Weird new GFX issue

[Soloratov]

I have only had this game about 2 weeks, and have been plaing for that time with no issues at all. However, in the last 3 days I have noticed a larger and larger ping time on all the servers.......maybe just my connection, but, in the screencap below you can see the GFX issue that has been creeping into ever map I play, on any server. WTF?

The problem is I have not changed any video setting at all since installing, and my card is running well within temp ranges, plus I just updated all the drivers, and BF2 is now under V1.41.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

That looks to me like your gfx card is overheating there shipmate :)
Your electronic temp guages might be telling you one thing, but it would be worth having a look with Mr Airspray at your heatsink etc.

[Soloratov]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

Hmm, I am really not sure what to do if that is the case. The card is clean as the day I bought it, and I have an extra GFX card fan. Any ideas? The game is already running on medium settings, thats the first thing I tried.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

What is your PSU rated at mate? Maybe the gfx card is struggling a bit due to lack of juice?

[Soloratov]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

ThermalTake TR2-470w

PC Specs:

WinXP Pro SP2
AMD 64 3400
2GB PC3200 RAM
ATI AIW 2006 PRO

The PSU is only a month old, and I used a number of online power calculators to tell me I am at least 100w over what I NEED. It just seems odd that it just started doing this out of nowhere.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

Yes it does seem odd doesn't it ?
According to a few of those online PSU calculators, I need a 300W-ish PSU.
I use a Jeantech Arctic 600W PSU since my Thermaltake one decided to be a git and fall over on me

Try rolling back your gfx drivers, or downloading some other ones from

http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php

See if they help.

[Soloratov]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

hehe, the one I had before this lasted 4 years, then I was eating dinner and had a capacitor explode inside the computer, scared me quite bad.
Anyway, I am thinking of using the 32bit Warcat ATI drivers from there. Is that my best bet. Not familiar with third party drivers.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

Not sure about ATI drivers (Nvidia user) but I use the X-Treme-G drivers from there with no problems at all.

[Soloratov]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

Thanks, those drivers seem to have fixed the problem. I'm going to get a better cooler also, just to be sure though.

[Lamri35UK]

Re: Weird new GFX issue

Nice one, the main thing is that its fixed :)