How's BC2 Running on your Rig?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: How's BC2 Running on your Rig?

Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4850
Windows XP SP3

I'm currently running at 1280 x 1024 on "high" settings. I was running at 1680 x 1050 and may go back to this since I am not seeing much performance improvement at the lower resolution.

FRAPS indicate between about 35 FPS to 70 FPS.

I haven't gone Crossfire yet with the other 4850 I just bought. I need to re-apply some thermal grease to my CPU and heatsink first - my CPU temps are idling at abut 49C and that's a tad bit too warm for my liking, especially since the 2nd 4850 will certainly add more heat to the case.

Core i7 920 @ stock 2.67GHz
6GBs DDR3 Corsair Dominator RAM
Radeon 5870 1GB GDDR5
2x 150GB WD Raptors in RAID 0
Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium
Win 7 Pro 64Bit

Running at high settings @ 1680 X 1050, so I can hunt Canadian Bacon lol. The only problem I had was some weird artifacting in the form on black squares randomly popping up while in game. I solved this by turning the effects down to low, but can keep everything else at high. Other then that I haven't had any issues with lag.

I've heard that 2x 4850s in a crossfire setup are supposed to be pretty good setup, and the cards are relatively inexpensive.

Oh, and if anyone is interested, I have the following parts that need a good home: 1x 9800GTX+ 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express, 1x ATI Radeon X850XT PE 256MB GDDR3 AGP and 2x 1GB DDR1 400 Corsair XMS Pro RAM. These are all left over from past upgrades, and all work fine. PM/yell at me in Vent if interested.

Core i5 750 (quad)
Asus P7P55D Pro
4G Corsair Dominator
Radeon Vapor series 5750 1G
Creative X-Fi   soundcard
Acer H233H 23" Wide
Runing at 1920x1080
Running between high and medium settings
Getting 30-70 fps

With a coolermaster 310 elite case and stock cooling I find the temps after an average gaming session to average 50-60 on the CPU and 45-55 on the GPU.   They both cool down very quickly though.

also, since everything else is in here, I use a logitech k300 compact Keyboard, and a Logitech MX revolution mouse.   I used to have a $10 pair of headphones/mic that worked surprisingly well, but the left ear started to go, so now I have a set of refurbished Logitech Clearchat (i think)

fraps has me at 70-90+ fps
amd 965 quad 3.4 Black Edition runs up to 53c
Scythe Katana Cu CPU cooler
Zotac GTS250 1 gig runs up to 50c
4 gig crucial balistic ram 800mhz
500 gig raptor h.d
M.S.I Board
Acer 23 wide.
medium and high settings
No lag to speak of in the U.K server or either of the U.S servers

AMD x2 5800+ 3.0
Asus M3A78-CM
4 gigs OCZ 800
ATI 4850 1 gig
CoolerMaster 922 HAF

Runs outstandingly well considering it chugged a bit in the Beta. Picking up a quad core 965 chip here soon, they're under $200 at Tiger Direct.

AMD Phenom II * 4 965 3.4 liquid cool ( black edition )
Asus M4A79T Deluxe Liquid cool
16g Cross fire DD3 ram
Dual ATI Radeon 5770's
ASUS 24.6 Monitor wide
running the game at medium - high
Fraps say 130-160 during load up shuts up to 215-220
I have not noticed any lag yet
only spent $909.00 us dollars

Trash that sounds kinda cheap how you pull it off ?

Yeah Trash, that does sound kinda cheap - sounds like you got a great deal.

Just out of curiosity, are you using one or two crossfire bridges?

Last edited by TBTTtrash on Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:43 pm; edited 1 time in total

I didn't half to pay for the memory a friend gave it to me. I did not ask where he got it from, probably don't want to know. I was also wrong about the brand the memory is Corsair I have never heard of it but it works. On the graphics card I only have one cross fire bridge on. I do have the cable type thing to hook up another one but did not know if it makes a different there is a spot on the cards, but I thought it was to set up a third card if wanted. Catalyst control center says everything is working.

I bought most of my stuff at Southgate Computers my buddies Dad owns the shop the only thing I bought online at newegg was the graphics cards and they where $170 a piece

What about your water cooling what blocks and radiator?

Trash Corsair is great memory...they have some of the fastest lowest latency memory out there Cool

...you have a lot of good stuff in that case Very Happy

Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) **(i7 quads are only marginal improvement atm you could buy one of these cheap)**

Memory:
2814MB RAM (Corsair XMS DDR2)

Hard Drive:
74 GB WD Raptors *(10k rpm drives prbly not really necessary just helps load times)*

Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX **(better than the entire 9xxx series 2xx series is a direct upgrade)**

Monitor:
Samsung 2ms SyncMaster 226BW,SyncMaster Magic CX226BW(Digital)

getting bout ~110 FPS all high if i was running windows 7 i would recomend a 2xx series nVidia over the 8800GTX for better preformance on DX10/11 but if youre cheap like me and staying with XP/DX9c for least another yearish you prbly could find a 8800GTS or GTX for cheap as well...

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.4 Ghz, not overclocked
Mobo: Asus M2N-E Socket AM2 Non-SLI
PSU: Thermaltake Tough Power 700 W , The "official" PSU of the 07 World Cyber Games, ha ha ha. More like the "official" replacement one after I RMA'd the pure power 600. Good warranty though. I'd like to get a ?PC Power and Cooling next time out. Any thought on that? Any ways, this was laying in my basement and took the place of an Antec 550 modular, just needed a reason to do it.
RAM: 6 Gigs of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Mhz. 2 @ 2 Gigs, 2 @ 1 Gig. I thought I had 2 open slots, which would have brought it to 8 total, but I **** up ordering. I have 2 extra 1 Gig sticks. (Corsair XMS2 DDR2@ 800Mhz Latency 5-5-5-12) I'll almost give away. PM me.
GPU: BFG 285 GTX OC, 1 Gig, 512 bit interface. This thing is **** huge! 10.5 inches long! takes up 2 slots. I had a BFG 8600 GT OC 512, so this thing is just a lil bit bigger.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate. Upgrading to this from XP Pro X64 was the best ?$174 I've ever spent, almost. ?My Itunes works, my Iphone syncs. I don't get the random windows sound for a usb device disconnecting, when there isn't one disconnecting. I have DX 10, I'm a big fan. I imagine this is what they wanted Vista to be.
Mouse: Razer Lachesis corded. I had a Copperhead that worked great about 2 years till I had to start cleaning the left side contact every 2 months.I did that for 2 more years. Calm, do you have that link for the true mouse DPI, MHZ etc?
Keybord: $12 Microsoft Serial.I'm built to spill. I want to get the new Nostromo,the one with the fancy blue backlights. I have one of the original n52's but I wore the F$%K out of that on Karkand.
Mouse Pad: Wearever 16x14 Teflon Coated Baking sheet. Free from my basement. Originally $12.99. Attached with 3M velcro.(The good shit you get with your EZ-pass.) Big and Fast. You can get one @ Target, dunno if it's Teflon or not. Still $12.99.
Sound: I use the on-board sound with digital out to my receiver. I have JBL studio monitors and an Infinity sub. I use a POS logitech something or another held together with the free return address labels you get, sent as my headset.

The skinny: 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz( Hertz on digital monitors is a made up ambiguous number. Hz is analog.)
30-65 fps during game play, AA and AA on 4, HBAO on, the rest on medium. I really need to tweak this rig a bit more, but I'm very pleased at this point.

Have fun,
Ducko