9600XT and BF2...

[helmie]

Howdy all,
Im at my friends house right now, and ive found he has a MX 100, 32MB graphics card. Theres a 1.8Ghz P4, and 512MB RAM. Ive seen this card on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B2350-NEW-ATI...786197003QQcategoryZ27387QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

His max budget is £45, so with that card, would BF2 play, even on the lowest settings?

Cheers.
helmie

 

[Filip]

Yes, it will play BF2 on lowest settings with a decent framerate.

 

[helmie]

Ah good, and am I right in saying that an AGP 8x card will work in a 4x slot?

Here is some details from Belarc Advisor:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Tiny Computers
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation D845HV AAA63927-304
Serial Number: AZHV14502100
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. HV84510A.86A.0024.D.0110081701 10/08/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
37.92 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
10.06 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1102 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAAT1536970, rev 06.04G06, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'J6G1' has 256 MB
Slot 'J6G2' has 256 MB
Slot 'J6H1' is Empty

 

[diduknowthat]

yeah, 8x and 4x are backwards compatible