is it true that windows xp is a requirement for bf2?

Yes. I copied this from the readme.txt

- Operating System
Windows XP (32 Bit Version)

- CPU
Battlefield 2 supports the following processors:
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Xeon
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
Intel Celeron D
AMD Athlon XP
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64-FX
AMD Sempron processor

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

Asus P4P800
P4 2.4c @ 3000 Mhz Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu HSF
ATI Radeon 9800 pro
1 GB OCZ pc 3500 ram
Sound Blaster audigy LS

thanks, i've been looking for the system requirements.

Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

DAYUM!
i got 128mb.
im runnin at 1024by768@85Hz with all high settings except for anti aliasing and its good for me.

Asus A7N8X-X
AMD XP 3200+
Corsair PC3200 1024
Geforce 6800 OC
Thermaltake 480W

"DAYUM!
i got 128mb.
im runnin at 1024by768@85Hz with all high settings except for anti aliasing and its good for me."

256 is recommended and 128 is the minimum :).

Asus P4P800
P4 2.4c @ 3000 Mhz Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu HSF
ATI Radeon 9800 pro
1 GB OCZ pc 3500 ram
Sound Blaster audigy LS

Im not surprised by these insane requirements I have a 5700ultra and it can only handle low settings only for the bf2 demo while it runs half life 2 at ultra high settings this does not make any sense to me but, the makers of BF1942 did the same thing made a game that lived for 4 years and still living because at the time it first came out not many computers could support it, and here they are doing it all over again

will a GeForce 6200 work for bf2
it has 256 mb

Mother of God.....I will not only need a video upgrade which I had anticipated but I'll need to get a whole new system to play. Has anyone loaded it on something lower than the recommended 1.7 GHZ????

i have a gateway with pentium4,768 ram,but no graphics card just the 1 i got the computer with.i got my computer in 2002 or 2003 i dont know. wat type of graphics card should i get i realy dont wanna spend 400 tho?but i want bf2 to look amazing.wat type of graphics card should i get?and do i need a power supple?

louie

will a Connect3d ATI Radeon 9550 256MB DDR TV-Out DVI 128 work with this game?

never mind!!!!!!!!

Amd Sempron 2500+
512Mb Ram - soon to be 1Gb & 256mb
Radeon Sapphire 9200SE
40 Gig HDD

My laptop has a "GeForce FX Go5600".
And my PC a "adeon 9200 AGP (0x5961)".

Will BF2 work on these videodrivers?
The demo didn;t work on the PC.

i was wondering if this video card would work b.c it has all the requirements but doesnt say its one of the video cards bf supporsts

Video Card Name:
Rosewill R62TC-64PX Geforce 6200TC Supporting 256MB* DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

will a pentium 3 work for battlefield 2?

hey guys, i have been having computer restart problems with BF2, i have done everything u can think of, only thing i have not done was research on BF2 requirements for power supply. i have a 400 watt supply(14 amps). could this be the problem?

AMD Athlon 64 3400
K8S-MX MotherBoard
1.5 gig of Ram
X800XL Video Card
400 Watt power supply

Well, i currently have a X300 PCIe edition cuz i was short on cash and it handles games "ok" but i was looking at getting a X800XL but as i look around i see that ppl are having problems with the card and BF2 now i was wondering if these ppl arent very smart and havent updated drivers or if there is a real issue because i want 16 pipelines not 12....:-(

Intel P4 3.0ghz
768 Ram ddr2 pc 3200
120 gb HDD
X300 PCIe
520 PSU

will a pentium 3 work for battlefield2

Zypher
i would say something like 6600gt would be fine in your situation(money other wise 6800gt would be awsome :-D). i got the 6600gt(AGP)256mb got everything on high AAx2 1024/768 deffintly a good thing i bought it with 256megs now ;-)

will a NVIDIA GeForce 4 mx440 3D AGP with 64mb DDR video memory work?

PLEASE TELL ME SO!

No it won't work, you need at least a Nvidia 5, Pent 4. I am running a Nvidia Ge force 4 Integrgated CPU. I am wondering what a good video card upgrade would be. Of course I will want to run Battlefield 2 at a fair speed.

Will a Leadtek GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB work on Battlefield 2?

k, here's the list
BF2 needs xp to run
the x800 video card has "issues" with the game
and read the rest of the requirements at the top.
Anyways, i got an Amd athlon xp 2600,which has 256mb of ram, plus 768 of the ram, a Radeon 9550, that's just just the basics, but i still get problems on setting that are split between Medium and Low, the game overall is too demanding for the average gamer, even though it is playable for me, it takes the fun out of it when the game randomly minimizes.

Does anyone here know how to fix a virtual memory problem, i'm not to good with this stuff.