BF2S Forums The crap I go through to play this game.

Hmm...

XP64 3000+
GF 6600GT (128MB AGP)
1 Gig of RAM

When I first installed BF2 I only had 512MB of RAM and set the settings way too high,the game was practically unplayable this way.
Now I have a Gig of RAM and run the game on all settings on medium(because of AGP-card),it only jerks once in a while when in a chopper,general loading times are acceptable.

Since I'm upgrading solely for this game anyway(more RAM,new copperhead-mouse,etc..) I thought about getting some more RAM so that the last jerky moments will be gone.
And maybe a nice,not so expensive soundcard(or maybe a top one,50€ more or less,who cares?) because ingame-VoIP won't work with my onboard AC97,it seems there's no way to fix this(all my attempts failed) so the new soundcard would be the only option.

Damn,if I had some more money I'd buy me a friggin monster of a computer,with double SCSI-HDs´and RAID so I get minimal loading times and 2 GF7800-cards(512MB only for graphics,yeah!)working together so the graphic runs fine and smooth without even bothering the RAM of the PC.

Maybe it time to sell my good old Marshall amp,but the guitar will stay with me....


So,is there a big performance boost in terms of smoothness after upgrading to 2 gigs of RAM?
Is the little extra boost worth the money??

Last edited by Mj.Blindfisch (2006-02-27 02:23:33)

Mj.Blindfisch wrote:

Hmm...

XP64 3000+
GF 6600GT (128MB AGP)
1 Gig of RAM

When I first installed BF2 I only had 512MB of RAM and set the settings way too high,the game was practically unplayable this way.
Now I have a Gig of RAM and run the game on all settings on medium(because of AGP-card),it only jerks once in a while when in a chopper,general loading times are acceptable.

Since I'm upgrading solely for this game anyway(more RAM,new copperhead-mouse,etc..) I thought about getting some more RAM so that the last jerky moments will be gone.
And maybe a nice,not so expensive soundcard(or maybe a top one,50€ more or less,who cares?) because ingame-VoIP won't work with my onboard AC97,it seems there's no way to fix this(all my attempts failed) so the new soundcard would be the only option.

Damn,if I had some more money I'd buy me a friggin monster of a computer,with double SCSI-HDs´and RAID so I get minimal loading times and 2 GF7800-cards(512MB only for graphics,yeah!)working together so the graphic runs fine and smooth without even bothering the RAM of the PC.

Maybe it time to sell my good old Marshall amp,but the guitar will stay with me....


So,is there a big performance boost in terms of smoothness after upgrading to 2 gigs of RAM?
Is the little extra boost worth the money??

My next project that i am going to do in my spare time is build a new Dual CPU, Dual GPU computer. just to see what all the fuss is about.

=[4th]=SlayThem wrote:

BF2 = Resource hog.
2gig of ram will fix all of your problems.(unless your computer is just crap)
I have a 6600GT and 2 gig of ram and I run everything on high, no lag.

Yeah,but a PCI-express 6600GT,so it's 256MB of graphics memory,or it is still a AGP like mine?

There are many points in the game where your computer will be using about 1.5gigs of ram, so 1 gig will not cut it.  I have an AMD 64 3700, X850XT, and had 1gb of ram and had all kinds of lag. I switched to 2gigs of mushkin redline, and all problems are gone.

I dont get it, I can run every single other game on my computer at the highest settings possible (includes Half-Life 2 and Lost Coast with HDR and Call of Duty 2) and I load levels in 2 seconds and connect to servers with absolutly no lag what-so-ever. I don't care if upgrading my RAM would help, I still say EA sucks at running this game.

And as someone said earlier I checked again and I actually have barely over 1000, I got 1024.

Last edited by Giant_Squid500 (2006-02-27 09:12:03)

ive got a gig of ram, 2.4 ghz processor, and a ge-force fx 5500 256 mb graphics card.....i get lag more from my schools internet connection more than anything really....somtimes on special forces i get lag....

....can i put the processor i have in my comp now on a new/better motherboard that can hold more RAM if i was to buy one?

My friend has an eMachines, with a Windows AMD 64bit 3400+ (Maybe 3200, can't remember) with 2GB of Kingston 333MHz non-dualchannel RAM, and an ATi x800 PCI-e 256mb GPU.

He can play with all settings maxed, with 6x anti aliasing and lags only on servers with 50+ people.


Oh, and RAM definitly has a huge role in BF2. I had two pc2100 sticks of 256mb RAM in my eMachines. I only have two slots available, btw. I bought a stick of Kingston 512mb pc3200 RAM and threw it in with one of my 256mb sticks, totalling 768mb.

Now, when I had the two 256mb sticks in there.. I could do NOTHING. I spawned, took 30 seconds to select a class, couldn't fly because I got about a frame per minute, couldn't do squat. After buying the Kingston and running it with my 256 stick, I could do anything flawlessly (but on low settings unfortunatly). I now have a GB since my friend gave me another 512mb stick when he upgraded, but it's pc2100 and I didn't really see a difference since it sucks.

