Hello everyone...
Here is the setting...
I just recently upgrade from a 9800Pro to a 6800GS AGP card (256 MB memory. My system specs are Athlon XP 2700+, 1GB of PC2700 XMS Corsair memory in dual channel, Audigy 2, Nforce 2 mobo.
With my 9800Pro, I used to have all of my settings on MEDIUM except for TERRAIN and the first option which were both on HIGH and BF2 was playable...more so on the ground then when in the air.
With my 6800GS, at the same settings as my 9800Pro, BF2 ran much smoother than ever before (fps between 30 - 60 now) and even looked better at Medium than on my 9800Pro which took me by surprise. The game was so smooth that I found flying the AC was so much easier than it ever was before. I was able to pull off moves in the air and recover from that I could have never done w/the old card.
HOWEVER...when I crank all of my BF2 graphic settings to HIGH with no AA, my framerate stays between 25 - 50 but my hard drive goes CRAZY. Almost every 5 seconds it starts to spin which freezes my game for about 2 seconds. The sound stutters, I can't move, etc. I increased my agp apeture size from 64 to 256 in bios but the same problem continued with all of the settings on HIGH. I am fairly certain my problem is virtual paging since the hard drive is going nuts. So while I think my video card can handle the HIGH settings, I think I may need more system memory so my pc doesn't page. Of course I don't want to buy more memory because I recently bought 1GB of expensive Corsair memory which of course they don't make anymore so I would need to get 2GB of new memory for a system that at most will last another 2 years.
SO...MY QUESTIONS -
1) Does anybody else have a 6800GS or better card but only 1GB of system memory who can give me the graphic detail settings that is the sweet spot for them? I want a framerate average of over 30 with the most detail possible. I also want to eliminate the hard drive accessing issue.
2) Does anybody have any tweaks that may help me?
I do use the pb_sleep 500 command and while it makes the hard drive go crazy for about 20 seconds after setting it, after that, things are smoother with that setting at 500 until a new map loads.
Anyhow, I plan to change one BF2 video setting at a time to HIGH and game for awhile in the near future to find my sweet spot. I was just wondering if I could get something to compare it to from somebody who might have similar hardware as me.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Here is the setting...
I just recently upgrade from a 9800Pro to a 6800GS AGP card (256 MB memory. My system specs are Athlon XP 2700+, 1GB of PC2700 XMS Corsair memory in dual channel, Audigy 2, Nforce 2 mobo.
With my 9800Pro, I used to have all of my settings on MEDIUM except for TERRAIN and the first option which were both on HIGH and BF2 was playable...more so on the ground then when in the air.
With my 6800GS, at the same settings as my 9800Pro, BF2 ran much smoother than ever before (fps between 30 - 60 now) and even looked better at Medium than on my 9800Pro which took me by surprise. The game was so smooth that I found flying the AC was so much easier than it ever was before. I was able to pull off moves in the air and recover from that I could have never done w/the old card.
HOWEVER...when I crank all of my BF2 graphic settings to HIGH with no AA, my framerate stays between 25 - 50 but my hard drive goes CRAZY. Almost every 5 seconds it starts to spin which freezes my game for about 2 seconds. The sound stutters, I can't move, etc. I increased my agp apeture size from 64 to 256 in bios but the same problem continued with all of the settings on HIGH. I am fairly certain my problem is virtual paging since the hard drive is going nuts. So while I think my video card can handle the HIGH settings, I think I may need more system memory so my pc doesn't page. Of course I don't want to buy more memory because I recently bought 1GB of expensive Corsair memory which of course they don't make anymore so I would need to get 2GB of new memory for a system that at most will last another 2 years.
SO...MY QUESTIONS -
1) Does anybody else have a 6800GS or better card but only 1GB of system memory who can give me the graphic detail settings that is the sweet spot for them? I want a framerate average of over 30 with the most detail possible. I also want to eliminate the hard drive accessing issue.
2) Does anybody have any tweaks that may help me?
I do use the pb_sleep 500 command and while it makes the hard drive go crazy for about 20 seconds after setting it, after that, things are smoother with that setting at 500 until a new map loads.
Anyhow, I plan to change one BF2 video setting at a time to HIGH and game for awhile in the near future to find my sweet spot. I was just wondering if I could get something to compare it to from somebody who might have similar hardware as me.
Thanks in advance for your input!
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