Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

**Stormy{CAN}** · 10-10-2007, 06:55 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

Using this on mine,

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 3
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 3
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 1
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 1
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 2
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 2
VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@75Hz - actually 1440x900 via the command line
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing 2Samples
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

the only change I made in the Nv control panel is to turn on Vsync, without it too much tearing on my lcd. With the above settings I am getting 60-70 FPS on vanilla maps, and 40-50 (dips to 30 or so during an arty strike) on SF maps.

P.S. What drivers are you currently using?

**camper.** · 10-10-2007, 07:02 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

If it weren't for your CPU, all high @ 1280x1024 would be possible, very easily. Get an AMD Athlon or a C2D and overclock either.

**wtrtwnguy** · 10-10-2007, 07:49 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

Thanks a lot for the input guys! Much appreciated. I need to try find the error somewhere else. As soon as I turn anti aliasing on -even with other settings on medium-, the game becomes a slide show periodically. Even the sound begins to stutter. I am thinking the system is not getting enough juice, since 17A on a single 12 rail is weak. I was thinking my processor is too weak, but that would not result in slide show performance, I was expecting the CPU to bottleneck the GPU around 30fps...

I am using the latest nVidia drivers, which would be 163.71

I may upgrade the CPU to a Prescott P4 3.0 GHz. Have a socket 478 mobo, so the prescott is pretty much the end of the line.

**ConscriptVirus** · 10-10-2007, 08:32 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

ur psu also looks a bit on the low -end. anyways, i dont think upgrading from 2.6ghz to 3ghz will be that much of an improvement.

**jesus** · 10-10-2007, 09:08 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

turn AA on in the nvidia control panel, and turn it off in the BF2 settings.
you get the same results, with much lower performance loss versus BF2's AA

**wtrtwnguy** · 10-10-2007, 09:31 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

Thanks. It did give me a few more FPS BUT:

I am thinking more and more the PSU is the culprit. I just tried to engage in a helicopter fight and the computer went crazy, finally crashing to a blue screen, suggesting video card failure. I was almost expecting this. Darn, wish I had chosen expedited shipping on that new PSU

@ ConscriptVirus: Would you mind telling me what settings you play your game at? If the CPU is the bottleneck, then we should be experiencing about the same FPS.

**ConscriptVirus** · 10-10-2007, 11:18 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

terrain medium
geometry high
effects high
textures high
lighting high
dynamic lighting low
dynamic shadows medium
texture filtering high
2x AA
view distance 100
resolution 1280X1024

and i get about 22-40 fps. its rather smooth actually. only in extreme chaos when i start feeling some lag and by extreme, i mean extreme. it handles everything pretty smoothly.

plus yeah the 7600gt should be better than my 6800gt.

btw i use to have a 300watt psu and i would have times when my computer wouldnt boot up properly (monitor wouldnt show anything) and according to BFG tech support, i needed a new psu so i got a 400watt and it works fine now.

**wtrtwnguy** · 10-11-2007, 01:59 AM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

Thanks for sharing your specs. Will serve as a great benchmark for my system. You might have saved me from buying a new CPU. I hope once I get my new PSU, I'll be able to enjoy the game again. Maybe even use TV missiles. woohoo.

**Verzili** · 10-11-2007, 04:50 AM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

i have a 939 amd 4200x2 @2.2ghz

2gb ram

550 watt psu

7600gt agp

my in game settings are

terrain high
geometry high
effects high
textures high
lighting low
dynamic lighting off
dynamic shadows off
texture filtering high

view distance 100
resolution 1024X768@75hrz

in the nvidia control panel ...
image quality highest
vsync off
aa 2x
af (application controlled)

fps in IO maps 99-100 dips to 60 sometimes

normal maps 70-100
never dipd below 60

the 7600gt is a good card for bf2 but struggles with shadows and dynamic light. turn them off and the card is pretty good.

drivers 93.71

**ConscriptVirus** · 10-11-2007, 11:14 AM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

oh yeah im using 94.24 drivers from xtreme-g. and i also did a ton of tweaking to my computer. i recommend also doing some general optimizations and make sure u uninstalled and installed ur new card properly and make sure u installed ur drivers properly.

503 No healthy IP available for the backend

http://gear.ign.com/articles/626/626714p1.html

and

http://www.bf2lag.com

**jesus** · 10-11-2007, 01:08 PM

Re: Recommended Settings for 7600GT AGP card?

I read somewhere that dynamic light and dynamic shadow look the same on low, medium and high, but performance varies on each. so you guys might wanna turn those on low to see if you get bit more performance

also, like I said before, try turning AA off in bf2, and putting it on in the nvidia control panel. do the same for AF (but since you can't put texture filtering off in bf2, just put it on low)