Thread: Sudden performance drop

Well, I've tried almost everything I can think of. Tweaked Xp, tuned XP.... I've messed with the Virtual memory, pushed my GPU over-clocking even harder, scanned and found no viruses... Messed with in game settings.... Un-installed/reinstalled drivers.. Used driver cleaner, Installed the newest DirectX. Man... :5 Anything and everything that I could think of, I've done. I am at a loss of what to do with my situation. I don't want to throw in the XP disk, because I fear that is not my problem this time. I can't seem to find out why my sudden drop in performance in BF2 has happened. Here's my best description of the problem's I am having

Just as of late..... I have been playing Bf2 for a long time and noticed the other day things were not looking so smooth in game... Not like they used to look. I think maybe I've lost a few FPS... So i started to watch my fps in game by usingi the command council (renderer.drawfps [1]) and things seem to be jumping everywhere. Numbers as low as 25FPS and as high as 110FPS. On average it's was around the 50-80 mark. But, when things get demanding in game, I've noticed huge drops in performance.... This has never happened to me before. Like I said above, If it involves anything in windows, I've more then likely tried it, with no performance increase or stability. So I continued to read on about possible performance problems in BF2 and in general. I ran into something that scared the living piss out of me. The BIOS... I have never messed with it before and never really want to, but I don't want to continue chopping around when things go, "boom" in BF2

Originally Posted by pcplus.co.uk

But don’t forget the BIOS. The configuration here plays a key part in setting up your hardware, and no system will deliver its best possible performance without having a properly optimized BIOS.

Originally Posted by pcanswers.com

BIOSes are regularly updated to add more features, improve performance and stability, or fix problems. New BIOS code is made available online at your motherboard manufacturer's site, along with flash upgrade utilities that will carry out the upgrade for you.

I have come to thinking that maybe my BIOS has fucked up. I am still on the same version that came with my comp... My comp manufacturer has linked about 15 updated bio's downloads but I haven't even considered messing with it yet due to horror stories I've read and heard. I have received or seen, no error, or error log that tells me that their is a problem in my BIOS. I don't even know how or where to begin looking for such things. Is their some kind of test I can run that will spit out "gibberish" about my computer? Does anyone here know how to read the "computer's gibberish if I posted it?

Here are my system spec's.... I should have no problem running a game like BF2, but I do

System Manufacturer: COMPAL
System Model: HEL80C
Motherboard Manufacturer: COMPAL
Motherboard Model: HEL8X

* Maximum Memory Capacity: 3145728 MB
* Currently Installed Memory: 2048 MB
* Available Memory Slots: N.A.
* Number of Banks: 2
* Dual Channel Support: N.A.
* CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
* CPU Family: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz Model 15, Stepping 6
* CPU Speed: 997 MHz

GPU INFO
Name: GeForce Go 7600
Chip Type: GeForce Go 7600
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Memory: 256 MBytes
driver: Nvida forceware 94.24

* I downloaded a tool that gives me a ton of information about my comp, so if you want anything more... Just ask....


Thanks so much for any help anyone can offer.... This is my last hope before fucking with the BIOS

oh yea, its a laptop....

I would not go into the bios. It is very hard to imagine that with no hardware changes that your bios is suddenly causing slowdowns in bf2, and at most you will get a best a marginal percent improvement.

does this happen after a period of play or is the problem consistent from the moment you launch the game?
Defragged? Thoroughly?

What is your sound settings in BF? try turning sound down?

Did you bump up something like dynamic lighting or maybe antialiasing?

It happens almost right off the bat, as soon as I hit a zone where alot of action is going on. I start to see a huge drop in FPS. Defragged 2x, sound options have been messed with..... I forgot to mention, no matter what settings I put in the game, I still have the problem... I could be running 800x600 and all settings on LOW.... I still get the problem.

I have had problems with Comcast in Minneapolis

do you play anything else? Notice anything similar happening?

How about excessive harddrive noise?

Originally Posted by SlytherN

I have had problems with Comcast in Minneapolis

Hahahaha! Comcast does suck up here in Minneapolis, But it's not a connection related problem. My ping is right where it should be and I'm not getting the ping related latency... It's defiantly my comp



-I play Cod4 from time to time, but that was choppy for me to begin with.
-My hard drive is not making any unusual noises. No excessive clicking or squeaking.

save your pics, docs, and porn
then reformat

Yea reload might be the ticket. Pc performs at its best on a fresh OS load. Some good advice if you want to limit reload in the future is duel boot same OS and just game one and all other programs on the other boot. Keeps gaming OS fresh.

Originally Posted by jason_jinx

save your pics, docs, and porn
then reformat

HAHAHAHAH! Yea, I was afraid It might come to the disk..... Heres a question.... If i do reformat, Would there be a noticeable improvement with applications if I partition my OS on a seperate partition then everything else? I've heard this can boost performance... anyone currently have this config for there hard drive?