BF2 Warning for Spec When Buying

Drapper

Guys Smyths have a list of GFX cards and harware required to play BF2 stating "BF" is a high spec game ? just a query, anyone got a copy of it to put in this thread, I read it this morn and it included some of the cards people on this board having issues with!

Do all the other shops have the warning posted?

Dinner

Doesnt work with GeForce 4MX anyway. I think it works with anything higher than that. (Not too sure about ATI cards)

KdjaCL

Drapper wrote:

Do all the other shops have the warning posted?

Game in LV said nowt was expecting it did say it to me when i got HL2, hot girl in front of me bought 6 copies!!!!

Was gonna follow her home and chat her up and try make sweet love to her but BF2 was more important.


IN the readme what supported and whats not.


kdjac

-Al-

did she buy 6 copies of BF2??, cause then you coulda had sweet love and BF2

Clinical Waste

Not if he looks like Drappers Avatar!

fightin snr

the bloke at game in tallaght showed me the game first and asked if my pc would handle it before he took payment!!!

Drapper

SAme with me he even asked me to makemsure it complied as they were told not to take any back if bought with wrong spec!

-Al-

Is that to stop people from buying, registering vd key, brining it back with the old excuse of, it wont run on my system.

Drapper

-Al- wrote:

Is that to stop people from buying, registering vd key, brining it back with the old excuse of, it wont run on my system.

guess your prbably right ! but there is allot of people looking forward to it with below par machines !

ghost26ie

works on all geforce 5 cards and above. works on ati radeon 8500, all 9000 series cards and the all x*** cards. recommends a 1.7ghz p4 or equilivant. also recommends atleast 512kb ram.

-Al-

ghost26ie wrote:

also recommends atleast 512kb ram.

lol i hope so, glad I got myself 1mb of the stuff

Smellyirishman

I bought 3 copies.
They told me to look at the specs and make sure it would run.
PC games are none returnable for the ol' CD key reason.
All in Game, Liffey Valley.

JacoStanley

Just upgraded me pc to 1mb ram this morning. What a difference it makes on Battlefield 2. Pretty much high everything and a nice smooth frame rate.

Drapper

JacoStanley wrote:

Just upgraded me pc to 1mb ram this morning. What a difference it makes on Battlefield 2. Pretty much high everything and a nice smooth frame rate.

I got 6800 Ultra OC and another 1gb of RAM in the past week, pc runs fab, but I'm still CRAP at BF2

lets say I'm like a kid in a Ferrari, its fast, looks good, but I'm fooked where I'm going !

TerrorFirmer

Smellyirishman wrote:

I bought 3 copies.
They told me to look at the specs and make sure it would run.
PC games are none returnable for the ol' CD key reason.
All in Game, Liffey Valley.

I had a genuine fault once with a game that didnt even use a flippin cd key - still refused to take it back. :rolleyes:

dregin

Arabel wrote:

Doesnt work with GeForce 4MX anyway. I think it works with anything higher than that. (Not too sure about ATI cards)

Doesn't work with the gefore4 ti cards.

vibe666

would you not just get the demo and test it with that?

MobileInfantry wrote:

I had a genuine fault once with a game that didnt even use a flippin cd key - still refused to take it back. :rolleyes:

that's cos they think you took it home and copied it.

ghost26ie

Anything Below Geforce 5 Hasn't A Hope. Even The Demo Didn't Like Geforce 4 Ti's Or Mx's.

TerrorFirmer

ghost26ie wrote:

Anything Below Geforce 5 Hasn't A Hope. Even The Demo Didn't Like Geforce 4 Ti's Or Mx's.

I didnt even know the demo ran on the mx version of the Gf4. Musta been painful for those that used it!

the_syco

dregin wrote:

Doesn't work with the gefore4 ti cards.

Aye. The demo ran crap on my GeForce4 Ti4200 card. Had to use BF2ShaderMod, but it ain't worth it. Gonna save up for a decent card.

Jim

The guy didn't say anything to me when I bought.
He obviously knew from my apperance that my rig is uber leet.

KdjaCL

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

The guy didn't say anything to me when I bought.
He obviously knew from my apperance that my rig is uber leet.

Read: he wore a "im a big stinky flanders" nerd type t shirt

kdjac

kirving

I have 512mb RAM, nd a 64mb ati redeon 9000 series nd i can play the demo easy(on low graphics) The game should work on the same settings, Right??

monument

the_syco wrote:

Aye. The demo ran crap on my GeForce4 Ti4200 card. Had to use BF2ShaderMod, but it ain't worth it. Gonna save up for a decent card.

Have a GF4 Ti 4800 SE, so it looks like it's time for a new card for me too.

Feck I should have look at this before the game was out.

po0k

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

The guy didn't say anything to me when I bought.
He obviously knew from my apperance that my rig is uber leet.

Your quiff?

BadCharlie

Kevin Irving wrote:

I have 512mb RAM, nd a 64mb ati redeon 9000 series nd i can play the demo easy(on low graphics) The game should work on the same settings, Right??

