Re: Will battlefield 4 even start up on my rig? I dont want to waste my time looking for solutions when its just crap hardware.

Some retailers offer better service and support than others.  PowerColor is one I tend to avoid.  Gigabyte has never let me down. 

lol funny im talking to a guy selling a powercolor HD 6850 for 75 on craigslist and im trying to figure out if itll run bf4 /:

6850 will diff run the game, but i would expect medium details and full HD tops (without any AA/AF).

Maybe even 720p resolution if you want a stable 60+fps. 

its a relative new GPU (2½ gen old), with alright performance.

Just remember that the game is still in Beta ATM, it has many issues and u might still experience shutter/lags if you have the wrong CPU/windows combo, simply because of poorly optimized code/ core-workload issues ATM.