Many moons ago, before patch 1.12 (? I think it was?) I was 100% satsified with my BF2 performance.. but since then the same settings never played smoothly.. After a BF2 lay off of many months I have reinstalled, determined to get it running smoothly again, so that I can join the lads in the fray..
My trouble now is video lag. In particular I suspect lack of video ram being an issue since 1.12 (?) because I get 50fps generally, but (only) whenever I turn suddenly 180 degrees to look in a new direction there is bad stuttering. I imagine textures are being re-loaded via the AGP port which of course is very slow. This means I am constantly getting my ass whooped when people flank me. No chance whatsover.. =(
Anyway I am looking for those with 6600GTs to help me tweak my video settings to get the best comibination of looks and performance.
This is my system: Athlon 64 3000, 1GB RAM, Asus 6600GT 128MB AGP (540/1.1 ghz OC), Audigy 2. FYI defragged, fresh install BF2, latest drivers, no background processes except vital windows ones, pagefile on seperate physical drive.
Before patch 1.12 I was getting ~50fps with these settings:
Resolution : 1152x864
Terrain : High
Effects : High
Geometry : High
Textures : Medium
Lighting : High
Dynamic Shadows : Low
Dynamic Light : High
2xAA, 2xAS, 75% view.
Now I cannot get it totally smooth unless textures are set on Low, which just seems wrong to me...BF2 is the only game I have ever played where performance has decreased with patches..=(
I have tried many of the various tweak threads without much success. Any ideas are much appreciated from those with very similar systems... I wonder if it has something to do with more textures being added in patches for extra weapons etc..(?)
My trouble now is video lag. In particular I suspect lack of video ram being an issue since 1.12 (?) because I get 50fps generally, but (only) whenever I turn suddenly 180 degrees to look in a new direction there is bad stuttering. I imagine textures are being re-loaded via the AGP port which of course is very slow. This means I am constantly getting my ass whooped when people flank me. No chance whatsover.. =(
Anyway I am looking for those with 6600GTs to help me tweak my video settings to get the best comibination of looks and performance.
This is my system: Athlon 64 3000, 1GB RAM, Asus 6600GT 128MB AGP (540/1.1 ghz OC), Audigy 2. FYI defragged, fresh install BF2, latest drivers, no background processes except vital windows ones, pagefile on seperate physical drive.
Before patch 1.12 I was getting ~50fps with these settings:
Resolution : 1152x864
Terrain : High
Effects : High
Geometry : High
Textures : Medium
Lighting : High
Dynamic Shadows : Low
Dynamic Light : High
2xAA, 2xAS, 75% view.
Now I cannot get it totally smooth unless textures are set on Low, which just seems wrong to me...BF2 is the only game I have ever played where performance has decreased with patches..=(
I have tried many of the various tweak threads without much success. Any ideas are much appreciated from those with very similar systems... I wonder if it has something to do with more textures being added in patches for extra weapons etc..(?)
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