graphics question
 

is there anyway to get higher FPS even with high detail on?

I have a x800xl and I didnt buy it to play games at medium settings. I get like 20fps in BF2 with graphics maxed. and it chugs like a mofo when I forst start off or when there is a alot of shit going on in the game.


x800xl 256mb
1 gig of pc3200 RAM
p4 2.6ghz

Turn off AA, Dynamic Shadows and Dynamic lighting. Or try lowering the sound quality to low.

i have the x800 pro and i play on full.

check tweak guides for the bf2 guide and do it ... see if that helps any. helped me quite a bit with css

in the game or in my ati settings?

In-Game settings, but try what Judas said first becuase you should be able to run on high settings.

k thanks

seems to run alot smoother now, looks ok, but shadows and lighting is what make the game look good, though I had to sacrifice them, and some textures :(

You should be able to play is with everything high except dynamic shadows and light - on medium. Also textures have to be set to medium unless you have over 1GB of RAM. High textures at a high resolution can use almost 1.5gb of RAM.

Turn off AA and AF in game, but enable them in the drivers. Some games get confused when you have both set and you'll get a massive performance hit. Drivers will always over rule in game settings anyway.

BF2 is a horribly coded game, so you shouldn't expect max settings unless you have a 7800GTX.

hmm ok i did what akuma said, seems to run pretty smooth, I think I now know what was really the issue, it was maps with 64 players on it. I was just in a 32 man map, and it was running fine

Runs perfectly fine on my PCI-e 6800 ultra 256 with everything maxed in ultra high settings even though they dont seem to be different then high (http://www.modtheater.com/forum/thread25293.html).

A video card is only one part of the equation. For a gaming rig to work well its based off of several components and how they are configured to work with one another.

The game was made for nvidia kthx

ps: reformat oOo:

ok I solved some issues with the gfx, seems to me that enabling aa in ur ati settings doesnt do shit, I turned them off and enabled aa2x in the ingame settings and it looks much better

You done gone and fucked something up cause i run this:

[img]http://www.groundforce1.com/staffs/tonymontana/uploads/karmanewBF2settings.jpg[/img]

On my 5950 Ultra 256, AMD 64 3200+, and a gig of pc3200.

^^ can you not set your refresh > 60 hz?

Yea no doubt I run mine at 85..60 melts my eyes oOo:

Refresh on lcd's doesn't matter, no pulsing whatsoever cool:

Awaits nicks little dirty mind to come up with something for the term "pulsing"


annoy: eek: plzdie:

cmon...like I need to come up with anything like that every time.






























PULSATING IN YOUR ASS!!!!!

i've never set my monitor above 60 so im used to it. i tried 75 and it didnt seem to work, though i've never really bothered to try differant settings in that section.

well I read over on the xFire forums, that running xfire decreases your FPS in the game, gonna go play to see if this happens.

That's generally been dismissed as complete bullshit.

ya, I dont see how it can effect your frame rate in games. doesnt do shit.

my hertz is at 75 but i get an out of range screen when setting it at 85

well just to give u an idea of what I go through

[img]http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/6705/specs5dy.jpg[/img]

direct 3D and openGL are both set the same.
[img]http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4514/atio3wk.jpg[/img]





and I get 15fps at the lowest.
[img]http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/7017/screen0165sl.jpg[/img]

turning shadows and light and aa2x off doesnt make much of a difference either.

would formatting do anything?

you can also try turning down your sound settings. but reall just turn down your graphics.

Don't think formatting would do much seeing as you had an ati card in before that one as well.

You have to understand bf2 is a pretty demanding game, and your cpu for the most part is somewhat on the slow side. All those ragdoll effects when players die and get sent flying have some impact on the cpu as well.

You should try maybe doing a complete reinstall of the drivers,

Download driver cleaner and install it. http://www.drivercleaner.net/download.p ... tup_12.zip
Uninstall the ati drivers using the "ati software uninstall utility" in add remove programs.
Reboot in safe mode.
Run driver cleaner, select ati and click clean.
When its finished reboot into windows and reinstall the new ati drivers.

woooow... stop quoting images you bitches.

Not to mention that the section of the map your standing on in that screen is a lag monster. For some reason standing in, or between those buildings lags me pretty well. Yet no where else on that map does. Add in the arty strike and i think your computer didnt stand much of a chance.

try turning anti aliasing off

I wil never, games looks like shit with it off, plus it doesnt make much of a difference in frame rate to me

Uh.....yea it does. ffs anti aliens is teh suk

nyck, ive done that, doesnt do much