Is dual-core better than single for BF2?

[Nicfurious29]

I think people hear missed a huge point in this thread. I see you have 1 terabyte of hdd space. How much of that space is actually used? One of the best things I've done to improve my performance in BF2 is upgrade to a raptor 10,000 rpm drive. You wanna see results I suggest you do that.

[RocketChild]

No doubt having BF2 loaded on a Raptor helps a great deal. But, that is mostly only with loading maps. If he wants better frames, it is not something that is going to get paged from the harddrive while playing. That is just buffered out of memory.

[Darkthunder]

How do you disable the 90fps framerate limitation? I'd like to see what my actual FPS are in the game, running this setup (old but functional):

AMD Athlon X2 4200+
2GB DDR Ram
Geforce 6600GT 256MB

[Chevy-SS]

Thanks for all the replies gents. It's a good discussion.

I ordered the 4000+ single core for $60 at Newegg with free shipping to boot. I will OC it a bit and see what happens.

When I get hooked on a new game that requires new equipment, that's when I'll just get a whole new comp. For now, my comp works real good at everything and has a playable FPS in BF2, even at my 2560x1600 res.

I scored 4513 at 3D Mark06 yesterday. Not that high, I realize, but my comp is over 2 years old. I'll post the new score with the 4000+.

Thanks again!

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[imported_kiwi]

BF2 doesnt really gain from dual core but it is the cpu architecture that gains - Conroe is they way to go and now 45nm Penryn/Yorkfield is already coming.
As for single core cpus, celeron 4xx series is better single core cpu, not to mention they overclock close to 100% and are are based on conroe with reduced cache :)

Even on cheap asrock motherboared they can do this:

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=209484

[RocketChild]

I have to ask, have you OCed your memory and have you topped out your current CPU for OC? Might have missed if your posts said you had.

[Billy_Slater]

Maybe he's married and doesn't care about road-whores?

You say that in a lot of your posts. What are you doing wasting time on these forums or playing BF2 when you could be out driving that M3? Gas too expensive?

It's That Thing Called A Life

[Chevy-SS]

I have to ask, have you OCed your memory and have you topped out your current CPU for OC? Might have missed if your posts said you had.

No, I have only used the built-in OC on the Asus mobo. I bumped it to the maximum 10%. I am not sure if it OC's the memory as well as the CPU.

After I put in the new CPU, I will OC it til it begs for mercy, then back off a tad.

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[Snigel]

No, I have only used the built-in OC on the Asus mobo. I bumped it to the maximum 10%. I am not sure if it OC's the memory as well as the CPU.

After I put in the new CPU, I will OC it til it begs for mercy, then back off a tad.

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Normally it does OC your memory by the same amount too.

BF2 doesnt really gain from dual core but it is the cpu architecture that gains - Conroe is they way to go and now 45nm Penryn/Yorkfield is already coming.
As for single core cpus, celeron 4xx series is better single core cpu, not to mention they overclock close to 100% and are are based on conroe with reduced cache :)

Well, that's still going to be more expensive. You'll have to change motherboard, memory and cpu. You'll probably ending up reinstall windows too. For what performance gain in BF2 with that 7900-card? Close to none.

Given your resolution, you will see little to no benefit from upgrading the CPU. Simple as that. 1024x768 is a cpu-limited resolution for most people with high-end cards, and that's where they tested it, if they tested it at 2560x1600, the differences would be 1 or 2 fps at most.

Battlefield tend to run choppy and strange when it's cpu-bound, even though your frame rate may not show any difference. It will be difference, probably not measurable in fps, you can feel it and possibly it can be recorded using fraps or similar. The BF engine is pretty strange and awkward with too slow cpu's.
Independent of settings and resolutions I've notice a great difference in playability when I went past 2.4GHz with my old A64, there seem to be some magic border for BF2 there.

[BAGGEDMAZDA]

LOL OWNED :)

[Bucknasty]

imo it really doesn't matter that much, the thing i found out that really made a difference was RAM and Video Cards. I had an Athlon XP and now this Duo Core (sig) and not much difference with the CPU. some single cores are still better and not all games take advantage of the dual core but i guess if you want to run 2 games at the same time dual core would be better lol

[=RtW=BakinBitz]

Okay here is a question that hopefully someone can answer. A friend and I are wanting to upgrade our systems since we are still in the AGP world. Our problem is our finances leave us hindered on how big and nice our systems can be right now.

Can anyone recommend a good Intel CPU, motherboard (SLI ready), videocard (PCI), memory (atleast 2 gig) that would get us started ranging from $200 - $400? I've been out of the PC market for so long technology has absolutely flown by and I have no clue what is good or isnt good anymore. We primarily play BF2, TF2, WoW, DAoC, HL2 so nothing to extreme at the moment.

Our thought process is to get a basic machine (which will still beat anything we have right now) and then over time upgrade to bigger and better.

Be gentle on the flames please! :ar15:

[robf]

Here is a good place to start;

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/09/10/the_500_gaming_machine_2007_edition/

-Rob

[Chevy-SS]

..........the thing i found out that really made a difference was RAM and Video Cards........

Yeah, I agree, so I'm gonna shop eBay for a 2nd vid card (7950GT KO 512mb) to go SLI...............

[Bald-Eagle11]

Ram ram ram ram