Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

[Teh_Spambot]

I have a few questions, rather than make separate threads id put them in this one.

Firstly, I have 4 pieces of ram, 2 256 mb, and 2 512 mb.

I ran the cpu-z utility, and it said that the pieces are in the following order:

1. 256 mb
2. 512 mb
3. 256 mb
4. 512 mb

Cpu-z also said that they are running in single channel.... i wish to run them in dual channel, so how should i move them within the slots?

Also, my page file seems to run about 390 mb all the time, despite the fact that i usually have 1.2 gigs of ram free.... is there anyway to stop my page file from doing this?

Secondly, for anyone with nvidia graphics cards, particularly a 6600 GT, i ask:

What is the best driver in your experience for running BF2?

How do you use 2xq or 4xs, since there are no options for them in the BF2 video options menu?

Say i want to use 2xq, i set 2xq in my nvidia options, but which do i choose in BF2, 2x or 4x anti aliasing?

Also, I cannot get my BF2 to login itself by adding commands in the shortcut, even though i copied them from this site. I use the commands in the shortcut to force resolution and it works...

Mine has +Ignore Asserts in the shortcut line, is that why?

Thanks!

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

We need to know your motherboard for the dual-channel question, but usually you want the same size memory modules to be in the same colored DIMM sockets.
As for the page file in the task manager, I don't know why it says that. Just really weird on Microsoft's part. It's not actually using the page file, it's just showing how much total memory is being used, physical DIMM's and/or the virtual page file.
And I don't have a 6600gt, so I'll let someone else take that question :)
For the antialiasing question, set the nvidia control panel to 2xq and set the in-game options to none.

[Merlin]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

Try the 77.77's

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html

[Teh_Spambot]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

so make it force 2xq from the nvidia menu? Will that affect performance negatively?

And my motherboard is a Asus P4P8X. The dimm slots appear to be the same color, unless its a really subtle change...

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

i think the 2xq is suppose to look like 4x or soemting and still run raelly well but all types of AA will affect ur performance negatively

yeah it depends on ur motherbarod for duel channel, so right now u have it like ABAB so try having it AABB

i heard that the xtreme-g drivers are meant for bf2 but i never saw much change as drivers dont really affect performance unless u have a very new/top of the line card....i myself like z-tweaked 82.12 drivers but those are meant for performance and not looks

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

Secondly, for anyone with nvidia graphics cards, particularly a 6600 GT, i ask:

What is the best driver in your experience for running BF2?

84.20 for me (never have tried the 84.21). Have tried most of the 91.XX drivers, but keep going back, get too much stuttering with any of the 90 series. The 77.XX drivers gave good performance and IQ, but there was something in them that conflicted with my Audigy drivers (didn't happen all the time, but the hardlocks were lots of fun). Next from there would be the 78.03 or 78.05 (didn't have the conflict with them), and used them till the 84.20's came out.

[Teh_Spambot]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

Ok thanks, ill try the 84.20. But where do you get the 84.20, as on the nvidia site mine defaults to 84.21.

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

Sorry. You can get them here,

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_betadrivers.html

or here,

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10

IIRC the only difference between the 84.20 and the 84.21 is that the 84.21 is WHQL. But like I said previously, never have tried the 84.21 as the 84.20 works well for me.

[Teh_Spambot]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

Hate to bug, but whats WHQL? It just might explain why some drivers always lag for me while others dont.

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: Several easy questions for others, but hard for me :)

WHQL = Windows Hardware Quality Labs

All it means is that MS gave the driver there blessing and the writer(s) can put WHQL in the driver name. For Nvidia drivers, if you took a survey you would probably find that more people have had problems with WHQL'ed drivers than non-WHQL. Another thing it means is that during the install you don't get the nag screen about the drivers being untested.

And to tell the truth, I don't remember the last WHQL Nvidia driver I installed (both motherboard and video drivers), and have zero problems.

Edit: Just had a look at the Nv driver archive and the last WHQL video driver I had installed was the 77.72, and those I did have problems with (hardlocks in games due to a confict with the Creative drivers). Went to the 78.XX drivers as soon as they came out and the hardlock went away. And since then I have only used/installed beta drivers.