7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

I'll try to research it tonight. Going to take my computer to a tech that is very "in the know" with high end gaming PC's.... so hopefully i'll be all fixed up by tomorrow evening

[skikaz]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

do you have an IRQ conflict? might be sharing one...

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Not quite sure what that means

Could you help explain?

[BIC]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

You won't believe me when I say this but...

I just installed the new eVGA 7900GTX 512mb, and I can't get BF2 to run on ANY SETTING! Let me lay out all the details...

My setup:
Dual 3.6 Xeon Processors
3GB RAM
Two 250GB 7,500rpm Hard Drives
eVGA 7900GTX 512mb
Dell 21" Widescreen (1680x1050)

My Test in BF2:
I got my new 7900GTX installed in my computer, fired everything up, updated the drivers with the latest update, defragged my computer, ran spyware on my PC to ensure it's as clean as it can ever be, as well as removed all old drivers of my previous graphics card...

Fired up BF2, went into the settings and ramped everything up in the settings to HIGH with 4xAA, and set the resolution to 1280x1024.... Went into a single player online game to test the graphics that I was beyond excited to see....and it was so choppy I couldn't even get my weapon selection / spawn map pulled up!!

So...I went back to the menu...lowered the resolution to 1024x768 with MEDIUM SETTINGS and NO AA... Went into a single player online game, and GOT THE SAME RESULTS!

So...I then uninstalled BF2 Completely from my system, did yet another defrag, reinstalled it and applied the latest update...ran it again....and got the SAME RESULTS.

Something is seriously screwed up here and I have no clue what it is. I've checked everything and all is clear.... am I missing something!??!? This is starting to freak me out, being as I just dropped all this money on this new card and I can't even RUN BF2! Sucks big time :cry:

Hope someone can save my day. I can't go to bed until this is fixed.... and it's 2:00am

I just got a new system (2 weeks ago). Mine is AMD x2 (dual core) and same kind of card than you (ASUS 7900GTX). I also had a very similar problem. I had to insatll the AMD patch for dual core CPU (released in June 2005) and everything was fine after that.

Intel has probably an equivalent patch for their dual core CPUs.

Other possibility, if your eVGA 7900GTX 512mb is overclock, that could be the problem too. See those thread for more info:

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=235

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=417375

If this doesn't help for your problem, search the NET for specific problem for your card (eVGA 7900GTX 512mb).

Many problem have been reported for 7900GTX overclocked cards.

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Thank you for your help. i will read those posts right now. As for my CPU.... it's actually a "Dual Processor" and not "DualCore". And another thing I did was enable and disable one of my processors to see if it would work on just a single processor and it did not

Where can I set the clock speed? I don't see it on any of the menus. I thought there was something I need to add to my registry to be able to set the clock speed on the card, but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone be of help ?

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

It's called coolbits, you can find it here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

If you got the evga superclocked, it could be toasted. Try dropping down the clockspeed and see what happens.

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Nevermind... just found it.... set the card to the factory defaults and still no luck... I'm reading bits that people are saying there could be a conflict with my xFI Soundblaster card..... however, they are not explaining what they do to correct the conflict. Anyone have suggestions?

It's called coolbits, you can find it here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

If you got the evga superclocked, it could be toasted. Try dropping down the clockspeed and see what happens.

Installed it and lowered the clockspeed to the nvidia suggested default before it was ever overclocked (650/800 is what it's at now) and no luck...

Any suggsetions on the xfi soundcard problem?

[Jofaba]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Don't feel too bad, I'm still trying to get a happy SLi relationship going on with BF2 =P

Here are my stats (basically all new within past 2-3 weeks):

AMD Athlon 3200+ Venice with IHS removed ~ stock is 2.0ghz overclocked to 2.8ghz 1.67v
DFI Lanparty UT SLi-D Expert
2X 7900GT CO Superclocks in SLi stock of 550/1580
2X 1GB OCZ Platinum DDR400 3-3-2-5 at 230mhz 2T (Haven't finished lowering timings or even tried going 1T yet)
74gb 10,000rpm Raptor
300 7,200rpm Seagate 16mb
XFI Xtreme Music Soundcard
NEC DVD-RW
Rosewill DVD-RW
580w Modular Hiper Type-R

Watercooling consists of a double dual pass heatercore w/ 2X 120mm fans at 79cfm, Swiftech MCP655 pump, and Swiftech Storm cpu block.

And still having problems =P

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Do you know what type of checks I can do with my xfi soundcard to see if that is the problem / conflict or not ?

[Jofaba]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Do you know what type of checks I can do with my xfi soundcard to see if that is the problem / conflict or not ?

Take it out. Honestly, thats the way to do it. And change your audio settings to software, though it'll do that automatically anyway.

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

I'll do that now just to see.

GUESS WHAT EVERYONE!!!!

I just removed my Soundblaster XFi Extreme Music card from my computer all together, and everything works just fine!!! This is a dream!!! Everything looks so damn amazing too.

Now I just have to figure out how I can get my soundblaster card back in so I can play some BF2 with some decent sound. Anyone able to help out from here?

[Jofaba]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Nope but I guess I'll try the same thing tomorrow. Very disappointed with the game peformance I got today (this rig setup is a day old).

[chrisluck]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Yeah. Now I just need to know how to get it back in and have it work

[MonkMachine]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

Yeah. Now I just need to know how to get it back in and have it work

At least you can play!!! there are lots of threads about XFI cards on here and EA forums

[kushcompany]

Re: 7900GTX 512mb - Can't run BF2 - HELP!!

check the dell support forums, If I am not mistaken there are many issues involving 3rd party gpu's and dell pre-configured systems....atleast xfx has a good warranty policy, I have an xfx 7900 gt which runs bf2 like nothing, if ur gtx doesnt work soon RMA that biatch....