Very bad BF2 stuttering

BEn_2600+ · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:35

Im running BF2 on Vista 32-bit and im getting very bad stuttering, the framerate is fine (70+) but im getting excessive stuttering, ive tried turning superfetch off but that dosent help, spec is in sig

Any ideas?

Thanks, Ben

steveo · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:49

check your connection settings ingame you might have it set to the wrong one change it to 256kbps might help it did with me

BEn_2600+ · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:50

steveo said:
check your connection settings ingame you might have it set to the wrong one change it to 256kbps might help it did with me

Tried that too, its still the same

Also tried the pb_sleep 500 thingy

Just put latest mobo drivers on gonna give it another go

OzZie · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:55

-Disable windows defender realtime scanning (in the options)
-Disable any startup programs from loading with windows (using msconfig)
-Disable system restore unless required to keep.
-Update your windows to the latest version to have the performance fixes released a while back.
-Close the windows start bar.
-Defrag using a good and efficient application such as o&o.
-Set the texture size on BF2 to medium and see if that resolves the issue.
-Run spyware, close unwanted tasks from task manager etc.
-Update video and sound drivers.

Sounds excessive, but all of those should help in some way. I know i have to do similar things when running vista on a few of my older games.

Cairnsey · 13 Oct 2007 at 18:04

Can you connect to EA Master Server? I can't

unwashed potato! · 13 Oct 2007 at 18:10

you with virgin media?

Rich · 13 Oct 2007 at 18:24

I was getting it too. Putting 4gig of memory in improved the situation some. Vista apparantly "intelligently" reservers memory and gives it back to apps as needed. Seems it isnt intelligent enough to do this with BF2. Check your HDD light when you get the stuttering, it will be flashing like a good un.

BEn_2600+ · 13 Oct 2007 at 18:28

Cairnsey said:
Can you connect to EA Master Server? I can't

Yeah can connect no probs, the mobo drivers have inprove the stuttering massivly will also try your tips Ozzie

Cairnsey · 13 Oct 2007 at 22:00

Mammalian said:
you with virgin media?

yep

Revolution6000 · 13 Oct 2007 at 22:34

I had the same, was really weird, and seemed to happen at random times, funnily enough I don't get it now I have 4GB installed.

snowdog · 13 Oct 2007 at 23:57

Cairnsey said:
yep

Does it happen in sp?

if not, virgin's your prob.

neocon · 14 Oct 2007 at 10:03

go to task manager while playing and see how much memory bf2 is using

i'm using XP and bf2 sits in memory at 950mb

stuttering is often caused by lack of memory, which is strange because you have 2gb, but then you are running vista

BassPunk · 15 Oct 2007 at 17:19

you are out of memory as Vista is using it, add some more or switch to XP

FrostedNipple · 15 Oct 2007 at 18:35

BassPunk said:
you are out of memory as Vista is using it, add some more or switch to XP

he can only have another gig, due to him scimping on costs and going for 32bit instead of 64bit lol

snowdog · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:18

Vista doesnt use 1 gb of RAM (only superfetch does, but apps like bf2 have a priority of cache), he should be fine.
I recon it's his isp if it only happens in MP.

rhymin · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:18

i had same problem with vista not long ago, tried everything, apart from 4gb ram, went back to xp in the end

BEn_2600+ · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:54

snowdog said:
Vista doesnt use 1 gb of RAM (only superfetch does, but apps like bf2 have a priority of cache), he should be fine.
I recon it's his isp if it only happens in MP.

When BF2 is running, i look in task manager and total memory used hovers around 1.5gb which is strange, looks like XP back then

neocon · 15 Oct 2007 at 21:08

BEn_2600+ said:
When BF2 is running, i look in task manager and total memory used hovers around 1.5gb which is strange, looks like XP back then

have dual boot system