New GFX card - help needed.

[Locherbread]

Ok my brother is going to upgrade his lowly geforce fx5200 - he has a budget & the two cards we have narrowed down too are these:

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3MG5&CategorySelectedId=11137&PageMode=1

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3NZD&CategorySelectedId=11137&PageMode=1

Which of these cards would run BF2 the best - I know they aren't the greatest of cards but all he can afford, thanks for any advice :-)

[Talus]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

I'm gonna go with the 6600 256 MB but I really couldn't find much info on either of them.

Tom's Hardware didn't have either of them in their VGA charts

[Eternal-Souljah]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

The geforce 6600 256MB, I have this card and it will run BF2 all on medium no problem, some on high even, its a good card, only difference is I have a different make of that card.

[cloakster]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

eternal whats ur specs cuz i was wanting to get the 6600 256mb

[Eternal-Souljah]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

P4 3.2GHZ DUAL CPU
1GB PC3200 DDR RAM
250GB WD2500JD Western Digital 7200RPM SATA

same card as the one you want, its really good, I can send you in-game screens if you like.

[Karl]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

Yeah go for the 6600

[Death Merchant]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

Yeah go for the 6600

best option for bf2 although the x700 is better in some games such as hl2

[Flares]

Re: New GFX card - help needed.

The 6600 256mb. However, if you can afford an extra 13 quid (or less if you try Ebay), an alternative would be a 6600GT. Half the memory of the 6600, but it's DDR3 rather than DDR and overall the GT is a much faster card.

6600 performance comparison & review
6600GT performance comparison & review