very laggy ... please help

[JArcher]

Hi all. I'm new to this forum and to Bf2. Everytime i join a server, there is horrendous lag. It dissapears after about a minute, and after i turn the mouse 360 degrees and move about a bit.

I have 1gig of memory and a 6600GT. My connection is 2Mbit broadband.

I'm guessing it is not my connection because my ping always displays at around 20-40. So, this must be my memory.

My question is this. Is 1gig memory not enough for Bf2. I am not going to buy any more memory yet, so are there any quick fixes i could go for (textures, sound, etc)?

Many thanks

[imported_Zach]

Re: very laggy ... please help

Adding another gig of memory will remove all the lag. I and tens of dozens of others speak from experience on this.

Until then, you'll just need to lower the settings. (You'll still get lag, but it will minimize it to a degree.)

Edit: And welcome to the forums! :)

[JArcher]

Re: very laggy ... please help

Thanks for that. I guess 1gig is not enough any more, at least for this game. I will change the settings until the next pay slip comes through. :)

[bisley]

Re: very laggy ... please help

6600GT AGP or PCI-E ?

[pingu]

Re: very laggy ... please help

Has it allway been like this.i have 1gig with no lag try updateing punkbuster.http://http://websec.evenbalance.com...ws/pbsetup.exe

[JArcher]

Re: very laggy ... please help

The 6600GT is PCI-E. However, i doubt it is the card because i can hear the harddisk loading features like crazy during this period of lag.

I haven't updated punkbuster, i shall give that a shot. I thought that it would update automatically, am i wrong?

Thanks for all your help.

edit: I have just updated punkbuster through pbsetup. I guess it doesn't update automatically.

[imported_Zach]

Re: very laggy ... please help

To correct cpt.pingu's link: http://websec.evenbalance.com/downlo...ws/pbsetup.exe.



Interesting theory. I updated PB after I upgraded my RAM, so please report back if this does indeed remove your lag. (I'm very skeptical, but everyone's system is different, so it may work for you. <shrug>)

[JArcher]

Re: very laggy ... please help

Reporting back. I updated punkbuster, but the lag is still there. Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work in my case. I tried 2 or 3 servers too, just incase it was a slow downstream connection.

I will consider investing in more RAM, it seems wise. During that 1st laggy minute, i do die quite often, or i find myself slammed into a wall when trying to drive a vehicle (and no, it's not my bad driving).

Thanks for your quick replies

[SargeJp]

Re: very laggy ... please help

it's not your ram and im pretty sure. does the lag u have only on BF2 or it is on BF2:SF?

[JArcher]

Re: very laggy ... please help

it's not your ram and im pretty sure. does the lag u have only on BF2 or it is on BF2:SF?

I don't have BF2:SF. The lag happens on every map, and only for the first minute. Then everything is ok.

The weird thing is, i never got any lag on the demo. I know it's just a demo, but it was a 64 player map, so memory usage should be the same, shouldn't it?

[pingu]

Re: very laggy ... please help

make sure there is nothing else is running when you play bf2. did you try turning your setting down?

[t_c]

Re: very laggy ... please help

its the new punkbuster update, type this in console

pb_sleep 500

it will make it run a lot better, but not perfect... I hope they remove this update or release some sort of hotfix.

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: very laggy ... please help

its the new punkbuster update, type this in console

pb_sleep 500

it will make it run a lot better, but not perfect... I hope they remove this update or release some sort of hotfix.

uu kno i tried that..and i didnt notice anything different but it should help

dont forget tp type "pb_writecfg" later to save it

[Makaveli777]

Re: very laggy ... please help

Its ur RAM, i had 512ram with a pci-e ati x800 and had the same proplem load s of lag for first 5 mins, I added 1g kingston RAM now have 1.5 gigs(yes my old memory and my new memory work togethr 100% ok). I now have no lag at all, it loads super fast, its like a differnet game and this is with very thing up highest inculding anti aslaingx6.

[t_c]

Re: very laggy ... please help

uu kno i tried that..and i didnt notice anything different but it should help

dont forget tp type "pb_writecfg" later to save it

it seems to work well for some people, and not so well for others. I guess you're one of them.

All I can say is, its extremely lagged/jerky movement/unplayable when I dont have pb_sleep set to 500. If you check the other popular bf2 forums, you will see people are having similar problems, all because of this new pb update.