If you have an ATI x800 or X850 or NViDiA 6600 or 7800 series card with up to 2 cd/dvd roms, up to 2 harddrives with more then 2 case fans you will need a 500Watt power supply. Why barely get by with the bare minimum? Then when you need power for your ram/cpu/gpu you have problems? If you have a 350Watt power supply it’s time to upgrade to a 500Watt PSU, no if ands or buts. If you have retail computers make sure they fit the designated psu bay and the motherboard does not require any special connections other then 12v 4 pin connector and the 20 pin or 24 pin connector from your psu.
. Least face it in the past you could live with 512MB of ram with Win98, then came win2k and you needed 1 gig of ram, now we are using XP which requires 2 gigs of ram in order to multitask in/out of games while win2k can do it with 1 gig. Don’t believe me, try using ctrl+esc out of BF2 and run another program then ctrl-alt-del and see how much ram is being used. This is NONE Debatable. When you have the money, upgrade your ram using the SAME MANUFACTURE, SAME SPEED, SAME STICKS, got it! Now if you are wondering if it's better to get 1 gig stick or 4 256MB stick, get the 1 gig stick. It will reduce latency dramatically. If you have a dual channel MB then get a twin pack. Don't try to buy 2 singles, the manufacture has already tested these sticks to work together correctly.
Here is my opinion of what brands are better:
As far as quality and reliablity is concerned, these are the brands I prefer:
Kingston > OCZ
Crucial > Kingston
Corsair > Crucial
Or look at it like this Corsair > Crucial > Kingston > OCZ
This is just an opinion as you have other sticks out there:
Geil
Patriot
Mushkin
PNY
PQI
TwinMos
. Also, take a moment in asda-walmart and buy a 2-3 cans of air. Use them to remove dirt, dust, etc rom your power supply, heat sinks, fans, motherboard, ram sticks, video card. Check your connections to make sure nothing is losely connected. Make sure that your monitor and computer are unplugged from the wall socket or power strip before you do this.
. If you are able and it's been more then 12 months re-apply Artic Silver 5 on your cpu heat spreader (the metal on top of your cpu) and heat sink
Pleae bare in mind this post cannot guarantee that your computer will perform better with BF2 or perform at all with BF2 do to other factors that are specific to your system. Please keep that in mind.
Make sure you have a good PSU:
There are some good brands out there like Enermax, Silversone, PC Power & Cooling (most expensive but the best), Some of the Antec True Power PSU (they have quality control issues), Forton, Sparkle to namea few.
Here is what to look for:
Look at the amperage not the wattage: it should read something like this +3.3V @ 30A, +5.0V @ 30A, +12V @ 30A.
ATX12V Compliant
Tolerance Regulation: >5% (+3.3, +5, +12) 5% (-5, -12).
Ripple: >2% (p-p)
Temperature: 0°-50° C
Compatibility: ATX12V (2.1)
Efficiency: > or =70%
Over Current and Over Voltage protection
. Make sure that your HD is defragged, your cd/dvd rom player's eye is clean to read the disk (follow the instructions provided with your CD/DVD player in order to properly clean the eye) and the inside of your computer is free from dust. If you do have some sort of disk error installing BF2 do the following:
1. uninstall BF2
2. Defrag Harddrive
3. Reinstall BF2
4. Defrag Harddrive again
5. Defrag Pagefile
6. Reboot
. Autoruns is a better verison of msconfig inwhich you can disable some files that start up with XP. Please use caution if you don't know google it.
. Also you must defrag your pagefile and move it to either another HD or move it on your current HD.
Disclaimer:
Please note that this information is provided to those who have the experience and expertise to make changes to their computer. They have the know how to customize, update and edit both hardware and software found on their computer. This is offered only as "ideas" (mostly found from other websites, etc) and not a total break down of steps. It is expected that these experts will understand what steps are need prior to and post customizing, updating and editing both computer software and hardware. Please note that if you are not 110% sure of what you are doing please take your computer to an authorized service provider (for your make/brand/model) and let them make the corrections at a cost. Also note that thses ideas will not fix unknown problems to your computer nor is will it guarantee 100% that it will increase performance for gaming as it has for me. Again, take your computer to an authorize service provider if you are not sure what the problem is or not sure how to follow these ideas. Please understand I am not the author of this compiled list of ideas, just a messenger of them. You follow these ideas at your own risk.
p.s just doing my bit to help the community !!!
