Before I begin, let me say I searched with limited results. This thread: http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showt...ghlight=choppy explains the same problem I`m having, but it ends with no explanation on how to fix the problem or if it was ever solved.
I am NOT a computer novice, so let's skip any sort of "spyware / antivirus" discussions or something simliar and get straight to the point.
I was running a 2.4Ghz P4 (533mhzFSB) with DDR 1x512MB (333mhz) and 2x215MB(400mhz) system. The game would run fine in some maps but not others, the main culprits were these maps:
Daqing Oilfields - I belive thats the name of the map, I`m a BF2 newb still, its the one with the oil cisterns located in the middle of the map (USMC vs. Chinese). The frame rate would drop to un-playable and would chop extremely badly in this region of the map for some reason
Kubra Dam - A little choppy all around, alot more playable than the above map, but still not really at the level I'd like it at.
Strike at Karkand - Choppy in most "concentrated" area's. Fine at USMC original spawn point, really bad at the south-most MEC spawn points, and at the MEC's north-east factory spawn points, where all the building and factories are.
So I figured it was time to upgrade my system. First I thought its my video card, so I bit the bullet and upgraded my system:
P4 3.2E Ghz (800mhzFSB)
MSI Neo-P 2 845PE Chipset
2x1GB (400mhz) Ram (i took out the 333mhz)
ATI XT850
After all this, I was pretty suprised to see the problem still there without much improvement. It feels as if it's "caching" something while doing this, it doesn't look like a video limitation.
I`m a little stumped, does anyone have even as much as a suggestion? I`m leaning towards more advanced issues such as bus speed perhaps, IDE transfer, or perhaps something else..
Its also important to note that I re-installed HalfLife2 just to see how bad it would be, and I laughed for a good minute after absolutely maxing out all details and highest res and I have never seen a game run so fast and smooth on a system before. It looks like the problem is somewhat isolated to BF2.
I am NOT a computer novice, so let's skip any sort of "spyware / antivirus" discussions or something simliar and get straight to the point.
I was running a 2.4Ghz P4 (533mhzFSB) with DDR 1x512MB (333mhz) and 2x215MB(400mhz) system. The game would run fine in some maps but not others, the main culprits were these maps:
Daqing Oilfields - I belive thats the name of the map, I`m a BF2 newb still, its the one with the oil cisterns located in the middle of the map (USMC vs. Chinese). The frame rate would drop to un-playable and would chop extremely badly in this region of the map for some reason
Kubra Dam - A little choppy all around, alot more playable than the above map, but still not really at the level I'd like it at.
Strike at Karkand - Choppy in most "concentrated" area's. Fine at USMC original spawn point, really bad at the south-most MEC spawn points, and at the MEC's north-east factory spawn points, where all the building and factories are.
So I figured it was time to upgrade my system. First I thought its my video card, so I bit the bullet and upgraded my system:
P4 3.2E Ghz (800mhzFSB)
MSI Neo-P 2 845PE Chipset
2x1GB (400mhz) Ram (i took out the 333mhz)
ATI XT850
After all this, I was pretty suprised to see the problem still there without much improvement. It feels as if it's "caching" something while doing this, it doesn't look like a video limitation.
I`m a little stumped, does anyone have even as much as a suggestion? I`m leaning towards more advanced issues such as bus speed perhaps, IDE transfer, or perhaps something else..
Its also important to note that I re-installed HalfLife2 just to see how bad it would be, and I laughed for a good minute after absolutely maxing out all details and highest res and I have never seen a game run so fast and smooth on a system before. It looks like the problem is somewhat isolated to BF2.
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