Does running BF2 in widescreen lag it more?

[Teh_Spambot]

I was wondering, BF2 runs on my comp quite a bit slower FPS wise than it should, and I was wondering if it was because I am playing BF2 in widescreen, by using the command things in the shortcut.

My resolution is 1192 by 648 because I play on a large HD projector. That seems like it should be roughly equivalent to 1024 by 768, but is it harder for BF2 to run?

Comp is 2.6 ghz pentium 4 hyperthreaded, 6600 GT AGP by BFG, 1500 mb ram. pc3200 ram.

Could it be audio? I have an audigy 2 zs and run audio on high, i dont think it was lagging me before, could a patch have introduced a problem?

If not, is there anything I can do to improve FPS other than buying something, defragging, running anti spyware or something else?

Does anyone perhaps know what best Nvidia drivers there are for BF2? Ive been running 78.01 as they seem fastest.

Also, when i installed the latest nvidia drivers (84 something I think) when the computer restarted it was in a very low color and resolution, and refused to let me change it in nvidia settings like it usually does.

I just restored it back to when i had 78.01, which is what it is now. Is there any way i can save my current resolution settings and everything, so that when i install a driver it doesnt go below 256 color and everything?

[goldylox]

Re: Does running BF2 in widescreen lag it more?

Widescreen mode, definately not. I think the question that is more appropriate is "Is my Widescreen monitor causing lag?"

Every monitor, even the ol' 14-inch CRTs run a digital signal that is processed by your video card. If you are running an analog cable to the monitor, the signal is down-converted from digital to analog. Some people ask if running a DVI cable is harder to process than an analog cable, but if anything is harder on your fps it is using a monitor using analog.

If you are running widescreen mode, you probably have a widescreen LCD running a DVI cable. If this is your scenario, then no, running widescreen mode isn't causing your lag. But what MAY be causing your lag is running a too high of a resolution for your video card. Every LCD monitor has a native resolution that it was manufactured to be run in. Any other resolution and your monitor is actually squashing or stretching the image. So to get the best picture possible, always run your LCD in the native resolution.

If you are ademate that the resolution is causing your lag, and not lack of ram and processing speed, you should upgrade your video card. The more video RAM your card has the higher you can run your resolutions at. Doesn't mean you CAN'T run at a high resolution with a low-end card, it just means you gotta turn all gfx to a minimum to reduce lag.

[Teh_Spambot]

Re: Does running BF2 in widescreen lag it more?

I run on a HDTV projector though, and it never causes any kind of lag. I know there are many instances of HDTV gaming lag, but mine is a very high end hd projector and has an excellent upscaler or whatever its called, so no lag because of it.

Also, ive had extremely high framerates on relatively high settings in BF2 on this resolution, so the projector can clearly go higher than i need it to go FPS wise.

The 6600GT is quite capable of the low resolution that I have set according to its benchmarks and such on the internet, and my 6600GT even runs it well on all high settings in singleplayer.

Thanks for the advice though.