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  • knghtwhosaysni

    #1

    Battlefield 2 Timedemo

    So after seeing some debates on just how good FPS some people are getting, I decided to make a nice, easy-to-use timedemo. All you need in winrar, Battlefield 2 patched to v1.3, and the ability to follow some simple instructions.
    Edit: Make sure everything in your GPU's control panel is set to Application-Controlled for bf2.exe!
    Here's the readme:
    Battlefield 2 v1.3 Timedemo
    Created by knghtwhosaysni

    Note: This will only work with the 1.3 patch installed.

    Instructions:
    1. Extract the Battlefield 2 1.3 Timedemo folder to anywhere on your computer that you can find easily
    2. Copy the contents of that folder into you Battlefield 2 directory. The default directory for Battlefield 2 is C://Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield 2. Let it overwrite whatever it needs to.
    3. Run timedemo.bat
    4. You will have to click "Join Game" once everything is loaded
    5. Wait for the timedemo to finish. IT's a little under 4 minutes long.
    6. Your results will be in the file timedemo_report.txt in (Battlefield 2 directory)/mods/bf2. The contents should look something like this:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    T I M E D E M O - R E P O R T
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Demo: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2demo
    Camera: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2cam
    Target Frame Rate: 30
    Resolution: 1024x768
    Field of View: 90
    -
    Total Frame Time: 222.03 seconds
    Number of Frames: 7964
    Average Frame Rate: 35.869
    Average Frame Time: 0.0278792
    Shortest Frame Time: 0.0019455 (frame #1156)
    Longest Frame Time: 0.853989 (frame #1457)
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The average frame rate is the one you will want to report in the thread.

    The only file that the included files will overwrite is the default video.con file, found at (Battlefield 2 Directory)/Profiles/Default.Punkbuster does not look for this, so it should be fine, but if you want to be paranoid I included the unmodified video.con file in the Backup folder.

    Many thanks to Carlos H. Castro/Senap, creator of Battlelauncher (www.battlelauncher.com) and Arithon, the dude who supplied all the info and files on this page: http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=384179
    If you guys would like to report your Average Frame Rate, that would be great. And please, no cheating. The timedemo uses the video.con in (Battlefield 2 Directory)/Profiles/Default for its graphics settings. If you change that video.con file before running the timedemo, you will be using different settings than everyone else.

    And the download: http://files.filefront.com/BF2_13_Be.../fileinfo.html
  • Sir. S.A.S

    #2
    Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

    Nah must be getting lazy in my age lol

    Fraps does that for me and i can record at a press of a button if something interesting comes up!

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    • _SilentXScope_

      #3
      Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      T I M E D E M O - R E P O R T
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Demo: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2demo
      Camera: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2cam
      Target Frame Rate: 30
      Resolution: 1024x768
      Field of View: 90
      -
      Total Frame Time: 225.319 seconds
      Number of Frames: 7534
      Average Frame Rate: 33.4371
      Average Frame Time: 0.0299069
      Shortest Frame Time: 0.00468445 (frame #760)
      Longest Frame Time: 1.09204 (frame #1029)
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


      prolly not what i wanted but ok

      frustrates me.

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      • Stormy{CAN}
        Member
        • Apr 2007
        • 958

        #4
        Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

        I'll Bite,

        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        T I M E D E M O - R E P O R T
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Demo: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2demo
        Camera: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2cam
        Target Frame Rate: 30
        Resolution: 1024x768
        Field of View: 90
        -
        Total Frame Time: 228.606 seconds
        Number of Frames: 9706
        Average Frame Rate: 42.4574
        Average Frame Time: 0.023553
        Shortest Frame Time: 0.00231934 (frame #3174)
        Longest Frame Time: 0.577362 (frame #3199)
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Not too bad I guess for my woefully outdated system.

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        • Eden

          #5
          Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

          Not 100% sure but I would expect everyone that does this to get around 30FPS give or take 5 FPS.

          Why? Because you have set the Target Frame Rate to 30

          edit: ^or maybe not :) lets see some more results, i wont try because BF2 crashes all my mods work though.

