]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

More memory would be good.

[Alcorr]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

I had a 9200 pro and i got news for you. It won't work in bf2, its completely useless. I built an entirely new computer with a new video card because my old card wouldn't work and I didn't have a powerful enough psu and I couldn't upgrade it either. If you have a power supply of at least 350 watts you need a minimum of a radeon 9550 to play bf2 but I would reccomend a 9800 pro it runs bf2 great. Its not as good as the Nvidia cards but they wouldn't run on my system.

Lol I just read that you are going to upgrade ur graphics card o well. I don't know whether or not that card will run bf2 but if its better than a 9200 it probably will.

[tripleplay369]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

I would suggest a half-gig stick of ram.

[default]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

I was in a pc shop - a small local one (where i got my, custom built), and i said i want to upgrade to 2 gig, and he said its pointless, you wont notice a difference between 1 gig and 2 gig, and i told him its for gamiing, playing bf2, and he said he plays that, and tried 2 gig and never noticed a difference between 2 gig and 1 gig. I want to believe that, but every person on the net who plays it, says 2 gig is a big diff compared to 1 gig!

Yet he is persuading me not to, but if i did buy 2 gig, that would be more money for him, but he is telling me not to, so im unsure!

[imported_TheDragon]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

I hear 6800 is good
I am an ATI man
bought the X800XL for my son
it is GREAT
do not get anything less than the 800 series
more RAM?
you will load faster - no effect on game play
and a good sound card (not embedded) makes a big difference as well (ie faster frames per second)

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Tell that pointless computer man who thinks 2 gig is useless.

I had Kingston Hyper-x PC3200 matched set of 1 gig total (2 x 512) on a ASUS P4-800E Mobo. That was running dual channel linear.

I inserted a additional Hyper-x 2x512 to create a total of two gig of ram.

I am first loaded into a map and verifying takes half the time it once did. Once the map is in the computer and gaming really is flawless.

I have RAID, 6800 vid card etc etc etc all backed by a 550 watt PSU and 400 CFM worth of cooling (Im deaf so noise is not issue)

That RAM is the single most noticable upgrade done on this machine. Thus:

1- Upgrade and add more RAM
2- Consider a 256 Mb video card on 16 pipes (Not 12)
3- RAID solution with more drives working together
4- Disable HT (Hyperthreading) In your bios. I run a 3 Gig Pentium with a 1 meg cache with HT off.

[glasseye]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3067MHz
Display Card: ATI RADEON 9200 PRO
Memory: 1024MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space: 70.14GB
Display Card Memory: 128MB
Optical Drive: CD/DVD
Sound Card: Avance Sound

I am going to upgrade my vid card to a 6800LE, is there anythign else that i should upgrade??

if you must get something, get more ram. but i would get a better card than the 6800 first.

[Sir. abjam77]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Actually it does work if you tinker with the agp settings(only works with low graphics and looks like $***).

The reason im getting a 6800LE is because you can unlock more pixle pipelines and get more proformance for less $$. People have unlock up to 16 piplines on the LE making it almost as good at a GT (but alas the 128 memory). Anyways i got one for $120 so its a really good deal.

I will keep my eye out for sum more ram. Topgun, sound cards effect fps? (probally a newb question) i hav never heard of that. I have JBL creature speakers (highly recommend them for anyone in the market for sum speakers), they are only 2.1 what is a cheap sound card you would recommend?

Why would i disable HT??

[imported_Got Your Back]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

RAM is such an all around good choice for an upgrade. When I get into BF2 & then minimize, I then open up my resource panel. (ctrl-alt-del) it shows that almost 900 mb of resource is used up. So I would recommend at LEAST 1.5 gig RAM. I was running the Geforce fx 5200 128 mg vid card. I was having to run everything on low settings except med texture. My fps sucked when I would man the guns on the vehicles or transports while they were moving. Uuuughhhh!! I upgraded to the ATI X850Xt & wooohooooo !!!! High settings with great fps. There is no words to describe the graphics & gameplay with that card. I only have 1 gig RAM but am getting at least another 512 stick of 400 RAM. Rock On!

[NoSoup4You]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Video Card for sure. Which one is up to you. I'm guessing you have AGP, so any AGP card.

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Disabling HT forces the CPU to concentrate on the game instead of trying to run something else on half the chip.

If that is a noob answer then someone post the correct reason. That is how I see it anyway.

[Sir. abjam77]

Re: How should i upgrade my system

Disabling HT forces the CPU to concentrate on the game instead of trying to run something else on half the chip.

If that is a noob answer then someone post the correct reason. That is how I see it anyway.

Oh, that makes sense. thnx