BF2S Forums Why is my brother's computer running BF2 so slowly?

I'm not a huge PC gamer, but of all the games Ive ran BF2 is the most demanding.

I have a 2.5ghz P4 with 2 gig ram, a 7800GS with 256mb  and can't quite run on med.

to be honest I think its the supper old hard drive and crap CPU thats holding it back...

mikeyb118 wrote:

it's the graphic card
FX 5700 is minimum
the cpu is slow aswell

they say 5700 is the min, but before i got my new pc i ran a 5200 playing BF2.

dell is junk, why cant you understand????????????????????????????????????????

Crap specs. Get a new computer, not a DELL.

Because that computer is just about the epitome of SUCK.

I feel for him. I do.

Even on low, I really wouldn't ever think that could run BF2.

kingofkolt wrote:

Hi,

My brother has a Dell Dimension 2350 desktop with a 1.8GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 video card. When he plays BF2 at all low settings, no anti-aliasing and lowest resolution, the frame rate is pretty low (I think we had the game show the frame rate once with renderer.drawFPS and it was in the 15-20 fps range). So we were wondering what was causing the slowness... Is it the slow CPU speed, the sort of old graphics card, the small RAM? Or all of the above? It meets all of the minimum BF2 requirements, but it's still slow. On the other hand, my Dell Inspiron 9100 (soon to be replaced with a MacBook Pro) with a 2.8GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 video card runs BF2 smoothly, although at the absolute lowest settings and only after taking a few minutes after loading a map to smooth out the FPS wrinkles. The only thing that's better on my computer than his is the CPU, and my graphics card has half his VRAM... Isn't the graphics the most important part for playing BF2? Anyway, any advice/answers are appreciated. We're trying to figure out what he should do to make the game smoother (while spending the least possible amount of $$). The game doesn't have to run at full quality settings, just be able to play with decent FPS even at low settings.

Thanks.

WTF is THAT hunk of junk?!?!?!

LOL, makes me laugh at how people still have an FX card.

kingofkolt wrote:

Hi,

My brother has a Dell Dimension 2350 desktop with a 1.8GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 video card. When he plays BF2 at all low settings, no anti-aliasing and lowest resolution, the frame rate is pretty low (I think we had the game show the frame rate once with renderer.drawFPS and it was in the 15-20 fps range). So we were wondering what was causing the slowness... Is it the slow CPU speed, the sort of old graphics card, the small RAM? Or all of the above? It meets all of the minimum BF2 requirements, but it's still slow. On the other hand, my Dell Inspiron 9100 (soon to be replaced with a MacBook Pro) with a 2.8GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 video card runs BF2 smoothly, although at the absolute lowest settings and only after taking a few minutes after loading a map to smooth out the FPS wrinkles. The only thing that's better on my computer than his is the CPU, and my graphics card has half his VRAM... Isn't the graphics the most important part for playing BF2? Anyway, any advice/answers are appreciated. We're trying to figure out what he should do to make the game smoother (while spending the least possible amount of $$). The game doesn't have to run at full quality settings, just be able to play with decent FPS even at low settings.

Thanks.

It's been answered, but let me say that he's running at an amazing frame rate for his specs. The CPU isn't an issue, but the amount of RAM and the video card's models are barely scraping by.

You see...any more, minimum requirements are what the developers determined that the game would run stably at, not playably. It's ridiculous, I know, but that's how it works. Recommended requirements are usually what it will take to play the game with any sort of smoothness. Let me tell you right now that it is pointless to upgrade that rig, as all the parts will be overpriced due to low of availability and the industry's aim to phase out old technology.

Even my rig, an Athlon 64 3500+ with 2GB of RAM and a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra can't be improved on without blowing a wad of cash. One, putting in a dual-core CPU that can fit a socket 939 motherboard will only provide a modicum of improved performance, and only for certain applications. It would still be cheap, but would leave me with a dejected 3500+ sitting around feeling sorry for itself and sending its lonely vibes at me. Two, all four sticks of RAM are DDR-400, and together rate at fairly-low memory timings. I could improve on it by taking all of them out and replacing them with two 1GB sticks, but with DDR-400, it would be an unreasonably-expensive proposal. My 6800 Ultra is pretty much the pinnacle of AGP performance for someone who doesn't want to spend $200+ on a 7900GS when NVIDIA's next line of video cards are slightly more, but for the superior PCI Express bus.

If my only option at this point is to pick up a new computer later, then the same can be said for your brother and his rig. It's that or go look for some older PC titles that you can play together. I recommend Freelancer.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-06-10 15:19:12)