Well if it worked on the demo you should be fine for the real game. But your going to be missing out on allot with detail down on low.

stagolee

BadCharlie wrote:

Well if it worked on the demo you should be fine for the real game. But your going to be missing out on allot with detail down on low.

ah but its worth it anyway for the gameplay, the graphics on low are perfectly adequate for playing even if theyre not cutting edge.
im in the same boat with an PM1.7ghz, 128mb x300, and 512mb of ram; it runs really smooth on low settings but if i turned it up to med it would have a fit.

kirving

I have now decided to purchase PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB , should run a lot better now, i mit get some more ram(512mb) too when i can afford it.

KdjaCL

Kevin Irving wrote:

I have now decided to purchase PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB , should run a lot better now, i mit get some more ram(512mb) too when i can afford it.

Woudnt buy one of those new, wont get your monies worth.

Try 2nd hand in For Sale forum always decent bargain there if your budget low.


kdjac

Ponster

Depends on his budget I guess but you can't say that the 9800Pro isn't a good card...

KdjaCL

Ponster wrote:

Depends on his budget I guess but you can't say that the 9800Pro isn't a good card...

Theres a 6600 Gt in forsale for same price.


and 9800 Pro isnt a good card anymore.


kdjac

Raiser

Just bought a 6800GT can max most settings but when you turn on 4X anti-aliasing the grass shimmers and appears/disappears..... Think its prob. bad soft. dev. - the card should be more than capable.

Find the game a bit 2 manic and slightly flaky overall anyway.
Went straight back to gorgeous Counter Strike: Source.....

- have 1.5GB 3200 System RAM and an Athlon 3000+ also.... BTW

Drapper

Raiser wrote:

Just bought a 6800GT can max most settings but when you turn on 4X anti-aliasing the grass shimmers and appears/disappears..... Think its prob. bad soft. dev. - the card should be more than capable.

Find the game a bit 2 manic and slightly flaky overall anyway.
Went straight back to gorgeous Counter Strike: Source.....

- have 1.5GB 3200 System RAM and an Athlon 3000+ also.... BTW

I've a 6800 Ultra OC with the same probalem, the AA is set to 4x and is fine go hight it has same issues as you !

STRANGE ¬¬ think they left some legg room for newer cards !!

kirving

I was also thinking of buying Club3D GeForce 6600, 256MB, think its much the same as the Radeon 9800. The Radeon is 128mb but is dual channel, the geforce 6600 is single channel (256mb), so would these diffrences cancel each other out?

the_syco

LIGHTNING wrote:

However my mate says that their is a patch that disables shaders so you can play it on DX8 graphics cards ie Geforce 4 etc

Aye, there is, but teh sea will be green, and tanks will be invisable.

Mossess

Many many years ago I bought a game called Elite 2. The spec on the box said 2 Megs of RAM, when I brought it home it turned out I also need 2 megs of graphics ram as well. after about 5 trips to the shop, being sold a boot disc (For 5 pounds at the time) nothing was working, so eventually they gave me my money back. (40 pounds was a lot of money in them days!!) On the flip side, the shop that game me all the hassle has since grown and they now supply businesses. My response, 15 years latter, to all the crap I had to put up with was to advise going for another company when a contract came up. That 40 pound back then has cost them (unknowns to themselves) about 450 to 500K this year alone.

So, All I say to the shop owners is that those who don't help people watch out, everything comes full circle!

GrumPy

I've got 1.25GB of RAM, 2.66Ghz P4, and a 128MB Geforce 5200FX card, and the demo runs perfectly on mid setting, (medium, not to high) and looks great.

TerrorFirmer

The demo worked okay for me, on 3.4 ghz, 1gig ram and x800se.

I never tried putting specs high though, left them on medium and had no problems whatsoever....

I am currently getting the game, at ...eh...a very muscular 2kb/s

So its going to be a damn long time before I get to say how it really runs on my system. If I like the game, I will probably buy it to try get into the whole online thing with battlefield, I'm currently downloading it really to assess whether I want it or not - the demo didnt really hold great appeal for me, maybe the full game has a few greater things in store.

I'd LOVE to see a computer with the absolute bare bone requirements running it....

kirving

I have less than the minumum specs atm! 2.13 ghz, 512mb ram, nd an alright 64mb ati radeon 9000 series! i feel so left out, all u guys playin on high spes, i dont even have some of the higher options!

the_syco

Kevin Irving wrote:

I have less than the minumum specs atm! 2.13 ghz, 512mb ram, nd an alright 64mb ati radeon 9000 series! i feel so left out, all u guys playin on high spes, i dont even have some of the higher options!

Be quite you! Try running it below the minimum specs! 2Ghz, 768MB RAM, and a 64MB GeForce 4 Ti 4200. At least you can see tanks!

TerrorFirmer

the_syco wrote:

Be quite you! Try running it below the minimum specs! 2Ghz, 768MB RAM, and a 64MB GeForce 4 Ti 4200. At least you can see tanks!

That must be a painful experience. Don't even get me started on the merits of trying to play online with invisible tanks....

BadCharlie

Spec in sig

Play game with all settings set to high but shadow & lighting, game runs very well i wont need to upgrade after all

BadCharlie

My friend has 2gigs of ram with a less spec computer of my own and has all details up full "the works" game playes perfect with no slow down. So that extra ram paid off for him in the end.