Older PC games with a somewhat active online community?

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I don't have my PC at the moment...so I am using my parents PC.

Specs are

1.5 ghz Pent 4

9600 Pro

768 MB Ram

I am not a fan of RTS games and not looking for Pay to Play online games.

I am going to reinstall Diablo 2, and currently have Guild Wars on the computer.

I am interested in Strategy games but it seems like the only Strategy games that are popular are RTS.

Thank you.

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

Thank ^^.

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Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

ChristysXmas

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

[QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

DarkRecruit

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

whgresiak

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

:o that PC is almost exactly the same as mine besides that I have a P4 2.7ghz CPU, and you can try Rakion BF V will also run well on your PC

[QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

DarkRecruit

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

It's better to have 2 gigs of memory if you play PC games.Even though Battlefield recommends 1GB it really requires 2GB.

I still find it amazing that Soldier of Fortune 2 still has enough of an online community to this day that I can find a game with little effort.

I would say CSS or Civilization IV.

As for BF2, you need at least 1gb to enjoy that game with little to no stuttering(I have 1.25gb of RAM)

I still find it amazing that Soldier of Fortune 2 still has enough of an online community to this day that I can find a game with little effort.

Johnny_Rock

Here's a screenshot I took right now of BF2 taking up 915MB of RAM 1min into the game, 32vs32 on gulf of omen with minimun proccesses open: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8691/bf2ram1cg0.png

Counter Strike. Starcraft. Warcraft 3.

Don't get bf2... its been horridly beaten to death by EA patches. You could get PR or PoE, which would be the only reason for me to reinstall bf2. The hitboxes are probably the worst in any FPS to date. The # of glitchers and hackers will just make your scream. It was a great game, but I can't say that anymore. I would also doubt that your computer could run it at all. I had a PCI-E 6600 while I played bf2 and it ran low settings at about 70fps. I doubt anything that weak could run it without overheating.

I guess I will look into Soldier of Fortune.

Thanks guys.

[QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

DarkRecruit

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

Ragnarok Online has a friendly environment, and since you dont want to pay to play there is a very good free server that i use that you might enjoy..

its called EUPHRO and the site is http://www.euphrogame.com/

you might want to download KRO first and just use the patch, cause my computer is a bit old too and it wont run the version they have up there

so search KRO download and download the ROsetup and the Sakraysetup and install both, it will be about 2.5 GB total.

fun game, great people, and free... have fun, PM me if you have any questions..

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

whgresiak

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

Look at the screenshot I posted 1min into the game. http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8691/bf2ram1cg0.png

What does the rest of my PC have to do with how much RAM BF2 uses?

Any Unreal Tournament, Halo PC(also get custom edition for user created maps), Any battlefield game, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and of course Quake 3

Edit: Also even tho you dont meat the requierments, you will still be able to run FEAR Combat(Free multiplayer componet of Fear) just fine as my P3 can run it at 1024x768 on low-medium

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

Deihmos

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

It's better to have 2 gigs of memory if you play PC games.Even though Battlefield recommends 1GB it really requires 2GB.

Played BF2 fine on 768RAM

CS 1.6 and CSS will keep you entertained for a LONG timeToriko42

yep.

[QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

DarkRecruit

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

Look at the screenshot I posted 1min into the game. http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8691/bf2ram1cg0.png

What does the rest of my PC have to do with how much RAM BF2 uses?

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="ChristysXmas"]

Battlefield 2 may run fine on your gig at the lowest resolution and graphic settings.

whgresiak

Actually I think RAM would be a problem for him.

Ahh no....it sluttered for me 5mins into the game and then at other random points when I had 1 gig of ram. Now when I got 2gigs it never slutters, not even 1 sec into the game.

Look at the screenshot I posted 1min into the game. http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8691/bf2ram1cg0.png

What does the rest of my PC have to do with how much RAM BF2 uses?

I said it stopped sluttering when I upgraded just my ram. I didn't upgrade anything else and it stopped sluttering.

Well, I played Bf2 with 512MB of Ram and it sttuters a lot, specially on 32+/64 players maps, but you should be able to play just fine 16/32 players maps. As a side note darkrecruit is right, the game plays fine with 2GB of RAM (zero in-game pauses), but with one gig you can play it just fine (a little bit of sttuter when you load new areas of the map but is playable).

Well, I do recommend you Quake 3 Arena, UT2k3/4, Wolfenstein: Enemy territory or CoD (UO).