BF2 and vista

thecremeegg · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:05

Can someone please tell me what the best ATI drivers are for an x1900xt on vista trying to run BF2?
Since changing over from XP it takes longer to load, has a lot more memory lag and crashes to desktop
And they call vista a gaming orientated operating system? :mad:

modo77 · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:08

There is a hotfix for the memory problem which came out a few days ago:

Virtual address space usage in Windows game development

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105

Fixes the problem which some games have in Vista which cause it to crash when it hits the 2gig limit.

I've tested it on Half Life Episode one (which always crashes when loading next lvl), and Dirt (which used to sometimes drop the to 1fps) both now seem ok. And BF2 crashing on loading maps is fixed

Download from here:
x64 - http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=2840
x86 - http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=2830

edit: links fixed.

thecremeegg · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:10

Link doesnt work, can you correct it please

Thanks

modo77 · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:15

Fixed

thecremeegg · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:24

Ah brilliant thanks...giving that a try now

wez130 · 6 Aug 2007 at 22:18

i re-imstalled bf2 the other day on vista home premium, downloaded patch 1.41 and it doesn't seem to want to install. gets as far as 'do you want to run 'bf2 patch 1.41' allow and disallow, then i allow it and nothing happens. any suggestions / ideas?

modo77 · 6 Aug 2007 at 22:31

right click the patch installer and run as admin