Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

[r0uJe]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Hi guys

I've got a nice gaming rig:

2 x 7800GTX in SLI
nForce 4 mobo
Creative X-Fi
2GB DDR400 mem
Athlon 64 3800+
Win XP Pro (fresh formatted recently)

Yet most maps in the special forces pack still chug pretty bad, and not just the Iron Gator. It's not a memory leak, it's not any new bugs - it's quite simply the over the top detail found in the SF maps.

i have a decent rig and i play the game fine! i have a:

geforce 6600 gt
nforce 4 mobo
1.5 gb ram
athlon 64 3200+

i just:

*uninstalled my old forceware drivers
*ran driver cleaner pro (update it first)
*rebooted
*ran driver cleaner pro again (just to be sure all old drivers were removed)
*installed the latest nvidia drivers
*disabled MOST of the services running (start-run-services.msc)
*deleted all but two start up entries
*went to tweakguides.com to tweak nvidia drivers
*defragged
*updated all the drivers in my computer (bios, mobo/nforce drivers, audio drivers, monitor drivers, etc.)
*uninstalled bf2, gamespy, sf
*deleted all their folders
*deleted all registry entries
*installed bf2
*patched bf2
*installed sf
*repatched it again ('cos i kept getting the unmodified content error)
*went to tweakguides.com to tweak bf2 settings
*updated punkbuster
*changed videosettings.con to allowallrefreshrates (set it to 1)
*defragged again

everytime i play, i go to start-run-services.msc and disable the remaining unneeded services like the xp themes, print spooler, etc. next, i ctrl+alt+del and close all programs that windows will let me. now, when i play the game, i'm only using around 115mb of my 1.5gb memory!

my fps no longer drops below 30 and it stays over 45 all the time. i have all video settings to medium except geometry to high and 2x AA.

did the same thing to my friend which has 2 7800 gts and his fps never drops below 55 (all settings on high except the dynamic ones). if he sets everything to medium and 2x AA, his FPS stays over 65 the whole time!

only problem is the whole updating thing took more than 5 hours. but in the end, it was all worth it.

[GunSlingerAU]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Glad to hear you're getting smooth frames, but I'm doubting you have your resolution above 1024 x 768 if you can get good fps on such a low end card. Are you sure you get such high fps on maps like The Iron Gator?

And like I said, my WinXP install is fresh (a week old) so I don't have any other services/apps sucking up resources. The problem is simply the poorly optimised map design.

[r0uJe]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Glad to hear you're getting smooth frames, but I'm doubting you have your resolution above 1024 x 768 if you can get good fps on such a low end card. Are you sure you get such high fps on maps like The Iron Gator?

And like I said, my WinXP install is fresh (a week old) so I don't have any other services/apps sucking up resources. The problem is simply the poorly optimised map design.

you're right, i don't run it at 1024x768. i run it at 800x600@100Hz because i have poor eyesight and don't want to wear glasses while sitting in front of the computer for hours. i mean, even at 800x600 i can barely read the url in the address bar :/

[sling]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

i have a laptop with a 7800 go gtx and i play it at 1600x1200 and get over 60 fps almost the entire time. but this is the vanilla game, i have yet to try the x pack.

[H1gh-Veloc1ty]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

i have a laptop with a 7800 go gtx and i play it at 1600x1200 and get over 60 fps almost the entire time. but this is the vanilla game, i have yet to try the x pack.

Just keep your expectations and your settings on "Low". :laugh:

[akburst510]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

How about this
let me PLAY THE GAME EA!
BOUGHT THE DOWNLOAD AND CAN't RETURN
WTF
SUPPORT FOR IT IS RETARDED

[Rathax]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

I do not have SF yet, but hope it runs well on my X-Mas upgraded computer :)

X-Mas Upgrades:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Socket 939 Dual Core Processor ($500)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546

ABIT KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard ($100)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127222

ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan ($70)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223

eVGA GeForce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit PCI Express x16 Video Card ($300)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory ($100)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146545

ASPIRE X-Navigator 500 Silver/Black Aluminum Mid Tower Computer Case ($155)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144089

Current (run vanilla BF2 on medium/low and still get low FPS):

AMD Athlon 2400+ (outdated..)
GeForce 6800 (plain)
1GB of DDR400 RAM (3200)
Soundblaster Live! 24-Bit
80 GB Hard Drive (kinda outdated, and I only use 20GB of it! :))
Windows XP Pro
Aspire 520W Power Supply

[akburst510]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Good luck, wait till after 1.12 patch is fixed

[DakotaDoc64]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Signed.

Lags for me with Iron Gator Bad. Have had to reduce Res and Quality just to play.

SF is great, but just too big of a performance hit.

I have noticed SF on Med looks in game like Vanilla BF2 on High settings.
Anyone notice the same?

[GunSlingerAU]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Rathax, if it doesn't run well on mine, yours won't fair any better. Your CPU is actually around the same speed as mine, while your graphics subsystem isn't as fast.

[UnrealAlex]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

i have a decent rig and i play the game fine! i have a:

geforce 6600 gt
nforce 4 mobo
1.5 gb ram
athlon 64 3200+

i just:

*uninstalled my old forceware drivers
*ran driver cleaner pro (update it first)
*rebooted
*ran driver cleaner pro again (just to be sure all old drivers were removed)
*installed the latest nvidia drivers
*disabled MOST of the services running (start-run-services.msc)
*deleted all but two start up entries
*went to tweakguides.com to tweak nvidia drivers
*defragged
*updated all the drivers in my computer (bios, mobo/nforce drivers, audio drivers, monitor drivers, etc.)
*uninstalled bf2, gamespy, sf
*deleted all their folders
*deleted all registry entries
*installed bf2
*patched bf2
*installed sf
*repatched it again ('cos i kept getting the unmodified content error)
*went to tweakguides.com to tweak bf2 settings
*updated punkbuster
*changed videosettings.con to allowallrefreshrates (set it to 1)
*defragged again

everytime i play, i go to start-run-services.msc and disable the remaining unneeded services like the xp themes, print spooler, etc. next, i ctrl+alt+del and close all programs that windows will let me. now, when i play the game, i'm only using around 115mb of my 1.5gb memory!

my fps no longer drops below 30 and it stays over 45 all the time. i have all video settings to medium except geometry to high and 2x AA.

did the same thing to my friend which has 2 7800 gts and his fps never drops below 55 (all settings on high except the dynamic ones). if he sets everything to medium and 2x AA, his FPS stays over 65 the whole time!

only problem is the whole updating thing took more than 5 hours. but in the end, it was all worth it.

Those steps need to be stickied.

[stealthgeek]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

while those steps will undoubtedly increase peformance, you shouldnt need to do them to get the game working acceptably.

This has been a source for much discussion with most new PC games, but I dont think its been this bad before. This makes me wonder how far the games developers can push it (i.e. how badly coded, poorly optimised etc) before they are brought to account....and by whom! Any other product made this badly would have been recalled within days of its release and a sheepish PR statment made.... not so with PC games!

[GunSlingerAU]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

Bump - c'mon peeps, if this becomes a mega-thread it'll get noticed.

[ShadowWarrior18D]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

AMD socket 754 3200+ 64 Newcastle
Corsair 1 gig PC32000 RAM
x800 P.E AGP card

Some SATA hitachi hard drive blah blah,I have to run BF2 SF on medium setting to make it run without lag. On Vanilla,I can have everything almost on high(textures on medium) with no lag.

[Drum]

Re: Petition - Optimise SF maps for better fps

sooo any1 go any clues to why this is?
poor code?
maps have to much unneeded **** in them?
bugs?

im betting combination between all 3 lol