Newer unofficial specs....and full IGN Q & A

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Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500 with 128 MB of RAM

Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card with at least 256 MB of RAM

Video Cards

Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCI-E)
Radeon X600 (PCI-E)
GeForce 6600 (PCI-E)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCI-Ee)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
nVidia GeForce 6800
nVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
nVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
nVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

The presumption is that BF2 will support nVidia's and ATI's G70 and R520 series cards, respectively.


Q: So what rigs are you guys playing it on, then?

A: We were playing on Alienware 3.0Ghz P4 rigs with 1GB of RAM. I had a 6800GT and Dan had an X800. The next day, however, we got a set of Dell XPS Gen 4 rigs with 3.4GHz P4s, 2GB of RAM, and SATA 160GB drives. PCI Express 6800s (non-GT or Ultra). We probably would have popped for the next tier of videocard, but there was only one additional tier to choose from, and it cost $400 more. In light of the next generation of cards coming out soon, we stuck with the vanilla 6800 cards. With the extra 1GB of RAM, load times seem a lot better, and in-game performance feels a lot smoother. Upon entering a map, it appears that system still has to cache some map data and such, which is where the extra memory comes in very handy.

Q: And how did the game run?

A: Ran it at 1280x960 with 4xAA and all in-game settings maxed out with the 6800GT rig, and it felt pretty smooth (as well as looking awesome). The game actually looks pretty good on medium settings, so I don't think you'll have to blow $500 on a new card just to make the game look neat. The vanilla 6800 rig seems to perform almost as well. I should mention that we're also using beta drivers supplied by EA—the newest official drivers exhibit some ground texture flashing. I expect that nVidia will have a new official release in time for the game's retail debut.






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