Parnit
Member
+5|7078
man im 16 years old where the hell am i going to get the money for new vid card and my parents will definatly not help me out video games are not really important for them
Parnit
Member
+5|7078
can one of you guys write to ati im sort of busy
silentsin
Member
+3|7129
uh no dont dl from ea, im dling it right now at fucking 3.45 kbps, THATS FUCKING SLOW!!! im usually at 90 or more but this is just ridiculous! oh and i hear you parnit, i need a new video card and more ram but its never going to happen.

Last edited by silentsin (2006-02-14 18:38:40)

Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7121|Tampa Bay Florida
Please...... only post in this topic if you HAVE downloaded one of the patches and if you're having grahpics problems.. getting a little too off-topic
wlater12
Member
+0|7126
Hey guys. Sorry to tell you but if you have a radeon 9200 ur fucked cos the new patch don't support it. Sorry.
=L&L=The Old Firm
Member
+3|7193|The Netherlands The Hague

silentsin wrote:

uh no dont dl from ea, im dling it right now at fucking 3.45 kbps, THATS FUCKING SLOW!!! im usually at 90 or more but this is just ridiculous! oh and i hear you parnit, i need a new video card and more ram but its never going to happen.
Again stay ON TOPIC please!!!! this is for people with problems not about the fucking dl time
Ziggy_79x
Member
+4|7117
I did a little research and it seems like the radeon 9200 was never supported in battlefield 2. I got this from the EA games website after going to their support site and typing in 9200 in the search box. I guess it took untill this patch to actually show it.  Sorry guys, but if ATI dosen't fix this, which might take a month or so you are probably just going to have to upgrade. Just start saving money to upgrade your video cards. I've been through this with other games and I do feel your pain.

Here is the link that shows it. http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/ph … _topview=1

Last edited by Ziggy_79x (2006-02-14 18:47:09)

chase_mccloud
[bha] Chase
+0|7100|HERE -->USA

The Old Firm wrote:

I have like 88000 points and 800 hours of play
Damn thats alot do you get out much...lol
xX[Elangbam]Xx
Member
+107|7129
GUYS only download the incremental one if you have the 1.12 or else download the full. Maybe the problem here are your drivers. i just downloadd the new Nvidia one and it works. my sepcs aren't great either: xp 3200, 512 ram. i mean i get lag for the first minute (but that was before the patch) but everything after that is smooth.
chase_mccloud
[bha] Chase
+0|7100|HERE -->USA

wlater12 wrote:

Hey guys. Sorry to tell you but if you have a radeon 9200 ur fucked cos the new patch don't support it. Sorry.
That sucks for you guys better start saving some money for an NVIDIA card...lol
Parnit
Member
+5|7078
my god why the hell was it working before and now it doesnt it does not make sense they did not change graphics all they added was the uav thing
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7121|Tampa Bay Florida
I noticed that too Ziggy.  Before I bought the game I checked to see if it was supported but it wasn't, I just assumed 9200 was part of the 8500 'series' as it says.

I've got a Pentium 4 that's 4 years old.  I've been thinking of getting a new 'gamers' computer or whatever, you know, so do you think I should get an Nvidia graphics card before I get a new pc? 

I'm not familiar with vid cards so if someone can tell me what a good Nvidia card would be as a replacement for a 9200.  Again, my computer is old and clunky and it needs to be able to support it.  Thanks for any help.
=L&L=The Old Firm
Member
+3|7193|The Netherlands The Hague

chase_mccloud wrote:

The Old Firm wrote:

I have like 88000 points and 800 hours of play
Damn thats alot do you get out much...lol
No LOL...but it seems now since the new patch doesnt support my vidcard i gonna have to get out again.....

*Is about to throw his PC out off his window, which is 30 meters from the ground*
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7274|Alberta, Canada

i downloaded the lastest ati driver (6.2) and no luck, still the same problem.

guys, dont go and buy new video cards, just have sum patience and it should be fixed soon.
khmer
Member
+86|7109|Central California
@Chase what Nvidia card do you have, I have the 5200fx.

