1.5 gigs has made all the difference...

[J_Tweedy]

I had 1 gig o' rammo, but i just bought another 512, and my god bf2 is so much better- faster loading times (yes that verifying client data is sped up too) and NO lag at the start of games that i used to get. My framerate is up significantly, and i can even fly planes now! yay!
I would highly recommend a ram upgrade if you are getting poor performance in bf2, it laps it up.

Over and out.

 

[ailevation]

I guess BF:2 is one of the many and more to come games that's going to run sexy with 2 gigs.

 

[Kyorisu]

Ofcourse without knowing anything else about your system and setup that info is useless. I just upgraded to 1gb this morning and it help my C:SS playing thats definate. I'll give BF2 a shot later.

ISDN (lol) is being whored by torrents at the moment.

 

[Dumb Dude]

Yeah, BF2 is the kinda game that needs a lot of RAM. I myself have to play it on medium textures just to get stutterless play. I would love to get more RAM but its either get another 1gb or nothing. My motherboard doesn't like 3 sticks.

 

[skarrob]

Dumb Dude you can get 1 stick with 1024 mb ram. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_memory.asp?CMP=ILC-FPM07 79.97 lol get 2 and you got 2 gigs

 

[J_Tweedy]

Well now its
AMD 64 3200+ (lowly skt 754)
Leadtek 6800gt AGP
1.5 gb Kingmax DDR400
I have pretty much all settings on high (except one i think, cant remember what it was)

So thanks to the ingenious person who invented socket 754 with 3 dimm slots, and my ingenious purchase of it, 1.5 is as high as i can go, unless i go for 1gb sticks (which i wont).

Dumb Dude, thats incredible that YOU have to play on medium to get smooth gameplay, thats a good bloody rig. Surely something's not quite right there?

 

[sinkoman]

Yeah, BF2 is the kinda game that needs a lot of RAM. I myself have to play it on medium textures just to get stutterless play. I would love to get more RAM but its either get another 1gb or nothing. My motherboard doesn't like 3 sticks.

Hmm, that's odd.

I keep everything at high, except for lighting and AF, and I play fine. Lighting is at medium because I don't care about dynamic arm lighting, and AF is at medium just to keep the frames a tad higher (in other words, I use to play with it high, but lowered it for a few frames headroom in heated battles).

 

[Dumb Dude]

What resolution do you guys play at? I'm going to try running it with lighting on medium and see how that checks out.

 

[J_Tweedy]

i only run at 1024x768- looks plenty good enough for me.
I guess you're trying to run it on your cinema screen? LOL

 

[Cukel]

A64 3000+, 9600XT, 1G of RAM and minimal to no stutter during play. Overheating and lag is another thing...

 

[Gorgon]

My veryfying time is 30 seconds with 1gb of ram.

 

[CyberPitz]

My veryfying time is 30 seconds with 1gb of ram.

Ditto

I play everything on low at 8x6 res. Only way I can without mass stuttering all the time.

2.8 ghz p4
1 gig 3200 ram
9600XT<--- That's my problem too

 

[lister]

What resolution do you guys play at? I'm going to try running it with lighting on medium and see how that checks out.

Turn lighting off and check out this tweak guide..
http://www.tweak.us/cms/article_bf2_performance.html

 

[$kelet0r]

i gotta play on all low
but its the gameplay stoopid

 

[socK]

Ditto

I play everything on low at 8x6 res. Only way I can without mass stuttering all the time.

2.8 ghz p4
1 gig 3200 ram
9600XT<--- That's my problem too

Something is seriously wrong then.

I have a 2.2p4
512 ram
9600xt and while loading takes a bit and its jerky for a few minutes when you first get in, it runs great after that. 1024x res, everything except dynamic light and shadows on medium.