should bf2 be running so poorly?
polycounter lvl 18
ok.. so i've upgraded my pc recently.. from a amd 2200 with a gig of ram and a BFGtech 128mb 6800 OC.. to a amd 3200 with 2 gigs of ram and the same vid card... and i can still barely get the game to play at a passable framerate (read: skipping like a 12 year old) at 800x600 with medium settings.... i'm scratchin my head here.... any tweaks to the video settings or whatnot anyone can suggest that would get the game to run at a good framerate at a higher quality...?
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I disagree with 3D guy. It's a fantastic game. I have a 5500OC 256 with my AMD64 3200+ and although the settings are low it runs great. I get 35-50 FPS and have a blast. I ordered a 6800GT 256 card and now the game wil be at maximum pretty and I'll have a nice framerate, too.
4 pc's around me do so thus far..
I recently upgrade from a XP3200+ to a AMD64 3500+, and the differance is pretty damn extreme. The chip was about $220, which isn't too bad, either.
Yeah 64bit cpus on ANY game makes the world of difference performance-wise. I have the 6800GT 256mb card and its not that good in BF2 unless i turn off dynamic lights and shadows. I have a AMD 3200+ (2.4ghz) and a gig of ram....
Note- while using the nVidia drivers shipped with the game (along with a lot of newer ones), QUITTING games such as GuildWars, AutoAssault, UT2k4 and whatnot can/will lead to a hard crash or BSOD!
4 pc's around me do so thus far..
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Does that for me in WoW. I have to camp, and then alt+esc to close the program from the task manager.
1) Fiddle around with it until they finish the game (wait for the first expansion).
2) Wait until they realize that what they thought they made (a very nice tech demo only to be seen not played at E3) doesn't run on 90% of the fastest hardware out there, and work out thier issues.
Vassago: The 2GHz only apply to P4 CPUs which are vastly slower at the same clock speed as a P3, Athlon or PowerPC. I think my Athlon 64 runs at 2GHz or less but I get no problems. My dad has a 1.5 GHz Athlon XP (plus 512MB RAM and Radeon 8500) and it runs the game playable online with 64 players. A P3 at 2 GHz will be vastly faster than a P4 at 2 GHz unless you run an unmodified binary created by the Intel C compiler on it, which will serve the P3 code so shoddy it cannot be reasonably justified (even 8086s could handle more optimized code).
Vass:the whole point behind AMD's naming system is to show the equivilent Intel processor. In general, a 3200+ is "equal" to about a 3 ghz Intel proc.
The game runs great on my FX-55/6600GT/GB Dual Channel 2-2-2-10 RAM.
What a beautiful game.