Are you lot mad?

[throdgrain]

My son very kindly this morning bought me the SF expansion pack for BF2, so I thought Id give it a go
First, I installed it, which patched BF2 back to 1.1 (I think!) so the game wouldnt play.
I then repatched it all to 1.12, and it works.
However, it is so laggy! The fps must be very very low, I cant turn around without it lagging. I went back to vanilla BF2, and that seems ok, so is it just how SF is at the moment, or is it me?
My pc is a year old I know, and Im just about to upgrade a couple of things, but I would have thought a 3500-64/6800GT/2 gig ram could have at least made this game playable?
Help me out chaps, before I start slagging off BF2 again

[dysfunction]

Just face it Throd...BF2 just isnt the game it should have been...

[Aada]

runs fine on all hight settings on my x850pro 256mb i heard most problems are with folk with Nvidia cards.. the way its meant to be played right guys? lol

[throdgrain]

Dys probably has the right answer . Thanks for your answer though Aada, its real helpful

[Trem]

Wow there is still ATi vs Nvidia people out there. Its just like when I was a boy and we used to fight at school over which was best between the Spectrum and Commodore(C64 tbh ).

You gave a typical smartarse mine-is-better-than-yours answer Aada, which doesn't help anyone.





















Yes I hate Xmas and yes I am in a stinking mood.

[Aada]

im not a ATI vs Nvidia freak thanks was just stating it works well on my card.. ive had both ATI/Nvidia and ATI overall has worked better for me but i don't dislike Nvidia either.

you took it completely the wrong way.


Just keep trying different drivers thats the only way to fix it unfortunatly.

[Trem]

I'm sorry Aada, I didn't mean it to sound so harsh. I was having a shocking morning.

Once again I'm sorry.



Hate Xmas, miss my dad.

[DaGaffer]

I've got an X800pro and still have the same problems. In fact, BF is an nVidia 'showcase' product. Its just shitty code, simple as that.

[throdgrain]

Ive turned down some stuff, and it plays a bit better, but still very slowly compared to vanilla

[Wij]

BF2 is an incredibly shoddy product. In fact the original was so trashily coded it was untrue too. The fonts didn't even scale properly on the GUI. What kind of schoolboy error is that ? Anyway BF2 still looks pretty crap but runs like a slideshow on anything but the latest ninja PC. Muppets.

(P.S. Crap game anyway.)

[DaGaffer]

Originally Posted by Wij

(P.S. Crap game anyway.)

That's the problem Wij, it isn't. It's a brilliant game, which is why so many people (like me) stick with it, and grit our teeth, despite the shoddy code.

[Trancor]

Runs fine on my pc, which isn't a cutting edge ninja pc. And it can be both a brilliant game and utter crap, depends on how everyone else plays. Memory will improve the performance so stick some more in and it'll run fine.

[throdgrain]

Originally Posted by throdgrain

My son very kindly this morning bought me the SF expansion pack for BF2, so I thought Id give it a go
First, I installed it, which patched BF2 back to 1.1 (I think!) so the game wouldnt play.
I then repatched it all to 1.12, and it works.
However, it is so laggy! The fps must be very very low, I cant turn around without it lagging. I went back to vanilla BF2, and that seems ok, so is it just how SF is at the moment, or is it me?
My pc is a year old I know, and Im just about to upgrade a couple of things, but I would have thought a 3500-64/6800GT/2 gig ram could have at least made this game playable?
Help me out chaps, before I start slagging off BF2 again

How much more ram do you reckon I should get then, or do you not bother to read all of the threads ?

[PaffyCloWn]

2 Gb seems to be the accepted amount fella...

[throdgrain]

I fucking know that chum