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          • knghtwhosaysni

            #6
            Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

            Originally posted by Sir. Eden
            Not 100% sure but I would expect everyone that does this to get around 30FPS give or take 5 FPS.

            Why? Because you have set the Target Frame Rate to 30
            ... how do I change that?

            Ah, and I just forgot another thing... this timedemo does have AA set to 4x. So it would be good to have AA set to Application-controlled in you GPU's control panel.... this is harder than I thought it would be.

            hehe, I guess I ought to run it too. The thing from the readme was when I actually had it at 1280x1024, I just changed the resolution for the readme ... so yeah. BRB in about 4 minutes :)

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            • Eden

              #7
              Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

              Originally posted by knghtwhosaysni
              ... how do I change that?

              Ah, and I just forgot another thing... this timedemo does have AA set to 4x. So it would be good to have AA set to Application-controlled in you GPU's control panel.... this is harder than I thought it would be.

              hehe, I guess I ought to run it too. The thing from the readme was when I actually had it at 1280x1024, I just changed the resolution for the readme ... so yeah. BRB in about 4 minutes :)
              Well to prove or disprove my theory you could edit the demo.cmd and change the following line:

              set _RENDERFPS=30

              and set a lower or higher FPS.

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              • knghtwhosaysni

                #8
                Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                Yeah, I don't think that target fps matters :) Here's mine

                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                T I M E D E M O - R E P O R T
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Demo: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2demo
                Camera: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2cam
                Target Frame Rate: 30
                Resolution: 1024x768
                Field of View: 90
                -
                Total Frame Time: 236.585 seconds
                Number of Frames: 17135
                Average Frame Rate: 72.4264
                Average Frame Time: 0.0138071
                Shortest Frame Time: 0.00202179 (frame #48)
                Longest Frame Time: 0.88456 (frame #10628)
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                • imported_Wreck

                  #9
                  Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                  Why is my total frame time like 121?

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                  • _SilentXScope_

                    #10
                    Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                    maybe cause your rig like pwns everyone elses.!

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                    • knghtwhosaysni

                      #11
                      Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                      Originally posted by Wreck
                      Why is my total frame time like 121?
                      did you press 1-9 or q or t? lol I think all of those might mess it up. :)

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                      • TehFunk

                        #12
                        Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                        :shock: I was expecting way worse than this. I just ran it then over clocked my gpu to 500mhz, and my average fps went from 50 to 88:)
                        EDIT: something must be wrong with mine, becuase knghtwhosayni has more frames than me, but my average is more than him. Or am i missing something...
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        T I M E D E M O - R E P O R T
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Demo: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2demo
                        Camera: mods/bf2/Demos/timedemo.bf2cam
                        Target Frame Rate: 30
                        Resolution: 1024x768
                        Field of View: 90
                        -
                        Total Frame Time: 161.275 seconds
                        Number of Frames: 14324
                        Average Frame Rate: 88.8171
                        Average Frame Time: 0.0112591
                        Shortest Frame Time: 0.00163269 (frame #7772)
                        Longest Frame Time: 0.90596 (frame #7809)
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                        • knghtwhosaysni

                          #13
                          Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                          lol something is really screwed up... it should last longer than 220 seconds
                          hehe I wish I could put the blame on BF2, but I think there's something I missed in making this...

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                          • bloodbrood

                            #14
                            Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                            THis is complete ********! I got 37 FPS on a 6800GT/3.0Ghz/2GB RAM WHAT THE ****?

                            Edit: Wow 42 FPS on everything MEDIUm with 2x AA. What the hell is wrong with my rig

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                            • TehFunk

                              #15
                              Re: Battlefield 2 Timedemo

                              Originally posted by bloodbrood
                              THis is complete ********! I got 37 FPS on a 6800GT/3.0Ghz/2GB RAM WHAT THE ****?

                              Edit: Wow 42 FPS on everything MEDIUm with 2x AA. What the hell is wrong with my rig
                              I dont think changing your ingame settings does anything, i thought it was all predetermined and setup. And it seems as if this demo would rely mostly on the cpu, becuase nothing on the demo is very graphically demanding. Just a whole bunch of physics and ai.

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