BF2 & Dual core

TBirdUK · 10 Feb 2006 at 23:07

Got a problem with BF2 and opteron 165. The game plays great on rig 1 below except that it locks, sometimes after 10 mins, sometimes 2 hours!

I've tried running on 1 core only, on both etc but even on just 1 core it locks, sends both cores to 100% CPU usage and I have to reboot (sound goes on a loop too).

I've also tried hardware/software sound, EAX/no EAX etc. The machine is 16 hours prime stable on both cores so its not the chip. :confused:

Running win x64 with nvidia 81.98 drivers and even 82.65 (guru3d).

Help, this is really frustrating!!!

TBirdUK · 10 Feb 2006 at 23:56

Yeah, its got me too, thought it was the graphics, but changed cards, then the sound but tried all options etc. Driving me nuts cse the game plays superbly up until the point it locks!!

TBirdUK · 11 Feb 2006 at 00:31

cheers for that, will play tomorrow to see (need sleep to ease frustration!!)

TBirdUK · 11 Feb 2006 at 10:52

Is this patch for Windows X64? It says it is for Win XP service pack 2, nothing about X 64

TBirdUK · 11 Feb 2006 at 22:18

cant get the patch to install, comes up with invalid .inf ??????

Anyone got any other ideas? I sent a question to EA Games but no reply as yet - probably just get "we dont support opteron or dual core or X64 or our customers!!!"

TBirdUK · 12 Feb 2006 at 01:34

tried the /onecpu switch and it works (kind of). Thanks Hades!! The only trouble I get now is the connection keeps dropping! But it does work. Added a line into the boot ini so I can boot either way!!

Cheers all, I'll post if I ever get a reply from EA Games, shame it cant handle the advantages of dual core but I'm sure the new games will.

TBirdUK · 13 Feb 2006 at 01:31

I've just played for about 2 hours-no probs. Now and again I lost connection which never used to happen but all seems ok. Patch never worked so dont know about it? What are the specs on the rest of you machine?

Off to bed now, will be back on tomorrow. Your command lines look good for the x64 windows, have you tried the onecpu on the normal windows?

TBirdUK · 13 Feb 2006 at 14:34

put it at the end of the command line in the c:/boot.ini file as seen in your bit above:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /onecpu
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /onecpu
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Dual Core" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Dual Core" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Dont have a return before /onecpu as its part of the same line. seems to still be working for me!

TBirdUK · 16 Feb 2006 at 12:02

Any joy, I'm looking to push mine a bit further tonight.