BF2 lag! Will 2GB RAM help?

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Hi all,

My BF2 is really lagging lately. It takes about 10 minutes to load a game and it lags like crazy for the first 10 minutes when I do eventualy get in. When I say lag, It's more like jumpy gameplay, not FPS - So I think it is RAM related.
Specs:
P4 3.2Ghz
ASUS P4P800SE
1GB Corsair RAM
256MB 6800GT

Do you think I should sell my 1GB corsair and go for 2GB GeIL? Is it worth it?

Cheers.
 
Hmmm.

I think I will go for the 2GB and see if it makes a difference. If not, I will consider upgrading - I've had this rig for a while and I miss playing games on full wack.
Can someone tell me what the latest drivers are for the 6800GT? I haven't updated these for at least 8 months+.
After a round ends I am ALWAYS the last person to join, It's so frustrating. I join the game about 5+mins after everyone else and they are already killing each other and taking flags etc...! :(
 
I will go for 2GB for sure.

Ive just got the SF expansion. My original BF2 had patch 1.22 installed. What patch do I need to install for SF? 1.12? :confused: :confused:
 
I already have everything on high, including 4X AA and it is as smooth as silk about 10-15 mins into the game. It just takes forever to load the game, the game freezes at the beginning and when I quit the game the music keeps playing for about 5 mins, and my whole PC lags. I am pretty certain It's the RAM, so I will be ordering 2 GB on Tuesday and I will let you know what happeneds.
 
I had my sound on medium anyway, I also have a Audigy 2 ZS. I have just joined a server and my CPU usage does not go over 30% but my commit charge stays around 1380/1400M.
 
MajorPart said:
I have BF2 on 2 machines. i just stuck it my wifes X2 4400 which came with 2gb, 7800GT. It still lags at the start but has the settings on high, occationally it lags.

My own machine has a P4 650 3.4Ghz with 1GB, and a lowley X600 card... it does lagg on high settings but is okay on low to medium. It only lags for 4-5 secs at the start and i'm generally one of the first 5 people on "scene" when a map loads up.. Trying to get 2GB on this machine but it didn't like the extra two 512's..

I think there maybe an issue with your system.. like it needs a decent Defrag or there a heat or voltage issue. or there is loads of crap running in the background on windows eating up your cpu time or memory..??

2GB does make a difference but if there is crap in the background or BF2's files are spread out all over your hard drive it won't make a huge amount of difference..

EDIT i see you have wifi.. this does make difference so much so i've spent last week wiring ethernet cable up into my loft and back to the pc & router as it was causing issues with lag and downloads.
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I have checked pretty much everything. I have defragged, heat is fine, voltages are fine. I always quit my firewalls and AV's before I join and check my CPU usage. It's always around 1% and when it loads the maps and first joins it never usualy goes over 20% so I really don't think It's the CPU. When I alt+tab out of the game I can see it is eating most of my memory up. I will see what happeneds when I get the 2GB.
 
MajorPart said:
This also might help, a good start would be the latest Geforce drivers on thier site or whoever manfactured your card, see if they have a driver download page.
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I installed them a few days ago, didn't make a difference :( I am pretty sure It's the RAM, can't be the connection because it takes forever to load the single player maps!
 
Just installed the RAM and the difference is amazing! Loading times much, much quicker, absolutely NO LAG at the beginning. Everything on max including 8X AA and 16 X AF and It's still as smooth as silk! It also exit's the game instantly without playing music and lagging my whole P.C.

Very happy indeed.. :D
 
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