Different type of lag... trying to play under min. specs

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  • Iwantcable
    Member
    • Jul 2007
    • 2362

    #1

    Different type of lag... trying to play under min. specs

    Dell Inspiron 9300: (these are a guess of the specs because I don't have it with me right now)
    512MB RAM
    128MB of video
    1.6 GHz processor

    Anyways, despite being under/at minimum specs for CoD2, it runs it perfectly at lowest settings even in a huge firefight on a snow map.

    In BF2, it acts as though I have a connection interruption(freezes) every 3 seconds that lasts for 1 second even in SP, and it doesn't actually show the "Problem with your connection" message unless it lasts for 2 or more seconds. It's not choppy like some computers where it's the FPS that falls, because my FPS is pretty good.

    I can put view distance from 50% to 100% with no change. When I fly a jet/heli or I am looking though the scope of a sniper to a farther distance, the connection-like-problem stuff doesn't happen. It's almost as if dealing with close things causes the problem.

    I want to know the cause of this, and how I can fix it. Please be specific, don't say "get more RAM" if you're not sure that's going to fix it.
  • FingolfinKing

    #2
    Re: Different type of lag... trying to play under min. specs

    Getting RAM usually does fix problems like stuttering and lock-up.

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    • jdrou
      Member
      • Jul 2006
      • 1860

      #3
      Re: Different type of lag... trying to play under min. specs

      Yes, that is probably the game freezing when it needs to pull data from disk that wouldn't fit in RAM. BF2 is a huge RAM hog.

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