Help out a noob

[Kano]

Yeah, I like to play Battlefield 2. I like to play battlefield 2 too much. I have 768MB of 2700 memory. Does anyone know if buying more would provide a significant boost to the FPS in battlefield 2 and maybe let me play with higher settings? I have a 6600GT, rather old but ok gigabyte MOBO (agp 8x and no dual channel). Decent but old western digital HD. 1.8Ghz AMD athlon XP Barton. 350Watt PSU. Windows XP.

So what should I buy? I have $80 (maybe $100).

[MrSlacker]

well your CPU is holding you back big time, so adding RAM wont help that much

[Kano]

I don't really see the point of buying a better althon XP. Everything is going to dual core 64 bit and PCIe. I'm saving my money to upgrade everything. But even if I went out and bought a new Athlon XP that was say 2.4 Ghz, would I notice a tremendous difference in Battlefield 2?

After asking myself these kind of questions, I arrive at the conclusion that I should just save my money and upgrade to a 1.5 grand PC (built by myself).

[MrSlacker]

thats good thinking. at this point in time, there is no point in upgrading socket A rig. save your money, and get a brand new rig when you think the time is right

[Kano]

Probably going to be past this time next year, most likely when Longhorn comes out. Then there'll be a bunch of cool stuff out and I'll have the money to buy it.

[wretched73]

i was in the same situation that u are but was able to find a good deal on a dell with a pentium 6 series processor and already had a case and just have to buy a new mobo.

i only spent about $500 on it and got a 17" lcd screen too.

[Kano]

Dell= evil. And Pentium 6? Did you like, use a time machine to get that deal? Could I borrow it please?

[timmer]

I read on torrentspy (not that i use it or anything >_>) that K7's are officially done with. So you might be able to find one now on the cheap.

[public_eyesore]

Dell= evil. And Pentium 6? Did you like, use a time machine to get that deal? Could I borrow it please?
dont give him a hard time, you know he is probably talking about the 64 bit intel

[wretched73]

i am talking about the 64-bit and the dell is just a temp cuz im only 15 and on a small budget

[jack09]

i can run BF2 maxed out at 1152x864@75hz (old monitor) with following

P4 lga775 3.0ghz cpu
ati radeon x800pro 256mb pcie
intel desktop board 'd915pgn'
512mb pc3200 ram

[MisterChief]

i can run BF2 maxed out at 1152x864@75hz (old monitor) with following

P4 lga775 3.0ghz cpu
ati radeon x800pro 256mb pcie
intel desktop board 'd915pgn'
512mb pc3200 ram

512 Megs, and you don't get any stuttering? I can only assume you have a high-RPM hard drive.

[MrSlacker]

i can run BF2 maxed out at 1152x864@75hz (old monitor) with following

P4 lga775 3.0ghz cpu
ati radeon x800pro 256mb pcie
intel desktop board 'd915pgn'
512mb pc3200 ram
maxed out as in what? do you have AA and AF?