BF2 demo out now
Electronic Arts has released some (steep) specs of Battlefield 2 Demo:
- *System Requirements
- Windows XP (32-bit) with Admin rights
- 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 / Athlon XP or greater
- 512 MB or more
- 460MB of HD Space
- DirectX 9.0c compatible (*video)
- DirectX 9.0c compatible (sound)
- *Video
Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets: - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater
- ATI Radeon 8500 or greater
- *Multiplayer
- Multiplayer requires 1 set of discs per PC and a broadband (Cable, DSL, or a faster) connection. Internet or Network (2-64 players)
Make sure to visit for more info the Gamespy reviews of available maps in retail version for (16/32/64) players here, while 1UP.com focuses on the character classes and their equipment (revel in the art of schooling newbies as the medic with the defibrilator kill) here.
The long awaited demo will consist of one map (U.S.-United States vs. M.E.C- Middle Eastern Coalition) and is a biggie at 546Mb. Mirror sites to open up eventually for faster downloads. Once satisfied try these adjustements (thanks to Gamer's Hell):
- "Some Tricks and Cheats for uber-popular DemoCollected around some tips to enhance your Battlefield 2 demo experience; EA has a winner coming, expect huge ratings and awards around. All the tips below don't require any hacking and can be done by a mildly expert user.
1) Intro removal
go to EA GAmes/battlefield 2 demo/mods/bf2/movies and move somewhere else or rename (or even delete) the demo_*.bik EA.Bik and Nvidia.Bik
(not really generous versus people that brought the demo but undoubtely saves load time.
2) 1280x1024 resolution
change game shortcut to "bf2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1280 +szy 1024"
Go here for demo
GG's
