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Software => Computer games => Topic started by: flames_fan on September 19, 2006, 08:55:07 PM

Title: nvidia fx5500
Post by: flames_fan on September 19, 2006, 08:55:07 PM
can bf2 run with a nvidia fx5500 even though it isn't on the system requirements?
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: lil_falco on September 19, 2006, 10:53:40 PM
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can bf2 run with a nvidia fx5500 even though it isn't on the system requirements?


Here's a tip... Find a gun... a handgun is used for best effect... Now i want you to point that either at your face or the GFX card... Now pull the trigger.

Buy a 7500 GS or something that is compatible with your system. High end GFX cards are actually cheapert than youd think with all the new technology. Only about 100$.

As for your question... Probably not. either that or you'd lag out after 5 seconds.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Raptor on September 20, 2006, 12:05:18 AM
Shut up, Falco.

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Graphic Processor         NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
 
GPU Clock Speed       270 MHz
 
RAMDAC Speed       350 MHz

Are these the specifications your card has?[/quote]

I used to own an SLI set up of two XFX 6600LE PCI-E videocards and they were barely enough to handle Battlefield 2. I doubt your videocard is up for the task.

I would give you the specifications to compare the 6600LE with yours, but apparantly, the Internet has been consumed by crappy sales people who don't know what they're selling and only list the most obvious things they probably steal from other websites.  >:(

I believe it was somewhere around 500Mhz memory, 250Mhz core and 4 pixel pipelines. It had a lot of trouble dealing with explosions (The APC shooting would lag me to death) so I really think you should invest some more if you want to play BF2 at a higher level.. Something along the lines of a 7600GT.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on September 20, 2006, 01:29:26 AM
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Here's a tip... Find a gun... a handgun is used for best effect... Now i want you to point that either at your face or the GFX card... Now pull the trigger.
Not funny, not appropriate, not clever.  Desist.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Dilbert on September 20, 2006, 08:33:06 AM
Agreed. That's not a good way to start here, getting in trouble already.

Please note the rules: http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1150938741
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 08:55:53 AM
I played on a computer with a fx5600 before. It ran... barely. I suppose it also depends upon the rest of your system spec (the comp had a celeron and we all know what they are like). Like I told you, the 5700 can play battlefield smoothly, even if the graphics settings aren't too impressive.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: flames_fan on September 20, 2006, 02:02:01 PM
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Here's a tip... Find a gun... a handgun is used for best effect... Now i want you to point that either at your face or the GFX card... Now pull the trigger.
Not funny, not appropriate, not clever.  Desist.
Yes I agree, I found that unnecessary.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 05:54:12 PM
If it was an fx5200 you might have gotten away with it ;)
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: flames_fan on September 20, 2006, 05:57:50 PM
is fx5200 pci?
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Google on September 20, 2006, 06:12:15 PM
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Here's a tip... Find a gun... a handgun is used for best effect... Now i want you to point that either at your face or the GFX card... Now pull the trigger.
Not funny, not appropriate, not clever.  Desist.
Yes I agree, I found that unnecessary.
Yes, That was the most unnecessary comment of september!!!
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 06:14:20 PM
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is fx5200 pci?

I was, uh, bantering with lil_falco

The 5200 [highlight]will not[/highlight] play BF2 in the slightest.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Dilbert on September 20, 2006, 06:15:11 PM
I'm at nVidia's Website, and I'd personally recommend a GeForce of some kind.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Google on September 20, 2006, 06:18:37 PM
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10078442&catid
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 06:18:51 PM
http://www.nextag.com/geforce-5700-pci/search-html

You'll be hard-pressed to find a better graphics card for PCI only.

Edit: half the website says it is PCI the other half AGP :-? So be careful before you buy. Well now you have an idea what to look for at least.
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 06:21:00 PM
Ah Julius Caesar you beat me! That card is PCI-E but our friend here has only PCI. (I'd double check to make sure though.)
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: flames_fan on September 20, 2006, 06:23:01 PM
I think I'll just get a new comp. But thanks anyway :).






P.S. Caesar, how and why did you add a poll on my topic?
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Neil on September 20, 2006, 06:28:14 PM
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I'm at nVidia's Website, and I'd personally recommend a GeForce of some kind.

They've made GeForces for years, so a GeForce of some kind could mean an old banger with only 32mb vram from when Windows 98 reigned supreme heehee :P
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Google on September 20, 2006, 07:30:42 PM
Just click "add poll"
Title: Re: nvidia fx5500
Post by: Dilbert on September 20, 2006, 07:37:03 PM
OK, fine, a GeForce in at least the 5 series, 6 or 7 best. :P