Thread: BF:BC2 Technical Issues / Tweaks

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

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I saw that, And i thought that. Any suggestions to cut down on the Risk, Its a brand new Computer and I don't want to jack it up like the last one,

Originally Posted by smokenspliff

I saw that, And i thought that. Any suggestions to cut down on the Risk, Its a brand new Computer and I don't want to jack it up like the last one,

I've used many apps from their site, if your worried about making bad adjustments make a restore point before applying any changes.

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

I've used many apps from their site, if your worried about making bad adjustments make a restore point before applying any changes.

What about changes to your Hardware? I openned up CCC advanced and played with the GPU fan, Other than that the rest scares the shiat outta me.

Catalyst control is no prob if something don't work simply reset to default. I thought you were talking about third party software and drivers for those definitely set a restore point.

I'm having a severe problem with frame rate drop or something whenever playing the RUSH maps, and the Mcom's begin flashing.

What I'm running: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz. 3328MB RAM, GSkill DDR-1200 PC2-9600, 2048MB x 2, Dual Channel. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16, Diver Version: 8.801.0.0. Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s. Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3. ASUS Maximus II Formula LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard. Internet Service: 16 Mb/sec cable.

Problems I'm experiencing: Frame rates drop to 3-4/sec (usually 68 to 100) when Mcoms begin flashing. Occasional loss of all video, after load up screen finishes, all I see is a black screen, names of players, and Flag/Mcom icons. Next: Intermittently everything seems normal except, all players are either invisible or only a scant wireframe outline; all I see is the muzzle flash of their weapons. And finally; and this happens rarely; my weapons turn gray (losing all detail) and I crash to desktop.

What I've observed: These symptoms tend to occur only on the RUSH maps, or any map immediately following a RUSH round. I cannot recall it happening in or when entering into a Conquest map. Also, I originally had the game installed via disk, but uninstalled it and installed the Steam DLC (to get Vietnam and SPECACT), and when I check the cache files there is invariably one file that does not check true, and Steam reloads it.

What I've done: The usual stuff, checked for virus's and malware (none), defragged HD, cleaned up the registry, closed as many background processes as I can, made sure the firewall wasn't causing trouble, backed up the Steam game files, turned off a memory monitoring program I've used for a long time, but there has not been a significant improvement.

I've run several high intensity graphics card test programs, and everything checks out good. BC2 is not the most taxing game I have to play on this system, but Crysis is, and it runs smoothly.

What can you guys recommend I look at to make this problem go away.

Originally Posted by RagunCajun

I'm having a severe problem with frame rate drop or something whenever playing the RUSH maps, and the Mcom's begin flashing.

What I'm running: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz. 3328MB RAM, GSkill DDR-1200 PC2-9600, 2048MB x 2, Dual Channel. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16, Diver Version: 8.801.0.0. Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s. Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3. ASUS Maximus II Formula LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard. Internet Service: 16 Mb/sec cable.

Problems I'm experiencing: Frame rates drop to 3-4/sec (usually 68 to 100) when Mcoms begin flashing. Occasional loss of all video, after load up screen finishes, all I see is a black screen, names of players, and Flag/Mcom icons. Next: Intermittently everything seems normal except, all players are either invisible or only a scant wireframe outline; all I see is the muzzle flash of their weapons. And finally; and this happens rarely; my weapons turn gray (losing all detail) and I crash to desktop.

What I've observed: These symptoms tend to occur only on the RUSH maps, or any map immediately following a RUSH round. I cannot recall it happening in or when entering into a Conquest map. Also, I originally had the game installed via disk, but uninstalled it and installed the Steam DLC (to get Vietnam and SPECACT), and when I check the cache files there is invariably one file that does not check true, and Steam reloads it.

What I've done: The usual stuff, checked for virus's and malware (none), defragged HD, cleaned up the registry, closed as many background processes as I can, made sure the firewall wasn't causing trouble, backed up the Steam game files, turned off a memory monitoring program I've used for a long time, but there has not been a significant improvement.

I've run several high intensity graphics card test programs, and everything checks out good. BC2 is not the most taxing game I have to play on this system, but Crysis is, and it runs smoothly.

What can you guys recommend I look at to make this problem go away.

Have you done this?

New ATI hotfix drivers out really improve FPS if you're running ATI card. See here to install over 10.12's. I'm steady 50-60's now even on fps killers like oasis these are 'just the drivers you're looking for'.

AMD Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix (8.82.2) Win7 x86/x64 - Guru3D.com Forums

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Have you done this?

New ATI hotfix drivers out really improve FPS if you're running ATI card. See here to install over 10.12's. I'm steady 50-60's now even on fps killers like oasis these are 'just the drivers you're looking for'.

AMD Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix (8.82.2) Win7 x86/x64 - Guru3D.com Forums

I'm wondering if the problem stems from running DX 9 instead of 10 or 11.

That sounds feasible.

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Have you done this?

New ATI hotfix drivers out really improve FPS if you're running ATI card. See here to install over 10.12's. I'm steady 50-60's now even on fps killers like oasis these are 'just the drivers you're looking for'.

AMD Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix (8.82.2) Win7 x86/x64 - Guru3D.com Forums

I DL'd Sapphire's latest driver version (8.812), and now I have problems with the game locking up. I noticed too, that the Catalyst version rolled back to 10.9 (was 10.12).

I'm a bit leerie of using ATI drivers that are not specific to the card manufacturer, am I wrong?

I always use the ATI reference drivers, and never use the OEM drivers.