I have a Pentium 4 3.00 GHz (2 CPU), 2 gigs of DDR2 ram, and a x1300 PCI-E. I am now looking a budget card that will max out BF2142. My choices are a EVGA 8600 GT PCI-E GDDR3 or a 7600 PCI-E or AGP 256mb card. I want to keep my framerates 25 and higher. So what will it be? Thanks if you can help!
2007-08-20 15:17:34 · 6 answers · asked by Patrick 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
i would get an 8800gts .. a 7950would proly max it out to .. but of ur choices i would get the 8600 ..
2007-08-20 15:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I get around 20 FPS with some crapy old 7100gs will easly work on 8600gt or a 7600. 2 Gigs is heaps i run it on 1g.
Dont use AGP, it is old and outdated. Get PCI-Express x16.
You are running a Pentium D obviously as you said you have two Pentium 4's. That will be fine i have like half your system and can run it at 34fps at medium settings.
PS: Dont worry about the 8600 if you are planning on staying around the bf2142 era if you dont plan on using DX 10 then dont get it.
2007-08-20 15:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by ~Intex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 8600 series is a lot better than the 7600. Just go with the 8600 one. Its performance is amazing. If you really wanna squeeze out more framrates, playing in a lower resolution will help, although I think you know this.
2007-08-20 15:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by bourbon91c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better get the factory overclocked 8600GT then overclock it some more. It will easily do 11,000+ 3D marks in 3D Mark05. Your x1300 could probably be doing much less than 3,000 3D marks.
2007-08-20 15:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
want a max out? wait for the 8950gtx and put them in SLI
2007-08-20 17:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
8600gt bettter but try and get a 8800gtx
2007-08-20 15:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