Hardware.

[mrtomek]

So heres my problem.
I currently Run BF2 at the lowest settings but the game still laggs for the first 5 or so minutes from when i load up a new map.
Its not my ping which usual sits around 16-20 its my the computer itself.
Im planning on upgrading some aspects of my computer but (im a cheap) I was wondering what everyones opinion is as to what would be the best initial upgrades i should do to my computer without spending a fortune.

I was thinking, first Ram maybe 2gig, then maybe a new graphics card.... Can i get away with only partialy upgrading instead of needing a whole new system...? Any ideas?

Current Setup icon14
AMD 64, 3200+ 2.0Ghz
512 Ram
Ati Raedon x300 128mb

Cheers, mrtomek.

[Djbrowny]

only 128Mb graphics card?

its hard to choose between either a RAM upgrade and graphic card upgrade though :S

you kind of need both.

[Baron.LSN]

RAM first IMO. The only point of buying a high-end graphics card is so you can run everything on Low, ultra-smooth, lol. :P

[$tubbsy]

the biginning chug u get when BF2 runs out of RAM it uses ur HD... upgrading ur ram should minimalise this effect, so i would go for that. This assumes that ur comp runs fine however after this chug finishes... suggesting ur card is handling ok

[firest4rter]

As others have said, Ram will get rid of this problem. You need a minumum of 1gig so another 512meg ram should not set you back too much.

Then a cheap mofo gfx card to keep you in touch with the ever expanding amount of polygons and you should be a set.

[mrtomek]

cheers,

i might grab myself a 1gig stick next week and see how shes doing after that.

[Fest]

Yeah... my advice would be to upgrade to 1 gig (or 2) on the cheap, or do a FULL upgrade. You should see a decent performance boost from the extra ram alone.

[SimonKills]

running 2 harddrives in raid 0 is better because that whole loading thing at the start, it goes through your bf2 files and finds if youve change or modded files.
so ram is always good but i know this speeds it up