New CPU required for BC2

Ok as some of you may know my CPU is not up to playing BC2 and so I have a budget of £200 to look at updating my CPU & motherboard. I have looked at the following:

CPU: http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...=hdz955fbgibox

MoBo: http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...oduct_id=36115


What I want to know is what people think of this combinatoin and is there any alternativeswithin my price range?

That's a good shout. You're very unlikely to find a combination cheaper than that since almost all other AM3 boards have DDR3 slots which will add an extra £100 worth of RAM into the equation.

Btw, Scan.co.uk has both those items a little cheaper, about £15 less in total.

However, I wouldn't expect to see a huge increase in performance because your graphics card is probably limiting BC2 quite a bit as well. Certainly worth saving a bit more and getting an HD5770.

I have got the Phenom II X4 965be and it runs everything beautifully!
(955 can be clocked up to 965 easily - I just couldn't be bothered...)

UPDATE:
I've ordered the items and should have them for saturaday before Noon....Something to do over the weekend

The graphics card can wait several months, I just want to get the game playable for now!

UPDATE 2: I now have installed my new CPU and BC2 runs like never before...it's like breathing for the first time! SWEEEET!

good for you vimes! see you on the battlefield!

Good to hear

Originally Posted by Vimes

UPDATE 2: I now have installed my new CPU and BC2 runs like never before...it's like breathing for the first time! SWEEEET!

Awesome . Out of interest, what graphics settings are you running it on? I'm surprised it's made such a difference - looks like the upgrade was well worth it!

Here are my current settings:

[WindowSettings]
Width=1600
Height=900
Fullscreen=false
RefreshRate=59.882999
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=low
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=medium
Soldiers=medium
Vehicles=medium
Overgrowth=medium
Undergrowth=medium
StaticObjects=medium
Terrain=medium
Shadows=medium
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=2
Water=medium
MainQuality=custom
Texture=medium
DxVersion=10
Aniso=0
Detail=medium
RenderAheadLimit=2
Fov=85


I get between 50fps/35fps but never lower than 30fps. I still need to play baout with the settings, any recommendations?

I'm sure you could get away with putting the sound quality up a bit now. You might also be able to turn up the visual quality settings although leaving shadows, water and effects where they are will leave you with a few frames in hand.