. Least face it in the past you could live with 512MB of ram with Win98, then came win2k and you needed 1 gig of ram, now we are using XP which requires 2 gigs of ram in order to multitask in/out of games while win2k can do it with 1 gig. Don’t believe me, try using ctrl+esc out of BF2 and run another program then ctrl-alt-del and see how much ram is being used. This is NONE Debatable. When you have the money, upgrade your ram using the SAME MANUFACTURE, SAME SPEED, SAME STICKS, got it! Now if you are wondering if it's better to get 1 gig stick or 4 256MB stick, get the 1 gig stick. It will reduce latency dramatically. If you have a dual channel MB then get a twin pack. Don't try to buy 2 singles, the manufacture has already tested these sticks to work together correctly.
Here is my opinion of what brands are better:
As far as quality and reliablity is concerned, these are the brands I prefer:
Kingston > OCZ
Crucial > Kingston
Corsair > Crucial
Or look at it like this Corsair > Crucial > Kingston > OCZ
This is just an opinion as you have other sticks out there:
Geil
Patriot
Mushkin
PNY
PQI
TwinMos
. Also, take a moment in asda-walmart and buy a 2-3 cans of air. Use them to remove dirt, dust, etc rom your power supply, heat sinks, fans, motherboard, ram sticks, video card. Check your connections to make sure nothing is losely connected. Make sure that your monitor and computer are unplugged from the wall socket or power strip before you do this.
. If you are able and it's been more then 12 months re-apply Artic Silver 5 on your cpu heat spreader (the metal on top of your cpu) and heat sink
Pleae bare in mind this post cannot guarantee that your computer will perform better with BF2 or perform at all with BF2 do to other factors that are specific to your system. Please keep that in mind.
Make sure you have a good PSU:
There are some good brands out there like Enermax, Silversone, PC Power & Cooling (most expensive but the best), Some of the Antec True Power PSU (they have quality control issues), Forton, Sparkle to namea few.
Here is what to look for:
Look at the amperage not the wattage: it should read something like this +3.3V @ 30A, +5.0V @ 30A, +12V @ 30A.
ATX12V Compliant
Tolerance Regulation: >5% (+3.3, +5, +12) 5% (-5, -12).
Ripple: >2% (p-p)
Temperature: 0°-50° C
Compatibility: ATX12V (2.1)
Efficiency: > or =70%
Over Current and Over Voltage protection
. Make sure that your HD is defragged, your cd/dvd rom player's eye is clean to read the disk (follow the instructions provided with your CD/DVD player in order to properly clean the eye) and the inside of your computer is free from dust. If you do have some sort of disk error installing BF2 do the following:
1. uninstall BF2
2. Defrag Harddrive
3. Reinstall BF2
4. Defrag Harddrive again
5. Defrag Pagefile
6. Reboot
. Autoruns is a better verison of msconfig inwhich you can disable some files that start up with XP. Please use caution if you don't know google it.
. Also you must defrag your pagefile and move it to either another HD or move it on your current HD.
Disclaimer:
Please note that this information is provided to those who have the experience and expertise to make changes to their computer. They have the know how to customize, update and edit both hardware and software found on their computer. This is offered only as "ideas" (mostly found from other websites, etc) and not a total break down of steps. It is expected that these experts will understand what steps are need prior to and post customizing, updating and editing both computer software and hardware. Please note that if you are not 110% sure of what you are doing please take your computer to an authorized service provider (for your make/brand/model) and let them make the corrections at a cost. Also note that thses ideas will not fix unknown problems to your computer nor is will it guarantee 100% that it will increase performance for gaming as it has for me. Again, take your computer to an authorize service provider if you are not sure what the problem is or not sure how to follow these ideas. Please understand I am not the author of this compiled list of ideas, just a messenger of them. You follow these ideas at your own risk.
p.s just doing my bit to help the community !!!
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