I have an ATi Radeon 9600 128mb, btw.

128MB AGP, plus the Ram (what speed is the Gig you have?) could be your culprit.  It could also be what is on your machine...
BTW: when you say "unplayable" do you mean it lags badly online, or that you can't even play single player mode... these are two different problems.

Is you HD defragged?
Do you have 70 items going on your taskbar?
Are your video drivers up to date?
Do you have enough space on your HD for virtual memory (it typically stretches to 10% total disk size)
do you have Anti spyware / Anti virus running when your trying to play?
Have you opened the ports on your router to allow faster data transfer?
What speed is your DSL / Cable?

Also make sure you have turned off all TSR's that you don't need... Messenger alone can cause your ping rates to fly off the board.

I am running a modest, to good machine, with all the settings on high, and Antialiasing at 4x, without lag on 64player servers.
(note: when I say without lag, I mean without lag that is caused by me... you can't control the lag caused by Joe with the 2.0GHz, Radeon X300, and 378MB ram... and he will affect everyone else on the server, which is why he'll be kicked 90% of the time).
Here are the specs:
3.2GHz Intel
800MHz FSB
2GB DDR2 Mem
6800GT 256 (PCI-E)
160GB HDD - 40% freespace
Wireless G Lan, to 256Mbps DSL
(I can get faster / lower pings by going wired, but not enough to want the cable running across the room)

BTW: why is this in the Chatter forum? shouldn't it be a help topic?

SunTzu wrote:

128MB AGP, plus the Ram (what speed is the Gig you have?) could be your culprit.  It could also be what is on your machine...
BTW: when you say "unplayable" do you mean it lags badly online, or that you can't even play single player mode... these are two different problems.

Is you HD defragged?
Do you have 70 items going on your taskbar?
Are your video drivers up to date?
Do you have enough space on your HD for virtual memory (it typically stretches to 10% total disk size)
do you have Anti spyware / Anti virus running when your trying to play?
Have you opened the ports on your router to allow faster data transfer?
What speed is your DSL / Cable?

Also make sure you have turned off all TSR's that you don't need... Messenger alone can cause your ping rates to fly off the board.

BTW: why is this in the Chatter forum? shouldn't it be a help topic?

My gig of RAM is DDR PC400 memory.

Unplayable means that there were horrible fps-drops close to zero on 64 player servers,never really extensively tested singleplayer.

HD defrags itself when it's time(O&O defrag),at least I hope it does.

No items on my taskbar except one folder so Alt+Tab works ingame,in the system tray there's only the Razor icon and the Norton autoprotect.

Video drivers should be up to date,I update them regularly.

5.53 of 9.76 gigs HD space free on C:,my D:-partition is 102 gigs big but there are usually only a few gigs free there(Is there virtual memory on D: ?).

I have Norton auto protect running all the time,wouldn't disabling it during online play let viruses and worms infect files without me noticing?

I don't use a router,it's my machine and the DSL-modem,so no ports opening there.

I have 1000er T-DSL with FastPath,125 KB/s down,16KB/s up,that's a common DSL-version here in Germany,on German on Austrian servers I get pings of 10-20,that's definetely not the problem.

No ICQ,Messenger or other stuff running while playing BF2,I'm busy at these moments.

And I don't know why it is in the chatter section,I just read it like all the crap that appears here on a daily basis and I thought I could get some nice tips from people with a similar setup like me.

So,what settings would you recommend after I answered all your questions?

Maybe you should move away from dial up?

just kidding.

Have you looked/tried this tweak guide: http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html

It has some interesting stuff in it.  it could help you tone down the video card to the necessary settings.

laterz

Giant_Squid500 wrote:

Well I still play this and all my other games (which include Counter Strike: Source, HL2, Call of Duty 2) at full settings and I don't have any problems with slow load times or slow connections to servers on the other games.

BF2 is pretty much the most graphicly intensive games out there, it dwarfs Call of Duty 2 for sure, as for the rest I really can't say since I have never played them.

I had issues like you are describing with a very similar ram/video card , lower your settings and things get MUCH better. My resolution is maxed and about half of my settings are medium, all the lighting etc is off and the rest is low with veiwing distance maxed out and I have zero lag on my end, and exremely quick loading times.

Personally I dont give a shit how many blades of grass thier are, or the pattern on the side of a building.

I just bought a new PC. My last one had 512mb RAM. This one has 2g's. The guy who originaly started this thread, i had the same problem as him when loading Bf2. Almost exactly. Now its almost instant. I cut through all of it in less than a minute now. Im playing on max settings. Im even able to play DooM3 on Ultra High settings now. Amazing. Ive come out of the stone age and seen the light, no doubt.

2 gigs of RAM is a must.