1.5-2 gigs still stutter? try this

[T1no]

go to your bios and increase agp apperture to 256 or 512

[Remy X.O.]

its been proven that the AGP apeture size should be set to half of your video RAM. You should read up on what the AGP apeture actaully does.

[tchiseen]

its true. recently flashed bios, forgot to change agp, it makes a big difference. as my mate andy says DOO IT

[HavanaAffair]

Does this really work.

I've got 2 Gig RAM

How do i do it?

[[GU]LIZARD{GEN}]

I don't see a stutter but basicially what aperture does is when your video RAM runs out it switches over and uses system RAM. You can set it to 64MB, 256MB and some bios's have an option for 512MB. I do not see why this has anything to do with BF2 because BF2's problem is not with a video card. It maybe drivers but I doubt it, the game isn't really all that graphic intensive infact Doom 3 is far more graphically intensive and runs fine on 128MB cards. The game loads the map to system RAM if your seeing stutter with your 2GB's of RAM download a program called Everest Home Edition and run the memory bandwidth test also verify that your memory is running at its rated speeds as I know sometimes Bios flashes and new RAM will not run at its rated speed if you let the bios set it for you automatically so you may need to change it in your bios to run at its rated speed. To find its rated speed i'd recommend cpu-z from www.cpuid.com .

[tchiseen]

that was like the longest sentance ever. ^^ hehe.
to set your agp aperature, you need to get into your bios and find your advanced settings. i've got mine at 256, as high as it goes on my mobo. i know that for some ga boards u need to hit ctrl+f1 to get extra menu options. good luck.

[Umi.Ryuuzaki]

Never ever set your AGP Aperature below the amount ram on the vid card. You effectively cut the amount of ram being used on the card by half ~_~

Also, if you are still studdering with 1.5/2.0 gb of ram, optimize your system! For all you care you might have something set in windows to screw you over or cut "something"

[NoSoup4You]

Umi is right, never set it below your cards settings. If you don't have an option in your BIOs, its because you're either running PCI (in which case, shoot yourself) or PCI-Express (in which case, YAY for the future of graphics!).

[Merlin]

its been proven that the AGP apeture size should be set to half of your video RAM. You should read up on what the AGP apeture actaully does.

Eh? WTF are you on about Thats total crap.

[neo265]

Quote http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=9

This BIOS feature does two things. It selects the size of the AGP aperture and it determines the size of the GART (Graphics Address Relocation Table).

The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range that is dedicated for use as AGP memory address space while the GART is a translation table that translates AGP memory addresses into actual memory addresses which are often fragmented. The GART allows the graphics card to see the memory region available to it as a contiguous piece of memory range.

Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP bus without need for translation. The aperture size also determines the maximum amount of system memory that can be allocated to the AGP graphics card for texture storage.

Please note that the AGP aperture is merely address space, not actual physical memory in use. Although it is very common to hear people recommending that the AGP aperture size should be half the size of system memory, that is wrong!

The requirement for AGP memory space shrinks as the graphics card's local memory increases in size. This is because the graphics card will have more local memory to dedicate to texture storage. So, if you upgrade to a graphics card with more memory, you shouldn't be "deceived" into thinking that you will need even more AGP memory! On the contrary, a smaller AGP memory space will be required.

It is recommended that you keep the AGP aperture around 64MB to 128MB in size, even if your graphics card has a lot of onboard memory. This allows flexibility in the event that you actually need extra memory for texture storage. It will also keep the GART (Graphics Address Relocation Table) within a reasonable size.

[USAR_Uriel]

its meant for systems with low GPU memory but higher amounts of physical RAM.. its kind of like Nvidias new TurboCache line of GPUs.. only not as smart. the greater the size you set.. the more physical memory is allocated for the GPU to use.. and the higher the number.. the worse the performance (if you have a high end GPU) on my system (AMD 64 3400+, 1GB DDR, 6800GT) when i set it beyond 64MB.. games crash and burn constantly. farcry and halo for instance... arent even recognizable.. everything gets distorted and other games just crash. if you have a LOW end GPU.. go ahead and try it.. but if you have a 6800GT or better as I do, you should leave it alone at 64MB.. so the card will read its OWN memory and not f*ck with the systems ram

[Mavvy2048]

Dont care what AGP Aperture does , tbh. I set it to 256MB and now my system runs BF2 in full detail , as smooth as a babies bottom. (P4 3ghz, 2 gb and a X800XT)

So I can confirm this works. So try it if you have the stuttering.

[DoomXexec311]

yup I also turned my Aperture from 128 to 256 no more stutters

[T1no]

try 512 LOL if your bios suports it

[openheimer]

try 512 LOL if your bios suports it

Too big a AGP aperature will decrease performance. the common 'spert opinion is 128 0r 256. My Mobo supports a gig app but I have it set at 256