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?