give me some input

[icehousejay]

Bf2 seems to fun kinda laggy when in intense fights or running around.All med settings aax2
Getting around 40-50 fps 20-30 when all hell breaks loose and kinda feals like its slowing down.
Dont know what the problem is.
I think its my cpu iam bottlenecking.
Running a fresh install of winxp home
Drivers all updated
Amd 64 3000 1.8ghz
xfx gf 6800xtreme 256mb pci-e 450mhz core 1.20 ghz memory
80gig harddrive
gigabyte mobo gak8nf9
antec 500w phantom power supply
Full tower case with 6 fans 2 front 2 back 1 side and 1 on top
Temps are good but iam just out of ideas
Help a brah out please

[wootoow]

Re: give me some input

Well common sense would indicate that you need to turn your settings down. I'd start with turning the AA off and go from there. You are correct that it seems to be your processor causing the bottleneck but it wouldnt hurt to add some more ram too.

[AntiNinja]

Re: give me some input

Amd 64 3000 1.8ghz

damn overclock that beast, unleash its inner fury, you could probly get to at least 2.2.

i had a 2800+ 1.6Ghz overclocked to 2.0Ghz, hardly any increase in heat and still stable, bought it bout 8 months ago.

[icehousejay]

Re: give me some input

Well iam good on ram.Dual channel 2gig pc3200 xms corsair
Anything else??
i mean i should at least run all med with this setup i think

[AntiNinja]

Re: give me some input

i guess you didnt see my post.?

the minimum requirements is a 1.7Ghz CPU, being only a hundred Mhz over probly isnt going to allow you to play with the settings you want

its very simple to oc, just go into your BIOS, im not sure the exact phrase, but mine is under "frequency" settings, and just raist it to at least 2.0Ghz

[Gunny Highway]

Re: give me some input

i guess you didnt see my post.?

the minimum requirements is a 1.7Ghz CPU, being only a hundred Mhz over probly isnt going to allow you to play with the settings you want

its very simple to oc, just go into your BIOS, im not sure the exact phrase, but mine is under "frequency" settings, and just raist it to at least 2.0Ghz

1.7 Ghz CPU requrement is if you have an Intel CPU. His AMD 1.8 GHz CPU is more like an Intel 3 GHz CPU, hence the AMD 3000+ name, eventhough it runs at 1.8 GHz.

icehousejay when you say all drivers updated, does that include chipset drivers?

You are using latest drivers, not just the ones that come with the install CD right?

[BadToad]

Re: give me some input

i guess you didnt see my post.?

the minimum requirements is a 1.7Ghz CPU, being only a hundred Mhz over probly isnt going to allow you to play with the settings you want

its very simple to oc, just go into your BIOS, im not sure the exact phrase, but mine is under "frequency" settings, and just raist it to at least 2.0Ghz

You don't know much about AMD chips, do you?

Anyway, his stock CPU setup is effectively running at 3.0ghz, but you are right that it can easily be overclocked to it's full potential.

There is something wrong with your setup, or you have WAY to many background processes running. This is how I know:

I run with no lag (except the brief lag when first joining a game) using Cabel modem with the following system:

Sempron 64 3100+ (mild o/c to 1.94ghz)
Biostar Mobo
400 watt PSU
1gb of NOT EVEN MATCHED MEMORY (512 is 333mhz other is 400mhz)
W/D Caviar 120gb IDE hard drive
Gigabyte 6800GS PCI-E (mild o/c to 500mhz/1.1ghz mem)
19" CMV LCD 8ms monitor

I run air-cooled, never breaking a sweat. I do not lag even on SF maps. Some people are very suprised. I don;t know, but I figure it is just proper PC setup involved. So like I was saying, if this rig runs on all high/aax2 (because i dont see much difference in aax4), then your rig should be SMASHING this game, not the other way around.

[icehousejay]

Re: give me some input

yea i updated all my nforce drivers from nvidia.com
The only program i have runnin in the back ground are fraps.
No anti virus and i do a spyware check everyday and i already cleaned out my cache.Also did a defrrag of my c/ drive.
Anthing else??

[almanac]

Re: give me some input

yea i updated all my nforce drivers from nvidia.com
The only program i have runnin in the back ground are fraps.
No anti virus and i do a spyware check everyday and i already cleaned out my cache.Also did a defrrag of my c/ drive.
Anthing else??

Fraps? Turn that crap off.

[TehFunk]

Re: give me some input

i guess you didnt see my post.?

the minimum requirements is a 1.7Ghz CPU, being only a hundred Mhz over probly isnt going to allow you to play with the settings you want

its very simple to oc, just go into your BIOS, im not sure the exact phrase, but mine is under "frequency" settings, and just raist it to at least 2.0Ghz

Those minimum requirements are crap. I used to run BF2 on a 900mhz P3. With 512mb ddr133, and a 128mb geforce 6200. Those were the days:p