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June 18th, 2005, 04:40 PM
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Well, first off, this is my setup:
Grey ATX case with blue LED's Stock 480 watt PSU
Abit IS7-E2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Prescott CPU with HTT
1 GB DDR-400 Corsair RAM (Two 512 sticks)
All-In-Wonder Radeon graphics card
When I open BattleField it just opens to a black screen then closes. If it's a graphics card problem, I'm looking to buy a new one anyway. Any suggestions? I'm looking for one under around 200 that has video in and video out. Is a Radeon 9800 Pro any good?
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June 18th, 2005, 04:45 PM
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BF2 requires at least a radeon 8500 (i believe). i have the 9600 All In Wonder and enjoy it very much. 9800 pro is good, but im sure some people on here can find some really great deals
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June 18th, 2005, 04:57 PM
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awww, but I love my little All in wonder 
I will miss you my TV tuner- you.
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June 18th, 2005, 10:55 PM
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i would go with an 6600gt before a 9800 pro.
but bf2 is a very demanding game. I cannot max it out on my pci express 6600gt
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June 18th, 2005, 10:59 PM
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Recently there have been deals on an All in Wonder X800 XT for around $300!
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June 24th, 2005, 01:17 PM
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Check out CompUSA and Fry's. They have a Radeon 9550 that is pretty good for less that $130. It has 8x AGP and 256 MB, not bad for the price. | |
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June 24th, 2005, 01:20 PM
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I personally run a MSI Nvidia 5200 and it seems to work just fine if you run a lot of settings on low or Med. That only costs about $75. | |
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June 24th, 2005, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dfrav Check out CompUSA and Fry's. They have a Radeon 9550 that is pretty good for less that $130. It has 8x AGP and 256 MB, not bad for the price. | yeah, actually.......... that is pretty frickin bad for the price 
you can get a 9800pro for LESS and a 9800pro will mop the floor with it without breaking a sweat. Or you can get a 6600GT which smokes a 9800pro in BF2 for ~20 bucks more.
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June 24th, 2005, 02:51 PM
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Where at? I have been looking at 9800s and they were aroung $200. | |
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June 24th, 2005, 03:36 PM
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