killaer
Member
+41|7189
Okay. First off here are my specs

Radeon 9800 pro
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
640 RDRAM (!)

So, let me start off by saying this. Today, I wanted to get my friend into BF2. He just got a new comp, so now he could finally try out the demo. Of course (As any sane man He loved BF2, and wants to get it. I also wanted to relive glory days and hear the old sounds of the APC..bunny hopping...dolphin diving...summer days spent playing BF2 demo. But that's not what this is about.

My rig isn't amazing. It can run most games (The newest ones...meh)
BF2 runs oaky
I have everything on medium. A decent resolution. High sound quality.

When I go into a BF2 server, the enterance is horrible. It is a SLOOOW load. It takes a long time to verify client (And I'm starting to see errors...) When I get into the game, I lag. I spawn, I LAG alot. But when the initial map is loaded, everything is dandy, Everything runs great yay. (Of course, if a server has 1 map per round, I can't stand it since I have to go through this every new map)

So, I get BF2 demo to be able to play with friend. It installs clean. I have to do some crap in the readme to get it to work...so here I am. I pick my friend's server...

Wow..that loaded pretty fast

Then I get in. NO lag. NONE at all. All medium settings (When I switched sound quality high it did lag a BIT getting in, but when I looked in all directions it was all gone) I could see beautiful shadows on everything. My weapons didn't become shitty and clip into eachother. Gameplay was beautiful and smooth. 1 round-map servers didn't bother me.

WHY? WHY does the full game have HIGHER requirments than the god damn demo? Can someone explain? Is EA shitmonkeys? I'm confused here. WHY do BF2 games lag like SHIT, and BF2 DEMO games run beutifully...
I just don't understand the need to increase requirments...



LOOK AT THIS:
Guys, I'm not talking about system requirments on BF2. I know RDRAM sucks. I know I need better shit. I know all that.
The point is

WHY IS THE DAMN DEMO having LESS system requirments than THE FULL GAME?

It's the same fucking game, so why the difference?

Last edited by killaer (2006-05-02 19:54:19)

Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|7104|USA
because...god hates you....but seriously. Its due to memory, and repetiveness. Demo=Oman, rounds are the same over and over, and also, this is how EA makes money, DAMN NICE demo, great game...if u want faster load times, and faster connections. here is what i did. i got 1.5 gig of ram, i have 256 DSL sbc yahoo. i have a brand spankin new ATI X850 pro. i can run very smoothly on medium, and pretty smooth on high. i also have a 5.1 Sound blaster audigy( the recommended product for bf2) i have my sound on HIGH and hardware...
Stumanbmx
S!l3nt But D3adly
+86|7075|Pickle Village
you should get 2gb of RAM, mine rox
killaer
Member
+41|7189
2gb of RDRAM costs hundreds of dollars.

So what if it's repetitive..it still uses more fruckin memory?
{BMF}*Frank_The_Tank
U.S. > Iran
+497|7049|Florida
i hate to be the bearer of bad news......but your using RDRAM.  RDRAM isnt really the most common type of ram to begin with.  And that is why 2 gb of it costs an assload of money.  But, unless you want to get a new motherboard, and new ram, your kinda stuck with it.  Adding more ram is definately gonna help you out.  My pc has P4 2.2ghz, 1gb ram, and a radeon X700 Pro 256mb, soundblaster live 24-bit.  My system isnt awesome by any means, but more ram, higher front side bus for your processor, and minimum requirement for video memory is 128, but 256 is always better.  The repetitiveness is definately something that makes it easier, not to mention the game itself isnt as bulky of a program when your using the demo vs. the full version.  Something else you may wanna check, make sure you have Anti-Viruses turned off as well as firewalls.  Turn off extra programs you dont need, which obviously is using precious ram that could be used for you kickin some ass.

Hope this helps
Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|7104|USA
Corsair is the best, i bought 1gig of ram from new egg. corsair, DDR 184 pin for $72 2gigs is around 130

Last edited by Naughty_Om (2006-05-02 19:46:25)

killaer
Member
+41|7189
Guys, I'm not talking about system requirments on BF2. I know RDRAM sucks. I know I need better shit. I know all that.
The point is

WHY IS THE DAMN DEMO having LESS system requirments than THE FULL GAME?

It's the same fucking game, so why the difference?
{BMF}*Frank_The_Tank
U.S. > Iran
+497|7049|Florida
newegg is a great place to buy stuff from. killaer, have you checked their for some RDRAM?  It might be cheaper there than somewhere like best buy.  Doubtful its as cheap as DDR, or DDR SDRAM, but its worth a shot
Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|7104|USA
We Dont Know Why< We Arent Dice Or Ea!
stryyker
bad touch
+1,682|7191|California

Naughty_Om wrote:

Corsair is the best, i bought 1gig of ram from new egg. corsair, DDR 148 pin for $72 2gigs is around 130
148, eh?
Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|7104|USA
err, whatever the pin is....shit... i dont wanna look it up.

i mean 184 pin

Last edited by Naughty_Om (2006-05-02 19:46:41)

stryyker
bad touch
+1,682|7191|California

there ya go
Naughty_Om
Im Ron Burgundy?
+355|7104|USA
hehe, it was back in november since i last thought about RAM.
Prince1215
Member
+9|7118|New Jersey
i have 2 gb ram my uncle has 4gb his is better try, to get more ram!
{BMF}*Frank_The_Tank
U.S. > Iran
+497|7049|Florida
4 gb..........wtf.....windows wont even touch that much lol.  he wont have to buy any ram for another 2+ years
killaer
Member
+41|7189
Can you guys read? I don't give a shit out how much ram you have...no need to wag your E-PEEN arround. Just tell me why the fuck it's so stupid. Theyre same game, why demo<system requirments than full game
khmer
Member
+86|7149|Central California
I'm guessing it's because they don't know how to patch. I noticed that with every patch there's a degradation of performance. I remember in version 1.0 I had some stuff on medium, decent screen resolution, and sound on high with minimum or no lag. Now everything is low, I can't even use my 7.1 surround sound to the fullest anymore.

Before it was ok but now I need to upgrade after all the patches. It should be the other way around. I'm feeling you Killaer. I'm wondering what your wondering.
Sexy in Garden
Member
+11|7055
i have a shitass computer and most windows and 64bit servers lag lots, linux ones dont

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