pp you really must not know what im talking about, i run bf2 1280/1024 with forced 16xaf and forced 6xaa, with the highest picture quality, and high quality mipmaping, my frame rate is about 60-85, and it only drops when the whole screen is completly covered in smoke i mean thick artillery smoke and everybody is running around. and frame rate is never 30 i said its in the 30,s
and the 6600gt will kill your 9800xt. 6600gt is 8 pipeslines, on 500mhz core and 1ghz memory. most people are able to get the core to 600mhz and the memory to 1.3ghz. that would throw the 9800xt in dirt. even tho they both would not run bf2 at my settings, just like flanker was saying
your 9800xt cannot compete, if it ran bf2 at those settings i wouldnt have bought this video card, everybody would have 9800pro,s
trust me its really the main reason i sold my 6600gt becasue bf2 is the main game i play and i wanted it to look better. i ran bf2 at 1182/864 4xaa no anistropic with the 6600gt. and if a artillery hit the ground and covered the screen with thick smoke i would have a frame rate of about 20-25. which is completly horrible and sometimes i would have a frame rate of 30 just walking around.