Game pretty much unplayable since patch :(.

[<(',')>]

Right since installing the 1.12 patch and special forces BF2 has been running like crap . Before 1.12 it was fine after 1.12 it has such huge framerates drops it's unplayable. I've searched and tried the various suggested fixes and it does not help.

Here are two examples. (resized to 640x480)



Sharqi peninsula , one of the worst effected.

20.2 Fps.

Then we have this , which shocked me and tells me something is hugely wrong.



Yes you see that right , commander overview 20fps . Apparently a few coloured dots is far to much for a 9800pro to handle.

Apart from the various fixes , I've tried the useall new drivers etc for everything. At the moment I'm on the 4.7 cats cos the newer ones screwed something else , but I did try them and they made no difference what so ever.

Also tried resetting to medium settings and deleting cache , didn't help.

System

Asus A7N8X deluxe
1gb Geil pc3200
9800pro 128mb
Soundstorm sound.

Not the most up to date system , but it was fine , don't know exact fps it was running before , but was smooth enough for me not to want to call up the fps counter.

So to sum it up only difference from going from playable to making my eyes bleed is 1.12.

Please help , I want to play again. 1.12 makes me :cry: .

Thanks.

[NoSoup4You]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

You need to install the new Cats (I know you tried them). Make sure you follow the direction in this post: http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23899


After that clear the cache so it re-optimizes the shader.

Doing this should clear up any problems you have.

[<(',')>]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

K I got the WHQL 5.11 from that post , but could not see any specific instructions. So just done it my normal way , unistalled the old ones , rebooted into safe mode , ran driver cleaner and got rid of all the crap left behind. Rebooted into normal windows and installed. Cleared the cache and still it persists. Did I do something wrong? , is there something I missed in getting it going. As I never saw anything in that post other than driver links.

Was just playing kubra dam today and looking out from lower damn area to flag on the right (where apc spawns) , was about 20fps and generally was just running really crappy.

Would not be so bad if I got something in return , but I got nothing. It looks exactly the same as before , yet runs crap. Maybe it's just a plot by dice to get us to upgrade our systems.

Anyone else got any idea's , dont want to give up one of my favourite games , but can't take much more if this .

Thanks

[UnrealAlex]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

hmm I have 9800 pro and it works fine for me. Im still using drivers dell provided though..

I suggest trying differnt drivers,from differnt companies, maybe also reformatting.

[Synergy]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

The performance problems with the new patch do not seem to be linked to the power of your graphics card or your settings, it seems to be either to do with memory management or processor time (which is why some people see an improvement from lowering their graphics settings).
Try disabling EAX, and also lowering the sound quality, and try software sound (in that order).
Make sure you disable triple-buffering (uses extra memory).
Try increasing the value at the bottom of the file sound.con in battlefield2\mods\<bf2 or xpack>\settings\sound.con from 90 to a higher value such as 180, i cant remember the name of the command as im at work - but its definitely 90 as a default, something to do with sound cache in mb.
As a long shot try limiting your FPS to your refresh rate using game.lockfps

[<(',')>]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

Sorry for late reply but aint been able to play much recently. Anyway I been testing and still no good. Slight improvement it seems but not much. Commader screen still drops to less than 30 and still framerate drops on maps and in places there was none before.

Seems the coloured dots>9800. Anyone else got any other suggestions? , dreading the next patch , probably wont even start up.

[Synergy]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

The coloured dots are likely due to the driver version / optimization settings you are using. I also havent played in a few weeks now, as I'm just annoyed that they don't seem to be bothered in releasing a patch. When they patch it, i may go back...but hey I may not.

[<(',')>]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

I didn't mean coloured dots as graphical glitch , I meant the ones on the commader screen owning the 9800 . Just thought I better clear that up.

Seems it just seems to drop if I'm near other players.
Commander screen will go back normal if I move map away from where the action is .

Stupid patch.

[evil.rusk]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

You know I have an X800pro (flashed to 16 pipes) and I have the same with this 1.12 patch (I dont own SF). It has become almost unplayable when I used to get 80fps+ at high settings, my fps is now easily 1/2 or 1/3. Tried Omega drivers? they worked for a while for me then the next day back to crap fps again. The most peculiar thing is that I tried EAX/sound changes but no change was made to FPS, I also dropped a load of graphics options but again no change to fps. I cannot figure out what they have done to this game to make it so bad to run since the patch.

[imported_FAST]

Re: Game pretty much unplayable since patch .

There are alot of people out there with the same problem. I have a P4 3.0ghz 1gig ram audigy2z and a 9800pro 128 ..I have notice quite a few of the 9800pro user not but some are having the same prob. I have droped to 15fps..all the time if you check the net it's call the 15.0/66.7 problem...Mine started after 1.03 patch...I went to the lengths of formating changing my OS new drivers driver changes everything...I tried every tip and nothing...I sure hope that this new patch fixes the prob...I used to play with 50 fps-60 and now I have not been able to play at all...Lets keep our fingures crossed..It's not our systems as much as what every the change in patches.