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I’m interested to know on which format each of us will be playing BFBC2.
I’m now in 2 minds whether to buy a new pc for around £1000 which will only be of benefit to me for playing BFBC2 or should i get a new TV and buy a 360/PS3 and make the move to consoles ?
I’ve always been a pc fanboy but the cost of upgrading to a new pc for essentially one game which i won’t play as much as i used to play BF42 is beginning to put me off. For an additional £500 approx on the cost of a new pc i could have a decent sony 42″ tv, blu ray dvd player/av receiver and a 360!
I’m not planning on doing anything until the games are released and i get feedback from players (you lot 😉 ) but would like to know who is planning on getting it and on what platform.
Why 1k?
There is a great feature in custom PC about building a very good gaming rig for 500 quid. Think about how old the GFX card and CPU is in the XBOX and you can imagine how retrogade a step that would be. Plus all the other stuff you can do with the PC as well.
Thats before thinking of the controller issues!
BTW why CANT you use a mouse for gaming on the xbox? Surely that would be easy enough to do?
Ahh – answered my own question – there is a gizmo out there… dunno how good it is.
i was using the 1k figure as a bench mark to get something reasonably powerful. I don’t want to build my own, i’ve done that in the past and it was fine but i’d rather have something pre-built and know all is stable and set up ok.
I probably get it on Xbox main because I can’t afford to spend the money on upgrading PC essentially for one game. Bought BFBC for a tenner the other day just so I can get used to the controls as I’ve found playing FPS games quite a steep learning curve on a console. I suppose once you used to it you’ll be able to hone for skills in the same way as on a PC.
well WET, the new T.V plus console will be at least £500, and i suspect it would be more than that.
you dont even need to build the pc yourself, overclockers for example have pre-built systems for £500. although that doesnt include the monitor and other peripherals.
these are the specs that DICE released for BFBC2
inimum Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
Graphics memory: 256MB
OS: Windows XP
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)Recommended Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943
Processor: Quadcore
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
Graphics memory: 512MB
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)@crazy hippo wrote:
well WET, the new T.V plus console will be at least £500, and i suspect it would be more than that.
you dont even need to build the pc yourself, overclockers for example have pre-built systems for £500. although that doesnt include the monitor and other peripherals.
these are the specs that DICE released for BFBC2
inimum Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
Graphics memory: 256MB
OS: Windows XP
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)Recommended Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943
Processor: Quadcore
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
Graphics memory: 512MB
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)cheers mate, i’ve been trying to find the specs for the game for ages with no luck.
As i say i’ll wait until it’s released then decide, i’ve seen the overclockers systems and they seem pretty good.
Will be getting it on 360. Really loving BF1943, this keyboard whining is nonsense. The first few games your brain spacks out a bit and then all is fine. Also love being able to have my feet up on my desk rather than being hunched over a keyboard 😀
Agree with Tooth and Lammie to a point, Although I prefer KB/M, the Ctrl is a learning curve to be sure, but its not a long one, I have good days and bad days tbh, mostly good as I do with PC.. and its only FPS that bothers me, the rest I’d rather use a CTRL for
I wouldnt bother with a device though I dont think, Cant imagine playing with a mouse and keyboard sat on the sofa, sounds a little uncomfortable to me
p.s. TV’s.. You’d be best to spend as much as you can on a fine set, you’ll get more use reading above out of that than a PC tbh.. I certainly wouldnt spend a grand just for one game, not anymore mate
I reckon you are wise to wait too, specs mean naff these days in most cases, remember soldner and its destruction, remember BF:V and its temple lag? hehe
Mind you that was moons ago so hopefully they’ll deliver lag free.. knowing EA, they’ll sort it after release like they did with BFBC and BF1943 on Console 🙂If you’ve got a PC and a console then the PC is the only sensible option because of the huge difference in the 2 versions.
You want to know what the difference is?
About 15 fucking quid, that’s what.
I thought you were going for that top of the range PC because you had money to burn 🙂 £500 should get you one that’ll run most things for the next 3 years, especially if you have a monitor and peripherals already. My current one will be 5 year old come March, I’ve spent much less than £500 on it (probably around £350), and I expect it will run BC2. Spending on top of the range stuff isn’t necessary.
If you’re getting this for PC regardless it’s 24.99 on pre-order from Gameplay
I only mention it because I’ve noticed that the prices of PC games are likely to go up a bit closer to release dates (MW2 was actually 24.99 for a while as well as I recall).
It’s 38 quid on Xbox though, so you’re probably better off waiting to see if the supermarkets knock it down for a weekend if you’re getting it on console.
You could probably get it a bit cheaper if you looked around, but Gameplay are pretty reliable for sending stuff out.
In all honesty, I’ve not decided I’m buying this anyway. Didn’t mind Bad Company (constantly stabbing yourself in the chest was a pretty cheap way of recovering health and grated a bit), but haven’t really liked a BF game since 1942.
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