BF2S Forums My Ibuypower laptop doen't work with BF2..HELP PLEASE

What doesn't work?

Does it not install, not launch? etc.?

Cyrax-Sektor wrote:

Like many modern laptops, the monitor outputs 59hz. BF2 can't run at 59hz. Only 60hz and above.

So, you can plug in an external monitor, or see if you can adjust your laptop's monitor refresh rate.

Can't you force it to run 59Hz? Or not run it fullscreen?

Last edited by aimless (2008-07-08 12:08:50)

aimless wrote:

Cyrax-Sektor wrote:

Like many modern laptops, the monitor outputs 59hz. BF2 can't run at 59hz. Only 60hz and above.

So, you can plug in an external monitor, or see if you can adjust your laptop's monitor refresh rate.

Can't you force it to run 59Hz? Or not run it fullscreen?

Nope, tried both to no avail. Scoured the Net, no solution but hooking up an external monitor. The game will not run at 59hz at all, EA said it themselves. Running it in windowed mode gives the error message about the video settings.

And nvidia got rid of forcing refresh rates in the Vista Control Panel. So the only solution is external monitor.

However, once in game, you can unplug the external monitor and it will force the game on your laptop monitor. You can play fine, but the resolution will be whacked if the two monitors are different. From there, you can go portable with the laptop. But if you lose the game, be it CTD, Quit or low battery, you'll have to plug in the external monitor.

BF2 can be a real bugger at times. Even if they don't adjust the refresh rate limit in the 1.5 patch, they should definitely have us mobile gamers in Battlefield 3 with 59hz. A laptop's meant to be mobile, and bringing an extra monitor just for the game sounds like a pain.

Last edited by Cyrax-Sektor (2008-07-08 13:11:06)

^Did you pirate the game?  If you did, shame on you, go hit your head against the wall a few times, and then buy a legit copy.


If not, make sure you entered it all exactly the same as your manual said, and try reinstalling everything (look for the install order guides).

I thought that if it was your refresh rate that you could manually enter it in one of the usersetting type files to exactly what yours is, I'm not sure if it makes BF2 start up as that rate or if it's when you log in- I'm running mine on Vista 64 fine but at 75hz all I did was make punkbuster run as admin and BF2.exe run as admin I've never had to run anything as XP compatability. Another thing I've heard is that BF2 starts in 800x600 I'm pretty sure you're monitor can display that but it's best to check anyway.
I think the refresh rate thing is in the my documents profiles video.con and you can manually change the resolution and refresh rate try 58hz or something it might work might not

Reinstalled the game and patches and it worked. 
now it will load the game, connect on-line and
i can play for maybe 3 minutes and then the game crashes to desktop.  Any ideas anyone?