FPS improvement in BF2 and other games

2006-09-08 15:35:28

#1

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

I have an ati radeon x1900xt graphics card, and i have all the settings on high and AA on 6X and i get crappy fps at times. Average around 40-50. Sometimes it's so low that game gets choppy. Any advice on improving the fps in bf2? Also, i'd figure that the fps would be really good with a good graphics card anyway.

My rig:

Ultra 600 watt xfinity 2g PSU
Asus P5LD2-VM Motherboard
4 sticks 512 mb aeneon ddr2 533 ram (2gb total)
Asus Ati radeon x1900xt
Western Digital 200 gb sata2 hard drive 7200rpm
Pentium 4 dual core 3.4ghz processor

Last edited by Slickdawg8 (2006-09-08 15:35:39)

2006-09-10 03:51:12

#2

Baglicka: Member; +8|6743|Manitoba,Canada

IF you don't have to much to lose I would re format your computer.You have a wicked system. First add windows .Second add your video drivers.Actually its time for me to reformat, you want to do it side bye side I'm good to go.PM meWe can do it together, soon though.

2006-09-10 03:53:02

#3

i3igpete: Support Specialist; +6|6815

it's an overall slowdown or is it smooth with stuttering?

2006-09-10 05:23:53

#4

pzerofgh: Member; +1|6753

Try shutting down the crap programs in the background, AV, Firewall, etc.

2006-09-10 05:36:55

#5

elmo1337: Banned; +186|6862|The real world

Thermaltake Toughpower 600w
Intel E6000 Conroe
DFI Infinity 975x
2048 mb, kingston, PC5400 DDR2
Club3D X1900XT 512 MB GDDR3
Maxtor Diamondmax 300GB @ 8000 RPM

So I got the same card as you and I get about 130 fps average.. I got 2 sticks of 1gb though

2006-09-11 13:13:10

#6

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

Baglicka wrote:
IF you don't have to much to lose I would re format your computer.You have a wicked system. First add windows .Second add your video drivers.Actually its time for me to reformat, you want to do it side bye side I'm good to go.PM meWe can do it together, soon though.

i actually recently reinstalled windows/ reformatted. that was about maybe 1- 1.5 months ago.

And pzerofgh, i will try to shut down even more programs than i already have and see if that helps.

and how often are you supposed to reformat your hard drive? i have around 30 percent of my hard drive used, 70 free. also, i defragment my hard drive often too. idk why this is happening. could it be the RAM? i do have relatively cheap ram.

Last edited by Slickdawg8 (2006-09-11 13:15:13)

2006-09-11 13:15:15

#7

R3v0LuT!oN: Member; +22|6969|United States

Slickdawg8 wrote:
Baglicka wrote:
IF you don't have to much to lose I would re format your computer.You have a wicked system. First add windows .Second add your video drivers.Actually its time for me to reformat, you want to do it side bye side I'm good to go.PM meWe can do it together, soon though.
i actually recently reinstalled windows/ reformatted. that was about maybe 1- 1.5 months ago.

And pzerofgh, i will try to shut down even more programs than i already have and see if that helps.

Do you also have all the latest drivers from ATI?

2006-09-11 13:17:16

#8

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

yes, latest drivers. i'll check again right now to be sure.
EDIT* yes, i have latest drivers.

Last edited by Slickdawg8 (2006-09-11 13:17:56)

2006-09-11 13:18:12

#9

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6825|...

Is the picture quality so much better with 6aa vs 2aa? Because i can;t really tell.

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-09-11 13:19:14)

2006-09-11 13:27:03

#10

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

idk, but either way i should be able to max out w/o a problem with the pc i have, but i have probs lol

2006-09-11 13:33:35

#11

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7025|Oregon

i had this same issue with my x1900xt

the quick fix: restart your system. if that fails, restart it again. never had to do it more than 1ce for me tho...should bring your fps back up to 85-100

the permanent fix: format and reinstall everything (as stated above)....i would've done this sooner, but i was missing my BF2 cd1, so i had to wait....also, wne i reinstalled, i didnt install hydrovision with the driver combo...i find it almost completely worthless, the windows dual-monitor panel is way better.

