im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

[Mayflower]

I have now a FX5200 128mb and with the new patch, I cant seem to run the game smoothly anymore.. so Im checking for a new vid card for christmas.

But I have a question : If I buy a new vid card, will I have to change motherboard or processor ? I mean, I dont want to buy a card and then realize that it is not compatible with my motherboard....

Here's my specs (btw, Im still a high school student so I dont want to waste alot of money on computer)

AMD Athlon 64 2800+
512 DDR 400Mhz
ASUS K8V-X Motherboard
NVidia FX5200 128mb
420 ~500 Watt power supply (dont remember exactly)

anyway thx ya if you can help

[zymyo]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

you might be wanting to buy a nice geforce 6600 GT for xmas if you dont have that much, oh and it is vital to buy ram for bf2, it gets very ram hungry, and if you can, buy a ATI x800XL like I did, the processor you have seems ok.

[MojoFlow]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

You're good,

Just make sure it is an 'AGP' card and NOT a PCI Express.

http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=237&l1=3&l2=14&l3=67

[zymyo]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

You're good,

Just make sure it is an 'AGP' card and NOT a PCI Express.

http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...=3&l2=14&l3=67

His graphic card is a piece of trash, he is not good LAWL!

btw, my old fx5700 which is much better was not even successful to play bf2 at my demands.

[x0pht]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

His graphic card is a piece of trash, he is not good LAWL!

btw, my old fx5700 which is much better was not even successful to play bf2 at my demands.

i think mojo meant unknown's motherboard is good enough, so no need to worry about it.

[A$$a$$ination]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

Yeah what MojoFlow said, make sure it is an AGP card. If your looking for a good mid range card then i would suggest the 6600Gt as well. I would strongly suggest another 512mb of ram too.

[MojoFlow]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

That's what I meant, thanks x0pht.

Unknown-soldier, now just brace yourself while the ATI vs. Nvidia war unfolds around you

[cyborg_ninja-117]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

get new vid card and more ram, y dont u just get a new computer on ur way lol

[ptegan]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

What's your budget like Unknown ?

[JonnyMacFred102]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

if you can, get a 6800gt and much more ram. 2gb is optimal and makes a hell of a difference.

[HicRic]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

Do they do 6800GT's in AGP?

[imported_Psycho]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

I personnaly want to no how they un-optimised the ****ty game so much that it doesn't work.

I have the same GPU by the way, and it only just works on low, which is retarded considering it worked on low/medium before.

[JDUB]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

I have a similar system to you:

1.8GHZ Athlon 2500+
256MB RAM
FX5200

I run everything on low, get very long load times and many lockups...

Hey, it still works.

[imported_Psycho]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

I have a similar system to you:

1.8GHZ Athlon 2500+
256MB RAM
FX5200

I run everything on low, get very long load times and many lockups...

Hey, it still works.

I have a

AMD Athlon xp 2600+
1GB RAM
Nivida Geforce fx 5200

Used to work on low/medium, now since the ****ty new patch it barly works on low.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

Re: im n00bish about computers, so need advices..

XFX NVIDIA 6600GT 128mb
i had almost the same system as urs... only i had a xp 2500+.. now i run on medium... so card is good. Just BE SURE TO PLUG IN THE EXTRA POWER CONECTOR. else u'll get low performance on it...