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    X1800 ati

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Dingo6, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. Dingo6

    Dingo6 Newbie

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    Just a quick question for those owners with ati x1800, Will your system play BF2 with good settings med to high, or do you need to tweak the card with those app to get those settings ?
    Any help would be great just looking into buying an x1800 machine, but im a BF2 fan and Fligh Sim fan so FSX will push it as well more so then bf2 ever will.


    Any help would be great ^^
    Many thnx
     
    Dingo6, Oct 31, 2006
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  2. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    I get my games to run very high settings. You'll be fine.
     
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    Really ?! thats great thnx
     
    Dingo6, Oct 31, 2006
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    alexejrm Notebook Consultant

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    For BF2 the ram would be the boltneck, not your GPU, if you have 2 gig of ram, BF2 will run superb.
     
    alexejrm, Oct 31, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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  6. Dingo6

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    ya im running bf2 on the desktop with a 6600gto msi, its alright 1gig dual channel. I plan on getting 512 with the laptop and buying 2gigs. is their really alot of overhead on the x1800 to use a 3rd party tool to open up ? i have read about ppl using these apps to "tweak" the card just a bit to use that extra bit bandwidth, or is it not really needed?
     
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Play the games with the stock video card settings, and if they run smooth like that, then there is no need to risk overclocking. It's not really necessary to do that, no.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 31, 2006
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    Fair Enough, if you say she gonna run smooth as butter stock. Thats prime, just gotta get the ram to back it up.

    Thanks for all your help Guys ^^
     
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  9. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    I can push my system, but since I have 512 megs ram I gotta wait about 30 seconds for each game to load. I can also only play one game then I gotta reset the system. :D :rolleyes:

    It's very powerful, just remember to bring some ram (Like you said).

    I worded this wrong.
     
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  10. Dingo6

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    Im totaly stoked for this then =D
     
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  11. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    Which system are you getting? Remember to get rid of anything UNNESSECARY in the background, IE, if your getting Alienwares m5750, get rid of Alienguise. Things that stay in the background lower performance.

    Sorry, worded wrong. Tired.
     
    Zellio, Nov 1, 2006
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  12. swank

    swank Notebook Consultant

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    As some of the others have pointed out, get 2 gb ram. Specially when trying to run BF2/BF2142.
    I run both with highest setting and it works like a charm.
     
    swank, Nov 1, 2006
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    Ya well the important part of the Topic was clearing up if X1800 would do it all and more, and you guys cleared that up nicely, so thnx. made picking my first laptop alittle simpler. Im a home build guy my self, but im moving in 3 months and have the need to go mobile =( X1800 sounds like a good deal, hope it can run the new Rainbow 6 vegas, with good settings. Thats gonna be a bonus XD

    THnx again guys
     
    Dingo6, Nov 1, 2006
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