Vid card Q

[[LG]Cataclysm]

I dunno, maybe it was less then $250... I can't remember
IDK my PSU watts, either. It's a HP Pavilion 364n with 256 MB RAM and a 9800Pro added too it. It sucks, but it gets the job done...

2.4GHz P4
512 MB RAM
9800 Pro
Integrated Sound
IDK MoBo

[=[BFT]= Sr7]

well for one thing, you need a gig of ram to run this game relatively smoothly. I have the equivalent of a 3.0ghz processor, so you're ok there but it is a little lacking (as mine is). The integrated sound hurts your performance too because the processor has to do all the calculations for the sound and actually take the load of processing them too. If you had a sound card like a soundblaster audigy or something with an onboard processing unit, it would offload the bulk of the sound processing to it, leaving the processor more free to do its duty with the rest of the game. So right now you have too little ram, and your processor is a bit slow to begin with, not to mention its shouldering the onboard sound.

When you can it might be best to upgrade em all at once and just buy a generic case, as those HP cases can be a pain in the ass. you can get really good quality stuff for pretty cheap from www.newegg.com, and I suggest you read www.tomshardware.com. If you ever plan to upgrade your system, you could set a certain amount of cash you would like to spend and I could make a recommendation on a setup thats cost effective.

[[LG]Cataclysm]

I already have plans in the works to build my next rig, but it'll be expensive. I'm sure I have an old sound card SOMEWHERE (And by old, I mean OLD). Right now, I'm content with my 30FPS, because, hey, atleast it runs.

[}GC{blastokid]

1) Never buy a 128 meg card again.

2) Research before you buy. Radeon X800's are ~$200, high GPU clock speed and high memory speed, but the GeForce 6800GT's are getting to the same price with higher memory speed, more pipes, more bandwidth. GeForce 6800GT and Ultra = the way to go.

[[LG]Cataclysm]

Screw BestBuy. I'll go to Newegg from now on. Although the x800 there is $300...

[imported_<GN>John]

You bought a 9800 for 250 bucks? Did i read that wrong or is that what happened? If it is....you got jacked man. Sorry :p

[tripleplay369]

if you spent $250 for 9800pro you got riped off big time. 6600GT is worth less than that and it pwns 9800 by long way. 9800 sucks at BF2, IMO even 6600gt sucks at BF2 unless you dont care about the full potential of the game (eg no AA and medium quality), thats just me.

Also VRam is not everything, most people think 256mb > 128mb therfor video card with 256mb vram > vcard with 128mb vram, but today in most cases its the VCore thats important, 6800 vcore with 256mb of vram beats a geforce2 with 1g of vram if possible.

I get 50-70 fps @ 1024x768, high overall settings(2 things on medium), and 2X AA with my 6600 GT..

-edit- Oh, and on topic, check out the refurb section of newegg. They have some really good deals.

[atomic-roach]

lol i payed 200 for mine BEFORE battlfield vietnam came out, that was over a year ago. I just recently spent 450 on my new card. to quote ferris bueller "its pure choice, if you have the means i highly recommend you pick one up" :)

[ShadowWarrior18D]

yeah it was a waste of $

[BOBSONATOR025]

I used to have a Radeon 9600 128MB, and recentley bought a 9800Pro 128 MB. I then realised that my FPS didn't go up a whole lot, so I started to regret my spending of $250... Was it a stupid decision to buy a card with the same ammount of VRAM?

HA HA A HA AAH AHa you GOT RIPPED OFF!!!!!!!! i got my card for the same price, An X800 pro VIVO and it is like 200000000x better! sucks for you.. any ways the vram helps when running high textures AA and such...ALL THE GOOD STUFF!

[BOBSONATOR025]

lol i payed 200 for mine BEFORE battlfield vietnam came out, that was over a year ago. I just recently spent 450 on my new card. to quote ferris bueller "its pure choice, if you have the means i highly recommend you pick one up" :)

u could have gotten a 7800GTX from dell for only 13 more dollars..(sorry to tell you the truth) :cry: :p

[BOBSONATOR025]

here you go this card is GOD! and look at the price ...this is the SAME exact one as i have

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102496

[Xirtronic]

and I suggest you read www.tomshardware.com.

Disagreed. http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=72555

Instead: http://www.anandtech.com/

[Gunslinger145]

Since we're talking about vid cards how is a X700 pro?

[WickedSlammy]

Since we're talking about vid cards how is a X700 pro?

Not very good, if you cant afford a x800xl or a 6800gt, id settle for a 6600gt. The x800pro is kinda rip since the x800xl is a 16 pipe card and the pro is only 12 for same money or slightly more.