Dang at least you guys could get into the game. I installed the patch, try to start the game. The screen goes blank like before but then it just kicks me back to desktop.

I've checked and searched the EA forums and found other people that have the same problem as me. There is also a radeon ati thread for you guys too. This really sucks big time. I was so looking forward to this day. I'm going to try and download the full three hundred file and patch the game from scratch hopefully that works. If that doesn't work I guess it's time for a graphics card upgrade. 
Parnit
Member
+5|7078
guys i asked for help at ati i hope they take some pity and help us out or thats it for my gamingno way i can get a new video card
=L&L=The Old Firm
Member
+3|7193|The Netherlands The Hague

Parnit wrote:

guys i asked for help at ati i hope they take some pity and help us out or thats it for my gamingno way i can get a new video card
Thanx m8, hope to see an answer quickly otherwise i gotta burglar a home with a nice pc and ripp his vidcart out .More seriously though i think we are gonna be screwed and are looking at buying a new one.
Superslim
BF2s Frat Brother
+211|7123|Calgary
Upgrade.......
Meiktila
Member
+3|7078|UK
Yeah, I'd have to say I agree. I mean, we were playing on borrowed time anyway, seeing as the game didn't even support 9200s in the first place. Don't get me wrong. I'm fucked off at EA and a new card will cost a fair amount, but that's just our luck
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7121|Tampa Bay Florida
If it were not the fact that BF2 is a superb game, maybe even the best game I've ever played, there is no way in hell I would be attempting to upgrade just for EA. 

EA owes us BIG time people, this is yet another patch in which they have made serious errors.  EA does not deserve our support, but they don't really care do they?  They could have at the very least said "If you are running a card that does not legitimately support BF2, than this patch will seriously fuck you up".
Ziggy_79x
Member
+4|7117
Spearhead here are some good cheap video cards that you can get to replace your 9200 that will work in your current system.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814133151

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814130262

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814121197


And if you want to spend a bit more you can get this which will give you a lot better performance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814130001

You could also go for a Radeon 9600XT which are in the $90 U.S. range or a Radeon 9800Pro which is around $120 they will also work with battlefield 2. Now be aware that these are online prices and you will pay about 50% to 75% more at a retail shop. These are great cards compared to the 9200 though.
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7121|Tampa Bay Florida
I'm lookin mainly at the GeForce 6600...

Just makin sure,
My Pentium 4 is not impressive.  At all.  I bought it from a cheap Dell bundle and it is 2.0 GHz

Zigg I trust ya man but I wanna make sure my system can handle it.. if yes I'll head out to bestbuy this weekend and pick up a GeForce 6600...
Ziggy_79x
Member
+4|7117
Spearhead, do you have an AGP 8x motherboard or is it just 4x?

If its just 4x you might have problems with the newer cards. Ill explain.
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7121|Tampa Bay Florida
to be honest with you, I'm not sure at the moment.  I'll look around for it and I'll post tomorrow
M730A2
Member
+45|7126
Ok people I'm in the same ATI boat as the rest of us.
I have a radeon 9000 though.
Played fine untill the 1.2 patch

I got both of my patches from
ftp://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/patches/

Straight from EA I too tried the incremental first, with the same no buildings, 3 frames per second frame rate.
I re-downloaded the full patch (7 hours...) un-installed everything, updated my video card drivers, changed my agp bios apiture size, re-installed BF2, BF2_SF then the full 1.2.exe patch and still no joy.

Hate to say it guys but were all screwed.

Either with for updated drivers (do you think ATI will reall ywork on new drivers for old assed cards? - I don't)  or start looking for a new (used - Ebay?) video card.

Damn.

Will keep a close eye on this thread and others and will post when we see a (hopefull) fix.

M

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