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  • Drchronic

    #1

    Battlefield 2 Issue

    Ive got a problem with BF2...Working on fixing it though.

    When i first bought it, the splash screen would come on, then it would be black for a few seconds, and then go back to desktop. I adjusted a few things with the vid card, had to change the zbuffer type to stencil. I also installed a ***** patch as well because i read that helps some issues (sorry if its illegal to speak of this, my apologies.)

    Now it will go through all the movies and get to the menu where the static comes on and says "welcome to duty" or whatever, after it says that the static freezes up and i can move the mouse curser. Then it blinks off and comes back to just a black screen with a mouse curser and i can move it around on the screen for however long, until i alt+F4 the game out. Then after i exit the game i go to my vid card settings and i see that somehow my hardware accell got set back to only "basic accelleration" and everything goes real slow. Then i have to restart my comp to be able to start the game again or else it just blinks off.


    Now for my system specs:

    XP Home (only have SP1 installed and no other updates besides DX9c)

    P4 1800mhz

    256mb ram (yes i know it doesnt meet the requirements but it hasnt been an issue in any other games)

    Radeon 9200se 128mb DDR (drivers - catalyst 6.11)

    2- 100gb WD ide hard drives

    52x NEC DVD/CD-RW drive

    Soundmax Onboard audio...have a Cmedia card but i prefer to use the onboard, could this be an issue?


    I play other games fine with decent FPS and everything, like san andreas, BF1942, halo, and some others.


    Id appreciate any help with these problems, i think i may need to get newer drivers for my card, and install the other sound card. But let me know if theres anything else.
  • TheEn|gma
    Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 5247

    #2
    Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

    Your PC is lacking somewhat, especially for the resource hungry monster that is BF2. Unfortunatly comparing your PC with other games and then BF2 doesn't work because other companies, unlike Dice know how to optimize their software properly.

    Chances are my friend that you'll need a upgrade but maybe someone here can help you...

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    • ConscriptVirus
      Member
      • Oct 2007
      • 6369

      #3
      Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

      the 9200 might have some problems with bf2 and to be honest, it wouldnt be worth it to play bf2 on ur rig. i mean even if u get it to work, ur ram will b overloaded and u will be playing a very bad slideshow of bf2

      and also, i think the ***** crack is illegal, but it doesnt matter cuz u cant really use it to play.

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      • Drchronic

        #4
        Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

        thanks for the help guys...its no big problem im building a new comp right now anyway...im sure ill be able to play it no problem on this new one. What would you guys reccommend in the line of <150$ video cards?

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        • Oli

          #5
          Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

          ATI X1650, is a good GFX card to go for at the mo. Its about &#163;80 in the UK. Another popular choice for a GFX card is th ATI X1950 which is about &#163;120 in the UK

          X1650 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...d=56&subid=776
          X1950 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...d=56&subid=404

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          • Scinto
            Retired TGN *****
            • Mar 2006
            • 5387

            #6
            Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

            both of those are PCI-e cards, i think perhaps OP is after an AGP, but yes either a x1650xt or x1950 pro

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            • Reeps

              #7
              Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

              Originally posted by Scinto
              both of those are PCI-e cards, i think perhaps OP is after an AGP, but yes either a x1650xt or x1950 pro
              well he did say he was building a new rig, so surely he wouldn't go for the soon to be outdated agp again, would he?

              But have to agree your card and ram wre stopping bf2 from working and as stated even if you could get it to work it would probably put you off the game is it would look and play like crap...

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              • cannon king

                #8
                Re: Battlefield 2 Issue

                Yeah im having the same problems but is the 9250 better and would it even effect the start menu? (the graphics card) Usually the main menu wouldnt crash would it?

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