2006-09-11 13:58:07

#12

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

i'll try that if all else fails. i really don't want to reformat lol. i'm gonna scan for viruses/spyware also and delete temp files. and if i reformat, should i do the quick option or the other one? what is the difference between the 2?

2006-09-11 13:59:59

#13

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6777|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

or or or...lower your graphics....makes sence

2006-09-11 14:03:20

#14

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

ELITE-UK wrote:
or or or...lower your graphics....makes sence

i shouldn't have to do that having that video card.

also, some more specs on the ram: http://www.aeneon.com/downloads/product … ET660UD00'

it goes for around 50 us dollars for 512 mb stick.

2006-09-11 14:14:20

#15

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7039|Salt Lake City

At what resolution are you running these maxed out settings? Sorry, but even with an X1900XT you aren't going to run at 19??x14?? something resolution, with 6x AA and 16x AF, with all in-game settings maxed, and still get good frame rates.

2006-09-11 14:14:37

#16

Leprechaun56: Proud Infantry Whore; +31|6887|U.S.A

I have the same problem with my 7900;tx I have 40-50 frames when i should have way more than that. i dont know what the problem is.
specs
Gaming Rig

mobo- foxconn C51XEM2AA
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Memory:
2048MB RAM ddr2 runnin at 533mhz
Hard Drive:
159 GB 7200rpm SATA w 8mb cache
Video Card:
dual NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX in SLI
Monitor:
19 inch lcd runnin at 1280 x1024
Sound Card:
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [9C00]

Last edited by Leprechaun56 (2006-09-11 14:17:59)

2006-09-11 14:18:59

#17

Jbrar: rawr; +86|6844|Winterpeg, Canada

You could change your 512 sticks to 1 gig sticks, more effecient, and who the heck needs 6x AA, how can you even notice the difference between 4 and 6 on that resolution. But main improvement i could think of would be to go from 512 sticks to 1 gig sticks, and check the rest of the tech section if ur unsure about specs.

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=20084 -good guide

Last edited by Jbrar (2006-09-11 14:23:04)

2006-09-11 14:21:17

#18

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6825|...

Jbrar wrote:
You could change your 512 sticks to 1 gig sticks, more effecient, and who the heck needs 6x AA, how can you even notice the difference between 4 and 6 on that resolution. But main improvement i could think of would be to go from 512 sticks to 1 gig sticks, and check the rest of the tech section if ur unsure about specs.

true it is good to considate the chips down (for OCD purposes) but i doubt it would impact framerate.

2006-09-12 03:34:28

#19

elmo1337: Banned; +186|6862|The real world

Slickdawg8 wrote:
Baglicka wrote:
IF you don't have to much to lose I would re format your computer.You have a wicked system. First add windows .Second add your video drivers.Actually its time for me to reformat, you want to do it side bye side I'm good to go.PM meWe can do it together, soon though.
i actually recently reinstalled windows/ reformatted. that was about maybe 1- 1.5 months ago.

And pzerofgh, i will try to shut down even more programs than i already have and see if that helps.

and how often are you supposed to reformat your hard drive? i have around 30 percent of my hard drive used, 70 free. also, i defragment my hard drive often too. idk why this is happening. could it be the RAM? i do have relatively cheap ram.

I have not valueram too.. but its 2 sticks of 1 GB, kingston.

2006-09-12 03:46:29

#20

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7019

conroe

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2006-09-12 07:27:18

#21

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7025|Oregon

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
conroe

^^

2006-09-12 07:39:44

#22

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7039|Salt Lake City

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
conroe

Won't help...he's GPU limited because of resolution and IQ settings.

2006-09-12 07:41:32

#23

elmo1337: Banned; +186|6862|The real world

what res do u play then

2006-09-12 12:17:22

#24

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7081|Long Island

i play 1280x1024@70hz. i have a dell 1905fp 19 inch monitor.

2006-09-12 13:06:25

#25

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7039|Salt Lake City

Do you have tripple buffering on? I don't know if the CCC or standard control panel give you this option, which is one of the reasons I use ATi Tray Tools. It does allow for tripple buffering, even in D3D based games, and on a per game basis.

Just a quick overview, tripple buffering helps hold up higher frame rates when the fps drops below the refresh rate. When not using tripple buffering, and fps drop below the refresh rate, fps drop in multiples of the refresh rate.

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