Lag problems or connection problems

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CoolHand

September 29, 2005, 08:35:59 AM
I know it is difficult to answer questions like this, but I'll give it a shot anyway.

I have been playing BF2 since july, and I've had almost no lag problems/graphical stutters.

When we played against the KOD-guys, I experienced a lot of lag and in-game graphical stutters. I turned off teamspeak and Zonealarm, returned to the game, and found it better but not perfect. This has not stopped since...

Now, I have changed nothing in my system, no new installs, no new hardware.

Any tips?

My system:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz
2 X Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL3 5ns
Asus K8N-E DELUXE Motherboard Socket 754 (I use the onboard sound card and the onboard network card)
1500/1000 Cable ADSL connection
Linksys BEFSR41 Router
Windows XP Pro
nVidia GeForce 6800 AGP - 128 MB


I turn off Zonealarm and I don't run teamspeak.

The game suffers from small stutters, most noticeable when I move fast (running, flying choppers, driving jeeps).

Heeeelp!

DuVeL

#1
September 29, 2005, 08:53:40 AM
Use pingplotter and check your connection to the server. Best thing to do is wait a week because then our new shiny server will be active. If you want to check your ping now the techies might see if your connection is the problem.
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CoolHand

#2
September 29, 2005, 08:55:31 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Sep 29 2005, 09:53 AM
Use pingplotter and check your connection to the server. Best thing to do is wait a week because then our new shiny server will be active. If you want to check your ping now the techies might see if your connection is the problem.
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OK. Thanx.

I'll have to wait until this evening, since I am at work right now.




Didn't you have some lag problems? Or was it Delanvital?  :blink:

DuVeL

#3
September 29, 2005, 09:11:13 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by CoolHand@Sep 29 2005, 09:55 AM
Didn't you have some lag problems? Or was it Delanvital? :blink:
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I'm still not playing BF2. Hopefully my new Gcard will be installed Friday or over the weekend, otherwise after the LAN.
I don't have alot of lag on English servers...
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
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Cadaver

#4
September 29, 2005, 09:46:35 AM
As others have said, check your connection first.

We all know BF2 is a memory hog, and will page disk virtual memory when you 'only' have 1GB or RAM.  Some things to consider:
  • Check your graphical settings aren't set too High.  I have a 6800GT graphics card and set most things to Medium.
  • Check your Virtual Memory is set to minimum 1.5 times your physical memory (i.e. 1.5 x 1GB RAM = 1536MB virtual).
  • Defrag your hard disk.
  • Try killing off any unnecessary processes before running BF2.
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DuVeL

#5
September 29, 2005, 10:01:36 AM
Another thing, I've heard that F@H might give problems aswell but I'm not sure about that..
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
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CoolHand

#6
September 29, 2005, 10:07:20 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Cadaver@Sep 29 2005, 10:46 AM
As others have said, check your connection first.

We all know BF2 is a memory hog, and will page disk virtual memory when you 'only' have 1GB or RAM. Some things to consider:
  • Check your graphical settings aren't set too High. I have a 6800GT graphics card and set most things to Medium.

  • Check your Virtual Memory is set to minimum 1.5 times your physical memory (i.e. 1.5 x 1GB RAM = 1536MB virtual).

  • Defrag your hard disk.

  • Try killing off any unnecessary processes before running BF2.

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Will do. Thanx for the tips.

BTW, what is F@H ?

Ranger

#7
September 29, 2005, 10:07:32 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Cadaver@Sep 29 2005, 08:46 AM
  • Defrag your hard disk.
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Can't agree with this one enough...

I went through a period of jerky play which I put down to 'lag'...

It wasn't - I defragged my hard-drive and the play smoothed out.
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Cadaver

#8
September 29, 2005, 10:09:49 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by CoolHand@Sep 29 2005, 10:07 AM
BTW, what is F@H ?
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Folding @ Home.  See here.
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Set a man on fire, and he\'ll be warm for the rest of his life."

CoolHand

#9
September 29, 2005, 10:10:58 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Ranger@Sep 29 2005, 11:07 AM
Can't agree with this one enough...

I went through a period of jerky play which I put down to 'lag'...

It wasn't - I defragged my hard-drive and the play smoothed out.
[post=96819]Quoted post[/post]
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I run BF2 off a separate partition... but I just noticed my C partition (containing XP and all other programs except games) needs to be defragged.

I'll go ahead and defrag both drives, just to be sure.

Thanx again for all the tips, guys. Since BF2 has worked smoothly before, I know I will eventually get it right.

I've read a couple of posts saying that lag and jerkiness dissappears with more memory. I have a good deal on a 1 gig memory chip... Even if it doesn't improve performance, memory is always a good thing   :D

CoolHand

#10
September 29, 2005, 10:13:29 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Cadaver@Sep 29 2005, 11:09 AM
Folding @ Home. See here.
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Hmmm.. I think I might set this one up on my Frankenstein machine. Frankestein is a name I made up, as it is made of thrown away computer parts I found at the shopping mall. I use it mainly for P2P and email.

Yes, I do kill the machines internet connection when playing BF2.

Ranger

#11
September 29, 2005, 10:14:41 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by CoolHand@Sep 29 2005, 09:10 AM
I run BF2 off a separate partition... but I just noticed my C partition (containing XP and all other programs except games) needs to be defragged.

I'll go ahead and defrag both drives, just to be sure.

Thanx again for all the tips, guys. Since BF2 has worked smoothly before, I know I will eventually get it right.

I've read a couple of posts saying that lag and jerkiness dissappears with more memory. I have a good deal on a 1 gig memory chip... Even if it doesn't improve performance, memory is always a good thing  :D
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I uped to 2 gig RAM - and this was a huge improvement - not least in the fact that I am usually first in when the game starts. I used to be LAST in, which meant I could never play Squad Leader (which I like to do).

Another thing I am lookin into is having a two drive, duel boot machine - with my work stuff and OS on one drive and JUST my game stuff and a lean OS on the other, with the option to boot to either at start-up.

This is importnant - especially, if like me, you have your kids using your PC too.
[QUOTE]"It was the most I ever threw up, and it changed my life forever." Homer J. Simpson[/QUOTE]

Jamoe

#12
September 29, 2005, 10:18:02 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Ranger@Sep 29 2005, 09:14 AM
Another thing I am lookin into is having a two drive, duel boot machine - with my work stuff and OS on one drive and JUST my game stuff and a lean OS on the other, with the option to boot to either at start-up.

This is importnant - especially, if like me, you have your kids using your PC too.
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Thats how my machine is now setup. All that is on the gaming OS is BF2 and steam(no games installed yet). It removes the temptation for jumping on a server for a 20 minutes work break. (they usual end up lasting a couple of hours).

I would really like to get an image of the gaming one incase of any hdd failures etc.

Ranger

#13
September 29, 2005, 10:33:31 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Jamoe@Sep 29 2005, 09:18 AM
Thats how my machine is now setup. All that is on the gaming OS is BF2 and steam(no games installed yet). It removes the temptation for jumping on a server for a 20 minutes work break. (they usual end up lasting a couple of hours).

I would really like to get an image of the gaming one incase of any hdd failures etc.
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Imaging! Something I have no idea about - is there anyone who can give a tutorial?

(I am basically a 'Mac Boy' - and imaging is dead easy - but it's a mystery to me on the PC.)

:(
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big-paddy

#14
September 29, 2005, 01:00:02 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Ranger@Sep 29 2005, 10:33 AM
Imaging! Something I have no idea about - is there anyone who can give a tutorial?
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Talk nicely to me.
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