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Yet another BF2 trouble thread (General system trouble added)

I did mention this in the main thread, but was ignored. :(

Anyway, since upgrading to an X2 3800+ im getting stupidly low framerates in multiplayer, but my framerates are fine in singleplayer. I just cant work out what's causing it.

Obviously the settings are the same in single and multi but why arent the framerates? My ping was around 25 on the last server i played, and my framerate was under 30. Not only that, i've lost reload animations aswell. :confused:

I just cant work it out. All my system temps are fine, im using the 81.85 nvidia drivers, the latest dual core Windows driver, the NF4 drivers that came with my motherboard ( :o ) and everything set to max ingame, which it should be able to handle EASILY. Hell, even when i was running my 3ghz Prescott i was getting better FPS.

Please help. :(

EDIT: Setting affinity to one core doesnt do squat.
 
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Im doing a reinstall as we speak... well, im up to patching it actually, hopefully that'll sort it out.

And yes, i uninstalled it properly, including removing everything in the registry related to the game. ;)
 
Yes and Yes.

Well, i only tried the single core thing once and it crashed to desktop, reckon i should try it again?

I just updated my nforce drivers too, which did nothing.
 
All my drivers are as new as they could be, there's no problems in device manager, the only thing i havent tried and dont really want to try is flashing the bios.
 
Yeah, my bad, but i used these drivers before i moved from the Prescott and it was all good. And yes i have, it didnt help either.
 
Wired... and i havent had a chance to try the single core thing again yet, but im open to all ideas, just lay em out for me and i'll go thru em when i have the chance.
 
Ok, good news, after messing around with different drivers and what not, i got it working really well with one core, it still doesnt like using two, but it runs extremely well as it is anyway.

So thanks to everybody for their help.

I have one more question though, is there anyway to set profiles for the cores? Like, if i load the BF2.exe it automatically disables one core? That would be really handy, but not really essential. :p
 
Yeah, it was running sweet, then i nuked a tank with C4 on Wake and everything crawled to a halt almost, it was even worse when i changed servers and maps. I deleted the cache and this time it worked. Hopefully it'll keep working, cause im gonna go nuts if i have to delete it every second or third time i play the game.
 
Argh... its still doing it. I downloaded throttlewatch, but it doesnt show a throttling graph and when i go to the view menu, the throttle graph option is disabled.

I just had my framerate crawl to 14fps while playing Live For Speed in a 8 man race, so something is seriously off somewhere.

*sigh* Goddamn computers...
 
I always install stuff in that order plus i just did a clean install last sunday, so i aint real keen on doing it again just yet. :p

No spyware or Viruses/Trojans.

Card Idles @ 45-50c
CPU Idles @ 25-35c

They only hit the second temps when i have my electric heater going, which i do now. :D

Do you think it could be my ram? Thats about the only thing i havent tested really...
 
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Haven't read entire thread but if you're CTD'ing then it sounds like you're overclocked, which BF2 can get annoyed with. Try using one core at stock clocks.
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Nah, it's not overclocked at all. I used to get the occasional CTD with my old stock Prescott too, and it's only happened twice since i upgraded.

I ran Sandras bandwidth test and apparently my ram is about 80% efficient, but i think that might have something to do with the ram being honky CAS3 with slack timings... but it is running at 1T.

I tried that s&m memory test thing and i kept gettings a message saying "Found file: xxxxx (cant remember its name) but cant link to it" or something like that.

So basically im not getting anywhere. :(

Im starting to think i should move this to another section, like General Hardware or something.
 
Not as yet, i just find it soooooo weird that the game(s) will run fine and then completely outta the blue the framerate will just drop. Deleting the cache in BF2 fixes that problem... but that only lasts a handful of games.

As for Live For Speed... well, there's no cache to delete. One odd thing i found though is, if i play BF2 and it starts acting up, then go on to play LFS straight after, then LFS performs badly too.

The difference between the two running well and not running so good is:

BF2: Super smooth, then litterally dropping back to a slideshow midgame.

LFS: 60fps with 5 cars infront of me (should be higher than that) and dropping as low as 14fps when its running badly.

So yeah, its a massive hit and usually its fairly sudden.
 
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