anyone know what the minimum system requirements are going to be for BF2?

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:24 pm

wanna know if i should look foward to it or not

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:45 pm

Realistically, your PC

With the 9800 you'll run it fine.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:11 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Realistically, your PC

With the 9800 you'll run it fine.

She's got a 9700Pro

She needs another 512Megs of Ram and she'll be ok. It only runs at 1024x768 so...

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:30 pm

[quote="ScottE"]She's got a 9700Pro ]

Either way its fine! Getting her to a gig isnt too easy but 768 is a breeze.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:31 pm

One place I came across, from an interview, the EA guy said they didn't narrow it down yet, but so far, had P4 1.5 or higher, 512 megs of RAM, and a 128 meg graphics card...I forget what the graphics card was supposed to at least support regarding pixel shaders.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:45 pm

Hey Chris... you gonna make it?

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:28 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Either way its fine! Getting her to a gig isnt too easy but 768 is a breeze.

Running DC on some of the larger maps her computer is hitting the swap file. Which is why she complains of "lag" sometimes.

768 would be better than what's she's got now.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:40 pm

what kind of ram does her computer take

and what is the configuration now

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:47 pm

Brent wrote:what kind of ram does her computer take

and what is the configuration now

PC-2100

2 ghz 400mhz FSB P4

ATI Radeon 9700Pro 128MB

AC'97 Sound.

120GB WD SE drive

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:54 pm

Go by the recommended hardware suggestions instead.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:30 pm

[quote="ScottE"]Running DC on some of the larger maps her computer is hitting the swap file. Which is why she complains of "lag" sometimes. ]

she'll hit the swap even if she had a gig

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:32 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:she'll hit the swap even if she had a gig

Yeah, but it won't affect the playing of the game like it does now.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:43 am

If we know what she has for RAM slots and currently installed RAM sticks, I can beam some up her way. Have a few 128 meg sticks kicking around.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:16 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:If we know what she has for RAM slots and currently installed RAM sticks, I can beam some up her way. Have a few 128 meg sticks kicking around.

Its an HP rig, I belive its got 2 slots, one having a 512 meg stick of ram. Either that or its got 3 and it has 2 256 sticks.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:18 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Its an HP rig, I belive its got 2 slots, one having a 512 meg stick of ram. Either that or its got 3 and it has 2 256 sticks.

It's got 1 open slot and has 1 512 Meg stick in it.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:26 am

[quote="ScottE"]It's got 1 open slot and has 1 512 Meg stick in it. ]

**** just tell me, I can't add!

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:50 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:**** just tell me, I can't add!

Tell you what? There are 2 slots in the machine. One has a 512meg stick of RAM in it the other is open.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:04 pm

ScottE wrote:Tell you what? There are 2 slots in the machine. One has a 512meg stick of RAM in it the other is open.

NM lol

How about an accurate list of who is playing friday so far?

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:07 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:NM lol

How about an accurate list of who is playing friday so far?

Okay, that I can do.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:21 pm

If anybody has a mother board that will use a 512MB stick of Registered ECC PC-2100 RAM. I've got a stick of it that I'd be willing to trade for a 512MB Stick of Unregistered PC-2100

HawaiianGhost · Post by **HawaiianGhost** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:07 pm

lol, great to see SG still shells out the awesome tech support (that's why I love this place). I'm pretty sure some advised this to her once before, but I see no mention of it in this thread. Has anyone recommended that she "lean" her system prior to playing BF by shutting down unnecessary background svc's/programs? It may help eleviate some the lag that she experiences and the page file hits. There is also a OS registry Hack out there that "clears" the page file upon shutdown that may also help (downside of it is a few more secs added to shutdown time though).

That's my 2 shiny coppers of advice

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:18 pm

Yeah, she's good to go with that HG.