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    Ultimate Member KraZy_SkitZy's Avatar
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    Which way should I go?

    Well I've been playin alot of battlefield 2, and its showing my 9800pro's age, I play it on max detail at 1024x768x85hz right now, and it likes to get jumpy at times. So anyways I'm wondering which way I should go
    Another 1gb of ram + an ATI Radeon X800XL AGP
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    Just an ATI Radeon X850XT AGP and get an exta GB of ram later

    My system specs are

    Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
    GA-8IK1100
    1.5gb DDR (Running in dual channel)
    Seagate 80GB Barracuda 7200.7 Serial ATA w/ NCQ, 8MB Cache
    Seagate 120GB Barracuda 7200.7 Serial ATA w/ NCQ, 8MB Cache
    ATI Radeon 9800pro 128mb
    SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer


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    the best choice...get the radeon ATI Radeon X850XT AGP , you have enough ram for another year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nchan10111
    the best choice...get the radeon ATI Radeon X850XT AGP , you have enough ram for another year.
    I thought battlefield 2 was very ram reliant?

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    1gb is plenty... You have 1 and a half.

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    the original BF2 had some memory leak problems. I don't know how people could be expected to have 2G just to run a game. memory leak = shoddy programming

    run the 1.02 patch for BF2 and that should solve the memory leak.

    i would get the x850xt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RockNRoll
    1gb is plenty... You have 1 and a half.
    Everyone says that 1 Gb of Ram is enough for BF2. THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!

    I have tried playing it on 1 Gb of RAM with my 6800 GT and 2.8Ghz P4, and it was not fun. too much lag. I upgraded to 1.5 GB of Ram and.... surprise, surprise! the lag went away Imagine that....

    Anyway, X850 XT all the way man. You don't need to increase your RAM. You have plenty.

    EDIT: actually, I haven't tried it with 1 GB of ram since I got the 1.02 BF2 patch. Does it really make that much of a difference?

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    I patched it the day I got it, yeah maybe i'll get the x850xt, I wonder if it can handle bf2 at 1280x1024x85 at "Ultra High" Detail at a solid 60fps

    "In C:\My Documents\Battlefield 2 Demo\Profiles\0001 (path and profile number may vary depend on installation and accounts)

    edit the file named video.con with notepad, change the settings to:

    VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 3
    VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 4
    VideoSettings.setResolution 1024x768@85Hz
    VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
    VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
    VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3 "

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    having well timed ram with max speed and dual channel well give you more efficientcy then just more ram.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadPistol
    EDIT: actually, I haven't tried it with 1 GB of ram since I got the 1.02 BF2 patch. Does it really make that much of a difference?
    it made a difference for me. even games shouldn't "require" 2GB of ram. EA have already admitted to a memory leak. like i said, memory leaks are just products of poor programming. it's the same story since people first started writing software.

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    Everyone says that 1 Gb of Ram is enough for BF2. THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!
    Are you patched?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RockNRoll
    Are you patched?
    I am, but for some reason, my BF2 is kinda acting weird. Actually I think it's an internet problem, as my cable modem has been a little shoddy lately.

    BTW, it probably does make a difference for me because my Ram doesn't have that tight of timings. I'm sure that would make a big difference, but for now, I'll just stick with my 1.5 GB's of PC 3200.

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    Is there any difference from the X800XL and the X850XT other than clockspeed?

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    The x800xl and x850xt are built on different, but similiar cores. other than clockspeed, the xl is 110nm and the xt is 130nm.

    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2290

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    gee games today are eating a lot of memory. IMO id go with X850XT.

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    so you guys firgure the extra $150 is worth it then, also does "XT" still mean the cars is equipped with "over drive" (overcloxks itself) or wutever it's called like the 9600xt and the 9800xt

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